Danish Music Awards 2012: The Best Jazz Albums

A wrap-up of the best jazz albums nominated for the Danish Music Awards 2012.

Best Jazz Albums of 2012

The Danish Music Awards for 2012 were announced on February 12, 2013, with the following jazz albums being named the best of the year:

-Jazzpar prize: “Live at the Village Vanguard” by Hiromi
-Most innovative jazz release: “ACROSS THE UNIVERSE” by Ravi Coltrane
-Best domestic jazz release: “Standing Eight” by Jesper Zeuthen

Best Jazz Albums of the Year

2012 was a great year for jazz music, with many amazing albums being released. Here are the Danish Music Awards 2012: The Best Jazz Albums.

1. “Forget the World” by Esben Tjalve
2. “Nordic Connection” by Morten Schantz
3. “Endless Boogie” by Jacob Karlzon 3
4. “The Hans Ulrik Quintet” by Hans Ulrik
5. “My Favorite Things” by Birgitte Maiwald & Pål Thowsen

Best Jazz Albums of All Time

The Danish Music Awards is an annual award show that recognizes the best in Danish music. This year, they’ve released a list of the best jazz albums of all time. Here are the top 10:

1. “Miles Davis Quintet – Live in Copenhagen 1967”
2. “Nils Petter Molvaer – Khmer”
3. “Chet Baker – Live in Tokyo 1981”
4. “Ornette Coleman – The Shape of Jazz to Come”
5. “John Coltrane – A Love Supreme”
6. “Miles Davis – Kind of Blue”
7. “Bill Evans – Waltz for Debby”
8. “Thelonious Monk – Brilliant Corners”
9. “Charlie Parker – Now’s the Time”
10. “Dizzy Gillespie – A Night in Tunisia”

Best Jazz Albums of the Decade

The 2010s have been a decade of great jazz albums. We’ve seen innovative new voices and exciting new directions from some of the genre’s biggest names. Here are our picks for the best jazz albums of the decade.

– Kendrick Lamar, “To Pimp a Butterfly”
– Makaya McCraven, “Universal Beings”
– Kamasi Washington, “The Epic”
– Lotus Plaza, “Spooky Action at a Distance”
– Robert Glasper Experiment, “Black Radio”
– Vijay Iyer Trio, “Accelerando”
– Brad Mehldau Trio, “Ode”
– Jason Moran, “All Rise”
– Matthew Shipp Trio, “Gravitational Systems”
– Tyshawn Sorey,Kohelet

Best Jazz Albums of the Century

It’s hard to pinpoint the exact moment when the “golden age” of jazz began, but if we had to make a guess, it would probably be around the early 1950s. This was when a new generation of musicians began to redefine the genre, fusing together elements of swing, bop, and blues to create something unique and entirely their own.

And while there have been many great jazz albums released in the intervening decades, we’ve compiled a list of what we believe are the best jazz albums of the century. These are the records that have stood the test of time, and which continue to inspire new generations of musicians.

So without further ado, here are the best jazz albums of the century:

-Miles Davis – Kind of Blue (1959)
-John Coltrane – A Love Supreme (1965)
-Dave Brubeck – Time Out (1959)
-Ornette Coleman – The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959)
-Charles Mingus – Mingus Ah Um (1959)