ARCHIVE BEST OF
Welcome to the
JazzTrax
Archive
Best of
here you can review all of the past
Best of
for any given previous year
Best of 2021 Below
Top 10 Albums of 2021
-
Album of the Year
Jesse Cook
"Libre"
-
Top 10 Albums of the Year
1.
Jesse Cook
"Libre"
-
Top 10 Albums of the Year
2.
Andy Snitzer
"Higher"
-
Top 10 Albums of the Year
3.
Randal Clark
"imaginary World"
-
Top 10 Albums of the Year
4.
Jeff Lorber
"’Space-Time"
-
Top 10 Albums of the Year
5.
Larry Carlton & Paul Brown
"Soul Searchin"
-
Top 10 Albums of the Year
6.
Brian Simpson
"All That Matters’"
-
Top 10 Albums of the Year
7.
Mark Jaimes
"Hear at Last"
-
Top 10 Albums of the Year
8.
Four 80 East
"Mixed Up"
-
Top 10 Albums of the Year
9.
Dave Koz & Cory Wong
"The Golden Hour"
-
Top 10 Albums of the Year
TIE
10.
Vincent Ingala
"Fire and Desire"
-
Top 10 Albums of the Year
TIE
10.
Adam Hawley
"Risin’ Up"
-
Top 10 Albums of the Year
TIE
10.
Richard Elliot
"Authentic Life"
Top 10 Songs of 2021
-
Song of the Year
Jazmin Ghent
"Get Ready"
-
Top 10 Songs of the Year
1.
Jazmin Ghent
"Get Ready"
-
Top 10 Songs of the Year
2.
Jesse Cook
"Jaleo"
-
Top 10 Songs of the Year
3.
Four 80 East
"Speak Easy"
-
Top 10 Songs of the Year
4.
Randal Clark
"Discovery"
-
Top 10 Songs of the Year
5.
Larry Carlton and Paul Brown
"Aftershock"
-
Top 10 Songs of the Year
6.
Jeff Kashiwa
"Saratoga"
-
Top 10 Songs of the Year
7.
Andy Snitzer
"Bloom"
-
Top 10 Songs of the Year
8.
Dave Koz and Cory Wong
“Getaway Car"
and
Most Dangerous Song of the Year
-
Top 10 Songs of the Year
9.
Jesse Cook
“One World One Voice”
-
Top 10 Songs of the Year
10.
Jeff Lorber
"Sun Princess"
Debut Artists of 2021
-
Debut Artist (s) of the Year
Guitarist Mark Jaimes
"Hear At Last"
Summer 2021 Solo Debut
After years on guitar with Simply Red Lives in London with Special Guests Peter White & Rick Braun.
-
Debut Artist (s) of the Year
Saxophonist Randal Clark
"Imaginary World"
Spring 2021 Solo Debut
Produced by Randy Brecker with Special Guests Jeff Lorber and Randy Brecker.
Lives in Salt Lake City.
Best of 2021
-
Best Live Performance of the Year
Both at Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival
Jeffrey Osborne
Saturday Night October 16, 2021
-
Best Live Performance of the Year
Larry Carlton
Saturday Night October 23, 2021
-
Best Smooth Jazz Vocal
Patti Austin
On
Mark Jaimes
"Midnight Rendezvous"
-
Best Song or Album Title
Four 80 East Album
"Mixed Up"
-
Prettiest Song of the Year
Gregg Karukas
"Sound of Emotion"
-
More Best Songs of 2021
“We’ll See”
“Midnight Rendezvous”
“Miel’s Song”
From Simply Red guitarist Mark Jaimes Summer Solo Debut
-
More Best Songs of 2021
“Trailblazer”
“Times Arrow”
From Salt Lake City Saxophonist Randal Clark’s Springs Solo Debut.
-
More Best Songs of 2021
“Feel the ID”
“Family Reunion”
From the Summer Collaboration by Dave Koz & Cory Wong.
-
More Best Songs of 2021
“Blue Bird"
"Your Smile”
From Kenny G’s new album in 6 years … “Legacy”
Dan Siegel (2 combined songs) both featuring Rogerio Jordin
-
Biggest NO.1's
On the Billboard Smooth Jazz Chart
JazzTrax Moments of the Year
-
JazzTrax Moments of The Year-1
Flutist Kim Scott
On stage saying “Covid is Real. I got Covid, My husband got Covid, Our son got Covid. We lived but we were really sick. Covid is REAL. “
She then played “BELIEVE.”
-
JazzTrax Moments of The Year-2
Keyboardist Nicholas Cole
who had to cancel his JazzTrax Festival performance a week out because he caught Covid.
But his band leader continued the show and Kay Ta called Nicholas on cellphone. Put phone to microphone and Nicholas greeted festival audience and then played intro to song on his piano from North Carolina. Cell phone to microphone to JazzTrax Audience.
-
BUT THE REAL
JAZZTRAX MOMENT OF THE YEAR ….
We Did It.
The JazzTrax Festival Came Back.
It Happened.
We MADE IT !!!!!
JazzTrax Festivals
Ask any Questions at
JazzTrax@Live.com
611 South Palm Canyon Drive
Suite 7-458
Palm Springs, CA 92264-7402
