http://wrti.org en http://wrti.org/post/top-10-jazz-albums-2012 For the better part of this year, I haven't been able to shake a certain phrase from the back of my mind. It was written by the pianist and composer <a href="http://www.npr.org/artists/92749291/vijay-iyer">Vijay Iyer</a> in the liner notes to his brilliant trio album <em>Accelerando</em>: "[T]his album is in the lineage of American creative music based on dance rhythms."<p>It's one of the more precise descriptions I've encountered for my favorite jazz records, in this year or any. None of them sing the blues the same way. But deep down, they all feel how rhythm is fundamentally movement. Sat, 08 Dec 2012 13:14:00 +0000 editor 4861 at http://wrti.org Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2012