#226 The Last 1989 Album + Seed Voting!
Hey folks!
On Friday, we had Round 2 of the mini-tournament to determine the final album entered into the upcoming Best Album of 1989 bracket, and yesterday, we got our winner: Keith Jarrett, CHANGELESS. CHANGELESS went up against three other albums (The Creatures, BOOMERANG; Xymox, TWIST OF SHADOWS; Caetano Veloso, ESTRANGEIRO) and managed to get the most votes, although it was extremely close. CHANGELESS got 24 votes, BOOMERANG and TWIST OF SHADOWS each got 23, and ESTRANGEIRO got 16. CHANGELESS is only one of two jazz albums in the tournament, along with The Lounge Lizards’ VOICE OF CHUNK. (Unless one doesn’t count VOICE OF CHUNK as jazz; I still haven’t heard it yet, so no opinion here.)
But holy smokes, I’d better get crackin’ on VOICE OF CHUNK, because tomorrow, Monday, May 12th, seed voting opens up! That’s right, tomorrow you’ll have access to a Google Form, listing all 128 albums, and you’ll be asked to vote for as many as you like. The album with the most seed votes becomes seed #1, the next most seed #2, and so on. Seed voting will be open all week, from May 12th to May 18th, with the final seed rankings announced on Bluesky and here on May 20th.
There’s more to announce, but that’s enough for now. Try and listen to as many unheard tournament albums as you can, then get your seed voting ballot in before the end of May 18th.
More soon,
Kent