Jazz Journalists Association 2012 JJA 'Best of' Lists

Best Enjoyed Albums 2012

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 02:55:27 GMT

Lonnie Smith. 'The Healer'

John Zorn. 'Rimbaud'

Kurt Rosenwinkel. 'Star of Jupiter'

Brad Mehldau. 'Ode'

Michel Benebig. 'Black Cap'

Nathan Haines 'Poets Embrace'

Fred Hersch. 'Live at the Vangauard'.

Top 10 (and more) for 2013

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:14:37 GMT

1) Daniel Freedman - Bamako by Bus (Anzic)

2) Branford Marsalis Quartet - Four MFers Playin' Tunes (Marsalis Music)

3) Medeski Martin & Wood - Free Magic (Indirecto)

4) The Cookers - Believe (Motema)

5) Todd Clouser's A Love Electric - 20th Century Folk Selections (Royal Potato Family)

6) Gonzalo Rubalcaba - XXI Century (5Passion)

7) Avery Sharpe - Sojourner Truth: "...ain't I a Woman?" (JKNM)

8) Vijay Iyer Trio - Accelerando (ACT)

9) Spectrum Road (Palmetto)

10) Linda Oh - Initial Here (Greenleaf Music)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:

Ahmad Jamal - Blue Moon (ACM/Jazzbook)

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:

Adam Kronelow Trio - Young Blood (Zoho Music)

BURIED TREASURE:

Bill Evans - Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate (Resonance)

NIPPERTOWN'S LOCAL HERO:

Keith Pray - Confluence (ARC)

Antonio Terzo

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 09:48:01 GMT

2012 Recordings worthy to be listened, no particular order but the first 15 would be the first choice (yet all can really open one's ears)

Wadada Leo Smith & Louis Moholo-Moholo "Ancestors" (TUM)

EST "301" (ACT)
BassX3 "Translatlantic" (Leo Rec.)
Duo Bruno Tocanne & Henri Roger "Remedios La Belle" (Petit Label)
Bojan Z "Soul Shelter" (Universal)
Tom Rainey Trio Camino "Cielo Echo" (Intakt)
AA.VV. "13 Miniatures for Albert Ayler" (RogueArt)
Charles Gayle Trio "Street" (Northern Spy)

Hairy Bones "Snakelust" (CleanFeed)
Neneh Cherry and The Thing "The Cherry Thing" (Smalltown Supersound)
Foxes Fox "Live at the Vortex" (Psi Rec.)
David S. Ware - Cooper More - William Parker Muhammad Ali "Planetary Unknow
Live at Saalfelden" (AUM Fidelity)
Alexander von Schlippenbach Schlippenbach "Plays Monk - piano solo" (Intakt)

Magda Mayas + Christine Abdelnour "Myriad" (Unsounds)

Joel Grip "Pickelhaube" (Umlaut)

Guillaume Perret & The Electric Epic "Tzadik" (Tzadik)

Henry Threadgill Zooid "Tomorrow Sunny/The Revelry, Spp" (Pi Recordings)
Vijay Iyer Trio "Accelerando" (ACT)
Carla Marciano Quartet "Stream of Consciousness" (Alfamusic)
Scott Tixier "Brooklyn Bazaar" (SunnySide)
Ken Vandermark's Resonance Ensemble "What Country Is This (Not Two)

Catatumbo "Catatumbo" (Babel Label)
Miles Okazaki "Figurations" (SunnySide)

Risser-Duboc-Perraud "En Corps" (Dark Tree)

Natsuki Tamura & Satoko Fujii "Muku" (Libra)
Joe McPhee and Ingebrigt Haker Flaten "Brooklyn DNA" (CleanFeed)
Darius Jones Quartet "The Book of Mæ'bul - Another Kind of Sunrise" (AUM Fidelity)
Mary Halvorson Quintet "Bending Bridges" (Firehouse12)
Emile Parisien Quartet "Chien Guepe" (Laborie)
Joe Hertenstein/Achim Tang/Jon Irabagon "Future Drone" (Jazzwerkstatt)
Aki Takase "New Blues Project" (Enja)
Enrico Rava "On the Dance Floor" (ECM)
Fred Lonberg-Holm's Fast Citizens "Gather" (482 Music)
Rob Mazurek Pulsar Quartet "Stellar Pulsation" (Delmark)
John Zorn "Rimbaud" (Tzadik)
Gianluca Petrella Cosmic Band "Coming Tomorrow Part Two" (Spacebone)
Louis Sclavis Atlas Trio "Sources" (ECM)
John Surman "Saltash Bells" (ECM)
Paradoxical Frog "Union" (CleanFeed)
Sam Rivers "Reunion: Live in New York" (Pi Recordings)
Paul Lytton & Nate Wooley "The Nows" (CleanFeed)
Dave Douglas Quintet "Be Still" (Greenleaf)
Centazzo-Sakata-Fujiwara "Bridges" (Ictus)
Kurt Rosenwinkel "Star of Jupiter" (WomMusic)
Food "Mercurial Balm" (ECM)

Alain Drouot

Alain Drouot — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 06:57:00 GMT

New Releases
Weasel Walter/Mary Halvorson/Peter Evans – Mechanical Malfunction (Thirsty Ear)
Connie Crothers/David Arner – Spontaneous Suites for Two Pianos (Rogue Art)
Eivind Opsvik – Overseas IV (Loyal Label)
Benoît Delbecq – Crescendo in Duke (Nato)
Ballister – Mechanisms (Clean Feed)
Angles 8 – By Way of Deception (Clean Feed)
David S. Ware/Planetary Unknown – Live at Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2011 (AUM Fidelity)
Peter Brötzmann – Solo + Trio Roma (Victo)
Aych – As The Crow Flies (Relative Pitch)
The Clarinet Trio – 4 (Leo)

Reissues
Hal Russell – NRG Ensemble (Nessa)
Marzette Watts – Marzette Watts and Company (ESP-Disk)
Elliott Sharp – The Age of Carbon (Intakt)

Sharonne Cohen

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 02:31:36 GMT

10 noteworthy recordings of 2012 (in no particular order):

FLY #Year of the Snake# (ECM)
Daniel Freedman #Bamako By Bus# (Anzic)
Sam Rivers #Reunion: Live in New York# (Pi)
Aruán Ortiz Quartet #Orbiting# (Fresh Sound/New Talent)
Anat Cohen #Claroscuro# (Anzic)
Guillermo Klein y Los Guachos #Carrera# (Sunnyside)
Dave Douglas Quintet #Be Still# (Greenleaf)
Houston Person #Naturally# (HighNote)
Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts #An Attitude for Gratitude# (Palmetto)
Wadada Leo Smith & Louis Moholo-Moholo #Ancestors# (TUM)

Larry Blumenfeld

Larry Blumenfeld — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:56:35 GMT

For a slide show of this list, with an introduction and commentary, please visit:

http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/851284/larry-blumenfeld-the-best-jazz-of-2012

Yosvany Terry Today’s Opinion (Criss Cross)

Sam Rivers/Dave Holland/Barry Altschul Reunion: Live in New York (Pi)

David Virelles Continuum (Pi)

Ralph Peterson The Duality Perspective (Onyx)

Henry Threadgill Zooid Tomorrow Sunny, The Revelry SPP (Pi)

Miguel Zenón and Laurent Coq Rayuela (Sunnyside)

Wadada Leo Smith Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform)

Ravi Coltrane Spirit Fiction (Blue Note)

Dave Douglas, Be Still (Greenleaf)

Thomas Chapin Never Let Me Go: Quartets,’95 & ’96 (Playscape)

Coulda, Maybe Shoulda Made That List:

Tim Berne Snake Oil (ECM)
JD Allen Trio The Matador and the Bull (Savant)
William Parker Centering: Unreleased Recordings, 1976-1987 (No Business)
Charlie Haden/Hank Jones Come Sunday (Emarcy)
Fred Hersch Alive at the Vanguard (Palmetto)
Lee Konitz/Bill Frisell/Gary Peacock/Joey Baron Enfants Terribles: Live at the Blue Note (Half Note)
Jonny Greenwood The Master: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Nonesuch)
Luciana Souza The Book of Chet (Sunnyside)
Ryan Truesdell Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans (ArtistShare)

GRIPPING TRACKS:

John Boutté (title track) All About Everything (BoutteWorks)
Luciana Souza “Eu Vim da Bahia” Duos III (Sunnyside)
Rafiq Bhatia, “A Change is Gonna Come” Yes It Will (Rest Assured)
Esperanza Spalding “Vague Suspicions” Radio Music Society (Heads Up)
Dr. Lonnie Smith “Backtrack” The Healer (Pilgrimage)

Nicholas Bewsey

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:33:37 GMT

MOST IMPRESSIVE JAZZ ALBUMS of 2012

Gregory Porter, Be Good (Motema)
Ahmad Jamal, Blue Moon (Jazz Village)
Ryan Truesdell, Centennial: The Gil Evans Project (ArtistShare)
Melissa Stylianou, Silent Movie (Anzic Records)
Marc Johnson / Eliane Elias, Swept Away (ECM)
Vijay Iyer, Accelerando (ACT Records)
Yosvany Terry, Today’s Opinion (Criss Cross)
Orrin Evans, Flip The Script (Posi-tone)
Fred Hersch Trio, Alive At The Vanguard (Palmetto)
Christian Scott, Christian Scott aTunde Adujuah (Concord Jazz)
Jesse Davis, Live at Smalls (Smalls Jazz)
Kurt Rosenwinkel, Star Of Jupiter (Wommusic)
Brad Mehldau Trio, Ode (Nonesuch)
Anat Cohen, Claroscuro (Anzic Records)
Jimmy Owens, The Monk Project (IPO)
J.D. Allen Trio, The Matador And The Bull (Savant)
Kate McGarry, Girl Talk (Palmetto)
Dave Douglas, Be Still (Greenleaf)
Mary Stallings, Don’t Look Back (HighNote)
Matt Wilson, An Attitude For Gratitude (Palmetto)

For the full listing and reasons behind my picks, go to my blog.

Philip Booth

Philip Booth — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 04:17:43 GMT

Ten favorite jazz CDs of 2012 (alphabetical order)

Jeff Coffin & The Mu'tet, "Into the Air" (Ear Up)
Anat Cohen, "Claroscuro" (Anzic)
Duduka Da Fonseca Quintet, "Samba Jazz -- Jazz Samba" (Anzic)
Kurt Elling, "1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project" (Concord Jazz)
Tom Harrell, "Number Five" (HighNote)
Lionel Loueke, "Heritage" (Blue Note)
Pat Metheny, "Unity Band" (Nonesuch)
Eric Reed, "The Baddest Monk" (Savant)
Gonzalo Rubalcaba, "XXI Century" (5Passion)
Kenny Wheeler Big Band, "The Long Waiting" (Cam Jazz)

& 25 Other Jazz CDs That Resonated:

The Bad Plus, “Made Possible” (E One); Roni Ben-Hur & Santia Debriano featuring Duduka Da Fonseca, “Our Thing” (Motema); Brazilian Trio, “Constelacao” (Motema); Bobby Broom, “Upper West Side Story” (Origin); Brubeck Brothers Quartet, “Lifetimes” (Blue Forest); Cyrus Chestnut, “The Cyrus Chestnut Quartet” (WJ3); Joey DeFrancesco, Larry Coryell, Jimmy Cobb,”Wonderful! Wonderful!” (HighNote); Dirty Dozen Brass Band, “Twenty Dozen” (Savoy Jazz); Dave Douglas Quintet with Aoife O’Donovan, “Be Still” (Greenleaf); Robert Glasper Experiment, “Black Radio” (Blue Note); Fly, “Year of the Snake” (ECM); Winard Harper and Jeli Posse, “Coexist” (JLP); Billy Hart, “All Our Reasons” (ECM); Scott Henderson with Jeff Berlin and Dennis Chambers, “HBC” (Tone Center); Lisa Hilton, “American Impressions” (Ruby Slippers); Vijay Iyer, “Accelerando” (ACT); Greg Lewis/Organ Monk, “Uwo in the Black” (Greg Lewis Music); Branford Marsalis Quartet, “Four MFs Playin’ Tunes” (Marsalis Music); Brad Mehldau Trio, “Ode” (Nonesuch); Hendrik Meurkens & Gabriel Espinosa with Anat Cohen & Antonio Sanchez, “Celebrando” (Zoho); Marcus Miller, “Renaissance” (Concord Jazz); Christian Scott, “Christian Atunde Adjuah” (Concord Jazz); Esperanda Spalding, “Radio Music Society” (Heads Up); Cassandra Wilson, “Another Country” (E One); Pete Zimmer, “Prime of Life” (Tippin’)

10 favorite rock/pop CDs of 2012 (alphabetical order)

David Byrne & St. Vincent, "Love This Giant" (4AD/Todo Mundo)
Dr. John, "Locked Down" (Nonesuch)
Galactic, "Carnivale Electricos" (Anti)
Gov't Mule, "The Georgia Bootleg Box" (Evil Teen)
Sonny Landreth, "Elemental Journey" (Landfall)
Betty LaVette, "Thankful N' Thoughtful" (Anti)
Mumford & Sons, "Babel" (Glass Note)
Bonnie Raitt, "Slipstream" (Redwing)
Tedeschi Trucks Band, "Live: Everybody's Talkin' " (Sony Masterworks)
Neil Young with Crazy Horse, "Psychedelic Pill" (Reprise)

More details/video/links available at my blog: Between the Grooves

Jennifer Odell

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 18:27:17 GMT

Best Albums of 2012:

1.) “Accelerando,” Vijay Iyer Trio

2.) “The Preservation Hall Jazz Band 50^th Anniversary Collection,” PHJB

3.)“Locked Down,” Dr. John

4.) “Made Possible,” The Bad Plus

5.) “aTunde Adjua,” Christian Scott

6.) “Four MFs Playin’ Tunes,” Branford Marsalis

7.) “Occapella,” Jon Cleary

8.) “Radio Music Society,” Esperanza Spalding

9.) “Unlock Your Mind,” Soul Rebels

10.) “Black Radio,” Robert Glasper Experiment

Most Memorable Musical Experiences of 2012 (New Orleans):

1.) Uncle Lionel Batiste’s unofficial second line through the Mahalia Jackson Theater and into the pouring rain to the Candlelight Lounge (July 20)

2.) Dr. Lonnie Smith with Herlin Riley at the Contemporary Arts Center of New Orleans, (Aug. 27)

3.) Search and Restore: New Orleans – Improvised Duets/Round Robin at the Blue Nile (part of Jeff Albert’s Open Ears Music Series, produced by Adam Schatz) (May 1)

4.) Helen Gillet and Clint Maedgen duet at the Allways Lounge (Jan. 13, a few days after their Kennedy Center performance)

5.) Herbie Hancock's Sunrise Show / International Jazz Day Launch in Congo Square (April 30), special props to WWOZ FM, which broadcast the event live

Howard Mandel

Howard Mandel — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:38:00 GMT

My bakers' dozen favorite cds of 2012 are below, but to read why/what I thought of them, to see the cd covers, get links to maybe purchase (or preview) and also my expanded list of "these are cool, too," please visit my blog posting.

Maghostut Trio – Live at Last (RogueArt)

Steve Lehman Trio – Dialect Fluorescent (Pi)

Jacob Garchik – The Heavens/The Atheist Gospel Trombone Album (Yestereve)

Frank Wright Quartet – Blues for Albert Ayler (ESP-Disk)

Living by Lanterns – New Myth/Old Science (Cuneiform)

Jon Irabagon’s Outright!– Unhinged (Irabragast Records)

Hafez Modirzadeh – Post-Chromodal Out (Pi)

Wes Montgomery – Echoes of Indiana Avenue (Resonance)

Harris Eisenstadt — Canada Day III (Songlines)

Ron Miles – Quiver (Enja)

Reissue:

Preservation Hall Jazz Band – The 50th Anniversary Collection (Columbia Legacy)

*Spectrum Road (Palmetto)

Vocal album:

Neneh Cherry and The Thing – The Cherry Thing (Smalltown Supersound)

Debut CD:

Ryan Truesdell, Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans (ArtistShare)

See another 16 recommended releases on my blog, ArtsJournal.com/JazzBeyondJazz, as per above . . .

Karl Ackermann

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 21:20:32 GMT

Musician of the year: Rob Mazurek

Newcomer Musician: Jack Davies

Group of the year: Nik Bartsch's Ronin

Newcomer group: Black Butterflies

Album of the year: Ten Freedom Summers (Wadada Leo Smith)

Composer: Wadada Leo Smith

Drums: Royal Hartigan

Bass: Joëlle Léandre

Guitar:Hristo Vitchev

Piano: Brad Mehldau

Keyboards: Bob Gluck

Saxophone: David Bindman; Mercedes Figueras

Trumpet/Cornet: Rob Mazurek

Trombone: Reut Regev

Violin/Viola: Jason Kao Hwang

Cello: Fred Lonberg-Holm

Female vocals: Nellie Mckay

Francis Davis

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05:50:18 GMT

1) Ryan Truesdell, Centennial (ArtistShare)

2) Wadada Leo Smith, Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform)

3) Jacob Garchik, The Heavens (Yesterve)

4) Sam Rivers-Dave Holland-Barry Altschul, Reunion (Pi)

5) Vijay Iyer, Accelerando (ACT)

6) The Whammies, Play the Music of Steve Lacy (Driff)

7) Lee Konitz-Bill Frisell-Gary Peacock-Joey Baron, Enfants Terribles (HalfNote)

8) Josh Berman, There Now (Delmark)

9) Matthew Shipp, Elastic Aspects (Thrsty Ear)

10) John Abercrombie, Within a Song (ECM)

REISSUES:

1) Coleman Hawkins, Classic Sessions 1922-1947 (Mosaic)

2) Charles Mingus, Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-5 (Mosaic)

3) Louis Armstrong, Satchmo at Symphony Hall (Verve)

VOCAL

Catherine Russell, Strictly Romancin’ (World Village)

DEBUT

Ryan Truesdell, Centennial (ArtistShare)

LATIN

Chico & Rita (soundtrack) (Red General)

Honorable Mention: Theo Bleckmann, Hello Earth!: The Music of Kate Bush (Winter & Winter); Ravi Coltrane, Spirit Fiction (Blue Note); Chick Corea-Eddie Gomez-Paul Motian, Further Explorations (Concord Jazz); Joe Fiedler, Big Sackbut (Yellow Sound); Charlie Haden & Hank Jones, Come Sunday(EmArcy); Mary Halvorson Quintet, Bending Bridges (Firehouse 12); Eivand Opsik, Overseas IV (Loyal Label); Platform 1 Takes Off (Clean Feed); Jason Robinson, Tiresian Symmetry (Cuneiform); David Virelles, Continuum (Pi).

W. Royal Stokes

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:57:17 GMT

TEN BEST NEW RELEASES

Dan Barrett's International Swing Party Tour 2010 — Live! Volume 2 (Echoes of Swing Productions)

Anat Cohen, Claroscuro (Anzic)

Ernest Dawkins, Afro Straight (Delmark)

Curtis Fuller, Down Home (Capri)

Keith Jarrett, Sleeper (ECM)

Brad Mehldau, Ode (Nonesuch)

Art Pepper, Unreleased Art Pepper Vol. VII: Sankei Hall undefined Osaka, Japan (Widow’s Taste)

Roberta Piket, Solo (Thirteenth Note)

Wadada Leo Smith, Ten Freedom Summers (CUNEIFORM)

Henry Threadgill, Tomorrow Sunny/The Revelry, Spp (Pi)

TOP THREE REISSUES

The Clifford Brown & Max Roach Emarcy Albums (Mosaic LP)

Eva Cassidy, The Best of Eva Cassidy (Blix Street)

Sweet Sue Terry, Greatest Hits (Qi Note)

BEST VOCAL ALBUM

Kate Miller-Heidke, Nightflight (SIN/Sony Australia)

BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM

Papo Vasquez, Oasis (Picaro)

BEST DEBUT CD

Natalie Cressman, Unfolding (Natalie Cressman)

At year’s end please check out my blog (www.wroyalstokes.com/weblog/) for my expanded NOTABLE RELEASES of 2012 lists.

Matt Marshall

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:36:23 GMT

Ron Miles – Quiver (Enja)
Matthew Shipp Trio – Elastic Aspects (Thirsty Ear)
Christian Scott – Christian Atunde Adjuah (Concord)
Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts – An Attitude for Gratitude (Palmetto)
Brad Mehldau Trio – Ode (Nonesuch)
Vijay Iyer Trio – Accelerando (ACT)
Lee Konitz / Bill Frisell / Gary Peacock / Joey Baron – Enfants Terribles (Half Note)

Laurence Donohue-Greene

Laurence Donohue-Greene — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:36:36 GMT

BEST NEW RELEASES 2012:

1) Sam Rivers/Dave Holland/Barry Altschul - Reunion: Live in New York (Pi)

2) Dr. John - Locked Down (Nonesuch)

3) Tim Berne - Snakeoil (ECM)

4) Billy Hart Quartet - All Our Reasons (ECM)

5) Hafez Modirzadeh - Post-Chromodal Out! (Pi)

6) Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Eponymous (Honest Jon's)

7) Dave King - I've Been Ringing You (Sunnyside)

8) Bill Laswell - Means of Deliverance (Innerhythmic)

9) Sam Newsome - The Art of the Soprano, Vol.1 (s/r)

10) Jesper Zeuthen - PLUS (Barefoot)

BEST REISSUES 2012:

1) Heiner Stadler - Brains on Fire (Labor)

2) Albert Mangelsdorff - Now Jazz Ramwong (CBS-Jazzhus Disk)

3) Albert Mangelsdorff - Tension (CBS-Jazzhus Disk)

4) Bill Barron - The Tenor Stylings of Bill Barron/Modern Windows/Hot Line (Savoy-Fresh Sound)

5) Clare Fischer Orchestra - Extension (Pacific Jazz-International Phonograph)

BEST BOXED SETS 2012:

1) ICP Orchestra - 45 Years (ICP)

2) Charles Mingus - The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65 (Mosaic)

3) Thelonious Monk Quartet - The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection (Columbia-Legacy)

4) William Parker - Centering (Unreleased Early Recordings 1976-1987) (NoBusiness)

5) Dorothy Ashby - The Jazz Harpist (Regent/Prestige/New Jazz/Argo/Jazzland - Fresh Sound)

BEST VOCAL RELEASES 2012:

1) Dr. John - Locked Down (Nonesuch)

2) Ran Blake/Christine Correa - Down Here Below (Tribute to Abbey Lincoln Vol. One) (Red Piano)

3) Katja Cruz/Howard Curtis - Lightning & Thunder (Ein Klang)

4) Dena DeRose - Travelin' Light (MAXJAZZ)

5) Teri Roiger - Dear Abbey (Inner Circle)

Kevin Lynch

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:15:55 GMT

•1. Ryan Truesdell/Gil Evans Project – Centennial (artistShare)
•2. Sam Rivers/Dave Holland/Barry Altschul – Reunion: Live in New York (Pi)
•3. Amina Figarova – Twelve (In+Out)
•4. Vijay Iyer Trio -- Accelerando (ACT)
•5. Brad Mehldau Trio – Ode (ECM)
•6. Joel Harrison 7 -- Search (Sunnyside)
•7. Henry Threadgill -- Tomorrow Sunny/The Revelry, Spp (Pi)
•8. Luis Perdomo -- Universal Mind (RKM)
•9. Philip Dizack -- End of an Era (Truth Revolution)
•10. Torben Waldorff – Wah-Wah (artistShare)

Honorable mention: Hafez Modirzadeh -- Post Chromodal Out! (Pi), Matt Ullery -- By A Little Light (Greenleaf), David Virelles, Continuum (Pi).

Tom Piazza -- Devil Sent the Rain: Music and Writing in Desperate America -- (A 2011 copyright but I read it in 2012 - recommended.)

The Jamie Breiwick Quintet doing two whole sets of Monk, include Bright Mississippi and Think of One. The Jazz Estate, Milwaukee.

Historical/Reissue

Charles Mingus -- The Complete Columbia and RCA Albums Collection (Columbia Legacy)

Weather Report -- The Columbia Albums 1971-1975 (Sony Legacy)

Stan Getz – The Clef & Norgran Studio Albums (Hip-O Select) (In memory of James Hazard, poet and cornetist*)

* Note: James Hazard was a very gifted writer and a dedicated jazz cornetist who died in 2012. His "A True Biography of Stan Getz" is great modern poetry (disclosure: He was a professor of mine in grad school, 22 years ago.).

Blog: Culture Currents (Vernaculars Speak) at http://www.kevernacular.com

Kiyoshi Koyama

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:04:53 GMT

1. Ryan Trusedell Presents Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans

2. Pat Metheny: Unity Band

3. Kenny Garrett: Seeds From The Underground

4. Paolo Fresu & Omar Sosa featuring Jaques Morelenbaum: Alma

5. Takuya Kuroda Sextet: Six Aces

6. Jonathan Blake: The Eleventh Hour

7: Jacky Terrasson: Gouache

8. Jan Garbarek,Egberto Gismonti,Charlie Haden/Magico: Carta de Amor

9. Rodorigo Y Gabriela and C.U.B.A.: Area 52

10. Hot Club of Detroit: Junction

John Chacona

John Chacona — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 15:15:36 GMT

1.     Vijay Iyer Trio: Accelerando (ACT)
2.     Steve Lehman Trio: Dialect Fluorescent (Pi Recordings)
3.     Craig Taborn Trio: At Bimhuis, Amsterdam (Radio Nederland stream)
4.     Living By Lanterns: New Myth/Old Science (Cunieform)
5.     Sam Rivers/Dave Holland/Barry Altschul: Reunion: Live in New York (Pi Recordings)
6.     Omer Avital: Suite of the East (Anzic Records)
7.     Mary Halvorson Trio: Jazzstudio Nürnberg, 2012-09-26 (Bayerischer Rundfunk stream)
8.     Henry Threadgill Zooid: Tomorrow Sunny/The Revelry, Spp (Pi Recordings)
9.     Michael Formanek: Small Places (ECM)
10. Marc Ribot Trio: Live At The Village Vanguard (NPR stream)

John Szwed

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 14:06:55 GMT

Michael Formanek Small Places ECM

Bill Evans Live at the Top of the Gate Resonance

Cecil Taylor Almeda (To Matie) FMP Archive Edition A 014

Sam Rivers Dave Holland Barry Altschul Reunion: Live in New York Pi

William Parker Essence of Ellington/ Live in Milano Centering/Aum Fidelity

Ted Nash The Creep Plastic Sax Records

Wadada Leo Smith Ten Freedom Summers Cuneiform

Ron Miles Quiver enja/yellow bird

Angela Sanchez Wires & Moss Clean Feed

Orin Evans Flip the Script Post-Tone

Latin:

Bobby Sanabria Multiverse

Reissues:

Charles Mingus - Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-1965 Mosaic

The Joe Harriott Story Proper Box

Ornette Coleman Skies of America

Cecil Taylor The Complete Nat Hentoff Sessions Ais

The Complete Thelonious Monk Quartet Sony Legacy

Marcela Breton

Marcela Breton — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 14:25:24 GMT

Bill Evans "Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate" (Resonance) (2 discs)

Dexter Gordon "Night Ballads Montreal 1977" (Uptown)

Hank Mobley Quintet "Newark 1953" (Uptown)

Harry Allen & Scott Hamilton "'Round Midnight" (Challenge)

J. J. Oliveros "El Jilguero de Centro Habana" (Lujuria Music)

Lauren Sevian "Blueprint" (CD Baby)

Jesse Davis Quintet "Live at Smalls" (Smalls Live)

Miguel Zenon and Laurent Coq "Rayuela" (Sunnyside)

Anat Cohen "Claroscuro" (Anzic Records)

Ralph Lalama & Bop Juice "Live at Smalls (Smalls Live)

Vocal:

Jessica Molaskey & Dave Frishberg "At the Algonquin" (Arbors Records)

Reissues:

Coleman Hawkins "Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions 1922-1947" (Mosaic) (8 discs)

Tito Puente "Quatro : the Definitive Collection" (Sony Music) (5 discs)

Joao Gilberto "The Roots of Bossa Nova" (Chrome Dreams)

Shaun Brady

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:08:32 GMT

1. Vijay Iyer Trio: Accelerando (ACT)

2. Tim Berne: Snakeoil (ECM)

3. Steve Lehman Trio: Dialect Fluorescent (Pi)

4. Jon Irabagon’s Outright!: Unhinged (Irabbagast)

5. John Abercrombie Quartet: Within A Song (ECM)

6. Darius Jones Quartet: Book of Mae’bul (Another Kind of Sunrise) (AUM Fidelity)

7. Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts: An Attitude For Gratitude (Palmetto)

8. Fred Hersch Trio: Alive At the Vanguard (Palmetto)

9. Chick Corea / Eddie Gomez / Paul Motian: Further Explorations (Concord Jazz)

10. Jacob Garchik: The Heavens: The Atheist Gospel Trombone Album (Yestereve)

Rudy Lu

Rudy Lu — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:29:00 GMT

1. Be Still- Dave Douglas

Avant-garde jazz meets Root Americana music. Dave Douglas plays hymns that his late mother requested to be played at her memorial service. Features Aoife O’Donovan from progressive bluegrass/string band on vocals. This CD is extremely well recorded.

2. Christian aTunde Adjuah- Christian Scott(Concord)

Christian Scott continues to grow and expand the definition of jazz with this 2 CD album. The phrasing of Miles Davis/ Clark Terry is heard along with boundary stretching compositions showing the influence of more contemporary pop forms of alternative rock and rap.

3. Believe- The Cookers (Motema

Veteran all star band serves up a hot set of originals. This is not a one time all-star band, but a working band of all stars. Catch them live if you can.

4.Four MFs playing tunes –Branford Marsalis Quartet(Marsalis Music)-

The humorous title says it all. Great interplay between all the members of the band. Branford gets to show his chops on soprano sax through much of this recording. The other members of the band also stretch out. Longtime bandmates Joey Calderazzo and Eric Revis add color to the sound by both their accompaniment and contributions. New drummer Justin Faulkner fits right in as if he has been with the band forever.

5. Bopitude-Five plus one (Planet Arts)-

This year’s local choice. This recording’s edition of Mike Benedict’s current project features a 3 horn section that is voiced and arranged to sound much like a big band. The powerful front featuring Gary Smulyan on baritone, Brian Patneaude on tenor and Chris Pasin on trumpet. The music swings throughout.

Rob Johnson

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:31:37 GMT

Top 10 for 2012

1) Sam Rivers/Dave Holland/Barry Altschul - Reunion: Live in New York (Pi)

2) Ryan Truesdell - Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans (artistShare)

3) Vijay Iyer Trio - Accelerando (ACT)

4) Chick Corea/Eddie Gomez/Paul Motian - Further Explorations (Concord)

5) Keith Jarrett/Jan Garbarek/Palle Danilsson/Jon Christensen - Sleeper (ECM)

6) Henry Threadgill Zooid - Tomorrow Sunny/The Revelry, Spp (Pi)

7) Masabumi Kikuchi Trio - Sunrise (ECM)

8) Ralph Peterson Fo'tet/Sextet - The Duality Perspective (Onyx)

9) Eddie Daniels/Roger Kellaway - Live at the Library of Congress (IPO)

10) The Cookers - Believe (Motema)

Andrew Gilbert

Andrew Gilbert — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:42:10 GMT

1) Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts “An Attitude for Gratitude” (Palmetto)

2) Trio M “The Guest House” (Enja)

3) Dayna Stephens “Tomorrow Is Today” (Criss Cross)

4) Johnathan Blake “The Eleventh Hour” (Sunnyside)

5) Catherine Russell “Strictly Romancin’” (World Village)

6) Fred Hersch Trio “Alive at the Vanguard” (Palmetto)

7) Virginia Mayhew Quartet, “Mary Lou Williams, The Next 100 Years” (Renma)

8) The Cookers “Believe” (Motema)

9) Jenny Scheinman, “Mischief & Mayhem” (Jenny Scheinman Music)

10) Omer Avital “Suite of the East” (Anzic)

11) Harold Mabern “Mr. Lucky” (HighNote)

12) Erik Jekabson “Anti-Mass” (Jekab’s Music)

13) Hafez Modirzadeh “Post-Chromodal Out!” (Pi)

14) Wadada Leo Smith, “Ten Freedom Summers” (Cuneiform)

15) Steve Horowitz “New Monsters” (Positone)

Fred Kaplan

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:15:07 GMT

Ravi Coltrane, "Spirit Fiction" (Blue Note)

Vijay Iyer, "Accelerando" (ACT)

Fred Hersch, "Alive at the Vanguard" (Palmetto)

Ted Nash, "The Creep" (Plastic Sax)

Chick Corea, "Further Explorations" (Concord)

Dave Douglas, "Be Still" (Greenleaf)

Frank Kimbrough, "Live at Kitano" (Palmetto)

Ron Miles, "Quiver" (Enja)

Jenny Scheinman, "Mischief & Mayhem" (Jenny Scheinman)

John Abercrombie, "Within a Song" (ECM)

Hank Shteamer

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:47:01 GMT

1. Billy Hart All Our Reasons [ECM]
2. Steve Lehman Trio Dialect Fluorescent [Pi Recordings]
3. Jim Black Trio Somatic [Winter & Winter]
4. Darius Jones Quartet Book of Mæ'bul (Another Kind of Sunrise) [Aum Fidelity]
5. Federico Ughi Songs for Four Cities [Skycap]
6. Henry Threadgill Zooid Tomorrow Sunny / The Revelry, Spp [Pi Recordings]
7. Joel Harrison / Lorenzo Feliciati Holy Abyss [Cuneiform]
8. David Virelles Continuum [Pi Recordings]
9. Tim Berne Snakeoil [ECM]
10. The Cookers Believe [Motéma Music]
11. Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts An Attitude for Gratitude [Palmetto]
12. George Schuller's Circle Wide Listen Both Ways [Playscape]
13. Dr. Lonnie Smith The Healer [Pilgrimage]
14. Sam Rivers / Dave Holland / Barry Altschul Reunion: Live in New York
[Pi Recordings]
15. Eri Yamamoto Trio The Next Page [Aum Fidelity]

+

Ravi Coltrane Spirit Fiction [Blue Note]
Harris Eisenstadt Canada Day III [Songlines] / Canada Day Octet [482 Music]
Joe Fiedler Big Sackbut [Yellow Sound Label]
40Twenty 40Twenty [Yeah Yeah]
Yoni Kretzmer 2Bass Quartet Weight [OutNow]
Jasmine Lovell-Smith's Towering Poppies Fortune Songs [Paintbox]
Ted Nash The Creep [Plastic Sax]
Jeremy Pelt Soul [HighNote]
Ralph Peterson Fo'tet and Sextet The Duality Perspective [Onyx]
Eric Revis's 11:11 Parallax [Clean Feed]
Wadada Leo Smith / Louis Moholo-Moholo Ancestors [TUM]

Note: You can read an annotated version of the list above on my blog—parts I, II and III.

Reissue / archival:

Charles Mingus The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964–65 [Mosaic]
Wilbur Ware Super Bass [The Wilbur Ware Institute]
The John Kirby Sextet Biggest Little Band in the Land [Classic Jazz Records]
Keith Jarrett Sleeper: Tokyo, April 16, 1979 [ECM]
Jan Garbarek / Egberto Gismonti / Charlie Haden Magico: Carta de Amor [ECM]

Live:

Miguel Zenón Quartet
January 6; Zinc Bar (Winter Jazzfest)

Craig Taborn Trio
April 6, 8; Village Vanguard

Darius Jones Quartet
June 12; Roulette (Vision Festival)

Marc Ribot Trio
June 29; Village Vanguard

Ethan Iverson / Ben Street / Albert "Tootie" Heath
August 26; Village Vanguard

Bob Stewart Quintet
November 10; Central Park (Jazz and Colors)

Henry Threadgill Zooid
November 24; Roulette

Gene Seymour

Gene Seymour — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 03:07:52 GMT

1.) Ron Miles, "Quiver" (Enja/yellowbird)

2.) Ravi Coltrane, "Spirit Fiction" (Blue Note)

3.) Vija Iyer Trio, "Accelerando" (ACT)

4.) Henry Threadgill, "Tomorrow Sunny/the Revelry, Spp" (Pi)

5.) Luciana Souza, "Duos III" (Sunnyside)

6.) Dave Douglas, "Be Still" (Green Leaf)

7.) Fred Hersch Trio, "Alive at the Vanguard" (Palmetto)

8.) John Abercrombie Quartet, "Within a Song" (ECM)

9.) Sam Rivers, Dave Holland, Barry Atschul, "Reunion: Live in New York" (Pi)

10.) Bobby Hutcherson, "Somewhere in the Night" (Kind of Blue)

Ralph A. Miriello

Ralph A. Miriello — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 03:00:54 GMT

A great deal of really great music was offered this year. From what I was able to listen to here is my best of jazz 2012 list in no particular order.

Jack DeJohnette : Sound Travels

Kenny Garrett : Seeds from the Underground

Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts: An Attitude for Gratitude

Gary Smulyan :Smul's Paradise

Ralph Peterson : The Duality Perspective

Vjay Iyer Trio: Accelerando

Tom Harrell Quintet : Number 5

John Abercrombie Quartet : Within a Song

Scott Robinson Docette: Bronze Nemesis

Carmen Intorre Jr.: For the Soul

Marc Johnson/Eliane Elias: Swept Away

Ryan Trusedell : Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans

Kathy Kosins : To the Ladies of Cool

Markus Burger Trio : Accidental Tourists; The L.A. Sessions

Amhad Jamal Trio : Blue Moon

Michael Campagna : Moments

Chad Wackerman "Dreams, Nightmares and Improvisations

Jonathan Blake: The Eleventh Hour

Sabrina Lastman: The Candome Jazz Sessions

Ted Nash: The Creep

Torben Waldorff : Wah Wah

Sam Rivers, Dave Holland, Barry Atschul : Reunion Live in New York

Bill Evans Trio: Live at the Top of the Gate

Chcik Corea: Further Explorations

Wes Montgomery : Echoes of Indiana Avenue

Denise Donatelli: Soul Shadows

Recent Additions that are worth mentioning:

Jeff Babko : Crux

Barry Romberg : Crab People

Geoffrey Himes

Geoffrey Himes — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:01:38 GMT

BEST JAZZ ALBUMS

1. Sam Rivers Dave Holland Barry Altschul “Reunion: Live in New York” (Pi)
2. Lafayette Gilchrist with the New Volcanoes “It Came from Baltimore: Live at the Windup Space Vol, 1” (Creative Differences)
3. Ron Miles “Quiver” (Enja/Yellowbird)
4. Fly “Year of the Snake” (ECM)
5. Branford Marsalis Quartet “Four MFs Playin' Tunes” (Marsalis)
6. The Brad Mehldau Trio “Ode” (Nonesuch)
7. Christian Scott “Christian aTunde Adjuah” (Concord)
8. Michael Formanek “Small Places” (ECM)
9. JD Allen “The Matador and the Bull” (Savant)
10. Todd Marcus “Inheritance” (Hipnotic)

BEST NON-JAZZ ALBUMS

1. Kevin Gordon “Gloryland” (Crowville)
2. Justin Townes Earle “Never Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now” (Bloodshot)
3. Bob Dylan “Tempest” (Columbia)
4. Old Crow Medicine Show “Carry Me Back” (ATO)
5. The Alabama Shakes “Boys & Girls” (ATO)
6. Kelly Hogan “I Like To Keep Myself in Pain” (Anti-)
7. Taylor Swift “Red” (Big Machine)
8. Eighth Blackbird “Meanwhile” (Cedille)
9. Gaslight Anthem “Handwritten” (Mercury)
10. Frank Ocean “Channel Orange Island” (Island/Def Jam)

Steve Feeney

Stephen Feeney — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:47:50 GMT

1) Ryan Truesdell/Gil Evans - Centennial

2) Russ Lossing - Drum Music

3) Ted Nash - The Creep

4) Billy Hart - All Our Reasons

5) Luciana Souza - Book of Chet

6) Rivers/Holland/Altschul - Reunion: Live in New York

7) Tom Rainey Trio - Camino Cielo Echo

8) Ravi Coltrane - Spirit Fiction

9) Konitz/Frisell/Peacock/Baron - Enfants Terribles

10) Branford Marsalis Quartet - Four Mf's Playin' Tunes

David R. Adler

David Adler — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 03:04:37 GMT

Top Ten New Releases, 2012:

Tim Berne, Snakeoil (ECM)

Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts, An Attitude for Gratitude (Palmetto)

Darius Jones, Book of Mae’bul: Another Kind of Sunrise (Aum Fidelity)

Fly, Year of the Snake (ECM)

Orrin Evans, Flip the Script (Posi-Tone)

Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin, Live (ECM)

Hafez Modirzadeh, Post-Chromodal Out! (Pi)

Linda Oh, Initial Here (Greenleaf)

Gregory Porter, Be Good (Motéma)

Josh Ginsburg, Zembla Variations (BJU)

An Alternative Top Ten (in no particular order):

Jeremy Pelt, Soul (HighNote)

Billy Hart, All Our Reasons (ECM)

Ben Wendel, Frame (Sunnyside)

Luciana Souza, Duos III (Sunnyside)

Fred Hersch Trio, Alive at the Vanguard (Palmetto)

Michael Formanek Quartet, Small Places (ECM)

Vijay Iyer, Accelerando (ACT)

Branford Marsalis Quartet, Four MF’s Playing Tunes (Marsalis Music)

Dave King, I’ve Been Ringing You (Sunnyside)

Dave Douglas, Be Still (Greenleaf)

David Kunian

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:42:04 GMT

Creole Trombone and the Early Years of Jazz: Kid Ory - John McCusker
Mammoth Waltz - Lost Bayou Ramblers
Accerlerando - Vijay Iyer Trio
Fela Live in Detroit
Wadada Leo Smith - Ten Freedom Summers - Wadada Leo Smith
Old and New Science - Living By Lanterns
There Now - Josh Berman and His Gang
Algiers - Calexico
South Memphis String Band - Old Times There...
Jon Cleary - Occapella
Hurray for the Riff Raff - Look Out Mama
Andre Williams - Hoods and Shades
Christian Scott - Christian Atunde Adjuah
Valparaiso Men's Chorus - The Straits of St. Claude
James Luther Dickinson - and The North Mississippi All Stars - I'm Just Dead I'm Not Gone
Frank Wright Quartet - Blues For Albert Ayler
Alex McMurray - I Will Never Be Alone In This Land
On Fire 2 - Kidd Jordan

Ken Franckling

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:02:16 GMT

The 10 best new jazz releases of 2012

1. Ryan Truesdell, Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans (artistShare)

2. Gregory Porter, Be Good (Motéma)

3. Paolo Fresu & Omar Sosa, Alma (Otá)

4. Ahmad Jamal, Blue Moon (JazzVillage)

5. Jeff Hamilton Trio, Red Sparkle (Capri)

6. Kurt Elling, 1619 Broadway – The Brill Building Project (Concord Jazz)

7. Pat Metheny, Unity Band (Nonesuch)

8. Edmar Castaneda, Double Portion (Arpa y Voz)

9. Stacey Kent, Dreamer in concert (Blue Note)

10. Lisa Hilton, American Impressions (Ruby Slippers Productions)

Historical/Reissues (includes any recordings made over 10 years ago, whether newly released or merely reissued):

1. Wes Montgomery, Echoes of Indiana Avenue (Resonance)

2. Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The 50^th Anniversary Collection (Legacy)

3. Bill Evans, Live at Art D’Lugoff’s Top of the Gate (Resonance)

4. Benny Goodman Orchestra featuring Anita O’Day, Big Bands Live (Jazzhaus)

5. Brecker Brothers, The Complete Arista Albums Collection (Legacy)

2012's best debut recording:

• Ryan Truesdell, “Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans” (artistShare)

2012’s best vocal recordings:

1. Gregory Porter, Be Good (Motéma)

2. Kurt Elling, 1619 Broadway – The Brill Building Project (Concord Jazz)

3. Stacey Kent, Dreamer in concert (Blue Note)

4. Kat Edmonson, Way Down Low (Spinnerette)

5. (tie) Paula West, Live at Jazz Standard (Hi Horse)

5. (tie) Alison Wedding, This Dance (groundUP)

The 10 best new songs of the year, listed alphabetically:

• Harry Allen, “Great Scott” from Harry Allen & Scott Hamilton, “Round Midnight (Challenge)

• Joey Calderazzo, “As Summer Into Autumn Slips” from Branford Marsalis Quartet, Four MFs Playin’ Tunes (Marsalis Music)

• Kat Edmonson, “Nobody Knows That” from Way Down Low (Spinnerette)

• Jon Gold, “Samba Ballet” from Bossa of Possibility (BluJazz)

• Tamir Hendelman and Jeff Hamilton, “Hat’s Dance” from Jeff Hamilton Trio, Red Sparkle, (Capri)

• Lisa Hilton, “Subway” from American Impressions (Ruby Slippers Productions)

• Kazuo Ishiguro and Jim Tomlinson, “Postcard Lovers” from Stacy Kent’s Dreamer in concert (Blue Note)

• Jonny King, “Neither Here Nor There” from Above All (Sunnyside)

• Hailey Niswanger, “Tale of the Dale” from The Keeper (Calmit Productions)

• Gregory Porter, “Painted on Canvas” from Be Good (Motéma)

joyce wilson

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 04:42:48 GMT

1. listening to Riverwalk Jazz on KCSM.ORG Sundays 8-9pm

2. Jack Dejohnette-Bill Frisell Duo: 7:30pm-9pm : 55th MJF-2012

3. Christian McBride, gettin' to it (Verve Music group)

4. Ben Williams & Sound Effect: 55th MJF, 9:30pm-10:30-pm

5. Freddie Hubbard, First Flight, (Sony Music)

6. KCSM.ORG, Jazz 91.1

7. Lewis Nash Quintet, The Highest Mountain, Cellar Live

8. The Jaki Byard Quartet & Joe Farrell, The Last From Lennie's,

Nancy Barell

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:06:46 GMT

My List Not Necessarily in This Order

Kurt Elling "1619 Broadway"

Houston Person "Naturally"

Denise Donatelli "Soul Shadows"

David Hazeltine "The New Classic Trio"

Jimmy Owens "The Monk Project"

Mike Longo Trio Plus 2 "To MY Surprise"

Catherine Russell "Strictly Romancin' "

Harry Allen "Rhythm On The River"

Jacky Terrasson "Gouache"

"Jazz Spotlight On Sinatra"

www.live365.com/stations/nancyann3839

Bill Milkowski

Bill Milkowski — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:26:40 GMT

1. George Schuller's Circle Wide, Listen Both Ways (Playscape)
2. Henry Threadgill Zooid, Tomorrow and Sunny/The Revelry, Spp (Pi)
3. John Abercrombie, Within a Song (ECM)
4. Johnathan Blake, The Eleventh Hour (Sunnyside)
5. Ron Miles, Quiver (Enja/Yellowbird)
6. John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension, Now Here This (Abstract Logix)
7. Vijay Iyer Trio, Accelerando (ACT)
8. Manuel Valera, New Cuban Express (Mavo)
9. Branford Marsalis, Four MFs Playin' Tunes (Marsalis Music)
10. Michael Formanek, Small Places (ECM)

Historical/Reissues:

1. Wes Montgomery, Echoes of Indiana Avenue (Resonance)

2. Dave Brubeck Quartet, Their Last Time Out (Columbia/Legacy)

3. The Quintet, Jazz at Massey Hall (Original Jazz Classics)

4. Weather Report, Columbia Albums 1971-1975 (Sony Music/Legacy)

5. The Brecker Bros., The Complete Arista Albums Collection (Sony Music/Legacy)

Renetta DeBlase

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:06:05 GMT

1. listening to Rich Keith guest host on WBGO-FM weekends from 1 a.m. until 6 a.m.

2. reading about pianist and composer Burnett Thompson on his web site at pianojazz.com.

3. reading Harvey Cohen's biography of Duke Ellington, titled Duke Ellington's America and published by the University of Chicago Press

4. Listening to Tisziji Munoz and John Medeski's new CD, Beauty as Beauty, available through Anami Music

5. Death Is a Friend of Mine, older CD with performances by Tisziji Munoz and others, Anami Music

6. Medeski, Martin, and Wood's new CD, available on their web site or on www.johnmedeski.com,titled Free Magic

7. John Medeski with Cindy Blackman and other members of Spectrum releasing their new CD titled Spectrum Road, also available on John's web site at www.johnmedeski.com

8. Listening to Charlie Prawdzik's CD available on CDBaby titled Dreamworld, Foote Note Productions of Sarasota, Florida

9. my own interview about With Stars in My Eyes on October 5 on Cres O'Neal's internet radio station, see www.cresonealmusic.com, in Maryland

10. Billy Taylor's Ph.D. dissertation that he earned at the University of Massachusetts in the 1970s titled The Development of Jazz Piano: A New Perspective in Education, available as a book on amazon. See www.renattadeblase.com for more information about Duke Ellington and Billy Taylor.

Hrayr Attarian

Hrayr Attarian — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 06:07:32 GMT

1) Ten Freedom Summers by Wadada Leo Smith (Cuneiform)
2) Angelic Warrior by Tia Fuller (Mack Avenue)
3) Twelve by Amina Figarova (In and Out)
4) Aurora by Sara Serpa & Ran Blake (Clean Feed)
5) Arc of O by Nicole Mitchell (Rogue)
6) Post-Chromodal Out by Hafez Modirzadeh (Pi)
7) All Our Reasons by Billy Hart (ECM)
8) No Restrictions by Iris Ornig (Self Produced)
9) Blues For Albert Ayler by Frank Wright (ESP)
10) Dibrujo, Dibrujo, Dibrujo... by Positive Catastrophe (Cuneiform)

Lyn Horton

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:14:18 GMT

1. Wadada Leo Smith, Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform)

2. Burton Greene, Live At Kerrytown (NoBusiness)
3. Darius Jones Quartet, The Book of Maebul: Another Kind of Sunrise, (AUMFideltiy)
4. Jason Stein Quartet, The Story This Time (Delmark)
5. Joe McPhee and Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, Brooklyn DNA (CleanFeed)
6. Wadada Leo Smith's Mbira, Dark Lady of the Sonnets (TUM Records Oy)

7. Frank Rosaly, Centering And Displacement (Utech Records)
8. John Butcher and Matthew Shipp, At Oto (Fataka 2)
9. Peter Brötzmann and Jason Adasciewicz, Going All Fancy (Eremite)
10. Fred Lonberg-Holm's Fast Citizens, Gather (Delmark)

Thomas Conrad

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 02:17:52 GMT

New releases:

1. Ryan Truesdell Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans (ArtistShare)

2. Sam Rivers/Dave Holland/Barry Altschul Reunion: Live in New York (Pi)

3. Animation Transparent Heart (RareNoise)

4. Bobo Stenson Trio Indicum (ECM)

5. Dave Douglas Quintet Be Still (Greenleaf)

6. Vijay Iyer Trio Accelerando (ACT)

7. Arild Andersen/Scottish National Jazz Orchestra Celebration (ECM)

8. Amina Figarova Twelve (In+Out)

9. John Abercrombie Quartet Within a Song (ECM)

10. Brad Mehldau Trio Ode (Nonesuch)

Historical/Reissues:

1. Keith Jarrett/Jan Garbarek/Palle Danielsson/Jon Christensen Sleeper (ECM)

2. Clare Fischer Orchestra Extension (International Phonograph)

3. Bill Evans Live at Art D’Lugoff’s Top of the Gate (Resonance)

4. Hank Mobley Newark 1953 (Uptown)

5. Charles Mingus The Complete Columbia and RCA Albums Collection (Columbia/Legacy)

Bill Leikam

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:46:17 GMT

My Top Live Jazz Shows of 2012 – In no preferential order - Live Reviews in All About Jazz

Performer(s)	Venue	Date
1. Jack DeJohnette, Stanley Clarke & Chick Corea - Jack's 70th Birthday Tour	Yoshi’s San Francisco	September 2012
2. Scott Hamilton & friends with the Larry Vuckovich Quartet	Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University	February 24,2012
3. Memorial Concert for Drummer Eddie Marshall with Bobby McFerrin	Yoshi’s San Francisco	February 19, 2012
4. Joe Locke & Geoffrey Keezer Group	Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, Ca	July 8, 2012
5. Dori Caymmi	Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, Ca	November 11, 2012
6. Michael Wolff’s Tribute to Cal Tjader	Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, Ca	September, 23, 2012
7. Pilc-Moutin-Hoenig	Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, Ca	January 15, 2012
8. Dominick Farinacci	Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, Ca	April 1, 2012
9. Amina Figarova	Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, Ca	May, 13, 2012
	San Francisco Underground Jazz Scene
zBug / David Leikam headlining	The Lab w/ GodWaffle, the Luggage Store, and many other venues	Various www.Davidleikam.net

Ron Sweetman

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 02:00:24 GMT

Artist Album Title Record Label

Ray Anderson Pocket Brass Band Sweet Chicago Suite Intuition

Louis Armstrong The Armstrong Box Storyville

Elton Dean’s Ninesense The 100 Club Concert Reel

Duke Ellington My People Storyville

Bill Evans Top of the Gate Resonance

Tia Fuller Angelic Warrior Mack Avenue

Joe Harriott The Joe Harriott Story Proper

Chris McGregor In His Good Time Ogun

Dom Minasi/Karl Berger Synchronicity Nacht

Wes Montgomery Indiana Avenue Resonance

Mike Osborne Birmingham Concert Cadillac

Pharoah Sanders In the Beginning ESP

Wadada Leo Smith Ten Freedom Summers Cuneiform

John Surman Flashpoint Cuneiform

Joe Lang

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:36:47 GMT

Tommy Cecil and Bill Mays – Side By Side: Sondheim Duos – Tommy Cecil (No Catalog #)

The Morganville Four – Alone With My Dream – JazzRules (1001)

Harry Allen and Scott Hamilton – ‘Round Midnight – Challenge (73348)

Rossano Sportiello/Nicki Parrott/Eddie Metz - Live at the Jazz Corner - (Arbors (19437)

Dan Block – Duality – Miles High Records 8620

Sue Raney – Listen Here – Rhombus Records (7110)

Matt Munisteri - Still Runnin’ Wild in the Wilderness: The Lost Music of Willard Robison, Volume One - Old Cow Music (1005)

Stephanie Nakasian - Show Me the Way to Get Out of This World - Capri (74115)

Tim Horner - The Places We Feel Free - Miles High Records (8615)

Daryl Sherman - Mississippi Belle: Cole Porter in the Quarter - Audiophile (342)

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