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Jazz Top Ten 2008:

by Tom Hull

This article is an unpublished draft.

Notes

Working list:

  1. William Parker: Double Sunrise Over Neptune (AUM Fidelity)
  2. Vijay Iyer: Tragicomic (Sunnyside)
  3. Nik Bärtsch's Ronin: Holon (ECM)
  4. Rob Brown Ensemble: Crown Trunk Root Funk (AUM Fidelity)
  5. Scott Fields Freetet: Bitter Love Songs (Clean Feed)
  6. Mostly Other People Do the Killing: This Is Our Moosic (Hot Cup)
  7. Kris Davis: Rye Eclipse (Fresh Sound New Talent)
  8. Vandermark 5: Beat Reader (Atavistic)
  9. Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra: We Are MTO (Mowo!)
  10. Randy Sandke: Unconventional Wisdom (Arbors)

Reissues:

  1. Anthony Braxton: The Complete Arista Recordings of Anthony Braxton (1974-80, Mosaic, 8CD)
  2. Paul Bley Trio: Closer (1965, ESP-Disk)
  3. Curlew: 1st Album/Live at CBGB (1980-81, DMG/ARC, 2CD)

Vocals:

  1. Patricia Barber: The Cole Porter Mix (Blue Note)

Debuts:

  1. Jorge Lima Barreto: Zul Zelub (Clean Feed)

Latin Jazz:

  1. Mike Ellis: Bahia Band (Alpha Pocket)

Notes

Working lists (as of Nov. 26, 2008): New

  1. Fieldwork: Door (Pi)
  2. Kenny Garrett: Sketches of MD (Mack Avenue) *
  3. Steve Reid Ensemble: Daxaar (Domino)
  4. Mike Reed's People, Places & Things: Proliferation (482 Music)
  5. Sonny Rollins: Road Shows Vol. 1 (Doxy/Emarcy)
  6. Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra: We Are MTO (Mowo!)
  7. Ben Allison & Man Size Safe: Little Things Run the World (Palmetto)
  8. Cassandra Wilson: Loverly (Blue Note)
  9. Donny McCaslin Trio: Recommended Tools (Greenleaf Music)
  10. Ulf Wakenius: Love Is Real (ACT)
  11. Bill Frisell: History, Mystery (Nonesuch, 2CD) **
  12. David Murray/Mal Waldron: Silence (Justin Time)
  13. Oleg Kireyev/Feng Shui Jazz Project: Mandala (Jazzheads)
  14. The Gust Spenos Quartet: Swing Theory (Swing Theory)
  15. Dick Hyman/Chris Hopkins: Teddy Wilson in 4 Hands (Victoria) %
  16. Satoko Fujii Trio: Trace a River (Libra)
  17. Jerry Bergonzi: Tenor Talk (Savant)
  18. Dave Douglas & Keystone: Moonshine (Greenleaf Music)
  19. Scott DuBois: Banshees (Sunnyside)
  20. Maceo Parker: Roots & Grooves (Heads Up, 2CD)
  21. Steven Bernstein: Diaspora Suite (Tzadik)
  22. Mary Lou Williams: A Grand Night for Swinging (1976, High Note)
  23. Bill Cole's Untempered Ensemble: Proverbs for Sam (Boxholder)
  24. Anthony Braxton/Milford Graves/William Parker: Beyond Quantum (Tzadik) **
  25. François Carrier/Michel Lambert/Jean-Jacques Avenel: Within (Leo)
  26. Raoul Björkenheim/William Parker/Hamid Drake: DMG @ the Stone: Volume 2 (DMG/ARC)
  27. Paul Shapiro's Ribs and Brisket Revue: Essen (Tzadik)
  28. Dominique Cravic & Les Primitifs du Futur: Tribal Musette (Sunnyside)
  29. Horace Silver: Live at Newport '58 (1958, Blue Note)

Reissues:

  1. Thelonious Monk: Brilliant Corners (1956, Riverside/Keepnews Collection)
  2. Bill Evans Trio: Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961, Riverside/Keepnews Collection)
  3. Bill Evans Trio: Portrait in Jazz (1959, Riverside/Keepnews Collection)
  4. Wes Montgomery: Incredible Jazz Guitar (1960, Riverside/Keepnews Collection)
  5. Steve Lacy: The Forest and the Zoo (1966, ESP-Disk)
  6. Nat Adderley: Work Song (1960, Riverside/Keepnews Collection)
  7. Blue Mitchell: Blue Soul (1959, Riverside/Keepnews Collection)
  8. New York Art Quartet (1964, ESP-Disk)
  9. Art Pepper: Unreleased Art, Vol. III: The Croydon Concert, May 14, 1981 (1981, Widow's Taste, 2CD)
  10. Coleman Hawkins: The Hawk Flies High (1957, Riverside/Keepnews Collection)
  11. Dave Brubeck: 50 Years of Dave Brubeck: Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1958-2007 (Monterey Jazz Festival)

Vocal:

  1. Cassandra Wilson: Loverly (Blue Note)
  2. Patricia Barber: The Cole Porter Mix (Blue Note)
  3. Dominique Cravic & Les Primitifs du Futur: Tribal Musette (Sunnyside)

Debut:

  1. The Gust Spenos Quartet: Swing Theory (Swing Theory) ?

Latin jazz:

  1. Mike Ellis: Bahia Band (Alpha Pocket)