Tuesday, December 23, 2008

JAZZ AMUCK top twenty for 2008

twenty favorite jazz recordings of 2008

wadada leo smith’s golden 4tet – tabligh - cuneiform
william parker – double sunrise over neptune – arts for art/aum fidelity
mary halvorson trio – dragon’s head – firehouse 12
atomic school days – distil – okka disk
joe mcphee/lisle ellis/paul plimley – sweet freedom: now what? – hat hut ©
thom gossage other voices – impulsi – self release ©
nichole mitchell’s black earth ens. – xenogenesis suite – firehouse 12
angels – every woman is a tree – clean feed
william parker quartet – petite oiseau – aum fidelity
joe mcphee/john heward – 12 improvisations – mode/avant ©
harris eisenstadt – guewel – clean feed ©
fieldwork – door – pi recordings
empty cage 4tet – stratostrophic – clean feed
the peggy lee band – new code – drip audio ©
herb robertson ny downtown allstars – real aberration – clean feed
anthony braxton – 12+1tet (victoriaville) 2007 – victo
rob brown ens. – crown trunk root funk – aum fidelity
mario pavone double tenor quintet – ancestors – playscape
joe giardullo open ens. – red morocco – rogue art
bill dixon w/ exploding star ork. – s/t – thrill jockey
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