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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JAZZ AMUCK playlist: dec 19, 08

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friday, december 19, 2008

steve with pulses – thom gossage other voices – impulsi – self ©
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longing – rudresh mahantappa – kinsmen – pi recordings
bindu 2 for fred Anderson – hamid drake + bindu – bindu – rogue art
ode to c. p. – eric dolphy – iron man – fuel
morning mantra – william parker – double sunrise over neptune – aum fidelity
music matador – eric dolphy (prince lasha) – conversations – fuel
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iskmix – mario pavone double tenor 4tet – ancestors – playscape
acuppa – mauger – the beautiful enabler – clean feed
triple double – shot x shot – let nature square – high two
talap's theme – william parker 4tet – petit oiseau – aum fidelity
self portrait – ellis/mcphee/plimley – sweet freedom- now what? – hat hut ©
view from the bridge – geggie/crispell/fraser – geggie project – ambiances magnétiques ©
float/run – ridd 4tet – fiction avalanche – clean feed
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tiny pyramids – ratchet orchestra – live at sala rosa 2007 – self ©
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JAZZ AMUCK playlist: dec 12, 08

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friday, december 12, 2008

somebody come and play – yoon sun choi/jacob sacks – imagination – yeah yeah
little things (edit) – yoon sun choi/jacob sacks – imagination – yeah yeah
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buanderie montréalaise – ensemble supermusique – y’a du bruit dans ma cabane – ambiances magnétiques ©
not cheddar but – lapslap – itch – leo
antifonia – alexander von schlippenbach – friulian sketches – psi
improvisation 12 – jim mcauley – the ultimate frog – drip audio ©
adagio for isabelle – thom gossage other voices – impusi – self release ©
walk me through – peggy lee band – new code – drip audio ©
too many ties – mary halverson trio – dragon’s head – firehouse 12
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tapestry – ted daniel quintet – tapestry – porter
blue + damsen – angelicia sanchez – life between – clean feed
closing stages – atomic/school days – distil – okka disk
don’t wake the baby – david hurley – outer nebula inner nebula – porter
survivor’s suite pt. 2 – george schuller’s circle wide – like before, somewhat after – playscape
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discussion au living room – ensemble supermusique – y’a du bruit dans ma cabane – ambiances magnétiques ©
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JAZZ AMUCK playlist: dec 5, 08

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friday, december 5, 2008

hallucinations - léandre/sirjacq - out of nowhere - ambiances magnétiques
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in d flat minor - flatlands collective - maatjes - clean feed
glass - blink - the epidemic of ideas - thirsty ear
sala rosa - frith roger - pas de deux - ambiances magnétiques ©
federico - angelica sanchez - life between - clean feed
monkey catcher - ridd 4tet - fiction avalanche - clean feed
kaolak/n'wolof - harris eisenstadt - guewel - clean feed ©
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starmelodics - kaufmann/dresser/eisenstadt - starmelodics - nuscope ©
hangman - daniel levin trio - fuhuffah - clean feed
part 7 - léandre/akosh s. - kor - leo
impulsi - thom gossage other voices - impusi - self release ©
fort funston - atomic/school days - distil - okka disk
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lent irrealmente - quartetski does prokofiev - visions fugitives op. 22: … - ambiances magnétiques ©
not a wake-up call - peggy lee band - new code - drip audio ©
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bêtes à désirs retardés - michel f. coté/isaiah ceccarelli - vulgarités - ambiances magnétiques ©
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JAZZ AMUCK playlist: nov 28, 08

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friday, november 28, 2008

somme de nos échecs – michel f. coté/isaiah ceccarelli – vugarités – ambiance magnétiques ©
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opening – joelle léandre/quentin sirjacq – out of nowhere – ambiance magnétiques
preperations – peggy lee band – new code – drip audio ©
andersonville – atomic/school days – distil – okka disk
every woman is a tree – angels – every woman is a tree – clean feed
barambiye/djarama – harris eisenstadt – guewel – clean feed ©
september – ratchet orchestra – (myspace) – self published ©
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the persistence of rosewood. – mcphee/ellis/plimley – sweet freedom : now what? – hat hut ©
entre chien et loup – geggie/crispell/frazer – geggie project – ambiance magnétiques ©
shape – daniel levin trio – fuhuffah – clean feed
malachai's mode – william parker 4tet – petit oiseau – aum fidelity
iskmix – mario pavone double tenor 5tet – ancestors – playscape
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green chimneys – pandelis/newton/mcbride – betwixt – hat hut
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kd’s motion – zorn/lewis/frisell – news for lulu – hat hut
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JAZZ AMUCK playlist: nov 21, 08

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friday, november 21, 2008 (beggathon fall 08.2)

i've got five dollars – lee morse + her blue grass boys – great american songs of the depression – fanfare
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odwalla (edit) – art ensemble of chicago – non-cognative aspects of the city – pi recordings
deep giant squid – david hurley – outer nebula inner nubula – porter records
las du futur – michel f. coté/isaiah ciccerelli – vulgarités – ambiances magnétiques ©
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sunny – tilted 4tet – tilted 4tet – self release ©
self portrait – mcphee/ellis/plimley – sweet freedom, now what? – hat hut ©
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scattering of the ... – bill dixon – 17 musicians in search of a sound: darfur – aum fidelity
jazz death (edit) – lester bowie – congliptious (the roscoe mitchell art ens.) – nessa
vamp – bill bang/don cherry – variations in time – public transit records
easternal mysticism, ... – henry grimes/rashid ali – going to the ritual – porter records
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sweet dreams – ted daniel quintet – tapestry – porter records
514 – angelica sanchez – life between – clean feed
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untitled #4 (edit) – murray street band – john heward music – musée du québec ©
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life is just a bowl ... – rudy vallee – great american songs of the depression – fanfare
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JAZZ AMUCK playlist: nov 14, 08

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friday, november 14, 2008 (beggathon fall 08.1)

money money money - microscopic septet - lobster leaps in - cuneiform
brother can you spare... - bing crosby - great american songs of the depression - fanfare
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sonic ecosystem - rob brown ensemble - crown trunk root funk - aum fidelity
too many ties - mary halverson trio - dragon's head - firehouse 12
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improv 2 - john heward/joe mcphee - voices: 10 improvisations - avant/mode
get on the train - malachi thompson + africa brass - blue jazz - delamrk
i’d advise you not to ... - bobby previte + the new bump - set the alarm for monday - palmetto
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trumpet player - corey wilkes - drop it - delmark
caravan of winter - wadada leo smith golden 4tet - tabliegh - cuneiform
i wanted more - john geggie - geggie project - ambiances magnétiques
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july 10 - thom gossage other voices - impulsi - self release
shsh shsh - marc ribot’s ceramic dog - party intellectuals - pi recordings
heaven - karayorgis/newton/mcbride - bewixt - hat hut
we’re in the money - dick powell - great american songs of the depression - fanfare
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solar symbols - sun ra + solar arkestra - secrets of the sun - atavistic
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produced + presented by john b
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