News from allaboutjazz.com | January 6, 2005
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 THE JAZZ LEGACY
2004: YEAR IN REVIEW
CONTRIBUTOR PICKS 2004
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING 2004
VISUAL ARTS CENTER LAUNCH!
IAJE 2005
MONTHLY GREETING: THE JAZZ LEGACY
The music we love is about a century old, which makes it more than a tradition. By this point it's a legacy.
Some people don't like to use that word to describe a vibrant living art form like jazz, because it suggests images of old guys in black and white obsolescence, the kind of thing you might encounter in a dated documentary film. But the jazz legacy is a gift that stays verdant and green today through... Continue
A WORD FROM OUR SPONSORS...
AAJ is proud to showcase the following CDs:
Mainstream Releases
Ari Hoenig's The Painter, Andrew Cheshire's The Four Ages of Bob, Frøy Aagre & Offbeat's Katalyze, Paul Thomas Yoder's Dreamin', City Rhythm Orchestra's Vibrant Tones, New England Jazz Ensemble's A Cookin' Christmas, and Jeremy Steig & Vic Juris's Improvised.
Vocal Releases
Alma Micic's Introducing Alma, Inger Marie Gundersen's Make this moment, Royal Jelly Orchestra's Seriously Happy, and Carol Mennie's I'm Not A Sometime Thing.
Show your support of AAJ by clicking through to these artists' websites and listening to music from their latest releases.
Jazz musician or label? Click here for more information about promoting your new CD.
2004: IN REVIEW
We compiled all the "best of" lists and the "year in review" articles and placed the links below.
"Most Read" Articles & CD Reviews
AAJ Staff
Best New Recordings
C. Michael Bailey
Nils Jacobson
Dan McClenaghan
Michael Ricci
Best Reissues
C. Andrew Hovan
Best Downloads
Mark Sabbatini
Best of (Multiple Categories)
AAJ:New York
Articles
2004: A Year of Institutional Triumphs and Great Losses by Ken Franckling
2004 in Review: From John Cage to John Peel by John Eyles
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CONTRIBUTOR PICKS 2004
We solicited opinions from all AAJ contributors, and out of more than 500 nominations, the following
2004 releases garnered the most votes.
New Releases
Reissues
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MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING 2004
The year that just ended was our most productive, thanks to the efforts of more individuals than ever. We'd like to acknowledge all the contributors for playing a part in this collective effort.
We also witnessed a variety of developments on the editorial front as the site itself evolved. Here are just a few of the sections we launched in 2004:
VISUAL ARTS CENTER LAUNCH!
We're ramping up the new AAJ Visual Arts Center with several new photo albums by our photographer friends. Jimmy Katz (62 images), Jos Knaepen (200 images), and iga Koritnik (68 images) have already created albums, while Michael Kurgansky uploaded 37 images from the 2004 JVC Newport Jazz Festival.
The process of adding new albums will take time, but our goal is to have 100+ active albums by this time next year. That's a whole lotta jazz photographs and artwork! We'll also feature a photographer each week on the home page.
If you are a photographer, painter, or illustrator, and would like to feature your work at AAJ, click here.
IAJE 2005
Heading to IAJE annual jazz conference in Long Beach, CA? If so, we hope to see you there.
Since we last checked, Jim Santella, Ken Dryden, "Captain" Jack Bowers, Fred Jung, Nils Jacobson and Michael Ricci will be in attendance.
Be sure to stop by the AAJ:LA booth and say hello to Fred!
Happy New Year!
Mike, Chris, Nils and the entire All About Jazz Staff
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