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2006 Contributor Picks

By AAJ Staff
January 9, 2007
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We solicited opinions from all active All About Jazz contributors, and out of more than 500 nominations, the following 2006 releases garnered the most votes.

New Releases

Andrew Hill
Time Lines
(Blue Note)
CD Reviews
Interview

Ornette Coleman
Sound Grammar
(Sound Grammar)
CD Reviews
Concert Reviews

Chris Potter
Underground
(Sunnyside)
CD Reviews
Interviews: 2006 | 2004

Paul Motian
Garden of Eden
(ECM)
CD Reviews
Interview
Artist Profile (2005)

Dave Douglas
Meaning and Mystery
(Greenleaf)
CD Reviews
Concert Reviews
Interviews: 2006 | 2004

The Bennie Maupin Ensemble
Penumbra
(Cryptogramophone)
CD Reviews
Interview

Tomasz Stanko
Lontano
(ECM)
CD Reviews
Concert Review
Building A Jazz Library

Trio Beyond
Saudades
(ECM)
CD Reviews
Interviews/Profiles:
Jack DeJohnette
Larry Goldings
John Scofield

Kidd Jordan / Hamid Drake /
William Parker
Palm of Soul
(AUM Fidelity)
CD Reviews
William Parker Interviews: 1 | 2 (2005)
Hamid Drake Artist Profile

John Taylor
Angel of the Presence
(CamJazz)
CD Reviews

Nels Cline
New Monastery
(Cryptogramophone)
CD Reviews
Interviews: 2006 | 2004

Nik Bärtsch's Ronin
Stoa
(ECM)
CD Reviews
Interview

Jim Black's AlasNoAxis
Dogs of Great Indifference
(Winter & Winter)
CD Reviews

Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet
Husky
(Hyena)
CD Reviews
Interview

Style Picks

Latin

Yosvany Terry Cabrera
Metamorphosis
(Ewe/Kindred Rhythm)
CD Reviews

Big Band

Brussels Jazz Orchestra /
Royal Flemish Philharmonic
Dangerous Liaison
(Domusic)
CD Review

Vocal

Nancy King
Live at Jazz Standard
(MaxJazz)
CD Reviews
Concert Review

Reissues/Historical Releases

Thomas Chapin Trio
Ride [1995]
(Playscape)
CD Reviews

Charles Mingus
At UCLA [1965]
(Sunnyside)
CD Review
Genius Guide: A Mingus Among Us

Brötzmann/Mangelsdorff/Sommer
Pica Pica [1982]
(Atavistic)
CD Reviews
In Memoriam: Albert Mangelsdorff (1928-2005)

Other

Book

Ashley Kahn
The House That Trane Built:
The Story of Impulse Records
(W.W. Norton)
Reviews

World Music

Ali Farka Toure
Savane
(Nonesuch)
Review

DVD

Fred Anderson
Timeless:
Live at the Velvet Lounge
(Delmark)
Reviews

For more picks, check out our full collection: Year in Review: 2006.

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