2006 Contributor Picks
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.