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AAJ's Top 20 Interviews of 2008
by AAJ Staff
2008 represented another great year for interviews and profiles at AAJ, covering artists across the stylistic spectrum. As ever, AAJ provided coverage of well-known artists like Dave Holland, Pat Martino, Greg Osby and Randy Brecker, as well as relative up-and-comers including Brad Shepik, Manuel Mengis, Darcy James Argue and Asaf Sirkis. While ...
Top Ten "Most Read" Articles & CD Reviews: 2008
by AAJ Staff
AAJ tracks how often an article is read, and the articles and CD reviews below represent our top ten published in 2008. Top Ten Articles Extended Analysis Genesis: 1970-1975 Box Set By John Kelman Artist Profiles Remembering Esbjorn Svensson By Ian Patterson Interviews Dennis ...
Mark F. Turner's Best of 2008
by Mark F. Turner
Another tremendous year of diverse music. Here are a few that made lasting impressions. Drew Gress The Irrational Numbers(Premonition) Cassandra Wilson Loverly (Blue Note) McCoy TynerGuitars (Half Note) Steve Khan The Suitcase(Tone Center) Kurt Rosenwinkel The Remedy: Live at the Village ...
Jeff Dayton-Johnson's Best of 2008
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
When the world economy entered into a tailspin this year, Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner dubbed the event the “Jazz Effect“ given that it emanated from the United States (she was drawing a parallel, for example, to the 1994 “Tequila Effect" that followed a botched currency devaluation in Mexico). I was so happy that a ...
AllAboutJazz-New York Best of 2008
by Andrey Henkin
MUSICIANS OF THE YEARAnthony Braxton Marilyn Crispell Hank Jones Roy Haynes Rudresh Mahanthappa RECORD LABELS OF THE YEARAUM Fidelity Clean Feed Intakt Jazzwerkstatt (Germany) Mosaic VENUES OF THE YEARCornelia Street Cafe (West Village) Jazz Standard (Murray Hill/Gramercy) Roulette (SoHo) The Stone (Alphabet City) ...
2008: The Year in Jazz
by Ken Franckling
The demise of one of the world's premier jazz advocacy organizations topped the jazz world's headlines during 2008, a year that also saw several jazz festivals impacted by the worsening economy. Yet the music itself--and its makers--continue to survive if not thrive in many ways. Here's a look at notable happenings and achievements: ...
C. Andrew Hovan's Top Jazz Picks For 2008
by C. Andrew Hovan
Well it's that time of year again. The task of going through the stacks of music that have reached my door over the past twelve months. While the economy and the weak state of the record industry would tend to suggest that things might be on the slim side, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that ...
Troy Collins' Best of 2008
by Troy Collins
Narrowing down the hundreds of releases heard over a year to a mere handful is never an easy task. The new millennium has proven to be a fertile period for jazz (in all its guises); attempting to mention every album of a high caliber would result in a list of prolix proportions. In an effort to ...
Dan McClenaghan's 2008 Top Ten
by Dan McClenaghan
Here are ten of 2008's jazz CDs that charmed and seduced me, or grabbed my lapels and wouldn't let go. Bobo Stenson Trio Cantando ECM Records A piano trio set of incredible subtlety, depth and beauty, with Swedish pianist joined by bassist Anders Jormin ...
John Kelman's Best of 2008
by John Kelman
Selected picks representing the top recorded events in jazz and beyond for 2008.... Jazz New Releases e.s.t. Leucocyte (ACT) Bobo Stenson Trio Cantando (ECM) Atomic Retrograde (Jazzland) Vince Mendoza ...
