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Nils Jacobson's Best of 2006
by AAJ Staff
Over the course of 2006, I listened to about 800 new recordings. The discs below represent the high points of this experience. A few releases from 2005 are also included (as noted) because they popped up on the radar after I made last year's list. Jazz
John Kelman's Best of 2006
by John Kelman
Selected picks representing the top recorded events in jazz and beyond for 2006.... Jazz New Releases Iro Haarla Northbound (ECM) Joe Locke/Geoffrey Keezer Group Live in Seattle (Origin) The Vandermark 5 A Discontinuous Line (Atavistic) Stephan ...
Chris May's Best of 2006
by Chris May
21 toptastic albums, containing material recorded 1925-2006, from Britain, Congo, the US, Spain, Greece, Switzerland, Mali, Poland, Lebanon, South Africa, Austria and France. New Releases Marcel Khalifé Taqasim (Nagam) Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet Husky (Hyena) Huw Warren & Peter Herbert ...
2005 Contributor Picks
by AAJ Staff
We solicited opinions from all active AAJ contributors, and out of more than 600 nominations, the following 2005 releases garnered the most votes. New ReleasesBen Monder Oceana (Sunnyside) CD ReviewsPat Metheny Group The Way Up (Nonesuch) CD Reviews Concert Reviews InterviewJoe Lovano Joyous Encounter (Blue Note) CD Reviews Concert Reviews Interviews Video FeatureMarc Johnson Shades of ...
Year in Review: 2005
by AAJ Staff
We compiled all the “best of" lists and the “year in review" articles and placed the links below. Best New Recordings Contributor Picks Ten Top Tens C. Michael Bailey Dan McClenaghan Jack Bowers John Kelman Michael Ricci Nils Jacobson
2005: The Year in Jazz
by Ken Franckling
Human tragedy brings out the best in the jazz community. When nasty Hurricane Katrina bore down on the U.S. Gulf Coast in late August, its floodwaters broke through New Orleans' fragile levees, and the storm and its aftermath laid waste to a city built below sea level--and best known to many of us as ...
Publisher's Top Picks for 2005
by Michael Ricci
What a year for record numbers. All About Jazz reached an all-time high for visitors in October (800,552), published 331 CD reviews in August, and won our fourth consecutive JJA Best Website Concentrating on Jazz award. More importantly, we continued to build the backend systems that will drive the site for the next ten years.
Ten Top Tens: 2005
by AAJ Staff
More selections by ten senior staffers...Chris MayNew Releases Tony Bevan, Bruised, Foghorn Records Steve Reid Ensemble, Spirit Walk, Soul Jazz Records Polar Bear, Held On The Tips Of Fingers, Babel Evan Parker, The Eleventh Hour, ECM Hendrik Meurkens, Amazon River, Blue Toucan Music Enrico Pieranunzi, Play Morricone, Cam Jazz Konono No.1, Congotronics, ...
Nils Jacobson's Best of 2005
by AAJ Staff
Selected picks representing the top recorded events in jazz and beyond for 2005....JazzNachito Herrera Bembé En Mi Casa (FS Music)Tom Christensen New York School (Playscape)Ben Monder Oceana (Sunnyside)Benevento/Russo Duo Best Reason to Buy the Sun (Ropeadope)Uri Caine/Bedrock Shelf-Life (Winter & Winter)Tord Gustavsen Trio The Ground (ECM)Reissues/Historical ReleasesBill Evans The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 ...
Best Jazz Reissues of 2005
by C. Andrew Hovan
For the first time in many years, there has been a shift in the focus of many record labels, putting new music and previously unearthed artifacts in a position of precedence over the reissue of vault items. New releases of live recordings from Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, and Charlie Parker seemed to steal the thunder from ...
