Comments on: D:O’s Fave Jazz Jamz of 2009

By: vandermarkfan

vandermarkfan — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:27:24 +0000

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By: bill

bill — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:10:25 +0000

Improvisations (duo) 2008 -Anthony Braxton & Maral Yakshieva

Red Canopy-Alfred Harth

somethingtobesaid-John Butcher Group

Tenterhooks-Jack Wright Quartet

Vanity-Grosse Abfahrt

By: chris

chris — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:25:15 +0000

maaaaaaan i can’t wait for This Brings Us To Vol 2

By: Henry Plainview

Henry Plainview — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:42:02 +0000

Although it’s almost free jazz metal, I really enjoyed Zu’s Carboniferous. I’m surprised Evan Parker’s House Full of Floors and Full Blast’s Black Hole didn’t merit a mention.

I saw Darius Jones playing with Lisle Ellis at The Stone, I’m surprised he’s actually famous as a leader. He was the best soloist besides Lisle himself, so I guess it shouldn’t surprise me.

By: Guy

Guy — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:33:11 +0000

favorites:

david s. ware quartet – live in vilnius
darius jones trio – man’ish boy (a raw & beautiful thing)
vandermark 5 – annular gift
ken vandermark – resonance box set
the thing – bag it!
digital primitives – hum crackle & pop
barry guy & mats gustafsson – sinners, rather than saints
zaum – a is for ox
john zorn – femina
han bennink trio – parken
dave rempis percussion quartet – the disappointment of parsley
david s. ware – shakti

also enjoyed ‘full blast’ (brötzmann, pliakes, wertmüller), ‘stolas, book of angels vol. 12 (masada & joe lovano), ‘carnivore’ (quartet offensive), ‘historicity’ (vijay iyer trio)

By: Bart from Tampa

Bart from Tampa — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:03:05 +0000

Great list. I would also recommend Joe Lovano’s “Folk Art”. The interraction between players is constantly shifting around in groups of two or three. I saw this lineup perform in 2006 (minus percussionist Otis Brown III) and they were killing it. Lovano sometimes falls back on what he already knows, but this release shows his desire to keep pushing the limits of jazz.

By: Richard Kamins

Richard Kamins — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:45:33 +0000

I agree with much of your list (though there are several I have yet to hear.) I also recommend 2 Clean Feed disks, The Marty Ehrlich Rites “Things Have Got To Change” and Harris Eisenstadt “Canada Day.” Ditto on the John Hebert “Byzantine Monkey.”

By: julien

julien — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:45:27 +0000

sorry but I forgot some of my favorite ones: Nuts – Symphony For Old And New Dimensions on Ayler Records, John Hébert – Byzantine Monkey (Firehouse 12), 13th Assembly – (Un)Sentimental (Important Records)

By: julien

julien — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:42:11 +0000

nice list. You could add the two Malaby albums (Paloma Recio and Voladores), the Rob Mazurek quintet Sound Is, Dennis Gonzalez albums or the Tribute To Albert Ayler by Campbell/McPhee/Parker/Smith just to name a few
cheers

By: Chris M

Chris M — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:41:19 +0000

Seems we’re on pretty much the same page regarding this year’s jazz. All of those records resonated with me in various ways and I liked them all. Darius’ even tops my “anything goes” 2009-list as well as my jazz list.

I recommend the Zorn trio album. Beautiful stuff.