JJA Best Of 2010 Lists (JAZZ)

Roach · **Joined:** Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:39 pm **Posts:** 955

Jazz Journalists Association list bonanza.

http://members.jazzjournalists.org/2010_Best

5 pages worth, I'll quote a couple from the guys i follow.

Quote:

Geoffrey Himes' Best Jazz Albums of 2010

New Albums:

1. Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green: Apex (Pi)
2. Jason Moran: Ten (Blue Note)
3. Bill Frisell: Beautiful Dreamers (Savoy Jazz)
4. Ralph Towner/Paolo Fresu: Chiaroscuro (ECM)
5. Cyrus Chestnut: Journeys (Jazz Legacy)
6. Guillermo Klein: Domador de Huellas (Sunnyside)
7. Dave Douglas & Keystone: Spark of Being (Greenleaf)
8. Jason Robinson and Anthony Davis: Cerulean Landscape (Clean Feed)
9. Vijay Iyer: Solo (ACT)
10. SFJazz Collective: Live 2010 (SFJazz)
11. Antonio Sanchez: Live in New York (CamJazz)
12. Julian Arguelles Trio: Ground Rush (Clean Feed)
13. Steve Coleman and Five Elements: Harvesting Semblances and Affinities (Pi)
14. The Dave Holland Octet: Pathways (Dare2)
15. Matthew Shipp: 4D (Thirsty Ear)
16. Michael Formanek: The Rub and Spare Change (ECM)
17. Ralph Alessi: Cognitive Dissonance (CamJazz)
18. Junko Onishi: Baroque (Verve)
19. Randy Weston and his African Rhythms Sextet: The Storyteller (Motema)
20. Jean-Michel Pilc: True Story (Dreyfus)

Quote:

David Adler: Best of 2010

Top Ten:

Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet, Natural Selection (Sunnyside)

Paul Motian/Chris Potter/Jason Moran, Lost In a Dream (ECM)

John Hébert Trio, Spiritual Lover (Clean Feed)

Jason Moran, Ten (Blue Note)

Pat Metheny, Orchestrion (Nonesuch)

Avishai Cohen, Introducing Triveni (Anzic)

Eric Hofbauer, American Fear! (Creative Nation)

David S. Ware, Onecept (Aum Fidelity)

Orrin Evans, Faith In Action (Posi-Tone)

SFJazz Collective, Live 2010: The Works of Horace Silver (SFJazz)

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Thanks for posting that. I haven't listened to much new jazz this year. I noticed these getting mention on a lot of lists:

Jason Moran (like what I've heard from him playing with Charles Lloyd, should probably check out his records)
Randy Weston (know the name but don't have anything by him)
Omar Sosa (don't think i've ever heard of him)
Charles Lloyd (he's great but I've still not heard the new one on record, only live)
Vijay Iyer (never heard of him)
Azar Lawrence (I've seen him live a few times and was impressed but never listened to his records)

Surprised that Dee Dee Bridgewater's tribute to Billie Holiday didn't make any lists. I can't vouch for it myself but I like her and thought I'd read good things about it.

Roach · **Joined:** Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:39 pm **Posts:** 955

Jason Moran has had an amazing year. I love his own record and the Charles Lloyd one, but he's also in the Paul Motian Trio that is mentioned a few times which I'd recommend, and plays on the Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green record as well.

I'm suprised the Fred Hersch Trio didn't make a few more lists, i thought that was excellent.

hey look · **Posted:** Wed Dec 08, 2010 12:06 am

I went through NPR's jazz list and most of it was terrible. Matthew Shipp - 4D was pretty bad but I thought it was last year anyway. That Dave Holland Octet record fucking rules though - huge sound.

I can't remember if I had that Rudresh album or not, probably not - but I had mixed feelings about last years.

Oh and i still don't like that Bill Frisell and finally gave up on the Pat Metheny, even though it is made by robots.

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