2007 - My Personal Music Year In Review - Part One

Well, It's that time again, time to recap my personal music year in review! In this first part, I'm listing my favorite jazz releases of 2007 and the best live shows I witnessed this year.


Top Ten New Jazz Releases Of 2007

(Listed Alphabetically, Not By Ranking)


BUCHBINDER, DAVID: Odessa/Havana CD (Tzadik)

CLINE, NELS (SINGERS): Draw Breath CD (Cryptogramophone)

EL SAFFAR, AMIR: Two Rivers CD (Pi Recordings)

MEKURIA, GETATCHEW, AND THE EX AND GUESTS: Moa Anbessa CD (Terp Records)

MITCHELL, NICOLE (BLACK EARTH ENSEMBLE): Black Unstoppable CD (Delmark)

MORRIS, JOE/VANDERMARK/GRAY: Rebus CD (Clean Feed)

PARKER, WILLIAM/RAINING ON THE MOON: Corn Meal Dance CD (Aum Fidelity)

PASQUA, ALAN: The Antisocial Club CD (Cryptogramophone)

POWERHOUSE SOUND: Oslo/Chicago: Breaks (Atavistic)

TERRITORY BAND - 6 WITH FRED ANDERSON: Collide CD (Okka Disk)


JAZZ ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Ken Vandermark - Pictured Above In Full Flight On Baritone Sax!!!!!



Top Three Live Shows 2007

(Again, Listed Alphabetically, Not By Ranking)


Nels Cline Singers - 4/25/07 - At Yoshi’s in Oakland, CA (Pictured Above)

The Valerie Project - 11/2/07 - At the Brookdale Lodge, located deep in mountains near Santa Cruz, CA.

The Wooden Shjips / The Nothing People - 3/29/07 - At the Hemlock Tavern in San Francisco, CA