Ancient Future: Top 20+ for 2009
2009 Ancient Future Top 20 (in alphabetical order)
Dee Alexander, Wild is the Wind, Blu Jazz
Jane Bunnett, Embracing Voices, Sunnyside
Kurt Elling, Dedicated to You, Concord
Oran Etkin, Kelenia, Motema
Robert Glasper, Double Booked, Blue Note
Stefon Harris & Blackout, Urbanus, Concord
Bobby Hutcherson, Wise One, Kind of Blue
Vijay Iyer, Historicity, ACT
Sean Jones, The Search Within, Mack Avenue
James King, Allen’s Odyssey, Vibrant Tree
Joe Locke/David Hazeltine Quartet, Mutual Admiration Society 2, Sharp Nine
Joe Lovano UsFive, Folk Art, Blue Note
Branford Marsalis, Metamorphosen, Marsalis Music
Nicole Mitchell Black Earth Strings, Renegade, Delmark
David Murray, The Devil Tried to Kill Me, Justin Time
Joshua Redman, Compass, Nonesuch
Marcus Roberts, New Orleans to Harlem, J Master
Jackie Ryan, Doozy, Open Art
Michael Thomas Quintet, Live at Twins Jazz, Jazhead
Miguel Zenon, Esta Plena, Marsalis Music
REISSUE of the year:
Fela Kuti, The Best of The Black President, Knitting Factory
…And another deserving Baker’s Dozen
JD Allen Trio, Shine, Sunnyside
Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber, Making Love to the Dark Ages,
Livewired Music
Donald Bailey, Blueprints of Jazz, Talking House
Babatunde Lea Umbo Weti, A Tribute to Leon Thomas, Motema
Marcus Strickland, Idiosyncracies, Strick Muzik
Stanley Clarke Trio, Jazz in the Garden, Heads Up
Tar Baby, Tar Baby, Imani
Pepe Gonzalez, Looking Back, IFP
Aruan Ortiz, Alameda, Fresh Sound
Jack DeJohnette-Danilo Perez-John Patitucci, Music We Are,
Golden Beams
John Surman, Brewster’s Rooster, ECM
Gerald Clayton, Two-Shade, Artists Share’
Wayne Wallace, Bien Bien!, Patois
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December 31st, 2009 at 12:36 am
Thank you Willard, from Joe Locke and I for all of the support for not only Joe Locke and his music, but for all of the great artists that you feature and your efforts to keep the music vital.
Best,
Tom Marcello
Manager / Joe Locke
December 31st, 2009 at 7:32 pm
Willard,
As always a great list. This really represents a colorful palette of artists. I want to take this opportunity to thank you for supporting SUPERNOVA and my work over the years. This is wishing for you a prosperous and eventful 2010.
Peace,
Nasar
January 3rd, 2010 at 2:13 pm
Being on THIS list, one compiled by someone who DEEPLY KNOWS,
means more to me than other acknowledgements. The other selections
here ( i’ve heard almost all of them) I think really ARE the year’s best, making
it even more of an honor to be included. Great to see a post from Nasar Abadey here, someone from whom I got much early inspiration, listening to his group, Birthright, in Upstate NY. Now hearing great things about son Kush, tearin’ it up w/ Wallace Roney. The river keeps flowing ….
Thank you, Willard. Wishing you a very Happy New Year, and hoping that 2010 brings a little more Peace, Love & Understanding to the world.
January 16th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
Riffing the Jazz Links: The “Best of 2009″ Edition…
This can’t start to be a series of posts until I do more than Number 1, and what better way to continue this series than with a number of “best of” lists that various jazz writers, bloggers and sites have……