Hank Shteamer: 2009 Jazz Top 10, and more
December 8th 2009
Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2009
1. Ran Blake Driftwoods (Tompkins Square)
2. Chad Taylor Circle Down (482 Music)
3. Jon Irabagon with Mike Pride I Don’t Hear Nothin’ but the Blues (Loyal Label)
4. John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble Eternal Interlude (Sunnyside)
5. Darius Jones Trio Man’ish Boy (A Raw and Beautiful Thing) (Aum Fidelity)
6. Henry Threadgill Zooid This Brings Us To, Volume 1 (Pi)
7. Borah Bergman Trio Luminescence (Tzadik)
8. Jim Black AlasNoAxis Houseplant (Winter & Winter)
9. Charles Evans and Neil Shah Live at Saint Stephens (Hot Cup)
10. Loren Stillman Winter Fruits (Pirouet)
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Multimedia:
Miles Davis Quintet Live in Europe ’67 [DVD, available with The Complete Miles Davis Columbia Album Collection]
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original by Robin D.G. Kelley (Free Press)
Click past the jump for ten honorable-mention discs and seven live shows.
