Jazz on 3 - Best Albums of the Year

PLAYLIST Round-up of the best jazz CDs of 2008 Jazz on 3 22/12/08 Presenter: Jez Nelson Producer: Peggy Sutton Studio guests: John Fordham and Steve Shepherd SIGNATURE TUNE Artist Russell Gunn (Russell Gunn – trumpet, Gregory Tardy & Bruce Williams – reeds, Andre Heyward – trombone, Chieli Minucci – guitar, James Hurt – keyboards, Rodney Jordan – bass, Woody Williams – drums, Khalil Kwame Bell – percussion, DJ Apollo - turntables) Track Title Seventy Four Miles Away Composer Joe Zawinul Album Title Ethnomusicology Volume 1 FEATURED CDs: Artist Rudresh Mahanthappa (Rudresh Mahanthappa – alto sax, Kadri Gopalnath – alto sax, A. Kanyakumari – violin, Rez Abassi – guitar, Poovalur Sriji – mridangam, Carlo de Rosa – bass, royal hartigan – drums) Track Title Snake! Composer Rudresh Mahanthappa, Kadri Gopalnath Album Title Kinsmen Label Pi Recordings Artist Bill Frisell (Bill Frisell – electric and acoustic guitars, loops, Ron Miles – cornet, Greg Tardy – tenor saxophone, clarinet. Jenny Scheinman – violin, Eyvind Kang – viola, Hank Roberts – cello, Tony Scherr – bass, Kenny Wollesen – drums) Track Title Sub-Conscious Lee Composer Lee Konitz Album Title History, Mystery Label Nonesuch Records Artist Ingebrigt Haker Flaten Quintet (Dave Rempis – alto, tenor & baritone saxophones, Jeff Parker – guitar & assorted pedals, Ola Kvernberg – violin, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten – double bass, electronics, Frank Rosaly – drums, electronics) Track Title 90/94 Composer Ingebrigt Haker Flaten Album Title The Year of the Boar Label Jazzland, Universal Artist Vandermark 5 (Dave Rempis – alto, tenor sax, Tim Daisy – drums, Kent Kessler – bass, Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello, electronics, Ken Vandermark – baritone, clarinets) Track Title Speedplay Composer Ken Vandermark Album Title Beat Reader Label Atavistic EXCERPT FROM INTERVIEW WITH MAGNUS OSTROM FROM ESBJORN SVENSSON TRIBUTE PROGRAMME Artist EST (Dan Berglund – bass, Magnus Ostrom – drums, Esbjorn Svensson – piano) Track Title Jazz Composer EST Album Title Leucocyte Label Decca Records Artist Norma Winstone (Norma Winstone – vocals, Glauco Venier – piano, Klaus Gesing – bass clarinet, soprano saxophone) Track Title Every Time We Say Goodbye Composer Cole Porter Album Title Distances Label ECM Artist Bourne/Davis/Kane (Matthew Bourne – piano, sampler, Dave Kane – double bass, Steven Davis – drums, percussion) Track Title Melt Composer Steven Davis Album Title Lost Something Label Edition Records Artist William Parker Quartet (William Parker – bass, Hamid Drake – drums, Rob Brown – alto sax, Lewis Barnes – trumpet) Track Title Malachi’s Mode Composer William Parker Album Title Le Petit Oiseau Label AUM Fidelity Records Artist Mario Pavone Double Tenor Quintet (Mario Pavone – bass, Tony Malaby – tenor/soprano saxophone, Jimmy Greene – tenor/soprano saxophone, Peter Madsen – piano, Gerald Cleaver – drums) Track Title Pachuca Composer Mario Pavone Album Title Ancestors Label Playscape Recordings Artist Bobo Stenson Trio (Bobo Stenson – piano, Anders Jormin – double bass, Jon Falt – drums) Track Title A Fixed Goal Composer Ornette Coleman Album Title Cantando Label ECM Artist Big Air (Chris Batchelor – trumpet, electronics, Steve Buckley – alto sax, bass clarinet, whistles, Myra Melford – piano, harmonium, Oren Marshall – tuba, electronics, Jim Black – drums) Track Title Airlock Composer Chris Batchelor Album Title Big Air Label Babel BOOKS OF THE YEAR AND BOX SETS OF THE YEAR: “The John Coltrane Reference” Chris DeVito, Yasuhiro Fujioka, Wolf Schmaler, David Wild & edited by Lewis Porter Published by Routledge “The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (9th edition)” Richard Cook and Brian Morton Published by Penguin Miles Davis: “Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition” boxed set Released by Sony BMG