{"id":281,"date":"2009-12-28T11:47:04","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T16:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/2009\/12\/jazz_best_lists_of_2009\/"},"modified":"2011-04-28T16:33:22","modified_gmt":"2011-04-28T20:33:22","slug":"jazz_best_lists_of_2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2009\/12\/jazz_best_lists_of_2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Jazz best lists of 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Chicago Trib cultural critic Julia Keller <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/entertainment\/chi-091220-lit-life-best,0,2092727.column?track=rss&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+chicagotribune\/arts+%28chicagotribune.com+-+Arts+and+Architecture%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">decries<\/a> year-end &#8220;best of&#8221; lists for their &#8220;chilly, retrospective nature,&#8221;for &nbsp;their by-definition 12-month perspectives trumping spontaneous enthusiasm, and for their reinforcement of consensus. Nonsense. Here are three opportunities to see what jazz critics are recommending as 2009&#8217;s hot recordings, and there&#8217;s some consistency, but most of the choices are highly individualistic and certainly reflect musical currents of right now &#8212;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2009\/11\/best_beyond_jazz_recordings_of.html\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">Here<\/a>&nbsp;again are my favorites, with full explanation why, posted a month ago&nbsp;&#8212; and published as a simple list, with those of 18 esteemed colleagues, at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jazzhouse.org\/diary\/category\/top-10-2009\/\">Jazz Journalists Association website<\/a>&nbsp;. . .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/unbound\/davis\/fdbio.htm\">Francis Davis<\/a>&nbsp;tabulated 99 writers&#8217; votes for a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.villagevoice.com\/\">Village Voice<\/a> poll; it&#8217;s not online yet (try Wednesday a.m.), so I&#8217;ll report them:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Album of the Yea<\/b>r: Vijay Iyer&#8217;s <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Historicity\/dp\/B002MHG47W\/?tag=howardmacom-20\">Historicity<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<div><b>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Reissue:<\/b> Louis Armstrong&#8217;s <i>C<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mosaicrecords.com\/prodinfo.asp?number=243-MD-CD\">omplete Decca Sessions 1935- &#8217;46<\/a><\/i>&nbsp;(Mosaic Records)<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<b>Vocal<\/b>: Gretchen Parlato for <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/In-A-Dream\/dp\/B002INMZ4G\/?tag=howardmacom-20\">In A Dream<\/a><\/i><\/div>\n<div><b>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Debut<\/b>: Darcy James Argue&#8217;s Secret Society, <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Infernal-Machines-Argues-Secret-Society\/dp\/B00284XLVQ\/?tag=howardmacom-20\">Infernal Machines<\/a><\/i>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><b>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Latin:<\/b> Miguel Zenon&#8217;s<i> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Esta-Plena-Miguel-Zenon\/dp\/B002JCMZEQ\/?tag=howardmacom-20\">Esta Plena<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Ted Gioia, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jazz.com\/jazz-blog\/2009\/12\/9\/the-best-cds-of-2009\">blogging<\/a> at Jazz.com, had separate &#8220;blues and roots&#8221; and &#8220;jazz&#8221; list.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>And I&#8217;m sure all of us missed some good ones. But these lists are not intended to canonize works or place them beyond criticism, so much as to provoke discussion and encourage their discovery. Happy listening.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howardmandel.com\/\" target=\"blank\">howardmandel.com<\/a> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedburner.com\/fb\/a\/emailverifySubmit?feedId=1102712&amp;loc=en_US\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe by Email <\/a>  |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/JazzBeyondJazz\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe by  RSS<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\" target=\"_blank\">Follow on Twitter <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/archives.html\" target=\"_blank\"> All JBJ posts <\/a> |<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/w.sharethis.com\/widget\/?tabs=web%2Cpost%2Cemail&amp;charset=utf-8&amp;style=default&amp;publisher=6ed88875-2235-4b29-aaa3-60183b0bcbcc\"><\/script> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago Trib cultural critic Julia Keller decries year-end &#8220;best of&#8221; lists for their &#8220;chilly, retrospective nature,&#8221;for &nbsp;their by-definition 12-month perspectives trumping spontaneous enthusiasm, and for their reinforcement of consensus. Nonsense. Here are three opportunities to see what jazz critics are recommending as 2009&#8217;s hot recordings, and there&#8217;s some consistency, but most of the choices are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[622,194,446,623],"class_list":{"0":"post-281","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"tag-best-2009-jazz-recordings","8":"tag-jazz-journalists-association","9":"tag-ted-gioia","10":"tag-village-voice-poll","11":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1i3CL-4x","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2007\/12\/2007_favoritesgift_ideas.html","url_meta":{"origin":281,"position":0},"title":"2007 favorites\/gift ideas","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"December 13, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Gifts for the listener who's heard everything... for your jazz-beyond-jazz companeros . . . for yourself . . . 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