tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post7046162023360508525..comments2024-03-27T22:41:44.357+00:00Comments on bebop spoken here: My Gigs of the YearLancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04494856116843281101noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-46725112236289380142015-12-22T22:48:19.595+00:002015-12-22T22:48:19.595+00:00Generally speaking I don’t contribute to ‘Best of’...Generally speaking I don’t contribute to ‘Best of’ lists because jazz today is such a gloriously varied music that comparisons are not just odious, they’re virtually impossible. How, for instance, can I measure the fierce free improv of Mette Rasmussen and Chris Corsano (at the Lit & Phil in July) against, just three days later, the bop-rooted explorations of Greg Abate? For me they were bothPaul Breamhttp://www.jazznortheast.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-41222148706504594692015-12-07T10:51:22.287+00:002015-12-07T10:51:22.287+00:00The Joe Morris Quartet at the Bridge last night. F...The Joe Morris Quartet at the Bridge last night. Free improvisation of the highest order.Iain Kittnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-21822774979505196082015-12-05T17:30:12.889+00:002015-12-05T17:30:12.889+00:001) Maria Schneider @ London Jazz Festival
2) Bobby...1) Maria Schneider @ London Jazz Festival<br />2) Bobby Shew @ London Jazz Festival<br />3) Phil Meadows & the Engines Orchestra @ Scarborough Jazz Festival<br /><br />CD of the Year<br /><br />1) Maria Schneider The Thompson Fields<br />2) Colin Towns Mask Orchestra Drama<br />3) National Youth Jazz Orchestra NYJO Fifty <br />Tony Ealesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-77214902858343102612015-12-04T18:33:25.221+00:002015-12-04T18:33:25.221+00:00For me, no contest: Marcus Miller at the Sage in O...For me, no contest: Marcus Miller at the Sage in October was absolutely joyous.shepherdlasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15659886546603126099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-15329534507969834022015-12-04T14:00:40.502+00:002015-12-04T14:00:40.502+00:00for me, it is always the annual John Wilson Orches...for me, it is always the annual John Wilson Orchestra at the Sage in November, this year it was GershwinLiznoreply@blogger.com