Friday, November 26, 2010

2010 Long List

My full Top 10 list for 2010 will be published in the Village Voice again this year—in either the December 29 or January 5 issue—but here's what's in the running (at this point in the order in which I heard them):

Allison Miller – Boom Tic Boom
Paul Motian Trio – Lost In A Dream
Ralph Towner/Paolo Fresu – Chiaroscuro
Tomasz Stanko Quintet – Dark Eyes
John Geggie Trio + Donny McCaslin – Across The Sky
Jason Moran & The Bandwagon – Ten
Steve Coleman & Five Elements – Harvesting Semblances And Affinities
Rova & Nels Cline Singers – The Celestial Septet
Vijay Iyer – Solo
Mary Halvorson Quintet – Saturn Sings
Charles Lloyd Quartet – Mirror
Henry Threadgill Zooid – This Brings Us To, Volume 2
Ray Anderson/Marty Ehrlich Quartet – Hear You Say: Live In Willisau
Kurt Rosenwinkel & OJM – Our Secret World

So, four have to go. It's a particularly tough choice this year. All of these are quite worthy.
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2 comments:

  1. tim posgate11:22 AM

    Well, that time of the year again. It has become a tradition for me to post something like this; "don't elminate the Canadian content...would make for a very un-hoser-like list for the Village Voice."

    cheers!
    tim

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  2. James Hale11:35 AM

    John Geggie is on there. Not only CanCon, but OttawaCon! I would not normally nominate a friend's recording, but this one is too great to overlook. Donny McCaslin (no surprise) is superb on it.

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