JJA Top Ten for '04 http://www.jazzhouse.org/blog/ Official site of the JJA Alan Chase &#183; "Best Of List" for 2004 I have to admit, this was a hard list for me to put together. It seems to me that a lot of what has been coming out in jazz lately, just doesn&#8217;t grab me. Must be a sign of advancing age. http://www.jazzhouse.org/blog/index.php?id=36 Dimitry Ukhov &#183; 10 bests as seen from (Eastern) Europe <h4>in alphabetic order</h4> <ul> <li>Art Ensemble of Chicago &#8220;Sirius Calling&#8221; (Pi)</li> <li>ICP Orchestra &#8220;Aan &#38; Uit&#8221; (ICP) </li> <li>Charles Lloyd/Billy Higgins &#8220;Which Way Is East&#8221; (ECM)</li> <li>Leszek Mozdzer &#8220;Piano&#8221; (ACM) </li> <li>Luciana Souza &#8220;Neruda&#8221; (Sunnyside)</li> <li>Springheel Jack &#8220;Sweetness of Water&#8221; (Thirsty Ear)</li> <li>Louis Sclavis &#8220;Napoli&#8217;s Walls&#8221; (ECM) </li> <li>Cecil Taylor Quartet &#8220;Incarnation&#8221; (FMP)</li> <li>Craig Taborn &#8220;Junk Magic&#8221; (Thirsty Ear) </li> <li>Vienna Art Orchestra &#8220;Big Band Poesie&#8221; (EmArcy/ Universal) </ul> <h4>Reissues</h4> <p><ul></p> <li>Albert Ayler &#8220;Holy Ghost&#8221; (Revenant)</li> <li>Miles Davis &#8220;Seven Steps:1963-1964&#8221; (Columbia Legacy)</li> <li>Komeda Quintet &#8220;Astigmatic&#8221; (Polskie Nagrania/Jazz Forum) </ul> <p>Dmitry Ukhov, Moscow JJA, chairman</p> http://www.jazzhouse.org/blog/index.php?id=35 Matt Merewitz &#183; Top 11 Recordings for 2004 I&#8217;m in the world of college radio as a DJ and genre director at a station that has a ridiculous amount of jazz that doesn&#8217;t get played often enough (Carnegie Mellon University). I am honored to have my picks featured in this listing. Hope you dig on what you&#8217;ve heard and dig deeper what you haven&#8217;t. http://www.jazzhouse.org/blog/index.php?id=34 W. Royal Stokes &#183; Favorite CDs &#38; DVDs of 2004 <h4>JAZZ CDs</h4> <ul> <li>Andy Bey, American Song (Savoy)</li> <li>Don Byron, Ivey-Divey (Blue Note)</li> <li>Alice Coltrane, Translinear Light (Verve)</li> <li>David Eyges/Arthur Blythe/Abe Speller, Ace (MidLantic)</li> <li>Five Play . . . Plus (Arbors)</li> <li>Mimi Fox, She&#8217;s the Woman (Favored Nations)</li> <li>Bill Frisell, Unspeakable (Nonesuch)</li> <li>Steve Kuhn, Promises Kept (ECM)</li> <li>Jane Monheit, Taking a Chance on Love (Sony Classical)</li> <li>Ken Peplowski, Easy to Remember (Nagel-Heyer) </ul> <h4>BLUES and BEYOND CDs</h4> <p><ul></p> <li>Vassar Clements, Livin&#8217; With the Blues (Acoustic Disc)</li> <li>Dr. John, N&#8217;Awlin Dis Dat or D&#8217;Udda ( Blue Note)</li> <li>Alison Krauss and Union Station, Lonely Runs Both Ways (Rounder)</li> <li>Norah Jones, Feels Like Home (Blue Note)</li> <li>Unbroken Circle, The Musical Heritage of the Carter Family (Dualtone) </ul> <h4>REISSUES</h4> <p><ul></p> <li>Coleman Hawkins, The Centennial Collection (Bluebird/BMG)</li> <li>The Contemporary Records Story (Fantasy/Contemporary)</li> <li>Happy Birthday Newport: 50 Swinging Years (Columbia Legacy)</li> <li>Preservation Hall: The Best of the Early Years (Preservation Hall)</li> <li>Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis 1963-1964 (Sony/Columbia) </ul> <h4>DVDs</h4> <p><ul></p> <li>Rosemary Clooney, Girl Singer &#8211; Songs from the Classic Television Series (Concord)</li> <li>Los Hombres Calientes, Live (Basin Street)</li> <li>Branford Marsalis, Coltrane&#8217;s A Love Supreme Live in Amsterdam Marsalis Music/Rounder)</li> <li>Boz Scaggs, Greatest Hits Live (Copy Cat)</li> <li>Fiddlin&#8217; Man: The Life and Times of Bob Wills (View Video) </ul> <p>W. Royal Stokes&#8217; third collection of profiles for Oxford University Press, Growing Up With Jazz: Twenty-Four Musicians Talk About Their Lives and Careers, will see publication in March 2005. </p> http://www.jazzhouse.org/blog/index.php?id=33 Phil DiPietro &#183; Top 10 for '04 Phil DiPietro here, jja member and writer for Allaboutjazz, submitting my top 10 for &#8216;04 with links to my articles/reviews. Indulge me in submitting a &#8220;top ten sideman appearances&#8221; category for 2004; an slight bit of recognition for some stellar, essential performances. http://www.jazzhouse.org/blog/index.php?id=32