{"id":565,"date":"2010-01-05T20:02:10","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T01:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jazzhouse.org\/diary\/?p=565"},"modified":"2019-09-09T14:30:16","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T19:30:16","slug":"2020-forrest-bryants-cd-picks-for-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jazzhouse.org\/diary\/2010\/01\/2020-forrest-bryants-cd-picks-for-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"20+20: Forrest Bryant&#8217;s CD Picks for 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>THE TOP TWENTY (in alphabetical order)&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dee Alexander &#8211; &#8220;Wild Is the Wind&#8221; (Blujazz)<\/li>\n<li>Darcy James Argue&#8217;s Secret Society &#8211; &#8220;Infernal Machines&#8221; (New Amsterdam)<\/li>\n<li>David Binney &#8211; &#8220;Third Occasion&#8221; (Mythology)<\/li>\n<li>Luis Bonilla &#8211; &#8220;I Talking Now!&#8221; (Planet Arts)<\/li>\n<li>Alex Cline &#8211; &#8220;Continuation&#8221; (Cryptogramophone)<\/li>\n<li>Marc Copland &#8211; &#8220;Night Whispers: New York Trio Recordings, Vol. 3&#8221; 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