Comments on: A Different Kind of Top 10 Music List for 2009

By: tsokol1

tsokol1 — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:43:38 +0000

Yep, Horace is still up there in IMHO. Someone mentioned Patricia Barber before — she’s another underappreciated artist.

Try SonnyCriss – The Hampton Hawes Sessions, or perhaps Lee Morgan “Charisma”, or “The Jazz Messengers At The Cafe Bohemia” — Blakey, Silver, Mobley, Dorham, Doug Watkins. I know it’s an often heard “classic”, but it’s still well worth listening to.

Then there’s a little thing called “Super Session” – with Bird, Ben Webster, Benny Carter, Johnny Hodges — an early “supergroup”. Some good jammin’.

There’s so much good jazz out there, so much good music — I’ve recently re-listened to the Ellington-Blanton Duets — really wonderful stuff.

Sonny Stitt’s “Stitt Plays Bird” is some nice stuff to have on while reading — again, not an “acclaimed” album, just some nice music.

Johnny Smith, Kenny Burrell, Earland, Jimmy Smith, McGriff, etc., etc., etc.

Just listen — you might find something you like, something you love.

By: catman

catman — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:45:16 +0000

tsokol1 – My wife bought 30 odd discs at an estate sale. Horace Silver’s Song for My Father has some lovely stuff on it.

By: jack

jack — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:58:47 +0000

some great suggestions here, so i look forward to checking some of these out this weekend.

always been a big fan of peyroux, and was surprised i missed this release.

i also went with the stereo beatles as well. i hadn’t restocked my beatles cd’s for a long time – most of mine were bought in the late 80′s – and some were beat up to the point of being unlistenable. the first one i played was abbey road, and it really took me back. the ‘second side’ is just one of the finest things ever recorded, imho. i was addicted to the rest for the next two months.

listening to your mishka recommendation right now at work.

2009 releases i played constantly: van morrison’s live remake of astral weeks at the hollywood bowl, costello’s ‘secret profane and sugarcane’, wilco (the album), monsters of folk, grateful dead ‘hartford 77′, steve earle ‘townes’.

By: rscof

rscof — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:15:37 +0000

Barry:
Do not forget Patricia Barber. If you have not heard her she is one of the best female jazz voices performing. An added bonus is her material is released on cd and 180 gram vinyl. IMHO, no other jazz performer can touch her voice and style. She is the best thing in jazz since Wayne Shorter teamed up with Miles Davis.

By: Ny Stock Guy

Ny Stock Guy — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:46:47 +0000

Barry and Ned,

Just do what I did and get the stereo AND the mono sets!

They both have their good points and the differences in the the mixes are fascinating.

By: Barry Ritholtz

Barry Ritholtz — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:10:04 +0000

Trying to craft sentences and paragraphs with vocals int he background can get confusing. The lyrics going in your head confuses the brain when searching for the right words . . .

I have always found reading and writing is better with just instrumental music versus songs.

By: Mark E Hoffer

Mark E Hoffer — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:43:02 +0000

BR,

this “Writing the book meant that the background was mostly vocal-free jazz.”

is something few, even, speak of..

would you do us a favor, and expound? esp. on the interplay between “Writing the book”, and “vocal-free”..

Thanks~ and, here’s hoping for an ’010, for you, and yours, even better than ’009..

By: Barry Ritholtz

Barry Ritholtz — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:34:30 +0000

Surprisingly light on new rock this year, though . . .

By: The Window Washer

The Window Washer — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:05:38 +0000

Thank You Barry,
And to think I was a DJ once and on the cutting edge. I’ve enjoyed you music post all year and I’ll enjoy going through this list over the weekend.

BTW congrats on the reader count, looks like Bailout got on enough top ten list to push you over 200k

By: RandyClayton

RandyClayton — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:32:16 +0000

It’s hard to find good advice on new music, so many thanks for the tip on Melody Gardot! A few minutes of sampling her work was enough to convince me to buy her “My One and Only Thrill” CD. I am already enjoying it!