"Swing Journal" - February 2009

Cover Story
Chick Corea & Hiromi Uehara

2008 Jazz Disc Awards
The Serial : The Truth Behind Masterpieces - Liner Notes Tell A Golden Era of Jazz Giants : Wes Montgomery
Hiromi Won Three Awards!
Return To Forever Returns
Blue Note 70th Anniversary: Quasimode
Keith Jarrett Back in 2001
Venus Records
2008 Jazz Disc Awards - Foreword
Gold Award "Beyond Standard / Hiromi - Hiromi's Sonicbloom"
Silver Award "V.S.O.P. / Manhattan Jazz Quintet"
Jazz of Japan Award "Jakkou / Terumasa Hino"
Vocal Award "Moon River / Nicki Parrott"
Vocal Award "Songs of Our Time / Cheryl Bentyne"
Vocal Award "Batucada-Jazz'n Bossa / Marica Hiraga"
Best Reissue Award : Blue Note RVG Editions
Best Production Award "Duet / Chick Corea & Hiromi"
Best Production Award "My Foolish Heart / Renato Sellani" "Amapola / Renato Sellani & Danilo Rea" "O Sole Mio / Renato Sellani Trio"
Jazz Video Award "Hiromi's Sonicbloom Live in Concert"
Best Engineering Award "My Foolish Heart / Renato Sellani"
Best Engineering Award "Amazing Grace / Tiffeny"
New Star Award "Five for Fun / High Five"
New Star Award "Here I Am / Amanda Brecker"
New Star Award "Negai / Hitomi"
Postscripts
Nanri Fumio Award Goes to Isao Suzuki
Serial: Basics About Jazz Instruments: Bass Part 1
Questions For Jazz Beginners
Hot News: Overseas
Manhattan Struttin' By Marica Hiraga
New York Jazz Monthly
Topics
Hot News: Domestic
Jazz On Air
The Monthly Disc Review
Top Chart
This Month's Gold Disc
Import Discs
New Discs Release Information
Let's Dig The Re-Issued Discs
Three Beauties Live in Tokyo: Awa - Nicole Henry - Fredrika Stahl
Here Comes New Masterpieces
1968-1970 Miles Davis
What's up now! : Akiko Grace / Junko Moriya
SJ Focus
Readers Plaza : Jazz Spot Pilgrimage Returns / Readers / Jazz Allnighters By Tatsuo Sunaga / Jazz West Coast
Swing Street : Yozo Iwanami / Music / Movie
Q&A
Live Report : Chihiro Yamanaka / Dee Dee Bridgewater / TETSURO KAWASHIMA / KENGO NAMAKURA / Junko Makiyama / Tony Williams Lifetime Tribute / TONY GREY PROJECT featuring GREGOIRE MARET
Comin' Soon！
Live & Jazz Spot Guide
Jazz Sound & Visual
Denon DVD-A1UD universal Blu-ray player
SJ New Products Selections
Kenwood KRF-V9300H-S AUDIO-VIDEO CONTROL CENTER & CORE-A55 Prodino Mini Digital Audio System
"LUXMAN SQ-38u VACUUM TUBE INTEGRATED
AMPLIFIER"
SAEC SL-4000 Cable
Accuphase INTEGRATED STEREO AMPLIFIER E-250／E-350
JBL MX100 iPod Dock / CD Player
Enjoy Jazz With Overseas Audio Components - AUDIO PRO WIGO-series Speakers
Postscripts - Best Engineering Award
New Component Test Report
Sound Quality Of New Discs