The 36th Annual Jazz Station Awards / The Best Jazz of 2014

Os melhores do jazz em 2014 - The Best Jazz of 2014!
The complete results of the 36th Jazz Station Awards!
Os resultados da 36ª edição do Prêmio Jazz Station!

These are the complete results of the 36th Annual Jazz Station Award conducted by the Los Angeles-based jazz journalist, jazz historian & jazz educator Arnaldo DeSouteiro. Mr. DeSouteiro is a voting member of NARAS-Grammy, as well as of the Jazz Journalists Association and the Los Angeles Jazz Society. He has produced over 530 sessions, according to the All Music Guide website. For more details and a small bio, please check: 

http://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com.br/2014/07/arnaldo-desouteiro-bio-jazz-station.html

Ahmad Jamal (pictured above), Ron Carter, Mark Egan, Mike Longo, Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin, Randy Brecker, Larry Goldings, Hermeto Pascoal, Branford Marsalis, David Sanborn, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Beata Pater, Duo Nazario and the late Kenny Wheeler (who passed away last September) are among the top artists of the year. 

Only albums recorded or released in 2014 were eligible.

We regret that some legendary musicians, such as harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans and master trombonist Urbie Green, have decided to retire and are no longer recording. 

Some of our favorite artists, like Phil Woods, Kenny Garrett, Gene Bertoncini and Airto Moreira, have not released new albums this year, and therefore they were not eligible either. And our adored singer Diana Krall was forced to postpone the release date of her new album (originally planned for October 2014 and now re-scheduled for February 2015) due to health problems, as previously reported here on this blog.

We've lost many great jazzmen that have passed away in 2014, and they are listed in the end of this post.

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O Prêmio Jazz Station - criado em 1979 por Arnaldo DeSouteiro, jornalista, historiador e produtor brasileiro radicado em Los Angeles - chega ao 36º ano, contemplando os artistas que mais se dedicaram no panorama jazzístico internacional em todo o mundo. Membro votante do Grammy, da Jazz Journalists Association e da Los Angeles Jazz Society, entre outras instituições, DeSouteiro já produziu mais de 530 sessões de gravação, segundo contabilizado pelo site All Music Guide. Além de dono da gravadora JSR e da empresa Jazz Station Marketing & Consultoria, traz no curriculo trabalhos para selos como Verve, Milestone, Sony e CTI, roteiros para shows e especiais de TV de João Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfá, Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Bennett, Chuck Mangione, Bjork, Eumir Deodato e Diana Krall, e também é convidado frequentemente para atuar como parecerista em empresas privadas, instituições governamentais e festivais de jazz nos EUA, Brasil, Europa e Ásia.  

Ahmad Jamal (foto acima com seu quarteto, completado por Reginald Veal, Manolo Badrena e Herlin Riley), Ron Carter, Mark Egan, Randy Brecker, Branford Marsalis, John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Mike Longo, Hermeto Pascoal, David Sanborn, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Beata Pater, Duo Nazario, Anna Webber, David Chase, Larry Goldings, o saudoso Kenny Wheeler (falecido em Setembro) e o engenheiro de som Rudy Van Gelder estão entre os artistas que brilharam em 2014.

Atendendo aos pedidos dos leitores, que desde 1979 acompanham essa votação desde a época em que era publicada no jornal Tribuna da Imprensa, incluímos – após os nomes de todos os colocados em cada categoria – os títulos dos trabalhos (CDs, DVDs ou Blu-rays) pelo quais os artistas foram avaliados, com base apenas em lançamentos realizados no decorrer deste ano.

Para variar, foram necessárias várias semanas para a preparação de todas estas listas, reouvindo CDs, revendo DVDs, checando fichas técnicas e, às vezes, reavaliando opiniões. Tudo isso com o objetivo de fornecer o mais fiel possível retrato do cenário jazzístico em 2014, a partir de bases reais de análise. 

O que significa, por exemplo, que artistas que não lançaram novos trabalhos este ano, seja como líderes ou sidemen, tornaram-se, por mais geniais que sejam, automaticamente inelegíveis. Tal critério explica a ausência de feras como Phil Woods, Kenny Garrett, Jon Hendricks, Airto Moreira e Gene Bertoncini; apesar de terem realizado muitos shows, não lançaram novos trabalhos em 2014.

Vários discos premiados em 2014, com atraso, pelas revistas especializadas, não aparecem na nossa lista por uma simples razão: constaram da relação de 2013. Aí estão os resultados completos:

2014 Acoustic Piano: 1º Ahmad Jamal (“Live At The Olympia featuring Yusef Lateef: The Music And The Film Of The Complete Concert” – Jazz Village); 2º Mark Little (“Kindred Spirits” – Caralittle Music); 3º Keith Jarrett (“Last Dance” w/ Charlie Haden – ECM); 4º Pablo Held (“The Trio Meets John Scofield” – Pirouet); 5º Elio Baldi Cantù (“Jazz Meets Baroque" - Fonte Records); 6º Chick Corea (“Solo Piano/Portaits” - Concord); 7º Danilo Perez ("The Language of the Unknown" w/ Wayne Shorter Quartet - ArtHaus Blu-ray); 8º Mike Longo (“Step On It” – CAP); 9º Harold Mabern ("Chicago Fire" w/ Eric Alexander - High Note); 10º Rachel Eckroth ("Humility: Purity Of My Soul" w/ Shirazette Tinnin - Hot Tone Music); 11º Kenny Barron (“The Art of Conversation” w/ Dave Holland – Blue Note)

2014 Electric Piano: 1º Robert Glasper (“Black Radio 2” – Blue Note); 2º Frank Martin (“Chance” w/ Aaron Germain – Origin); 3º Onaje Allan Gumbs (“Colors of Life” w/ Jua – Chocolate Chi Music); 4º Leo Genovese (“Glasses, No Glasses” w/ Ruzza & Zottarelli – Pimenta Music); 5º Manuel Valera (“Relentless” w/ Russ Nolan – Rhinoceruss Music); 6º Miki Hayama (“Balance” w/ Mimi Jones – Hot Tone Music); 7º Luis Perdomo (“Balance” w/ Mimi Jones – Hot Tone Music); 8º Matt Clark (“Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light” w/ Laurie Antonioli – Origin); 9º Patrice Rushen ("Soul To Soul" w/ Carmen Lundy - Afrasia)

2014 Organ: 1º Larry Goldings (“Ramshackle Serenade” – Pirouet); 2º Joey DeFrancesco (“Enjoy The View” w/ Bobby Hutcherson & David Sanborn - Blue Note); 3º Dan Hemmer (“Blicher Hemmer Gadd” w/ Michael Blicher & Steve Gadd– C-Nut); 4º Mike LeDonne (“I Love Music” – Savant); 5º Onaje Allan Gumbs (“Colors Of Life” w/ Jua – Chocolate Chi Music)

2014 Keyboards: 1º Lelo Nazario (“Amálgama” w/ Duo Nazario – Utopia Studio); 2º Hugo Fattoruso (“NEO” w/ HA Duo - MMG); 3º Mitchel Forman (“About Now” w/ Mark Egan – Wavetone); 4º Leo Genovese (“Glasses, No Glasses” w/ Ruzza & Zottarelli – Pimenta Music); 5º Alvaro Torres (“Music Adventure” w/ Francisco Fattoruso – AYUI); 6º Gary Husband (“Boston Concert” w/ John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension – Abstract Logix); 7º Sebastian Gampl (“Good Soul” w/ Stephanie Lottermoser); 8º Colin Hogan (“Robot Invasion” w/ Klaxon Mutant Allstars – Klaxon); 9º Rachel Eckroth ("Humility: Purit Of My Soul" w/ Shirazette Tinnin - Hot Tone Music)

2014 Acoustic Bass: 1º Ron Carter (“In Memory of Jim” – Somethin’Else); 2º Charlie Haden (“Last Dance” w/ Keith Jarrett); 3º John Patitucci ("The Language of the Unknown" w/ Wayne Shorter Quartet - ArtHaus Blu-ray); 4º Reginald Veal (“Live At The Olympia” w/ Ahmad Jamal & Yusef Lateef – Jazz Village); 5º George Mraz (“Together Again” w/ Emil Viklický – ACT); 6º Dave Holland (“The Art of Conversation” w/ Kenny Barron – Blue Note); 7º Christian McBride (“Trilogy” w/ Chick Corea Trio – Concord); 8º Aaron Germain (“Chance” – Origin); 9º Mimi Jones (“Balance” w/ Mimi Jones – Hot Tone Music); 10º Mike Porter (“Kindred Spirits” w/ Mark Little Trio – Caralittle Music)

2014 Electric Bass: 1º Mark Egan (“About Now” - Wavetone); 2º Nathan East (“Nathan East” – Yamaha Entertainment); 3º Stanley Clarke (“Up” – Mack Avenue); 4º Anthony Jackson (“Move / Live in Tokyo” w/ Hiromi – In-Akustik/Universal); 5º Aaron Germain (“Chance” - Origin); 6º Steve Swallow (“The New Standard” w/ Jamie Saft & Bobby Previte – RareNoise); 7º Marcus Miller (“My Old Friend / Celebrating George Duke” w/ Al Jarreau – Concord); 8º Amanda Ruzza (“Glasses, No Glasses” w/ Mauricio Zottarelli – Pimenta Music); 9º Francisco Fattoruso (“Music Adventure” – AYUI); 10º Glauco Solter (“Dois Em Um” – Gramofone); 11º Jimmy Haslip (“Tribal Dance” w/ Tohpati – MoonJune); 12º Jimmy Johnson (“Surya Namaskar” w/ Dewa Budjana – MoonJune)

2014 Drums: 1º Zé Eduardo Nazario (“Amálgama” w/ Duo Nazario – Utopia Studio); 2º Steve Gadd (“Blicher Hemmer Gadd” w/ Michael Blicher & Dan Hemmer – C-Nut); 3º Harvey Mason (“Chameleon” - Concord); 4º Danny Gottlieb (“About Now” w/ Mark Egan – Wavetone); 5º Mauricio Zottarelli (“Glasses, No Glasses” w/ Amanda Ruzza – Pimenta Music); 6º Herlin Riley (“Live At The Olympia” w/ Ahmad Jamal & Yusef Lateef – Jazz Village); 7º Bill Stewart (“Ramshackle Serenade” w/ Larry Goldings – Pirouet); 8º Lewis Nash (“Step On It” w/ Mike Longo – CAP); 9º Jack DeJohnette (“The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers” – Golden Beans Prod.); 10º Daniel Dowling (“Kindred Spirits” w/ Mark Little Trio – Caralittle Music); 11º Billy Hart ("Enjoy The View" w/ Bobby Hutcherson - Blue Note); 12º Jonas Burgwinkel (“The Trio Meets John Scofield” w/ Pablo Held – Pirouet); 13º Brian Blade ("The Language of the Unknown" w/ Wayne Shorter Quartet - ArtHaus Blu-ray); 14º Vinnie Colaiuta (“Surya Namaskar” w/ Dewa Budjana – MoonJune); 15º Bobby Previte (“The New Standard” w/ Jamie Saft & Steve Swallow – RareNoise); 16º Chad Wackerman (“Tribal Dance” w/ Tohpati – MoonJune)

2014 Percussion: 1º Manolo Badrena (“Live At The Olympia: The Music And The Film of The Complete Concert"” w/ Ahmad Jamal & Yusef Lateef – Jazz Village); 2º Zé Eduardo Nazario (“Amálgama” w/ Duo Nazario – Utopia Studio); 3º Mino Cinelu (“Clarity – Music of Clare Fischer” w/ Roseanna Vitro – RandomAct); 4º Sammy Figueroa (“Road Shows, Volume 3” w/ Sonny Rollins – Doxy/Okeh); 5º Albana Barrocas (“NEO” w/ HA Duo” – MMG); 6º Carmelo Torres (“One For Miles, One For Maynard” w/ Reggie Watkins – Corona Music); 7º Richie Flores (“The Latin Side of Joe Henderson” w/ Conrad Herwig – Half Note); 8º Roger Squitero (“Inspiration” w/ Jason Jackson – Jack&Hill/Planet Arts)

2014 Vibes: 1º Bobby Hutcherson (“Enjoy The View” – Blue Note); 2º Steve Nelson (“The Melody Lingers On” w/ Houston Person – High Note); 3º Justin Thomas (“The Poet” w/ Marquis Hill – Skiptone Music); 4º Julius Heise (“Refraction” w/ Anna Webber’s Percussive Mechanics – Pirouet); 5º Warren Wolf (“We’re Back” w/ Gerry Gibbs – Whaling City Sound); 6º Jason Marsalis ("The 21st Century Trad Band - Basin Street); 7º James L. Shipp (“Things...” w/ Basak Yavuz – Z Musik);

2014  Miscellaneous: 1º Hermeto Pascoal – melodica (“Sensações” w/ Aline Morena – HPAM); 2º Foday Musa Suso – kora (“Music From The Hearts of The Masters” w/ Jack DeJohnette – Golden Beach Prod.); 3º Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn Duo – banjo (“Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn” – Rounder); 4º João Pedro Teixeira – accordion (“Sensações” w/ Aline Morena – HPAM); 5º Matt Renzi – oboe (“Rise and Shine” – Three Ps Records); 6º Brad Hoyt - lute, ukelele, wrenchenspiel, Sedgwick arpa viola caipira (“Far Away From Everyday” – Harp Guitar Music); 7º Richard Galliano - accordion (“Sentimentale” – Resonance); 8º Gregg Miner - 7-string bass zither banjo, Knutsen harp mandolin ("Far Away From Everyday" w/ Brad Hoyt - Harp Guitar Music); 9º A.R. Balaskandan – mridangam (“Rise and Shine” w/ Matt Renzi – Three Ps Records); 10º Dave Willey - accordion ("Pra Você" w/ Dexter Payne Quartet - Dexofon); 11º Fay Lovsky – theremin (“Perfect Vision / The Esquivel Sound” w/ Metropole Orkest – Basta); 12º Brandee Younger – harp (“Origins” w/ Camille Thurman – Hot Tone Music); 13º Dino Saluzzi - bandoneon (“El Valle De La Infancia” – ECM); 14º Ocobars Bart Wijtman – accordion (“Perfect Vision / The Esquivel Sound” w/ Metropole Orkest – Basta)

2014 Acoustic Guitar: 1º Al DiMeola (“All Your Life” - In-Akustik); 2º Pat Metheny (“Kin” w/ Pat Metheny Unity Group – Nonesuch); 3º Dewa Budjana (“Surya Namaskar” – MoonJune); 4º Bill Kopper ("Pra Você" w/ Dexter Payne Quartet - Dexofon); 5º Ulf Wakenius (“Momento Magico” – ACT)

2014 Electric Guitar: 1º John McLaughlin (“The Boston Record” w/ John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension - Abstract Logix); 2º John Scofield (“The Trio Meets John Scofield” w/ Pablo Held Trio - Pirouet); 3º Peter Bernstein (“Ramshackle Serenade” w/ Larry Goldings – Pirouet); 4º Larry Coryell (“In Memory of Jim” w/ Ron Carter – Somethin’ Else); 5º Lupa Santiago (“N101” w/ Paulo Braga – Tratore); 6º Pat Metheny (“Kin” w/ Pat Metheny Unity Group – Nonesuch); 7º Bobby Broom (“My Shining Hour” – Origin); 8º Dusan Jevtovic (“Am I Walking Wrong?” – MoonJune); 9º Michael Delville (“Inti” w/ Machine Mass – MoonJune); 10º Tohpati (“Tribal Dance” – MoonJune)

2014 Violin: 1º Zach Brock (“Purple Sounds” – Criss Cross); 2º Regina Carter (“Southern Comfort” – Sony Masterworks); 3º Mark Feldman (“Birdies For Lulu” w/ Sylvie Courvoisier – Intakt); 4º Sara Caswell (“Clarity – Music of Clare Fischer” w/ Roseanna Vitro – RandomAct Records); 5º Alicia DeJoie (“Groundswell” w/ Moraine – MoonJune); 6º Jenny Scheinman (“The Littlest Prisoner” – Sony Masterworks)

2014 Flute: 1º Anna Webber (“Refraction” – Pirouet); 2º Léa Freire (“OABS & Léa Freire Ao Vivo” w/ Orq. À Base de Sopro de Curitiba – Na Catêga Prod.); 3º Camille Thurman (“Origins” – Hot Tone Music); 4º Matt Renzi (“Rise and Shine” – Three Ps Records); 5º Stephanie Lottermoser (“Good Soul” – Downhill Records); 6º Hermeto Pascoal (Sensações” w/ Aline Morena – HPAM); 7º James DeJoie (“Groundswell” w/ Moraine – MoonJune); 8º Anne Drummond (“Disguise” w/ Ada Rovatti – Liloo)

2014  Clarinet/Bass Clarinet: 1º Joris Roelofs (“Aliens Deliberating” - Pirouet); 2º Dexter Payne ("Pra Você" - Dexofon); 3º Claudio Puntin (“Two” w/ Jeff Denson – pfMentum); 4º Harvey Wainapel (“Amigos Brasileiros Vol. 2” – JazzMission); 5º Bob Mintzer (“Joged Kahyangan” w/ Dewa Budjana – MoonJune); 6º Sergio Albach (“OABS & Léa Freire Ao Vivo” w/ OABS – Na Catêga Prod.); 7º Matt Renzi ("Rise and Shine" - Three Ps Records); 8º James Wylie (“Refraction” w/ Anna Webber’s Percussive Mechanics” – Pirouet); 9º Sheldon Brown (“Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light” w/ Laurie Antonioli – Origin); 10º Evan Christopher ("Inspiration" w/ Jason Jackson - Jack & Hill/Planet Arts); 11º Andy Biskin (“Act Necessary” – Strudelmedia)

2014 Trumpet: 1º Randy Brecker (“Trumpet Story” w/ The Bill Warfield Big Band – Planet Arts); 2º Till Bronner (“The Movie Album” – We Love Music/Universal); 3º Ian Carey (“Duocracy” – Kabocha); 4º Tom Harrell (“Trip” – High Note); 5º Marquis Hill (“The Poet” – Skpitone Music); 6º Dominick Farinacci (“flashMob” w/ Anton Schwartz – AntonJazz); 7º Henry Hung (“Robot Invasion” w/ Klaxon Mutant Allstars – Klaxon); 8º Alex Sipiagin (“The Latin Side of Joe Henderson” w/ Conrad Herwig – Half Note) 

2014 Flugelhorn: 1º Kenny Wheeler (“Mirrors” w/ Norma Winstone & London Vocal Project – Edition); 2º Tom Harrell (“Trip” – HighNote); 3º Marquis Hill (“The Poet” – Skiptone Music); 4º Dominick Farinacci (“flashMob” w/ Anton Schwartz – AntonJazz); 5º Till Bronner (“The Movie Album” – We Love Music/Universal); 6º Randy Brecker (Disguise” w/ Ada Rovatti – Piloo); 7º Paolo Fresu (“30!” – Bonsai/Tuk Music)

2014 Trombone: 1º Jason Jackson (“Inspiration” – Jack & Hill Music/Planet Arts); 2º Delfeayo Marsalis (“The Last Southern Gentlemen” – Troubador Jass); 3º Reggie Watkins (“One For Miles, One For Maynard” – Corona Music); 4º Conrad Herwig (“The Latin Side of Joe Henderson” – Half Note); 5º Clifton Anderson (“Road Shows, Volume 3” w/ Sonny Rollins – Doxy/Okeh)

2014 Soprano Sax: 1º Branford Marsalis (“In My Solitude / Live At Grace Cathedral” – Okeh); 2º Wayne Shorter (“The Language of the Unknown” Bluray – ArtHaus Musik); 3º Russ Nolan (“Relentless” – Rhinoceruss Music); 4º Dave Liebman (“Things...” w/ Basak Yavuz – Z Musik); 5º Camille Thurman (“Origins” – Hot Tone Music); 6º Ingrid Laubrock (“Zurich Concert” – Intakt); 7º Harry Sokal (“Refire” w/ Depart – Intakt); 8º Matt Parker (“One For Miles, One For Maynard” w/ Reggie Watkins – Corona Music)

2014 Alto Sax: 1º David Sanborn (“Enjoy The View” w/ Bobby Hutcherson – Blue Note); 2º Branford Marsalis (“In My Solitude / Live At Grace Cathedral – Okeh); 3º Miguel Zenon (“Identities Are Changeable” – CD Baby); 4º Christopher McBride (“The Poet” w/ Marquis Hill – Skiptone Music); 5º Lee Konitz (“Standards Live At The Village Vanguard” – Enja); 6º James Wylie ("Refraction" w/ Anna Webber's Percussive Mechanics" - Pirouet)

2014 Tenor Sax: 1º Sonny Rollins (“Road Shows, Volume 3” – Doxy/Okeh); 2º Wayne Shorter (“The Language of the Unknown” Blu-ray – ArtHaus Musik); 3º Ada Rovatti (“Disguise” – Piloo); 4º Charles Lloyd (“Arrows Into Infinity” DVD - ECM); 5º Houston Person (“The Melody Lingers On” – High Note); 6º Eric Alexander (“Chicago Fire” – High Note); 7º Russ Nolan (“Relentless” – Rhinoceruss Music); 8º Dave Liebman (“INTI” w/ Machine Mass – MoonJune); 9º Anton Schwartz (“flashMob” – AntonJazz); 10º Stephanie Lottermoser (“Good Soul”- Downhill Records); 11º Joe Lovano ("The Latin Side of Joe Henderson" w/ Conrad Herwig - High Note); 12º Rick Matt (“One For Miles, One For Maynard” w/ Reggie Watkins – Corona Music); 13º Mark Turner (Trip” w/ Tom Harrell – High Note)

2014 Baritone Sax: 1º Ronnie Cuber (“The Latin Side of Joe Henderson" w/ Conrad Herwig – Half Note); 2º Gary Smulyan (“Over Time / Music of Bob Brookmeyer” w/ The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra – Planet Arts); 3º James DeJoie (“Groundswell” w/ Moraine – MoonJune); 4º Tony Dagradi (“Gemini Rising” – Astral Music); 5º Steve Heckman ("Search For Peace" - Jazzed Media)

2014 Male Singer: 1º Mark Murphy (“Shadows” – TCB); 2º Al Jarreau (“My Old Friend / Celebrating George Duke” – Concord); 3º Jua (“Colors Of Life” – Chocolate Chi Music); 4º Andy Bey (“Pages From Na Imaginary Life” - HighNote); 5º Kurt Elling (“Bautiful Life” w/ Jimmy Greene – Mack Avenue); 6º Ira Hawkins (“Live From New York!” w/ Mike Longo and the New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble – CAP); 7º Gregory Porter (“Issues of Life” – Membran); 8º Freddy Cole (“Singing The Blues” – High Note); 9º Jose James (“While You Were Sleeping” – Blue Note); 10º Ernie Andrews ("The L.A. Treasures Project" w/ The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra - Capri)

2014 Female Singer: 1º Beata Pater (“Golden Lady” – B&B Records); 2º Dianne Reeves (“Beautiful Life” – Concord); 3º Başak Yavuz (“Things..." - Kalan/Z Müsic Yapim Ltd.); 4º Roseanna Vitro (“Clarity – Music of Clare Fischer” – RandomAct Records); 5º Aline Morena (“Sensações” – HPAM); 6º Norma Winstone ("Mirrors" w/ Kenny Wheeler & London Vocal Project - Editions); 7º Laurie Antonioli (“Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light – The Music of Joni Mitchell – Origin); 8º Kendra Shank (‘New York Conversations” w/ John Stowell – TCB); 9º Carmen Lundy ("Soul To Soul" - Afrasia); 10º Catherine Russell ("Bring It Back" - Jazz Village); 11º Barbara Morrison ("The L.A. Treasures Project" w/ The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra); 12º Rebekka Bakken (“Little Drop of Poison” – EmArcy)

2014 Instrumental Group: 1º Wayne Shorter Quartet (“The Language of the Unknwon” Blu-ray – ArtHaus Musik); 2º Ahmad Jamal Quartet (“Live at The Olympia” – Jazz Village); 3º Pat Metheny Unity Group (“Kin” – Nonesuch); 4º Mark Little Trio (“Kindred Spirits” – Caralittle Music); 5º Klaxon Mutant Allstars (“Robot Invasion” – Klaxon); 6º Revolutionary Snake Ensemble (“Live Snakes” – Accurate Records); 7º John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension (“Boston Concert” – Abstract Logix); 8º Machine Mass (“Inti” – MoonJune); 9º Anna Webber’s Percussive Mechanics (“Refraction” – Pirouet); 10º Pablo Held Trio (“The Trio Meets John Scofield” – Pirouet)

2014 Vocal Group: 1º London Vocal Project (“Mirrors” w/ Kenny Wheeler & Norma Winstone – Editions)

2014 Big Band/Jazz Orchestra: 1º Mike Longo and the New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble (“Live From New York!” – CAP); 2º David White Jazz Orchestra (“The Chase” – Mister Shepherd Records); 3º The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (“Over Time / Music of Bob Brookmeyer” – Planet Arts); 4º Metropole Orkest (“Perfect Vision/The Esquivel Sound” w/ Vince Mendoza - Basta); 5º Orquestra À Base de Sopro de Curitiba (“OABS & Léa Freire Ao Vivo” – Na Catêga Prod.); 6º Chuck Israels Jazz Orchestra ("Second Wind / A Tribute To The Music of Bill Evans" - Soulpatch); 7º Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band (“Life in the Bubble” – Telarc); 8º The Bill Warfield Big Band ("Trumpet Story" w/ Randy Brecker - Planet Arts); 9º The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra ("The L.A. Treasures Project" - Capri); 10º Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra ("Habitat" - Justin Time); 11º Barry Guy New Orchestra (“Amphi, Radio Rondo” – Intakt); 12º Chris Walden Big Band ("Full-On!" - Origin)

2014 Composer: 1º David White (“The Chase” w/ David White Jazz Orchestra – Mister Shepherd Records); 2º Hugo Fattoruso (“NEO” w/ HÁ Duo – MMG); 3º Wayne Shorter ("The Language of the Unknown" Blu-ray - ArtHaus Musik); 4º Aaron Germain (“Chance” – Origin); 5º Pat Metheny (Kin” w/ Pat Metheny Unity Group – Nonesuch); 6º Chick Corea (“Solo Piano / Portraits” – Concord); 7º Anna Webber (“Refraction” – Pirouet); 8º Jason Jackson (“Inspiration" - Jack & Hill/Planet Arts); 9º Marquis Hill ("The Poet" - Skiptone Music)

2014 Arranger: 1º Elio Baldi Cantù (“Jazz Meets Baroque” w/ Elio Baldi Cantù Jazz Trio & Camerata Ducale Di Parma – Fonte); 2º Hermeto Pascoal (“Sensações” w/ Aline Morena – HPAM); 3º Jason Jackson (“Inspiration” – Jack & Hill Music/Planet Arts); 4º Hugo Fattoruso (“Neo” w/ HA Duo – MMG); 5º David White (“The Chase” w/ David White Jazz Orchestra - Mister Shepherd Records); 6º Mark Soskin ("Clarity - Music of Clare Fischer" w/ Roseanna Vitro - RandomAct)

2014 Artist of the Year: 1º Ahmad Jamal; 2º Mike Longo; 3º Chick Corea; 4º David White; 5º John McLaughlin; 6º Pat Metheny; 7º Wayne Shorter; 8º Elio Baldi Cantù; 9º Jason Jackson; 10º Branford Marsalis

2014 Engineer: 1º Rudy Van Gelder (“The Melody Lingers On” w/ Houston Person - HighNote / "Chicago Fire" w/ Eric Alexander - High Note); 2º Jason Seizer (“Ramshackle Serenade” w/ Larry Goldings – Pirouet); 3º Paul Wickliffe (“Clarity – Music of Clare Fischer” w/ Roseanna Vitro); 4º Phil Magnotti (“About Now” w/ Mark Egan – Wavetone); 5º Rob Griffin ("The Language of the Unknown" Blu-ray w/ The Wayne Shorter Quartet - ArtHaus Musik); 6º Al Perrotta (“Step On It” w/ Mike Longo – CAP); 7º Richard Corsello (“Road Shows, Volume 3” w/ Sonny Rollins – Doxy/Okeh); 8º Dan Feiszli (“Chance” w/ Aaron Germain – Origin); 9º Robert De La Garza (“Kindred Spirits” w/ Mark Little Trio – Caralittle Music); 10º Camillo Corona (“Jazz Meets Baroque” w/ Elio Baldi Cantù Jazz Trio & Camerata Ducale Di Parma – Fonte); 11º Mike Gibson (“Golden Lady” w/ Beata Pater – B&BG Records)

2014 New Talent: 1º Shirazette Tinnin - drums (“Humility: Purity of My Soul" - Hot Tone Music)

2014 Artwork: 1º Carola Straatman (“The Last Southern Gentlemen” w/ Delfeayo Marsalis – Troubador Jass); 2º Konstantin Kern (the great graphic designer created several projects for the Pirouet label, including albums by Pablo Held, Anna Webber, Joris Roelofs, Larry Goldings etc); 3º Adriana Alegria (“Sensações” w/ Aline Morena – HPAM); 4º Jason Derek Williams ("This Is Gary McFarland" - Century 67); 5º Jamie Putnam (“Road Shows, Volume 3” w/ Sonny Rollins – Doxy/Okeh); 6º Clarice Midori Umezaki Iwashita (“OABS & Léa Freire Ao Vivo” – Na Catêga Prod.); 7º Ryo Ishido ("Far Away From Everyday" w/ Brad Hoyt - Harp Guitar Music); 8º Alejandro Llambias ("Music Adventure" w/ Francisco Fattoruso - AYUI); 9º Hatice Çavdar (“Things...” w/ Başak Yavuz - Kalan/Z Müsic Yapim Ltd.)

The Best 20 Jazz Instrumental CDs 

Sonny Rollins: "Road Shows, Volume 3" (Doxy/Okeh)
Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein & Bill Stewart: “Ramshackle Serenade” (Pirouet)

Mark Egan: “About Now” (Wavetone)

Jason Jackson: “Inspiration” (Jack & Hill Music/Planet Arts)

Duo Nazario: “Amálgama” (Utopia Studio)
HA Duo: "Neo" (MMG)

Mike Longo and the New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble: “Live From New York!” (CAP)

Amanda Ruzza & Mauricio Zottarelli: “Glasses, No Glasses” (Pimenta Music)

Mark Little Trio: “Kindred Spirits” (Caralittle Music)

Lupa Santiago & Paulo Braga: “N101” (Tratore)

Orquestra À Base de Sopro de Curitiba & Léa Freire: “OABS & Léa Freire Ao Vivo” – Na Catêga Prod.)

Elio Baldi Cantù Jazz Trio & Camerata Ducale Di Parma: ”Jazz Meets Baroque” (Fonte)

Ian Carey & Ben Stolorow: “Duocracy” (Kabocha) 

Aaron Germain: “Chance” (Origin)

Delfeayo Marsalis: “The Last Southern Gentlemen” (Troubador Jass)

Pablo Held: “The Trio Meets John Scofield” (Pirouet)

David White Jazz Orchestra: “The Chase” (Mister Shepherd Records)

Chick Corea: “Trilogy” (Stretch/Concord)

Pat Metheny Unity Group: “Kin” (Nonesuch)

Anton Schwartz: "Flash Mob" (Anton Jazz)

The Best 10 Vocal Jazz CDs

Mark Murphy: “Shadows” (TCB)

Beata Pater: “Golden Lady” (B&B Records)

Jua: “Colors Of Life” (Chocolate Chi Music)

Başak Yavuz: “Things..." (Kalan/Z Müsic Yapim Ltd.)

Roseanna Vitro: “Clarity – Music of Clare Fischer” (RandomAct)

Al Jarreau: “My Old Friend / Celebrating George Duke” (Concord)

Andy Bey: “Pages From An Imaginary Life” (High Note)

Aline Morena: “Sensações” (HPAM)
Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone & London Vocal Project: "Mirrors" (Editions)

Laurie Antonioli: “Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light / The Music of Joni Mitchell – Origin)

The Best Jazz DVDs/Blu-rays

Gary McFarland: “This Is Gary McFarland” (Century 67) DVD + CD

Ahmad Jamal & Yusef Lateef: “Live At The Olympia” (Jazz Village) DVD + CD

Wayne Shorter: “The Language of The Unknown” (ArtHaus Musik) Blu-ray

Charles Lloyd: “Arrows Into Infinity” (ECM) DVD

Various: “Jazz & The Philharmonic” (Okeh/Sony) DVD + CD

Orquestra À Base de Sopros de Curitiba: “Nossos Compositores” (Na Catêga Prod.) DVD + CD
Hiromi: "Move / Live In Tokyo" (In-Akustik) DVD
Pat Martino: "Live At Ethel's Place" (Bosworth Music) DVD

Special Projects/Reissues and/or Previously Unreleased Albums

Cannonball Adderley: “The Black Messiah” (Capitol/Real Gone Music) CD

John Coltrane: “Offering – Live At Temple University” (Resonance) CD 

Mingus Dinasty: “Live at Montreux” (Atlantic/Warner Japan) CD

Mingus Dynasty: “Chair In The Sly” (Atlantic/Warner Japan) CD

French Toast: “French Toast” (Electric Bird/King) CD

Hubert Laws: “Then There Was Light Vols. 1 & 2” (CTI/Wounded Bird) CD

Hubert Laws: "Carnegie Hall" (CTI/Wounded Bird) CD
Esther Phillips: “Alone Again, Naturally” (Kudu/Real Gone) CD

José Briamonte: “Briamonte Orchestra” (Elenco/Think! Records) CD
CTI All Stars: "CTI Summer Jazz At The Hollywood Bowl - Live One" (CTI/King) CD
CTI All Stars: "CTI Summer Jazz At The Hollywood Bowl - Live Two" (CTI/King) CD
CTI All Stars: "CTI Summer Jazz At The Hollywood Bowl - Live Three" (CTI/King) CD

Freddie Hubbard: “Red Clay” (CTI/ORG Music) 2-LP set, 45rpm

Freddie Hubbard: “First Light” (CTI/ORG Music) LP, 33rpm

Freddie Hubbard: “Straight Life” (CTI/Pure Pleasure) LP, 33rpm

Antonio Carlos Jobim: “Stone Flower” (CTI/ORG Music) 2-LP set, 45pm

Eumir Deodato: “Deodato 2” (CTI/Speakers Corner) LP, 33rpm

Santana: “Borboletta” (Columbia/Speakers Corner) LP, 33rpm

Box Sets

Miles Davis: “Miles At The Fillmore” (Columbia)

Miles Davis: “The Original Mono Recordings” (Columbia)

Louis Armstrong: “Columbia and RCA Live Recordings” (Mosaic) 9-CD set

Bill Evans: “The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961” (Concord) 4-LP set

Freddie Hubbard: "Keep Your Soul Together/Polar AC/Skagly" (CTI/Columbia/BGO) 

Freddie Hubbard: "Red Clay / Straight Life / First Light" (CTI/BGO)

Esther Phillips: "Baby, I'm For Real" (Kudu/Raven) 

Hubert Laws: “Crying Song/Afro-Classic/The Rite of Spring” (CTI/BGO)

Books

George Benson w/ Alan Goldsher: “Benson - The Autobiography” (Da Capo Press)

Idris Muhammad w/ Britt Alexander: "Inside The Music - The Life of Idris Muhammad" (Xlibris Corporation)
Herbie Hancock w/ Lisa Dickey: "Possibilities" (Viking Adult)
Carlos Santana: "The Universal Tone - Bringing My Story to Light" (Little, Brown and Company)

Sheila E. w/ Wendy Holden: “The Beat of My Own Drum” (Atria Books)

Marcus Baram: “Gil Scott-Heron / Pieces of a Man” (St. Martin’s Press)

R.I.P.:

                                                                (Helcio Milito)

Idris Muhammad, Helcio Milito, Charlie Haden, Gerald Wilson, Paul Horn, Ralph Penland, Joe Wilder, Kenny Wheeler, Jackie Cain, Dr. Maya Angelou, Horace Silver, Bobby Womack, Joe Sample, Wayne Henderson, Amiri Baraka, Frank Dunlap, Armando Peraza, Paco de Lucia, Johnny Allen, Gil Askey, Herb Jeffries, "Little" Jimmy Scott, Gerry Goffin, Bob Crewe, Casey Kasem, Pete Seeger, Phil Everly, Jack Bruce, Anna Pessoa, Rosana Toledo, Jesse Winchester, Johnny Winter, Ian McLagan, Don Davis, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges, Ronny Jordan, Beloyd Taylor, Frankie Knuckles, "Big Bank Hank," "DJ E-Z Rock," Larry Smith, Augie Johnson, Charlie Hearndon, Charles Love, Winfred "Blue" Lovett & Sonny Bivins (The Manhattans), Tim Hauser, William "Bunny Rugs" Clarke, Scott Asheton, Jimmy Ruffin, Deon Jackson, Stevie Woods, Ray Kennedy, Acker Bilk, Buddy DeFranco, John Blake, Jr., Kenny Drew, Jr., Bob Casale, Joe Lala, Paul Goddard, Bobby Keys, Raphael Ravenscroft, Cosimo Matassa, Alan Douglas, Dr. Herb Wong, Henry Stone, Saul Zaentz, Rick Rosas, Buster Jones, Vernon Slaughter, Joe Bonner, Dick Berk, Frank Strazerri, Tommy Ramone, Tim "Rawbiz" Williams, Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, Joe Cocker.
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To check the results of some of the previous Jazz Station Awards, please visit:
The Best Jazz of 2013
http://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com.br/2013/12/the-best-jazz-of-2013.html

The Best Jazz of 2012
http://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com.br/2012/12/the-best-jazz-of-2012-os-melhores-do.html

The Best Jazz of 2011
http://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com.br/2011/12/dec.html

The Best Jazz of 2010
http://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com/2010/12/best-jazz-of-2010.html

The Best Jazz of 2009
http://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com/2009/12/best-jazz-of-2009.html

The Best Jazz of 2008
http://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com/2008/12/29th-annual-jazz-station-poll-best-jazz.html

For a detailed Arnaldo DeSouteiro's bio, please visit:
http://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com.br/2014/07/arnaldo-desouteiro-bio-jazz-station.html

Sofijazz Trio live, Jan 16th

Don't miss singer Sofia Knezevic's trio (with Nadav Peled on guitar and Nori Naraoka on bass) on January 16th, from 5pm to 8,30pm @ The Flatiron Room (37 West 26 St., New York, NY.)

Arnaldo DeSouteiro Bio / JSR (Jazz Station Records) - Address & Contact Info

            (Arnaldo DeSouteiro during a recording session in 2014)

"People are going to talk about you, especially when they envy you and the life you live. Let them. You affected their lives, they didn't affect yours... you will eventually lose someone you love & love someone you never thought you'd find..."

Arnaldo DeSouteiro - Short Bio

Music Producer (with over 380 albums to his credit according to the All Music Guide), Voting Member of NARAS-GRAMMY and Jazz Journalists Association (NY), Member of LAJS (Los Angeles Jazz Society), Musical Philosopher, Journalist, Jazz & Brazilian Music Historian, Publicist, Public Relations, Composer (having written successful jazz & pop songs, some dance hits like "O Passarinho" for the Italian TV reality show "La Pupa e Il Secchione", and "Samba da Copa" for the "2006 World Cup" in Germany, plus many other soundtracks for movies, soap operas & TV series in the USA -- PBS, BET, Universal Cable etc --, Europe and Asia), Lyricist (he wrote lyrics to Dave Brubeck's "Broadway Bossa Nova" at the invitation of Brubeck himself, among other songs), Arranger, Percussionist, Keyboardist, Programmer, Educator (conducting clinics and panel sessions worldwide as the first Brazilian member of IAJE-International Association of Jazz Educators during its existence). He has also acted as consultant for several companies and jazz festivals all over the world.

Founder and CEO of JSR (Jazz Station Records), a Division of Jazz Station Marketing & Consulting - LA, Calif. Most recently, founded LaCalifUSA Pictures and JSR Casting in 2007 for movie & TV productions featuring music & fashion.

Produced the acclaimed CD compilation series "A Trip To Brazil," "CTI Acid Jazz Grooves," "Brazilian Horizons," "Focus on Bossa Nova," "Focus on Brazilian Music Grooves", "Bossa Nova Singers," "Bossa Nova Guitar","Jazz Rock" etc.

Produced special compilations for Quincy Jones ("Summer in the City - The Soul Jazz Grooves of Quincy Jones"), Chick Corea ("Electric Chick") and Deodato ("Do It Again - The Fantastic Jazz-Funk of Eumir Deodato"), all released by Verve/Universal. His latest CD for Verve is "Bossa Nova USA," released last May, featuring Dave Brubeck's title track performed by Quincy Jones.

Supervised and/or Directed TV specials featuring João Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Dizzy Gillespie, Chuck Mangione, Flora Purim & Airto Moreira, Miles Davis, Dom Um Romão, Eliane Elias, Diana Krall, Eumir Deodato, Bjork et al. Worked with producers Creed Taylor, Yoichi Nakao, Susumu Morikawa, Matthias Kunnecke, and photographers Pete Turner, Victor Skrebneski, Robert Mappelthorpe, Duane Michals.

Mr. DeSouteiro has also worked in his native Brazil for TUPI-FM radio station (as musical programmer-DJ as well as hosting his own show, "Jazz Espetacular"), Manchete TV network (anchoring & supervising the "Terça Especial" series for which he interviewed such jazz giants as Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Bennett, Chuck Mangione, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim etc), Globo TV network (screenplay, coordination and mix for the TV special "João Gilberto & Antonio Carlos Jobim - O Grande Encontro" in 1992, the last time these 2 geniuses performed together, plus the texts and screenplay for the "Minuto da Bossa" series), and as the jazz columnist for the "Tribuna da Imprensa" (Press Tribune) daily newspaper during 29 years (from 1979 to 2008). Before moving to the USA, he also worked as Brazilian correspondent of "Keyboard" magazine (from 1985 to 1994), as a free-lancer to Billboard, Cuadernos de Jazz, Swing Journal and International Music Magazine, and as entertainment-in-flight programmer for several airline companies like Varig Brazilian Airlines (from 1983 to 1998).

Produced over 380 albums and sessions featuring: Luiz Bonfa, João Gilberto, Dom Um Romão, Ithamara Koorax, Thiago de Mello, Dexter Payne, João Donato, Palmyra & Levita, Mario Castro-Neves, Jorge Pescara, Paula Faour, Fabio Fonseca, Claudio Roditi, Rodrigo Lima, Hermeto Pascoal, Don Sebesky, Sammy Figueroa, Anna Ly, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Pascoal Meirelles, Yana Purim, Pingarilho, Nelson Angelo, Marcelo Salazar, Ron Carter, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Steve Swallow, Herbie Hancock, Hugo Fattoruso, Larry Coryell, Sadao Watanabe, Jurgen Friedrich, Eloir de Moraes, Gazzara, Deodato, Jadir de Castro, Azymuth, Marcio Montarroyos, Sivuca, Laudir de Oliveira, Marcos Valle, Jay Berliner, George Young, David Matthews, Lew Soloff, Alphonso Johnson, Gene Bertoncini, John McLaughlin, Claus Ogerman, Raul de Souza, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and many others.

Produced and supervised CD reissues of albums by Ron Carter, Hank Crawford, Johnny Hammond, Sergio Mendes, Hubert Laws, Grant Green, Idris Muhammad, Joe Beck, Esther Phillips, Lonnie Smith, David Matthews & Whirlwind, Phil Upchurch, Tennyson Stephens, Miucha, Flora Purim, Carlos Lyra, Tamba Trio, Ivan Lins, Raul de Souza, Trio 3-D and many others. As annotator, he wrote liner notes and press releases for albums by Toots Thielemans, Hank Crawford, Stan Getz, Ella Fitzgerald, Pat Metheny, Eliane Elias, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Jeff Linsky and dozens of others for labels like RCA, CTI, Kudu, Milestone, Fantasy, Verve, Columbia, Irma, Alfa, JVC, Caju, Sonet, Paddle Wheel, JHO, Mercury, Imagem etc.

Mr. DeSouteiro also had the honor to be associated with some of the world's greatest photographers like Pete Turner (who did the cover photo for Jorge Pescara's CD "Grooves in the Temple," released on his own JSR label and featured on Turner's new book "The Color of Jazz"), Victor Skrebneski (the CD reissue of "Upchurch/Tennyson"), Bruce Weber (Esther Phillips' "For All We Know"), Robert Mappelthorpe ("Brazilian Horizons"), Alen MacWeeney, William Cadge, and Duane Michals (many of the CTI CDs) and so on. He has appeared in several movies and TV series such as the Award Winning documentary movie "Beyond Ipanema," for which he was interviewed alongside Creed Taylor, Lalo Schifrin, Wayne Shorter, Gene Lees and Norman Gimbel.

Jazz Station Marketing & Consulting, JSR Casting, LaCalifUSA Pictures
CEO & Founder: Arnaldo DeSouteiro
Address:
JSR - LA
9930 Liebe Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90210

JSR - NY Address:
Arnaldo DeSouteiro
PO Box 1338
Radio City Station
New York, NY 10003

Jazz Station Records (JSR), a division of Jazz Station Enterprises
CEO & Founder · Los Angeles ·
Address:
Arnaldo DeSouteiro
Jazz Station Records - LA
1545 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90017
JSR - NY
PO Box 1338
Radio City Station

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People are going to talk about you, especially when they envy you and the life you live. Let them. You affected their lives, they didn't affect yours... you will eventually lose someone you love & love someone you never thought you'd find...

Arnaldo DeSouteiro – Biografia ultra-resumida 

Produtor de discos, com cerca de 380 álbuns em sua discografia (incluindo novos CDs, reedições, coletâneas, trilhas sonoras, projetos especiais), conforme consta no All Music Guide, principal e mais acessado website sobre música no mundo. Jornalista e publicitário (formado em Comunicação pela PUC-RJ), tendo escrito para os jornais Tribuna da Imprensa (de 1979 até sua extinção em 2009, com 3.200 artigos publicados), Última Hora, O Globo e O Estado do Paraná, revistas Billboard, Keyboard (USA), Cuadernos de Jazz (Espanha), Swing Journal (Japão), Revista do CD (Brasil) etc. 

Roteirista de shows (João Gilberto, Diana Krall, Ithamara Koorax, Marcos Valle, Eumir Deodato, Bjork etc) e de especiais de TV para as emissoras Globo (Antonio Carlos Jobim & João Gilberto) e Manchete (Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Bennett, Chuck Mangione, Airto Moreira & Flora Purim etc) no Brasil, BET e PBS nos EUA, NHK no Japão (Diana Krall, João Gilberto, CTI All Stars, Dave Brubeck etc).

Nascido no Rio de Janeiro (Brasil) em 1963, radicado em Los Angeles (EUA) desde 1999. Estudou piano clássico e harmonia com sua mãe, a pianista e maestrina Delza Agricola. É membro da Associação Brasileira de Imprensa (ABI) desde 1979, membro catedrático titular efetivo da Academia Internacional de Música desde 1985, membro votante do Grammy-Naras (National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences) desde 2006, membro votante da Los Angeles Jazz Society (único brasileiro) desde 2007, e também único brasileiro que é membro votante da Jazz Journalists Association (sediada em Nova Iorque) desde 2002. Atua como consultor e parecerista para diversas empresas, centros culturais e festivais de música no Brasil e no exterior.

Também foi membro honorário e primeiro membro brasileiro da Associação Internacional de Educadores de Jazz (IAJE – International Association of Jazz Educators) durante 12 anos, até sua extinção em 2008, tendo realizado palestras e "panel sessions" nas convenções anuais realizadas nos EUA. Fundador e Presidente da gravadora JSR (Jazz Station Records), sediada em Los Angeles – EUA desde 2001, uma divisão da Jazz Station Marketing & Consulting. Dirige também a LaCalifUSA Pictures, empresa de cinema que produz conteúdo e trilhas sonoras (composição, produção, seleção) para filmes e séries de TV. 

Produziu discos e sessões de gravação com artistas como Luiz Bonfá, João Gilberto, Dom Um Romão, João Donato, Palmyra & Levita, Mario Castro-Neves, Claudio Roditi, Gaudencio Thiago de Mello, Dexter Payne, Rodrigo Lima, Hermeto Pascoal, Don Sebesky, Hubert Laws, Fabio Fonseca, Marcos Ozzellin, Herbie Hancock, Jorge Pescara, Paula Faour, Anna Ly, Pascoal Meirelles, Yana Purim, Carlos Pingarilho, Nelson Angelo, Marcelo Salazar, Ithamara Koorax, Ron Carter, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Steve Swallow, Herbie Hancock, Hugo Fattoruso, Larry Coryell, Sadao Watanabe, Jurgen Friedrich, Gazzara, Eumir Deodato, Azymuth, Marcio Montarroyos, Sivuca, Laudir de Oliveira, Marcos Valle, David Matthews, Gene Bertoncini, John McLaughlin, Raul de Souza, Hermeto Pascoal, Gonzalo Rubalcaba e muitos outros. 

Como compositor e letrista, tem parcerias com Dave Brubeck (“Broadway Bossa Nova”), Francesco Gazzara (“O Passarinho”), Mamoru Morishita (“Hotaru”) e Fabio Fonseca (“Samba da Copa”, executado na cerimônia de abertura da Copa do Mundo de 2006). 

Produziu reedições de discos de Sergio Mendes, Flora Purim, Tamba Trio, Ivan Lins, Carlos Lyra, Miucha, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ron Carter, Idris Muhammad, Hank Crawford, Lonnie Smith, Johnny Hammond, Luiz Bonfá, Phil Upchurch, Tennyson Stephens, Eumir Deodato, Grant Green, Mario Castro-Neves, João Donato, Claus Ogerman, David Matthews, Esther Phillips, Joe Beck, Eric Gale e muitos outros.

Produziu as séries “A Trip To Brazil” (cujo Volume 1 chegou ao primeiro-lugar na parada de world-music na Europa em 1998, superando “Buena Vista Social Club”), “Brazilian Horizons”, “CTI: Acid Jazz Grooves”, “Jazz Club”, e retrospectivas - lançadas mundialmente entre 2006 e 2010 pelo selo Verve – das carreiras de Quincy Jones (“Summer In The City: The Soul-Jazz Groves of Quincy Jones”), Eumir Deodato (“Do It Again: The Fantastic Jazz Funk of Eumir Deodato”) e Chick Corea (“Electric Chick”).

Desde 1981, tem realizado, como free lancer, produção musical para diversas gravadoras, como RCA/BMG, Sony, Verve/PolyGram/Universal, CTI, King, Paddle Wheel, Pausa, Milestone/Fantasy, Warner/WEA, Motor Music, JVC/Victor, Sanyo, Movieplay, Imagem, Eldorado, CID, Alfa, RGE, Mr. Bongo, Terra Música, Blue Moon, Bomba, Cedar Tree, Treasure Trove, Irma, Vivid Sound, Motéma, e Huks Music, no Brasil, Europa, Estados Unidos, Japão e Coréia. 

Entre 1982 e 1984, atuou como assessor cultural do Serviço de Comunicação Social da Petrobras. Em 1983, criou, produziu e apresentou o programa "Jazz espetacular", transmitido pela Rádio Tupi FM. Em 1984, assumiu a responsabilidade da programação de bordo (musical e audiovisual) transmitida nos vôos internacionais da Varig, função que exerceu durante 14 anos. Também nesse período (1985 a 1987), participou da comissão de seleção do Free Jazz Festival. 

Escreveu textos de contracapa para discos de diversos artistas, como Toots Thielemans, Ella Fitzgerald, Eliane Elias, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jeff Kinsky, Paulo Bellinati e Carlos Barbosa Lima, entre outros. Assinou textos para divulgação ("press releases") de artistas como João Gilberto, Stan Getz, Oscar Peterson, Pat Metheny, Bill Evans, Jimmy Smith, Elvin Jones, Stanley Turrentine e Tony Bennett.

Atuou como entrevistador em depoimentos prestados para o Museu da Imagem e do Som (Rio de Janeiro e São Paulo) por João Donato, Stellinha Egg, Maestro Gaya, Eumir Deodato, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim e Carlos Barbosa Lima. Em 2001, recebeu o prêmio de International Man of The Year, concedido pelo International Biographical Centre, de Londres. Foi o primeiro brasileiro a receber essa premiação, oferecida anteriormente a apenas quatro outros produtores: Arif Mardin, Tommy LiPuma, Quincy Jones e Phil Ramone. Ainda nesse ano, a JSR (Jazz Station Records), de sua propriedade, foi considerada uma das cinco melhores gravadoras de jazz do mundo, em relação publicada na edição de dezembro da revista especializada norte-americana "Down Beat", premiação que se repetiu por quatro anos (7º lugar em 2003, 9º lugar em 2004, 5º lugar em 2005 e 6º lugar em 2006).

Endereços para correspondência:
Jazz Station Marketing & Consulting, JSR Casting, LaCalifUSA Pictures
CEO & Founder: Arnaldo DeSouteiro
Address (Endereço)
JSR - LA
9930 Liebe Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90210

JSR - NY Address:
Arnaldo DeSouteiro
PO Box 1338
Radio City Station
New York, NY 10003

Jazz Station Records (JSR), a division of Jazz Station Enterprises
CEO & Founder · Los Angeles ·
Address (Endereço):
Arnaldo DeSouteiro
Jazz Station Records - LA
1545 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90017
JSR - NY
PO Box 1338
Radio City Station

Blu-Spec CD of the Month - "George Benson: White Rabbit"

Blu-Spec CD of the Month
George Benson: "White Rabbit" (CTI KICJ 2313)

Produced by Creed Taylor
Engineered (recorded & mixed) by Rudy Van Gelder
Recorded on November 23, 24 & 30, 1971 at Van Gelder Studios (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey)
Cover Photo: Pete Turner
Album Design: Bob Ciano

Benson's masterpiece for CTI, the superbly thrilling "White Rabbit" (recorded in 1971 & released in 1972), became an instant fusion classic, featuring the signature title track arrangement of the Jefferson Airplane classic – a 1972 Grammy® nominee for Best Jazz Performance by a Group. Other highlights: "El Mar" (the only track with Earl Klugh) and a superb adaptation of Villa-Lobos' "Little Train," on which Herbie Hancock performs one of his best Fender Rhodes solos ever!

Arranged & conducted by Don Sebesky, it also includes nice renditions of Michel Legrand's love theme for the "Summer of '42" soundtrack (aka "The Summer Knows," on which Airto uses caxixi, pandeiro, bells and woodblocks) and The Mamas & The Papas' "California Dreaming" (previously produced by Creed Taylor & arranged by Sebesky as an instrumental hit for Wes Montgomery's "California Dreaming" Verve album, back in 1966).

The all-star cast features Ron Carter (acoustic bass only), Billy Cobham (drums), Airto Moreira (not only as a percussionist but also providing wordless vocals on "El Mar", "White Rabbit" and even as the lead singer on "Little Train"), John Frosk (lead trumpet on the title track), Hubert Laws (a short but perfect flute solo on "White Rabbit" too), Phil Kraus (a veteran of The Creed Taylor Orchestra in the late 50s, here using tympani on the title track, Chinese gong on "Little Train," and subtle vibes on "Summer of '42" and "California Dreaming"), harpist Gloria Agostini (to whom Sebesky wrote ingenious charts that make her part of the rhythm section), and specially the Spanish-tinged acoustic guitar playing (in 4 of the 5 tracks) of the underrated master Jay Berliner, the unsung hero of this project.

That's what CTI's top connoisseur wrote about this reissue:
http://dougpayne.blogspot.com/2011/01/celebrating-cti-records-40th.html 

Guitarist George Benson had already recorded one album for CTI (Beyond the Blue Horizon) plus three notable albums for Creed Taylor’s CTI production house at A&M (an additional album recorded during this time was issued years later) when he waxed White Rabbit in November 1971.

White Rabbit ranks among the strongest and most consistently satisfying and artistic of all of George Benson’s jazz albums, even though each and every one of his CTI albums contains something of significant worth.

Recorded under the auspices of arranger Don Sebesky, who had arranged Benson’s earlier Shape of Things to Come (1969) and The Other Side of Abbey Road (1970), White Rabbit is probably now best known as one of the earliest recordings of Detroit-based guitarist Earl Klugh, who was 17 at the time of this recording (on Benson’s excellent “El Mar” only – yes, he solos briefly too…Klugh joined Benson’s band in 1973). Elsewhere, guitarist Jay Berliner nicely counters Benson’s guitar and is most notable on the album’s track.

Issued in May 1972, White Rabbit overflows with exceptionally strong performances by both Benson and Sebesky, most notably on two hippie-era rock odes, The Mamas & the Papas’ “California Dreaming” and Jefferson Airplane’s title track. Both pieces were no doubt brought to the session by arranger Don Sebesky, a specialist then of transforming such rock staples into dynamic jazz performances (he had earlier written “Big Mama Cass” in tribute to the vocalist from The Mamas & the Papas). It’s no stretch to imagine that Creed Taylor was on board for these covers, imaginatively reconsidered by Sebesky (who uses an effectively minimal deployment of brass and winds throughout) and brought to life by Benson’s warm and reassuring guitarisms.

Benson also covers Heitor Villa-Lobos’ “Little Train” (aka “The Little Train of Caipira”), the second of nine suites written by the Brazilian composer. Producer Creed Taylor had previously covered the popular fifth suite of this musical series in recordings by Lalo Schifrin (Verve, 1964) and Soul Flutes (CTI/A&M, 1968 – arranged by Don Sebesky) and would later capture the piece on the 1972 CTI album by Jackie & Roy, Time & Love, again, arranged by Don Sebesky.

Benson is accompanied here by Herbie Hancock on electric piano (who is bountifully featured throughout), Ron Carter on bass and Billy Cobham on drums, all of whom were first captured together on Benson’s Giblet Gravy (Verve, 1967). Hancock and Carter had, of course, also played with George Benson on Miles Davis’ Miles in the Sky (Columbia, 1968). So these guys were not unfamiliar with each other’s creativity.

Hubert Laws solos on flute for “White Rabbit” while trumpeter John Frosk solos on the title track and the substantial “El Mar.” Airto Moriera is featured on percussion throughout and takes several audibly vocal turns on “Little Train” and “El Mar.”

The excellent and artistically and commercially satisfying White Rabbit was nominated for a 1972 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance – Group (in competition with another CTI performance by Joe Farrell for “Outback”) but lost to yet another CTI performance of “First Light” – also arranged by Don Sebesky – by Freddie Hubbard.

CD Reissue of the Month - "French Toast"

CD Reissue of the Month
French Toast: "French Toast" (Electric Bird) 1984/2014

The debut album by the all-star studio group conceived by French Horn master Peter Gordon. This album -- recorded @ Skyline Studio in NY on April 7, 8 & 9, 1984 -- introduced Dave Weckl and Michel Camilo to the Japanese market, and reached the top of the Jazz charts. Includes tunes composed by Camilo (who would sign as a leader to that same Electric Bird a few months later), Rob Mounsey, Peter Gordon, Carlos Franzetti and the underrated alto sax player Jerry Dodgion, featured on that marvelous version of "The Girl From Ipanema" on Antonio Carlos Jobim's legendary "Tide" album (1970), released in 1970 by A&M/CTI. For "French Toast," Dodgion wrote "Butter," a tribute to trombonist Quentin 'Butter' Jackson. Steve Gadd, already a jazz star, guests on two tracks.

Arranged by Peter Gordon ("Joe Cool" and "Ion You"), Michel Camilo ("Calentando Man" and "Why Not/"), Carlos Franzetti ("B.A. Express") & Jerry Dodgion ("Butter".)
Produced by Shigeyuki Kawashima, the A&R man of King Records' in the 1980s, when he also signed David Matthews, Ronnie Cuber, Lew Soloff, Steve Gadd, Manhattan Jazz Quintet and Manhattan Jazz Orchestra to King's labels Electric Bird (dedicated to fusion) and Paddle Wheel (home of straight-ahead acoustic jazz projects). In the 90s, Mr. Kawashima moved to Sweet Basil Records.
24bit Remastering Engineers: Hiroyuki Tsuji & Yasuhiro Yanai.

Featuring: Peter Gordon (French horn), Lew Soloff (trumpet), Jerry Dodgion (alto sax), Michel Camilo (acoustic piano), Anthony Jackson (electric bass), Dave Weckl (drums), Sammy Figueroa (congas & percussion), Gordon Gottlieb (marimba, vibes & percussion). Special Guest: Steve Gadd.

"Saga" coming out all over the world

Rodrigo Lima's 2-CD set "Saga" is coming out this week, released worldwide by JSR. Recorded in LA, NY, Rio and Curitiba. Produced by Arnaldo DeSouteiro for Jazz Station Records, with a magnificent cover photo by Pete Turner, it features an all-star cast: Hermeto Pascoal, Don Sebesky, Hubert Laws, Raul de Souza, Anat Cohen, Mike Mainieri, Hugo Fattoruso, Zé Eduardo Nazario, Frank Herzberg, Sammy Figueroa, Aline Morena, Jamil Joanes, Laudir de Oliveira, João Palma, Sergio Barroso, Cesar Machado, Ithamara Koorax, Carol Ma, Gene Back, Alice Hamlet and many others. Chief Engineer: Victor França. Additional engineering: Jay Messina, Beto Japa, Aaron Nevezie, Mario Jorge Bruno, Hal Batt, Ben Elliot etc.

During my 32-year career as a recording producer, I've had the honor to work with such masters as Joao Gilberto, Luiz Bonfa, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Dom Um Romao, Joao Donato, Eumir Deodato, Mario Castro-Neves, Thiago de Mello, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Larry Coryell, John McLaughlin, Jay Berliner, Gene Bertoncini, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Dexter Payne, Art Farmer, Azymuth, the list goes on and on. But I can assure that "Saga" is one of the best albums I've ever produced. And Rodrigo is a brilliant newcomer to the contemporary jazz scene, a true guitar wiz. The CD is already on sale at Dusty Groove, CD Baby, Amazon etc. Cheers!

And here are some pics from the recording sessions:

(Rodrigo Lima, Arnaldo DeSouteiro, engineer Mario Jorge Bruno)

(Hermeto Pascoal, Arnaldo DeSouteiro, Aline Morena)

(Rodrigo Lima & Don Sebesky)

(Joe De Vico, Don Sebesky, Rodrigo Lima)

(Rodrigo Lima, Don Sebesky & The Strings)

(Zé Eduardo Nazário)

(Hugo Fattoruso & Arnaldo DeSouteiro)

(Hugo Fattoruso)

(Arnaldo DeSouteiro, Hugo Fattoruso, Rodrigo Lima)

 (Hugo Fattoruso & Arnaldo DeSouteiro)

(Lulu Martin & Arnaldo DeSouteiro)

(Andrea Nestrea, Hugo Fattoruso, Rodrigo Lima)

(Arnaldo DeSouteiro & Raul De Souza)

(Arnaldo DeSouteiro & Raul DeSouza)

(De Souza, Fattoruso, Lima, Nazario, Herzberg)

(Anat Cohen & Rodrigo Lima)

(Cesar Machado, Arnaldo DeSouteiro, Sergio Barroso)

(Frank Herzberg, Italo Simao, Arnaldo DeSouteiro, Mario Jorge)

(Frank Herzberg)

(Arnaldo DeSouteiro & Victor França)

(Raul De Souza aka Raulzinho)

(Hugo Fattoruso, Jamil Joanes, Frank Herzberg, Ze Eduardo Nazario)

(Jamil Joanes)

(Arnaldo DeSouteiro, Rodrigo Lima, Hugo Fattoruso)

(João Palma & Arnaldo DeSouteiro)

(Hubert Laws)

(Ithamara Koorax, Andrea Nestrea, Raul De Souza)

(Alice Hamlet)

(Mike Mainieri)

(Arnaldo DeSouteiro & Lulu Martin)