Os
melhores do jazz em 2013 - The Best Jazz of 2013!
The
results of the 35th Annual Jazz Station Poll conducted by jazz journalist, jazz
historian & jazz educator Arnaldo DeSouteiro.
Ahmad Jamal (pictured below), Steve Lindeman, Ron Carter, Toots Thielemans, Gene Bertoncini, Mark Egan, Steve Gadd, Randy Brecker, Michael Pedicin, Ronnie Cuber, Jane Ira Bloom, Jamie Baum, Molly Holm and the late (and already much missed) George Duke are among the top artists of the year.
Only albums recorded or released in 2013 were eligible.
A seleção dos “melhores do jazz”, feita pelo historiador Arnaldo DeSouteiro,
publicada pela primeira vez em 1979, chega ao 35º ano. Ahmad Jamal (foto acima), Toots
Thielemans, Ron Carter, Steve Lindeman, Gene Bertoncini, Mark Egan, Ronnie Cuber, Michael Pedicin, Steve Gadd e Molly Holm estão entre os artistas que brilharam em 2013.
Esta é a lista dos que mais se destacaram, em 2013, no panorama jazzístico
internacional. Atendendo aos pedidos dos leitores, que desde 1979 acompanham
essa votação, 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/Blu-rays, checando fichas técnicas e, às vezes,
reavaliando opiniões. Tudo isso com o objetivo de fornecer o mais fiel possível
retrato do cenário jazzístico em 2013, 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 John McLaughlin, Al Jarreau, Kurt Elling, Jon Hendricks, Cassandra Wilson, Diana Krall (incluida apenas pelo relançamento de "The Loof of Love" em Blu-ray Audio), Mike Longo e Till Bronner que, apesar de terem realizado muitos shows,
não lançaram novos trabalhos em 2013.
Vários discos e artistas premiados em 2013 (com grande atraso) pelas revistas especializadas, não aparecem na nossa lista por uma simples
razão: constaram da relação de 2012.
Aí estão os resultados completos:
2013
Acoustic Piano: 1º Ahmad Jamal (“Saturday
Morning” – Jazz Village); 2º Keith Jarrett (“Somewhere” – ECM); 3º Pablo Held
(“Elders” – Pirouet); 4º Herbie Hancock (“Experience Montreux” 3D Blu-ray – Eagle
Vision); 5º Michel Camilo (“What’s Up?” – Okeh); 6º Harold Mabern (“Live at
Smalls” – Smallslive); 7º Kenny Drew Jr. (“Live at JazzFest Berlin” w/ Ronnie
Cuber – SteepleChase); 8º Alfredo Rodriguez (“Experience Montreux” 3D Blu-ray w/ Quincy
Jones and the Global Gumbo All Stars - Eagle Vision); 9º Fred Hersch (“Free Flying” w/ Julian
Lage – Palmetto); 10º Robert Glasper (“Black Radio 2” – Blue Note)
2013
Electric Piano: 1º Riza Arshad (“The 6th
Story” w/ simakDialog – MoonJune); 2º Adam Holzman (“On A Mission” w/ The
Avengers – MoonJune); 3º Mamiko Watanabe (“This Is What Happened” – Pimenta
Music); 4º Rick Germanson (“Why Stop Now/Ubuntu” w/ Michael Pedicin – Ground
Blue Records); 5º Jake Sherman (“Bing Bang Boom!” w/ John Stein – Whaling City
Sound); 6º Jim Ridl (“Uppity” w/ Anthony Branker & Word Play – Origin); 7º
Robert Glasper (“Bob, A Palindrome” w/ Robert Hurst – Bebob Music); 8º Elio
Baldi Cantù (“Você e Eu – João Gilberto Revisited” w/ Brazilian Love Affair
Project - FMC)
2013
Organ: 1º Joey DeFrancesco (“One
For Rudy” – HighNote); 2º Carla Bley (“Into The Woodwork” w/ Steve Swallow
Quintet – XtraWatt); 3º Dr. Lonnie Smith (“In The Beginning Volumes 1 & 2”
– Pilgrimage); 4º Chester Thompson (“Mixology” – Doodlin’ Records); 5º John
Novello (“Krush” w/ Niacin – Intuition); 6º John Medeski (“Überjam Deux” w/
John Scofield – EmArcy); 7º Jared Gold (“Intuition” – Posi-Tone); 8º Brian
Charette (“Borderline” – SteepleChase); 9º Chester Smith (“The Lift” w/ Larry
Coryell – Wide Hive); 10º Vito DiModugno (“East Side” – Red Records)
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Keyboards: 1º George Duke
(“DreamWeaver” – Heads Up); 2º Chick Corea (“The Vigil” – Stretch); 3º Adam
Holzman (“On A Mission” w/ The Avengers – Gudari/MoonJune); 4º Herbie Hancock
(“Experience Montreux” 3D Blu-ray – Eagle Vision); 5º Mark Little (“Red” w/ Beata
Pater – B&B Records); 6º Riza Arshad (“The 6th Story” w/ simakDialog –
MoonJune); 7º Alex Maguire (“Mercy, Pity, Peace & Love” w/ douBt – Moon June);
8º Marilia Giller ("Avalanche" - MG); 9º Greg Phillinganes (“Experience Montreux” 3D Blu-ray – Eagle Vision); 10º Jeff
Jenkins (“Chicago Red” w/ Brad Goode – Origin); 11º Denny Zeitlin (“Both/And” –
Sunnyside)
2013
Acoustic Bass: 1º Ron Carter (“Cocktails At The Cotton Club” – Somethin' Else); 2º Charnett Moffett (“The Bridge: Solo Bass Works” –
Motéma); 3º Robert Hurst (“Bob, A Palindrome” – Bebob Music); 4º Michael Moore
(“Reunion” w/ Gene Bertoncini – Ambient Records); 5º Eddie Gomez (“If You
Believe” w/ Mika Stoltzman – MK); 6º Drew Gress (“The Sky Inside” – Pirouet); 7º
Gary Peacock (“Azure” w/ Marilyn Crispell – ECM); 8º Avery Sharpe (“Sojourner
Truth: Ain’t I A Woman?” – JKNM); 9º Linda Oh (“Sun Pictures” – Greenleaf); 10º
Christian McBride (“People Music” – Mack Avenue)
2013
Electric Bass: 1º Mark Egan (“Unity 1” -
Wavetone); 2º Nathan East (“Live in Tokyo” DVD w/ Fourplay – GRP Studios); 3º
Steve Swallow (“Into The Woodwork” – XtraWatt); 4º Will Lee (“Love, Gratitude
And Other Distractions” – Seven Seas); 5º Amanda Ruzza (“This Is What Happened
– Pimenta Music); 6º Tal Wilkenfeld (“Experience Montreux” 3D Blu-ray w/ Herbie Hancock - Eagle Vision);
7º Aaron Germain (“Red” w/ Beata Pater – B&B Music); 8º Ruben Rodriguez
(“Live at JazzFest Berlin” w/ Ronnie Cuber – SteepleChase); 9º Bijoux Barbosa
(“Chicago Red” w/ Brad Goode – Origin)
2013
Drums: 1º Steve Gadd ("Gadditude" - BFM Jazz/VideoArts); 2º Harvey
Mason (“Live in Tokyo” DVD w/ Fourplay – GRP Studios); 3º Jack DeJohnette
(“Somewhere” w/ Keith Jarrett – ECM); 4º Zé Eduardo Nazário (“Bing Bang
Boom!” w/ John Stein – Whaling City Sound); 5º Mauricio Zottarelli (“This Is
What Happened” w/ Amanda Ruzza – Pimenta Music); 6º Vinnie Colaiuta
(“Experience Montreux / The Imagine Project” w/ Herbie Hancock – 3D Blu-ray Eagle
Vision); 7º Karl Latham (“Unity 1” w/ Mark Egan – Wavetone); 8º Joe Corsello
(“Reunion” w/ Gene Bertoncini – Ambient Records); 9º Antonio Sanchez (“New
Life” – CAM Jazz); 10º Ben Perowsky (“Live at JazzFest Berlin” w/ Ronnie Cuber
– SteepleChase); 11º Famoudou Don Moye (“Permission” w/ Molly Holm – Rinny Zin
Records)
2013 Percussion: 1º Airto Moreira (“Beauty
As Beauty” w/ John Medeski & Tisziji Munoz – MRI); 2º Trilok
Gurtu (“Spellbound” – Sunnyside); 3º Paulinho da Costa (“Experience Montreux” 3D Blu-ray w/
Quincy Jones and the Global Gumbo All Stars - Eagle Vision); 4º Manolo Badrena (“Saturday Morning” w/ Ahmad
Jamal – Jazz Village); 5º Pete Escovedo (“Live From Stern Grove Festival” –
Concord); 6º Raul Ramirez (“Red” w/ Beata Pater – B&B); 7º Kenneth Nash
(“Mixology” w/ Chester Thompson – Doodlin’); 8º Adam Rudolph (“Bob, A
Palindrome” w/ Robert Hurst – Bebob Music); 9º Carlos Caro (“San
Francisco” w/ Brian Anders and the Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel” –Bacalao); 10º Martin
Kruemmling/Max Andrzejewski (“Percussive Mechanics” w/ Anna Webber – Pirouet)
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2013
Vibes: 1º Mike Mainieri
(“Reunion” – Ambient); 2º Warren Wolf (“Wolfgang” – Mack Avenue); 3º Gary
Burton (“Guided Tour” – Mack Avenue); 4º Peter Schlamb (“Reprise” w/ Ben Van
Gelder – Pirouet); 5º Julius Heise (“Percussive Mechanics” w/ Anna Webber –
Pirouet); 6º Benoit Moerlen (“After The Exhibition” w/ The Wrong Object –
MoonJune); 7º Jason Marsalis (“In A World Of Mallets” – Basin Street)
2013
Miscellaneous: 1º Toots Thielemans -
harmonica (“Live at Le Chapiteau” DVD - Challenge); 2º João Pedro – accordion
(“Novas Cores” – Gramofone); 3º Mika Stoltzman – marimba (“If You Believe” – MK);
4º Peggy Lee – cello (“Invitations” – Drip Audio); 5º Mat Maneri – viola
(“Transylvanian Concert” w/ Lucian Ban – ECM); 6º Erik Friedlander – cello
(“Musica Para Un Dragon Dormindo” w/ Emilio Teubal – Brooklyn Jazz
Underground); 7º Cristina Pato – Galician bagpipes (“Migrations” – Sunnyside);
8º Béla Fleck - banjo (“The Impostor” – Mercury); 9º Katherine Young – bassoon (“Pretty
Monsters” – Public Eyesore); 10º David Virelles – celeste, harmonium (“The
Sirens” w/ Chris Potter – ECM)
2013
Acoustic Guitar: 1º Gene Bertoncini
(“Reunion” – Ambient Music); 2º Ralph Towner (“Travel Guide” – ECM); 3º Ronny
Graupe (“Elders” w/ Pablo Held – Pirouet); 4º Earl Klugh (“Hand Picked” – Heads
Up); 5º Alex Nolan (“This Is What Happened” w/ Amanda Ruzza – Pimenta Music); 6º
Lawson Rollins (“Full Circle” – Infinita Records); 7º Charles Altura (“The
Vigil” w/ Chick Corea – Stretch); 8º Goro Ito (“Getz/Gilberto + 50” – Verve);
9º Dewa Budjana (“Dawain In Paradise” – MoonJune)
2013
Electric Guitar: 1º John Scofield
(“Uberjam Deux” - EmArcy); 2º John Hart (“Unity 1” w/ Mark Egan – Wavetone); 3º
Larry Coryell (“The Lift” – WideHive); 4º Pat Metheny (“Tap” – Nonesuch); 5º Chuck Loeb ("Live in Tokyo" DVD w/ Fourplay - GRP Stydios). 6º Beledo (“On A Mission” w/ The Avengers” – Gudari Records); 7º Tohpati (“The 6th
Story” w/ simakDialog – MoonJune); 8º John Etheridge (“Burden of Proof” w/ Soft
Machine Legacy); 9º Ricardo
Grilli (“If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller” – Dark House); 10º Jean Paul
Bourelly (“Exploring The Vibe” w/ Reut Regev – Enja); 11º Lupa Santiago
(“Paris/São Paulo” – Gemini/Tratore); 12º John Stein (“Bing Bang Boom!” – Whaling
City Sound); 13º Ronny Graupe (“Spoom” – Pirouet); 14º Bill Kopper (“Chicago
Red” w/ Brad Goode – Origin); 15º Dani Rabin (“Last Chapter of Dreaming” w/
Marbin – MoonJune)
2013
Violin: 1º Mark Feldman (“Live at
Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne” w/ Sylvie Courvoisier – Intakt); 2º Jason Kao Hwang (“Burning
Bridge” – Innova); 3º Christian Howes (“Southern Exposure” – Resonance); 4º
Jenny Scheinman (“Big Sur” w/ Bill Frisell – Okeh); 5º Zach Brock (“Almost
Never Was” – Criss Cross); 6º Jean-Luc Ponty (“Hacienda” w/ Jeff Lorber Fusion
– Heads Up); 7º Josée Aidans (“Just For My Lady” w/ Oliver Jones – Justin Time)
2013
Flute: 1º Jamie Baum (“In This
Life” – Sunnyside); 2º Nicole Mitchell (“Golden State” w/ Harris Eisenstadt –
Songlines); 3º Anna Webber (“Percussive Mechanics” – Pirouet); 4º Evan Francis
(“Roads & Codes” w/ Ian Carey Quintet – Kabocha); 5º Rahsaan Barber
(“Hidden Journey” w/ Imer Santiago – Jazz Music City); 6º Hubert Laws (“Smile”
w/ Carol Duboc – Gold Note Music); 7º Charles Lloyd (“Hagar’s Song” w/ Jason
Moran – ECM)
2013
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet: 1º
Eddie Daniels (“Duke at the Roadhouse” w/ Roger Kellaway – IPOC); 2º Anat Cohen
(“Tightrope” w/ 3 Cohens – Anzic); 3º Richard Stoltzman (“If You Believe” w/
Mika Stoltzman – MK); 4º Geof Bradfield (“Melba!” - Origin); 5º Bennie Maupin
(“Bob, A Palindrome” w/ Robert Hurst – Bebob Music); 6º Joachim Badenhorst (“A
Mirror To Machaut” w/ Samuel Blaser – Songlines); 7º John Ruocco (“John Ruocco
And Adrian Mears Meet The Würzburg Philharmonic” – Double Moon); 8º Peter Brötzmann
(“I Am Here Where Are You” w/ Steve Noble – Trost); 9º Ben Van Gelder
(“Reprise” – Pirouet); 10º Evan Christopher (“Louie’s Dream” w/ Eli Yamin –
Yamin Music); 11º Paquito D’Rivera (“Song For Maura” – Paquito Records); 12º
Marti Melia (“After The Exhibition” w/ The Wrong Object” – MoonJune)
2013
Trumpet: 1º Randy Brecker (“Plays
Wlodek Pawlik’s Night In Calisia” – Summit); 2º Brad Goode (“Chicago Red” –
Origin); 3º Ralph Alessi (“The Sky Inside” w/ Drew Gress – Pirouet); 4º Ian
Carey (“Roads & Codes” – Kabocha); 5º Imer Santiago (“Hidden Journey” –
Jazz Music City); 6º Bastian Stein (“Diegesis” – Pirouet); 7º Wallace Roney
(“Understanding” – HighNote); 8º Tomasz Stanko (“Wislawa” – ECM); 9º Terence
Blanchard (“Magnetic” – Blue Note)
2013
Flugelhorn: 1º Ian Carey (“Roads
& Codes” – Kabocha); 2º Tom Harrell (“Colors Of A Dream” – HighNote); 3º Victor
Garcia (“Melba!” w/ Geof Bradfield – Origin); 4º Kenny Wheeler (“Six For Six” –
CAM Jazz); 5º Imer Santiago (“Hidden Journey” – Jazz Music City); 6º Henry Hung
(“San Francisco” w/ Brian Andres and the Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel” – Bacalao); 7º
Matthieu Michel (“The Gift” w/ Suzanne Abbuehl) – ECM); 8º Marcus Belgrave
(“Bob, A Palindrome” w/ Robert Hurst – Bebob Music)
2013
Trombone: 1º Reut Regev (“Exploring
The Vibe” – Enja); 2º Steve Turre (“The Bones of Art” – HighNote); 3º Robert
Morgenthalter (“Bone Art” – Unit); 4º Joel Adams (“Melba!” w/ Geof Bradfield –
Origin); 5º Roswell Rudd (“Trombone For Lovers” – Sunnyside); 6º Papo Vazquez
(“Oasis” – Picaro); 7º Clifton Anderson (“And So We Carry On” – Daywood Drive);
8º Samuel Blaser (“A Mirror To Machaut” – Songlines); 9º Nils Wogram (“Riomar”
– nWog Records); 10º Jamie Dubberly (“San Francisco” w/ Brian Andres and The
Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel” - Bacalao); 11º Adrian Mears (“John Ruocco And Adrian
Mears Meet The Wurzburg Philharmonic” – Double Moon); 12º Nils Landgren
(“Teamwork” – ACT); 13º Andy Hunter (“Uppity” w/ Anthony Branker & Word
Play); 14º Trombone Shorty (“Say That To Say This” – Verve)
2013
Soprano Sax: 1º Jane Ira Bloom
(“Sixteen Sunsets” Blu-ray Audio – Outline/Pure Audio Records); 2º Wayne Shorter
(“Without A Net” – Blue Note); 3º Larry Schneider (“Permission” w/ Molly Holm –
Rinny Zin Records); 4º Geof Bradfield (“Melba!” – Origin); 5º Sam Newsome (“The
Art Of The Soprano” – SM); 6º Dave Liebman (“Circular Dreaming” w/ Quest –
Enja); 7º Anthony Braxton (“Echo Echo Mirror House” – Victo); 8º Sergio Galvão
(“Phantom Fish” – Pimenta Music); 9º Danny Markovitch (“Last Chapter of
Dreaming” w/ Marbin – MoonJune); 10º Branford Marsalis (“Bob, A Palindrome” –
Bebob Music); 11º Chris Potter (“The Sirens” – ECM); 12º Joshua Redman (“Walking
Shadows” – Nonesuch); 13º Mark Gross (“Blackside” – Jazz Legacy Prod.)
2013 Alto
Sax: 1º Phil Woods (“Right To
Swing” w/ The DePaul University Jazz Ensemble – Jazzed Media) 2º Anthony
Braxton (“Willisau Solo” – Intakt); 3º Steve Coleman (“Functional Arrythmias” –
Pi Recordings); 4º Kenny Garrett (“Pushing The World Away” – Mack Avenue); 5º
David Sanborn (“Quartette Humaine” w/ Bob James – Okeh); 6º Ben Van Gelder
(“Reprise” – Pirouet); 7º Ted Nash (“Chakra” – Plastic Sax); 8º Tim Berne (“The
Sky Inside” w/ Drew Gress – Pirouet); 9º Carla Marciano (“Stream of
Consciousness” – Alfa Music)
2013
Tenor Sax: 1º Michael Pedicin (“Why
Stop Now/Ubuntu” (Ground Blue Records); 2º Wayne Shorter (“Without A Net” –
Blue Note); 3º Frank Wess (“Magic 101” – IPO); 4º Houston Person (“Nice ‘N’
Easy” - High Note); 5º Geof Bradfield (“Melba!” – Origin); 6º Andy Sheppard
(“Trios” w/ Carla Bley & Steve Swallow – ECM); 7º Rahsaan Barber (“Hidden
Journey” w/ Imer Santiago – Jazz Music City); 8º Theo Travis (“Burden of Proof”
w/ Soft Machine Legacy – MoonJune); 9º Charles Lloyd (“Hagar’s Song” – ECM); 10º
Joe Lovano (“Cross Culture” – Blue Note)
2013
Baritone Sax: 1º Ronnie Cuber (“Live at
JazzFest Berlin” - SteepleChase); 2º Claire Daly (“Baritone Monk” – North Coast
Brewing); 3º Gary Smulyan (“Blue To The Bone IV” w/ Dave Stryker -
SteepleChase); 4º Greg Abate (“The Greg Abate Quintet Featuring Phil Woods” –
Rhombus); 5º Fredrik Lindborg (“Trio Colossus” w/ LSD – PB7); 6º Paul Nedzela (“Chakra”
w/ Ted Nash Big Band – Plastic Sax)
2013 Male
Singer: 1º Mark Murphy (“A
Beautiful Friendship: Remembering Shirley Horn” EP – Gearbox Records); 2º Ed
Reed (“I’m A Shy Guy” – Blue Shorts); 3º Andy Bey (“The World According To Andy
Bey” - HighNote); 4º Giacomo Gates (“Miles Tones” – Savant); 5º George Benson
(“Inspiration” – Concord); 6º Gregory Porter (“Liquid Spirit” – Blue Note); 7º
Scot Albertson (“Urge To Croon” – SA); 8º Michael Feinstein (“Change of Heart:
The Songs of André Previn” – Telarc); 9º Michael Bublé (“To Be Loved” – 143)
2013
Female Singer: 1º Molly Holm
(“Permission” – Rinny Zin Records); 2º Beata Pater (“Red” – B&B Records);
3º Tierney Sutton (“After Blue” – BFM Jazz); 4º Eugenie Jones (“Black Lace Blue
Tears” – EJ); 5º Jackie Ryan (“Listen Here” – OpenArt Records); 6º René Marie
(“I Wanna Be Evil” – Motéma); 7º Lorraine Feather (“Attachments” – Jazzed
Media); 8º Agachiko (“Yes!” - Accurate); 9º Carol Duboc (“Smile” – Gold Note
Music); 10º Cécile McLorin Salvant (“Woman Child” – Mack Avenue); 11º Heather
Masse (“Lock My Heart” w/ Dick Hyman – Red House); 12º Sherri Roberts (“Lovely
Days” – Blue House/Pacific Coast); 13º Molly Ringwald (“Except Sometimes” – Concord)
2013
Instrumental Group: 1º Keith
Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette (“Somewhere” - ECM); 2º Fourplay (“Live in
Tokyo” DVD – GRP Studios); 3º Randy Brecker & The Brecker Brothers Band
Reunion (“The Brecker Brothers Band Reunion” CD/DVD – HalfNote); 4º Soft Machine Legacy (“Burden of Proof” –
MoonJune); 5º simakDialog (“The 6th Story” – MoonJune); 6º Brian Andres and the
Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel (“San Francisco” – Bacalao); 7º Ian Carey Quintet
(“Roads & Codes” – Kabocha); 8º Marbin (“Last Chapter of Dreaming” –
MoonJune); 9º douBt (“Mercy, Pity, Peace & Love” – MoonJune); 10º FivePlay
Jazz Quintet (“Five & More” – Auraline)
2013
Vocal Group: 1º New York Voices (“Live
with the WDR Big Band Cologne” – Palmetto / "Let It Snow” - MRI)
2013 Big
Band/Jazz Orchestra: 1º George Gruntz
Concert Jazz Band (“News Reel Matters” – Migros); 2º BYU Synthesis (“The Day
After Yesterday” w/ Steve Lindeman – Jazz Hang Records); 3º Metropole Orkest
(“Amsterdam Meets The New Tango” w/ Pablo Ziegler – Zoho); 4º Orquestra À Base
de Sopro de Curitiba (“Orq. À Base de Sopro de Curitiba & André Mehmari”
DVD ); 5º Fischermanns Orchestra (“Wildfang” – Unit Records); 6º Oliver Lake
Big Band (“Wheels” – Passin’ Thru); 7º Asuka Kakitani Jazz Orchestra (“Bloom” –
Nineteen Eight); 8º Ted Nash Big Band (“Chakra” – Plastic Sax); 9º hr-Bigband
(“Wunderkammer XXL” w/ Michael Wollny – ACT); 10º Brussels Jazz Orchestra (“Wild
Beauty” – Ent. One Music); 11º The Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra
(“Artistry: A Tribute To Stan Kenton” – MAMA)
2013 Composer:
1º Steve Lindeman (“The
Day After Yesterday” – Jazz Hang Records); 2º Geof Bradfield (“Melba!” –
Origin); 3º Anthony Branker (“Uppity” – Origin); 4º Chick Corea (“The Vigil” –
Stretch); 5º Wlodek Pawlik ("Randy Brecker Plays Wlodek Pawlik's Night In Calisia" - ); 6º Asuka Kakitani (“Bloom” – Nineteen Eight); 7º Ben Van Gelder
(“Reprise” – Pirouet); 8º Riza Arshad (“The 6th Story” w/ simakDialog –
MoonJune); 9º Imer Santiago (“Hidden Journey” – Jazz Music City); 10º Ricardo
Grilli (“If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller” – Dark House)
2013
Arranger: 1º Steve Lindeman (“The
Day After Yesterday” – Jazz Hang Records); 2º George Gruntz (“News Reel
Matters” –MGB); 3º Bob James (“Live in Tokyo” DVD w/ Fourplay – GRP Studios); 4º
Geof Bradfield (“Melba!” – Origin); 5º David Weiss (“Endangered Species: The
Music of Wayne Shorter” – Motéma)
2013 Engineer:
1º Rudy Van Gelder (“One
For Rudy” w/ Joey DeFrancesco - HighNote); 2º Mark Conese (“Reunion” w/ Gene
Bertoncini – Ambient Records); 3º Michael Chadbourne (“The Day After Yesterday”
w/ Steve Lindeman – Jazz Hang); 4º Jim Anderson (“Sixteen Sunsets” w/ Jane Ira
Bloom – Blu-ray Audio – Pure Audio Records); 5º Jay Messina (“If You Believe”
w/ Mika Stoltzman – MK); 6º Markus Born (“Elders” w/ Pablo Held – Pirouet); 7º
Scott Steinman (“Melba!” w/ Geof Bradfield – Origin); 8º Christian Tumalan
(“San Francisco” w/ Brian Andres and the Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel – Bacalao); 9º
Dan Feiszli (“I’m A Shy Guy” w/ Ed Reed – Blue Shorts)
2013
Artwork: 1º
Konstantin Kern (the great graphic designer created several projects for the
Pirouet label, including albums by Pablo Held, Bastian Stein, Anna Webber, Ben
Van Gelder, Drew Gress etc); 2º Ian Carey (the musician himself conceived the
creative album design for his “Roads & Codes” CD – Kabocha); 3º Michael G.
Stewart (“Reunion” w/ Gene Bertoncini, Mike Mainieri, Michael Moore & Joe
Corsello – Ambient Sound)
The Best Jazz Instrumental CDs
Steve
Lindeman with BYU Synthesis: “The Day After Yesterday” (Jazz Hang Records)
Gene
Bertoncini, Mike Mainieri, Michael Moore & Joe Corsello: “Reuninon”
(Ambient Records)
Ronnie
Cuber: “Live at JazzFest Berlin” (SteepleChase)
Pablo
Held: “Elders” (Pirouet)
Mark
Egan, Karl Latham & John Hart: “Unity 1” (Wavetone)
Mika
Stoltzman: “If You Believe” (MK)
Geof
Bradfield: “Melba!” (Origin)
Michael
Pedicin: “Why Stop Now/Ubuntu” (Ground Blue Records)
Keith
Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette: “Somewhere” (ECM)
Lupa
Santiago: “Paris/São Paulo” (Gemini/Tratore)
George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band: "New Reels Matters" (Migros)
simakDialog: "The 6th Story" (MoonJune)
Ahmad Jamal: "Saturday Morning" (Jazz Villlage)
Randy Brecker: "Plays Wlodek Pawlik's Night In Calisia" (Summit)
Brian Andres and the Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel: "San Francisco" (Bacalao)
The Best Vocal Jazz CDs
Molly
Holm: “Permission” (Rinny Zin Records)
Beata Pater:
“Red” (B&B Records)
Ed Reed:
“I’m A Shy Guy” (Blue Shorts)
Mark
Murphy: “A Beautiful Friendship: Remembering Shirley Horn” (Gearbox)
Eugenie
Jones: “Black Lace Blue Tears” (EJ)
Andy Bey:
“The World According To Andy Bey” (HighNote)
New York Voices: "Live with the WDR Big Band" (Palmetto)
Giacomo Gates: "Miles Tones" (Savant)
Scot Albertson: "Urge To Croon" (SA)
Agachiko:
“Yes!” (Accurate)
The Best Jazz DVDs/Blu-rays
Quincy
Jones, Herbie Hancock & Others: “Experience Montreux” 3D Blu-ray (Eagle
Vision)
Fourplay:
“Live in Tokyo” DVD (GRP Studios)
Hermeto
Pascoal: “Hermeto Brincando de Corpo e Alma” DVD (HPAM)
Toots
Thielemans: “Live at Le Chapiteau” DVD (Challenge)
Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin: "Invitation To Illumination" Blu-ray (Eagle Vision)
Orquestra
À Base de Sopro de Curitiba & André Mehmari CD/DVD (Estúdio Monteverdi)
Friedrich
Gulda & Barbara Dennerlein: “I Love Mozart, I Love Barbara” DVD (Arthaus)
Friedrich
Gulda, Joe Zawinul & Chick Corea: “Friderich Gulda & Friends” DVD (Arthaus)
Randy
Brecker: “The Brecker Brothers Reuinion Band” CD/DVD (HalfNote)
Miles
Davis Quintet: “Live in Europe 1969 – The Bootleg Series Vol.2” CD/DVD (Sony)
Miles
Davis with Quincy Jones & The Gil Evans Orchestra: “Live at Montreux 1991”
Blu-ray (Eagle Vision)
Weather
Report: “Birdland” DVD (IMV Blueline)
Hugo
Fattoruso: “En Concierto” CD/DVD (Montevideo Music Group)
Blu-ray Audio
Jane Ira Bloom: "Sixteen Sunsets" (Out-line/Pro Audio)
Stan Getz & João Gilberto: "Getz/Gilberto" (Verve)
Diana Krall: "The Look of Love" (Verve)
Oscar Peterson: "Night Train" (Verve)
Nina Simone: "I Put A Spell On You" (Decca)
Special Projects/Reissues
Art
Pepper: “Unreleased Art Vol. VIII – Live at Winery, September 6, 1976” (Widow’s
Taste)
Freddie
Hubbard Quintet: “Live at Carnegie Hall 1972” (Stepper Music)
Freddie
Hubbard & Ilhan Mimaroglu: “Sing Me A Song of Songmy” (Atlantic/Warner Japan)
João
Gilberto: “Legend” (Él/Cherry Red)
Cannonball
Adderley: “The Happy People” (Capitol/EMI Japan)
Miroslav
Vitous: “Magical Shepherd” (Warner Bros;/Warner Japan))
Joe
Farrell: “Penny Arcade” (CTI/King)
Joe
Farrell: “Joe Farrell Quartet” (CTI/Wounded Bird)
Allan
Holdsworth: “FLATTire / Music For A Non-Existent Movie” (MoonJune)
Caldera: “Caldera/Sky
Islands” (Cherry Red)
Ray
Barretto: “Can You Feel It” (Atlantic/Warner Japan)
Box Sets
Herbie
Hancock: “The Complete Columbia Album Collection 1972-1988” (Legacy)
Woody
Shaw: “The Complete Muse Sessions” (Mosaic)
The Brecker
Bros.: “The Complete Arista Album Collection” (Sony)
Weather
Report: “The Columbia Albums 1976-1982” (Sony)
Clifford
Jordan: “The Complete Strata-East Sessions” (Mosaic)
Freddie
Hubbard: “Bundle of Joy/Super Blue/The Love Comection” (BGO)
Chick
Webb & Ella Fitzgerald: “The Complete Decca Sessions 1934-1941 (Mosaic)
Stanley
Clarke: “The Complete 1970s Epic Albums Collection” (Epic)
Pau
Brasil: “Caixote 1982/2012” (Pau Brasil Music)
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