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December 09, 2009 · 0 comments
The Best CDs of 2009
I've been making a list, and checking it twice. Okay, I admit it, I made two lists, and only checked them once. In any event, you know what that means - it's time for the best of year picks.
First up, my selections for the best blues and roots music CDs of 2009. Ten albums made the cut. Here they are, in alphabetical order.
The Best Blues and Roots Music CDs of 2009
Fiona Boyes: Blues Woman
Buckwheat Zydeco: Lay Your Burden Down
Various Artists: Chicago Blues: A Living History
Shemekia Copeland: Never Going Back
Ramblin' Jack Elliott: A Stranger Here
Tinsley Ellis: Speak No Evil
Seasick Steve: Man From Another Time
Otis Taylor: Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs
Various Artists: A Tribute to The Mississippi Sheiks - Things About Comin' My Way
Derek Trucks: Already Free
Watermelon Slim: Escape from the Chicken Coop
Woodbrain: Swimming in Turpentine
And now for my choices for the best jazz CDs of 2009. Below are my 25 selections, in alphabetical order.
The Best Jazz CDs of 2009
Claudia Acuña: En Este Momento
Ben Allison: Think Free
Darcy James Argue: Infernal Machines
The Bad Plus: For All I Care
Stefano Bollani: Stone in the Water
Gary Burton, & Pat Metheny: Quartet Live
Cyminology: As Ney
Fly: Sky and Country
Egberto Gismonti: Saudações
Fred Hersch: Fred Hersch Plays Jobim
Vijay Iyer: Historicity
Julian Lage: Sounding Point
Joe Lovano: Folk Art
Gretchen Parlato: In a Dream
Enrico Rava: New York Days
Bobby Sanabria: Kenya Revisited Live
Daniel Santiago: Metropole
Andy Sheppard: Movements in Colour
Matthew Shipp: Harmonic Disorder
Luciana Souza: Tide
Tierney Sutton: Desire
Allen Toussaint: The Bright Mississippi
Sam Yahel: Oumou
Denny Zeitlin: In Concert
Miguel Zenón: Esta Plena
And if you still have sufficient appetite to digest another list, you can check out my picks for the best works of fiction during the last decade. But since this final list has no connection to music, you need to leave the confines of jazz.com and go here instead.
Happy listening!
This blog entry posted by Ted Gioia
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