Saturday, December 25, 2010

Best of 2010

Best Reads (no particular order))
1. The Imperfectionists - Tom Rachman
2. Thelonious Monk - Robin Kelley
3. War - Sabastian Junger
4. Nixonland - Rick Perlstein
5. Sunnyside - Glen David Gold
6. Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter  - Seth Grahame-Smith
7. The Homecoming Party - Carmine Abate
8. Travels In Siberia - Ian Frazier

Best Listens 
1. Nels Cline - Initiate (Cryptogramophone)
2. Magnus Broo - Swedish Wood (Moserobie)
3. Allison Miller - Boom Tick Boom (Foxhaven)
4. Mose Allison - The Way Of The World (Anti)
5. Jason Moran - Ten (Blue Note)
6. Jason Adasiewicz - Sun Rooms (Delmark)
7. Dan Weiss Trio  - Timshel (Sunnyside)
8. Scanner - Blink Of An Eye (Thirsty Ear)
9. Jerome Sabbagh - I Will Follow You (Bee Jazz)
10. Fujiwara & The Hookup - Actionspeak (482 Music)
11. Parker/Guy/Lytton/Evans - Scenes In The House Of Music (Clean Feed)
12. Bernardo Sassetti Trio - Motion (Clean Feed)
13. Vandermark 5 Special Edition - The Horse Jumps And The Ship Is Gone (Not Two)
14. Geof Bradfield - African Flowers (Origin)
15. Brotzmann/Nilssen-Love - Woodcuts (Smalltown Superjazz)