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Round-up of the best jazz CDs of 2008

Jazz on 3
22/12/08

Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producer: Peggy Sutton
Studio guests: John Fordham and Steve Shepherd

SIGNATURE TUNE

Artist Russell Gunn (Russell Gunn 鈥� trumpet, Gregory Tardy & Bruce Williams 鈥� reeds, Andre Heyward 鈥� trombone, Chieli Minucci 鈥� guitar, James Hurt 鈥� keyboards, Rodney Jordan 鈥� bass, Woody Williams 鈥� drums, Khalil Kwame Bell 鈥� percussion, DJ Apollo - turntables)
Track Title Seventy Four Miles Away
Composer Joe Zawinul
Album Title Ethnomusicology Volume 1

FEATURED CDs:

Artist Rudresh Mahanthappa (Rudresh Mahanthappa 鈥� alto sax, Kadri Gopalnath 鈥� alto sax, A. Kanyakumari 鈥� violin, Rez Abassi 鈥� guitar, Poovalur Sriji 鈥� mridangam, Carlo de Rosa 鈥� bass, royal hartigan 鈥� drums)
Track Title Snake!
Composer Rudresh Mahanthappa, Kadri Gopalnath
Album Title Kinsmen
Label Pi Recordings

Artist Bill Frisell (Bill Frisell 鈥� electric and acoustic guitars, loops, Ron Miles 鈥� cornet, Greg Tardy 鈥� tenor saxophone, clarinet. Jenny Scheinman 鈥� violin, Eyvind Kang 鈥� viola, Hank Roberts 鈥� cello, Tony Scherr 鈥� bass, Kenny Wollesen 鈥� drums)
Track Title Sub-Conscious Lee
Composer Lee Konitz
Album Title History, Mystery
Label Nonesuch Records

Artist Ingebrigt Haker Flaten Quintet (Dave Rempis 鈥� alto, tenor & baritone saxophones, Jeff Parker 鈥� guitar & assorted pedals, Ola Kvernberg 鈥� violin, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten 鈥� double bass, electronics, Frank Rosaly 鈥� drums, electronics)
Track Title 90/94
Composer Ingebrigt Haker Flaten
Album Title The Year of the Boar
Label Jazzland, Universal

Artist Vandermark 5 (Dave Rempis 鈥� alto, tenor sax, Tim Daisy 鈥� drums, Kent Kessler 鈥� bass, Fred Lonberg-Holm 鈥� cello, electronics, Ken Vandermark 鈥� baritone, clarinets)
Track Title Speedplay
Composer Ken Vandermark
Album Title Beat Reader
Label Atavistic

EXCERPT FROM INTERVIEW WITH MAGNUS OSTROM FROM ESBJORN SVENSSON TRIBUTE PROGRAMME

Artist EST (Dan Berglund 鈥� bass, Magnus Ostrom 鈥� drums, Esbjorn Svensson 鈥� piano)
Track Title Jazz
Composer EST
Album Title Leucocyte
Label Decca Records

Artist Norma Winstone (Norma Winstone 鈥� vocals, Glauco Venier 鈥� piano, Klaus Gesing 鈥� bass clarinet, soprano saxophone)
Track Title Every Time We Say Goodbye
Composer Cole Porter
Album Title Distances
Label ECM

Artist Bourne/Davis/Kane (Matthew Bourne 鈥� piano, sampler, Dave Kane 鈥� double bass, Steven Davis 鈥� drums, percussion)
Track Title Melt
Composer Steven Davis
Album Title Lost Something
Label Edition Records

Artist William Parker Quartet (William Parker 鈥� bass, Hamid Drake 鈥� drums, Rob Brown 鈥� alto sax, Lewis Barnes 鈥� trumpet)
Track Title Malachi鈥檚 Mode
Composer William Parker
Album Title Le Petit Oiseau
Label AUM Fidelity Records

Artist Mario Pavone Double Tenor Quintet (Mario Pavone 鈥� bass, Tony Malaby 鈥� tenor/soprano saxophone, Jimmy Greene 鈥� tenor/soprano saxophone, Peter Madsen 鈥� piano, Gerald Cleaver 鈥� drums)
Track Title Pachuca
Composer Mario Pavone
Album Title Ancestors
Label Playscape Recordings

Artist Bobo Stenson Trio (Bobo Stenson 鈥� piano, Anders Jormin 鈥� double bass, Jon Falt 鈥� drums)
Track Title A Fixed Goal
Composer Ornette Coleman
Album Title Cantando
Label ECM

Artist Big Air (Chris Batchelor 鈥� trumpet, electronics, Steve Buckley 鈥� alto sax, bass clarinet, whistles, Myra Melford 鈥� piano, harmonium, Oren Marshall 鈥� tuba, electronics, Jim Black 鈥� drums)
Track Title Airlock
Composer Chris Batchelor
Album Title Big Air
Label Babel

BOOKS OF THE YEAR AND BOX SETS OF THE YEAR:

鈥淭he John Coltrane Reference鈥�
Chris DeVito, Yasuhiro Fujioka, Wolf Schmaler, David Wild & edited by Lewis Porter
Published by Routledge

鈥淭he Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (9th edition)鈥�
Richard Cook and Brian Morton
Published by Penguin

Miles Davis: 鈥淜ind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector鈥檚 Edition鈥� boxed set
Released by Sony BMG

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