[JPL] 2007 Favourites - One Man's Jazz CKUW Winnipeg

[Maurice Hogue]

Here we go again.  My favourite releases in 2007 were:

Top Ten
Scott Colley  -- Architect of the Silent Moment (CamJazz)
Loren Stillman --  Blind Date (Pirouet)
(please note that either of these may be considered #1 - depends on the day 
and the wind chill.)

the rest alphabetically:
Ralph Alessi & This Against That  -- Look (Between The Lines)
David Binney/Edward Simon  -- Oceanos (Criss Cross)
Michael Blake  ­ Amor De Cosmos (Songlines) Canadian
Michael Brecker  ­ Pilgrimage (Heads Up)
Maria Schneider ­ Sky Blue (Artist Share)
The Bad Plus  --   Prog (Heads Up)
David Virelles  ­ Motion (Justin Time) Canadian
Joe Zawinul  ­ Brown Street (Heads Up)

Other releases in 2007 that I thought were very special:

John Abercrombie  ­ The Third Quartet (ECM)
Dave Douglas  ­ Live at Jazz Standard (Greenleaf)
Drumheller  ­ Wives (Rat Drifting) Canadian
Anat Fort  ­ A Long Story (ECM)
Thom Gossage Other Voices 5 (Effendi) Canadian
Jerry Granelli V16 ­ The Sonic Temple (Song Lines) Canadian
Avi Granite 6 ­ Red Tree (Pet Mantis) Canadian
Indigo Trio ­ Live In Montréal (Greenleaf)
Jewels & Binoculars ­ Ships With Tattooed Sails (Upshot)
Donny McCaslin  ­ In Pursuit (Sunnyside)
Nordic Connect ­ Nordic Connect (Artist Share) Canadian
Alan Pasqua ­ The Anti-Social Club (Cryptogramophone)
Rene Marie  ­ Experiment in Truth (ind.)
Logan Richardson  ­ Cerebral Flow (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Barry Rombergs Random Access ­ Big Giant Head (Romhog) Canadian
Antonio Sanchez  - Migration (Cam Jazz)
United Brassworkers Front ­ In Between Stories (Evander) Canadian/US
Rob Wagner  ­ Trio (Valid)
Saco Yasuma  - Another Rain (Leaf Note)
ZMF Trio ­ Circle The Path (Drip Audio) Canadian

And a headstart on my 2008 list:
Dave Douglas & Keystone ­  Moonshine (Greenleaf)
Drew Gress ­ The Irrational Numbers (Premonition)
Michael Blake ­ The World Awakes- tribute to Lucky Thompson (Stunt)
Ben Allison & Man Size Safe  ­ Little Things Run The World (Palmetto)
Cuong Vu ­ The Vu-Tet (Artist Share)
and, beyond any doubt, Australias Gest8 ­ Kaleidoscope

Maurice Hogue