[JPL] 2008 TWIRLIE NOMINATIONS

[Dick Crockett]

2008
JAZZ TWIRLIE NOMINATIONS
The
Twirlies:  A celebration of subjectivity, partiality and chronyism
given to those most worthy in jazz

MAINSTREAM
CHARLES
LLOYD QUARTET  	Rabo de Nube ECM
KENNY
GARRETT  SKETCHES OF MD  LIVE AT THE IRIDIUM Mack Avenue Records
TED
NASH   THE MANCINI PROJECT Palmetto
Records
THE
JAMES MOODY and HANK JONES QUARTET  OUR DELIGHT IPO
Records
DAVE
HOLLAND SEXTET      PASS IT ONDecca Records
ERIC
ALEXANDER QUARTET IN CONCERT      PRIME TIME  + DVD
High Note Records
PHIL
WOODS and CARL SAUNDERS  PLAY HENRY MANCINI Jazzed
Media
DERRICK
GARDNER and THE JAZZ PROPHETS   A Ride On The Wild Side...Of Infinity Owl
Records
GONZALO
RUBALCABA      AVATAR Blue
Note
BRIAN
BLADE & THE FELLOWSHIP BAND     SEASON OF CHANGES Verve
TOUGH
GUYS     GENERATIONS ICA-San
Francisco State
PETE
MALINVERNI    INVISIBLE CITIES Reservoir Music
CHICO
HAMILTON TRIO   IT'S ABOUT TIME Joyous Shout Records
KENNY
BARRON  THE TRAVELERSunnyside Records
BRIDGE
QUARTET        DAY Origin
Records
PETER
ZIMMER QUARTET   CHILLIN' LIVE AT JAZZ FACTORYTippin Records
ANTONIO
CIACCA QUINTET       RUSH LIFE Motema
Records

NOT
SO MAINSTREAM

REYNOLDS
JAZZ ORCHESTRA    CUBE Shanti Records
TRAVIS
SULLIVAN'S BJORKESTRA ENJOY!KOCH Records
MILES
FROM INDIA Times
Square Records
MYRIAM
ALTER   WHERE IS THERE Enja/Justin
Time Records
BEN
WOLFE   NO STRANGERS HERE MAXJAZZ
FRANCESCO
TRISTANO   NOT FOR PIANO Sunnyside
Records
VASSILIS
TSABROPOULOS/ANJA LECHNER/U.T. GANDHI   MELOS ECM
PETER
DELANO    FOR DEWEYSunnyside Records
ROSWELL
RUDD QUARTET   KEEP YOUR HEART RIGHT Sunnyside
Records
KAHIL
EL ZABAR'S RITUAL TRIO with PHAROAH SANDERS    OOH LIVE!
Delmark Records
CHICK
COREA & GARY BURTON   THE NEW CRYSTAL SILENCE Concord
Records
PETER
PAULSON SEXTET    CHANGE OF SCENERY Wahbo Records
ARI
BROWN   LIVE AT THE GREEN MILLDelmark Records
EVAN
PARKER   BOUSTROPHEDON (	In Six Furrows) ECM
MOSS
Theo Blackman/Peter Eldridge/Lauren Kinhan/Kate McGarry/Luciana Souza Sunnyside
Records
HOT
CLUB OF DETROIT     NIGHT TOWN Mack Avenue Records
JOHN
McNEIL/BILL McHENRY QUARTET   REDISCOVERYSunnyside Records
MOUTIN
REUNION QUARTET    SHARP TURNSblujazz
JON
BALKE   BOOK OF VELOCITIES ECM

PIANO/TRIO
BOBO
STENSON TRIO   CANTANDO ECM
BRAD
MEHLDAU TRIO     LIVENonesuch Records
MARIAN
McPARTLAND   TWILIGHT WORLDConcord Records
ROGER
KELLAWAY   LIVE AT THE JAZZ STANDARD IPO
Records
AHMAD
JAMAL     IT'S MAGIC Dreyfus Jazz
ROBERTA
PIKET TRIO      LOVE AND BEAUTY Thirteenth
Note Records
MARCIN
WASILEWSKI TRIO     JANUARY ECM
DANNY
GRISSETT           ENCOUNTERS Criss Cross Jazz
FRANK
KIMBROUGHsolo piano AIR Palmetto
Records
LARRY
VUCKOVICH TRIO    HIGH WALL Real
Life Film NoirTetrachord
Records
JOE
GILMAN TRIO   VIEW SO TENDER: WONDER REVISITED Volume Two
Capri Records
TAYLOR
EIGSTI        LET IT COME TO YOU Concord Jazz
MARY
LOU WILLIAMS   A Grand Night For Swinging High Note Records
ELIANE
ELIAS Sings & Plays Bill
Evans SOMETHING
FOR YOU Blue
Note
DAWN
CLEMENT TRIO BREAK Origin
Records
PETER
BEETS     NEW GROOVE Criss Cross Jazz


MALE
VOCALIST
BOZ
SCAGGS     SPEAK LOW Decca
Records
MICHAEL
FEINSTEIN     THE SINATRA PROJECT Concord
Records
DWIGHT
WEST    Tribute To The Jazz Masters Blueark Records
RON
KAPLAN    NEW YORK Kapland Records
RAY
BROWN Jr. FRIENDS
AND FAMILY SRI Records
TERRENCE
HOWARD     SHINE THROUGH IT Sony
BMG
JAKE
BERGEVIN     HOLDING BACK THE DAWN M'ocean Records
KEVIN
HAYES    THE DREAMER Artist Share
LUIS
MARIO OCHOA     MOMENTOS CUBANOS Cuban
Music Productions
STEVE
DOOKS     COCKTAILS, HEARTACHES and CIGARS D.C. Productions
BRIAN
CULLMAN      ALL FIRES THE FIRE Sunnyside
Records  
Note: These singers are more
preferred as musicians who write songs, as interpretors who love the
songs for their poetic inherent message.
FEMALE
VOCALIST
HOLLY
COLE          HOLLY COLE KOCH
Records
NORMA
WINSTONE      DISTANCES ECM
KATE
McGARRY      IF LESS IS MOREPalmetto Records
LAIKA
FATIEN   A TRIBUTE TO BILLY HOLIDAY blujazz
DENA
DEROSE  LIVE AT THE JAZZ STANDARD Volume One MAXJAZZ
PATRICIA
BARBER   THE COLE PORTER MIX Blue
Note
ROBERTA
GAMBARINI & HANK JONES   YOU ARE THERE Emarcy
Records
SHIELA
JORDAN  WINTER SUNSHINEJustin Time Records
GRAZYNA AUGUSCIK & PAULINHO GARCIA    ANDANCA GMA
Records
MELODY
GARDOT    WORRISOME HEART Verve
Music  
CASSANDRA
WILSON   LOVERLY Blue Note
LORRAINE
FEATHER    LANGUAGEJazzed Media
KENIA SIMPLY Mooka
Records
KARRIN
ALLYSON     IMAGINA Songs of
BrasilConcord Jazz
DIANNE
REEVES       WHEN YOU KNOWBlue Note
JANIS
MANN   A PERFECT TIME Pancake
Records
KATIE
KING    HARRY'S FIGHT OA2
Records
ROBIN
McKELLE    MODERN ANTIQUECheap Lullaby Records
REBECCA
MARTIN    THE GROWING SEASON Sunnyside Records

TRUMPET
JEREMY
PELT    NOVEMBER MAXJAZZ
ALEX
SIPIAGIN      OUT OF THE CIRCLESunnyside Records
NICHOLAS
PAYTON    INTO THE BLUE Nonesuch
Records
WALLACE
RONEY     JAZZ High Note Records
COREY
WILKES      DROP ITDelmark Records
CHRISTIAN
SCOTT    LIVE AT NEWPORT Concord
Jazz
ENRICO
RAVA & STEFANO BOLLANI THE THIRD MAN ECM
GABRIEL
ALEGRIA     NUEVO MUNDO SAPONEGRO
Records
JOHN
SWANA       BRIGHT MOMENTS Criss
Cross Jazz
MATHIAS
EICK     THE OPEN DOORECM
THOMAS MARRIOTT    CRAZY     THE MUSIC OF WILLIE NELSON
Origin Records
BRAD
GOODE  NATURE BOY Delmark Records

SAXOPHONE/REEDS
TED
NASH      THE MANCINI PROJECT Palmetto
Records
KENNY
GARRETT      SKETCHES OF MD LIVE
AT THE  IRIDIUM w PHAROAH SANDERS Mack
Avenue Records
JANE
IRA BLOOM    MENTAL WEATHER Outline Records
JAMES
CARTER    PRESENT TENSE EmArcy
Records
JAVON
JACKSON    ONCE UPON A MELODY Palmetto Records
JOSHUA
REDMAN    BACK EAST Nonesuch Records
JIMMY
GREENE    GIFTS AND GIVERSCriss Cross Jazz
DAVID
SANCHEZ      CULTURAL SURVIVAL Concord
Picante
BOBBY
WATSON     FROM THE HEARTPalmetto Records
3
COHENS     BRAIDANZIC Records
JOHN
ELLIS & DOUBLE WIDE    DANCE LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW
Hyena Records
RON
BLAKE    SHAYARIMack Avenue Records
JAMIE
BAUM     SOLACESunnyside Records
DAVE
LIEBMAN     NEGATIVE SPACE Verve Music  
GLEN
WHITE       SACRED MACHINES OA2
Records


BIG
BAND
VANGUARD
JAZZ ORCHESTRA    MONDAY NIGHT  LIVE  AT THE JAZZ VANGUARD Planet
Arts Records
RICK
WALD  16 NYC     PLAY THAT THING Glowbow
Records
JOE
LOVANO & WDR BIG BAND & ORCHESTRA      SYMPHONICA Blue
Note
ALAN
BAYLOCK JAZZ ORCHESTRA     EASTERN STANDARD TIME  
Alan Baylock Music  
MONTEREY
JAZZ FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA   50TH ANNIVERSARY ALL STARS Monterey
Jazz Festival Records
GORDON
GOODWIN'S BIG PHAT BAND     ACT YOUR AGE Immergent
Records  
WINCHESTER
JAZZ ORCHESTRA     ALL IN WJO Productions
DANILO PEREZ   ACROSS THE CRYSTAL SEA EmArcy
Records
DOUG
HAMILTON JAZZ BAND OA2
Records
IRVIN
MAYFIELD AND ELLIS MARSALIS    LOVE SONGS, BALLADS ANDSTANDARDS Basin Street  Records
LOUIE
BELLSON/ CLARK TERRY   LOUIS & CLARK EXPEDITION 2
Percussion Power Records
DEPAUL
UNIVERSITY JAZZ ENSEMBLE     THAT BEING SAID JazzedMedia

GUITAR
MIKE
MORENO     THIRD WISH Criss
Cross Jazz
STANLEY
JORDAN STATE
OF NATURE Mack Avenue Records
PAT
METHENY       DAY TRIP Nonesuch
Records
JOE
BECK  &  JOHN ABERCROMBIE        COINCIDENCE Whaling
City Sound
BRUCE
SAUNDERS QUINTET       8X5 Mel
Bay Records
BILL
FRISELL    HISTORY, MYSTERY Nonesuch
Records
COREY
CHRISTIANSEN   ROLL WITH IT Origin
Records
LIONEL
LOUEKE     KARIBUBlue Note
BOBBY
BROOM - LIVE IN CHICAGO     THE WAY I PLAY Origin Records
PETER
LERNER   CRY FOR PEACE blujazz
STEVE
KHAN      THE SUITCASE   LIVE IN KOLN  '94 Tone Center Records
LATIN
BUENA
VISTA SOCIAL CLUB AT CARNEGIE HALL Nonesuch
Records
KAT
PARRA    AZUCAR DE AMOR Patois Records
BEBO
VALDES & JAVIER COLINA    LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD
Calle 54 Records
TRIO
DAPAZ & JOE LOCKE      LIVE AT JAZZBALTICA MAXJAZZ
LOS
GUACHOS      FILTROSSunnyside Records
DAFNIS PRIETO SEXTETTAKING
THE SOUL FOR A WALK Dafnison
Music
ELIO
VILLAFRANCA QUARTET     THE SOURCE IN BETWEEN Ceiba
Tree Music
MIKE
ELLIS         BAHIA BAND Alpha
Pocket Records
WAYNE
WALLACE    THE NATURE OF THE BEAT Patois Records  
DANILO
PEREZ BIG BAND    PANAMA SUITE Artist
Share Records
WILLIE
MARTINEZ LA FAMILIA SEXTET AFTER
WINTER, SPRING Cuch
be Witcha productions  

MAINSTREAM FUNK
ROBERT
WALTER      CURE ALL Palmetto
Records
ORGANISSIMO GROOVADELPHIA Big O Records
GARY
VERSACE    OUTSIDE  IN Criss
Cross Jazz  
VINCE
SENERI THE PRINCE'S GROOVE Prince
V Records
TIM
WARFIELD     ONE FOR SHIRLEY Criss Cross Jazz  
SCOTT
HAMILTON   ACROSS THE TRACKS Concord Jazz  
MATT
JORGENSEN + 451    ANOTHER MORNING Origin
Records
DIXON
– RHYNE PROJECT    REINVENTIONOwl Records
COREY
CHRISTIANSEN    ROLL  WITH  IT Origin Records
BILL
HEID   ASIAN PERSUASIONDoodlin Records

FUNKINGROOVIN
NIK
BARTSCH'S RONIN       HOLON   	ECM
AARON
PARKS     INVISIBLE CINEMA Blue
Note
METRO EXPRESS Marsis Records
S.
M. V.   THUNDERHEADS  UP INTERNATIONAL
NICK
VAYENAS   SYNESTHESIA World
Culture Music
EXCUSE
ME WHILE I BOOGAlOO     OUT TO LUNCHACCURATE Records
JACOB
FRED JAZZ ODYSSEY LIL TAE
RIDES AGAIN HYENA
Records
SAM
B ARSH    I FORGOT WHAT YOU TAUGHT ME RAZDAZ Records
DEWAYNE
PATE     MELTING POT Patetown
Records
JEFF
COFFIN MU'TET    MUTOPIACompass Records

Congratulations to this year's nominees.  It's you who
keep the music fresh and moving forward.
Dick
Crockett
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