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Interview: Steve Coleman
by Tom Greenland
Artist Feature: Nels Cline
by Martin Longley
On The Cover: Ellis Marsalis
by Laurel Gross
Encore: Lest We Forget:
Ted Brown Tony Williams
by Clifford Allen by Donald Elfman
Megaphone VOXNews
by Roland Vazquez by Suzanne Lorge
Label Spotlight: Listen Up!:
smallsLIVE Stefan Zeniuk
by Alex Henderson & Joe Hertenstein
Festival Report: Berlin-New York Festival
CD Reviews: Angelica Sanchez, Dave Holland, Mike Pride,
David Murray, Mary Stallings, Jack Walrath, Billy Hart and more
Special Feature: Best Of 2010
Event Calendar
Club Directory
Miscellany: In Memoriam • Birthdays • On This Day
Managing Editor: Laurence Donohue-Greene
Editorial Director & Production: Andrey Henkin
Staff Writers
David R. Adler, Clifford Allen, Fred Bouchard, Stuart Broomer, Thomas Conrad,
Ken Dryden, Donald Elfman, Sean Fitzell, Graham Flanagan, Kurt Gottschalk,
Tom Greenland, Laurel Gross, Alex Henderson, Marcia Hillman, Terrell Holmes,
Robert Iannapollo, Francis Lo Kee, Martin Longley, Suzanne Lorge,
Wilbur MacKenzie, Gordon Marshall, Marc Medwin, Russ Musto, Joel Roberts,
John Sharpe, Elliott Simon, Jeff Stockton, Celeste Sunderland, Andrew Vélez, Ken Waxman
Contributing Writers
Lyn Horton, Brandt Reiter, George Kanzler, Roland Vazquez
Contributing Photographers
Scott Friedlander, Peter Gannushkin, Susan O’Connor,
John Rogers, Jeff Strout, Jack Vartoogian
AllAboutJazz-New York
www.aaj-ny.com
Happy New Year to you, our dear readers. And with a new year comes that
inevitable special feature, the Best Of spread. It’s a remarkable exercise, really.
Despite repeated death knells, literally thousands of jazz CDs are released each
year, from the (decreasing) major labels to the slew of independent imprints and
self-released discs. And we at AllAboutJazz-New York have studiously gone
through most of them to bring you our Best Of 2010. Our snazzy full-color spread
features Musicians, Labels, Clubs, Performances, Albums, Unearthed Gems,
Tribute Recordings, Reissues, Latin jazz releases, Debuts, Boxed Sets, Large
Ensemble releases, Vocal albums, Books and Cover Art. And if that isn’t enough
for you, check out our Honorable Mention border for another 115 albums the staff
at AllAboutJazz-New York feel well represent the state of jazz today. As difficult as
it may be to pore through so much music and decide what is best, the overall
message is that jazz is still healthy, (not-so) wealthy and wise.
But just as we take a look back, we also look forward to another fruitful year
of jazz. This month, the new National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters are
fêted at an award ceremony at Rose Theater, including our Cover musician,
pianist and jazz family patriarch Ellis Marsalis. Cold weather in NYC brings the
annual Winter Jazzfest to five West Village venues for a weekend, featuring
dozens of groups including those led by saxist Steve Coleman (Interview) and
guitarist Nels Cline (Artist Feature). And don’t miss two pieces of jazz history:
octogenarian Ted Brown (Encore) makes a rare NYC appearance at The Kitano
and late legendary drummer Tony Williams (Lest We Forget) is celebrated by a
Lifetime tribute at Blue Note featuring former bandmember Jack Bruce.
With a new year in front of us, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank
everyone involved with jazz for their continued efforts: musicians, listeners,
record labels, clubs, publicists and, yes, even jazz writers.
We’ll see you out there...
Laurence Donohue-Greene, Managing Editor Andrey Henkin, Editorial Director
On the cover: Ellis Marsalis (photo by Jeff Strout)
In Correction:
Last month’s Unearthed Gem was incorrectly credited; it was written by Ken Dryden.
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