Tad Hendrickson’s Top 10 list is now posted at Spinner.com, and we’re pleased to report that the Joe Morris Quartet’s Today On Earth (AUM Fidelity) came out on top. Darcy James Argue’s Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam) placed sixth. “Here with…
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Infernal Machines On Neil Tesser's Top 10 List
December 31, 2009 – 10:44 am
Multi-facted jazz industry veteran Neil Tesser writes about what he feels are the 10 most important jazz recordings of 2009 in his capacity as the increasingly prolific Chicago Jazz Music Examiner at Examiner.com At number four on his list is…
Wall Street Journal: Toasting 2009's Best Jazz CDs
December 30, 2009 – 9:17 am
Larry Blumenfeld writes about his favorite CDs of the year, including Darcy James Argue’s Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam), in today’s Wall Street Journal. “Composer and big-band leader Darcy James Argue’s blog contains some of the most literate and invigorating writing…
2009 Voice Jazz Critics' Poll Results
December 29, 2009 – 9:28 pm
In what essentially amounts to a second Christmas morning for jazz publicists and their clients, the anxiously awaited results of the prestigious Village Voice Jazz Critics Poll, as overseen by the esteemed Francis Davis, have been published. 99 writers voted…
AAJ-NY: Joe Morris Quartet + Eri Yamamoto Trio
December 29, 2009 – 10:34 am
In addition to the results of the annual Best of 2009 feature, the January issue of AllAboutJazz-New York also includes new reviews of AUM Fidelity‘s latest releases, the Joe Morris Quartet’s Today On Earth and the Eri Yamamoto Trio’s In Each Day,…
AAJ-NY: Best Of 2009
December 29, 2009 – 10:34 am
AllAboutJazz-New York published its annual Best of 2009 feature in the new January issue and we’re very proud to say our clients are well-represented. Special congratulations to those recognized as the year’s best in the following categories: Albums of the…
More Year-End Lists: Darcy James Argue
December 28, 2009 – 9:23 am
We were away much of last week dreaming of dancing sugar plums and rockin’ around the Christmas tree, but the year-end lists featuring Darcy James Argue’s Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam) continued to flow as freely as egg nog in our…
AAJ: Bill Dixon's Tapestries For Small Orchestra (Firehouse 12)
December 28, 2009 – 9:22 am
In his new review, posted on Christmas Day, AllAboutJazz.com’s John Sharpe calls Bill Dixon’s Tapestries for Small Orchestra (Firehouse 12 Records) “undoubtedly one of the events of the year.” “It follows hot on the heels of two other important orchestral…
New York Times: Darius Jones Trio's Man'ish Boy (AUM Fidelity)
December 28, 2009 – 9:22 am
Nate Chinen reviews alto saxophonist/composer Darius Jones’ debut, Man’ish Boy (AUM Fidelity) featuring Cooper-Moore (piano and diddley-bow) and Rakalam Bob Moses (drums), in today’s New York Times. “Darius Jones has the capacity for a proud, rafters-raising tone on alto saxophone,” he…
Infernal Machines Is One Of The New York Observer's 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2009
December 23, 2009 – 2:00 pm
Resident jazz critic Devin Leonard includes Darcy James Argue’s Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam) on his 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2009 list in today’s New York Observer. “As the name of his nu big band suggests” Leonard writes, “the composer-bandleader-blogger…