The results of Cadence‘s 2010 Record Poll are included in the Jan/Feb/Mar issue now reaching subscribers.

We’re proud to report the following client releases were recognized by the voters in the New Issues category (new releases reviewed in the magazine in 2010).

Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam Records)
Bill Dixon, Tapestries for Small Orchestra (Firehouse 12 Records)
John Hébert, Byzantine Monkey (Firehouse 12 Records)
KLANG, Tea Music (Allos Documents)
Peter Madsen Trio, The Litchfield Suite (Playscape Recordings)
Myra Melford’s Be Bread, The Whole Tree Gone (Firehouse 12 Records)
Joe Morris Quartet, Today On Earth (AUM Fidelity)
Michael Musillami Trio, Old Tea (Playscape Recordings)
The Fully Celebrated, Drunk On The Blood Of The Holy Ones (AUM Fidelity)
Fay Victor Ensemble, The FreeSong Suite (Greene Avenue Music)

The newly released Winter 2010/2011 issue of Jazziz is full of reviews and mentions of our clients’ releases.

“On her second album as a leader,” begins Ed Hazell in his review of Saturn Sings (Firehouse 12 Records), “Mary Halvorson cements her growing reputation as one of the most original and arresting jazz guitarists to emerge in the first decade of the century. This finely crafted, forward-looking disc teems with creativity.”

In his review of David S. Ware’s Onecept (AUM Fidelity), Michael Roberts writes, “Ware probes an entire world of jazz on this opus, with Parker and Smith accompanying him on a journey that keeps opening up new territory. That Onecept is extremely varied yet entirely of a piece is both a tribute to the clarity of Ware’s vision and a reminder of his unflagging artistry.”

Onecept also topped Associate Editor Bob Weinberg’s Best of 2010 list. He adds, “The indominable saxophonist rebounded from kidney-replacement surgery and recorded this astounding statement of life affirmation. Switching among tenor sax, stritch and saxello, Ware forecefully announces his intention to remain among the living, creative beings on the planet. Bassist William Parker remains Ware’s best foil, and Warren Smith rumbles and flashes eloquently on drums and typani. Free jazz at its fieriest and most meaningful, Onecept is a triumph of self-expression.”

At the top of Jeff Jackson’s list is Bill Dixon’s Tapestries For Small Orchestra (Firehouse 12 Records), which he calls “indelibly beautiful, brimming with moments of startling lyricism and hypnotic intensity. Tapestries serves as a worthy capstone to a remarkable career that has yet to be fully appreciated.”

Also on Jackson’s Top 10 are Saturn Sings and Little Women’s Throat (AUM Fidelity).

Larry Blumenfeld included William Parker’s I Plan To Stay A Believer: The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield (AUM Fidelity) on his Top 10.

Thanks again to all the writers for their support and congratulations to these artists for a great year of music!