Ella Fitzgerald, Keith Jarrett, and the best jazz albums of 2009. Plus: The best jazz albums of the decade. - By Fred Kaplan - Slate Magazine

Go Blake.

I really can't handle Jarrett's moaning at all. I'm really drawn to ECM for modern stuff. I need to get that Steve Kuhn album.

Heh, I never knew about the Masada scale thing. I'd heard a couple of Zorn's albums and couldn't figure out where he was coming from, but that's pretty cool. Also didn't know about a new Jarrett improv, must find that now.

....and now for something different.

Sorry Dany, I missed my opportunity to send you this.

good stuff

yeah I've been trying to decide which Ella album to get (she has quite a few)

good to know about the other albums as well of course

and at the bottom of the page are the top albums of the decade as well

8 of those made my wish list on amazon

I really can't handle Jarrett's moaning at all.

I've gotten used to it to the point where I hardly even hear it anymore.

Sorry for the thread jack. Re: Jarrett, I feel the sonic qualities of the recordings makes up for the moaning and after a while I don't even notice. Kind of like a live recording with someone in the audience coughing.

It's a good list. I have been listening to the ones I don't know already and I need to pick up some of these.

Damn, that's really good. Definitely my cup o' tea.

I'm digging the Ran Blake album right now... very good.

Sorry Dany, I missed my opportunity to send you this.

What possibly made you think that I like old French hippies jazz/world music...

Amicalement

PS

Good call Greg since I have all their CDs....