Best of 2007 (DB Forum version)

[Jake]

Hello TBers,
What are your picks for best album of 2007 (hopefully music with DB, but any other music as well)???

[Chrix]

In no particular order...

Jazz:

Kenny Werner (NOT Wheeler) - Lawn Chair Society
Scott Colley - Architect of the Silent Moment
Michael Brecker - Pilgrimage
Tord Gustavsen - Being There
Paul Bley - In Mondsee
Maria Schneider - Sky Blue
Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy - Cornell 1964
Charles Tolliver - With Love
Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack Dejohnette - My Foolish Heart
Joshua Redman - East West


Pop/Rock/General non-jazz:

Radiohead - In Rainbows
Kanye West - Graduation
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Feist - Reminder
Bjork - Volta
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Joni Mitchell - Shine
Robert Plant/Allison Krauss - Raising Sand
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
M.I.A. - Kala


Let the debating and such begin...

[oliebrice]

'Kenny Wheeler - Lawn Chair Society'

if this existed, it'd probably be in my top ten too! I think you mean Kenny Werner....

I'll put a more serious reply when I've more time to think it through
olie

[Jake]

Originally Posted by Chrix

In no particular order...

Jazz:

Kenny Wheeler - Lawn Chair Society
Scott Colley - Architect of the Silent Moment
Michael Brecker - Pilgrimage
Tord Gustavsen - Being There
Paul Bley - In Mondsee
Maria Schneider - Sky Blue
Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy - Cornell 1964
Charles Tolliver - With Love
Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack Dejohnette - My Foolish Heart
Joshua Redman - East West


Pop/Rock/General non-jazz:

Radiohead - In Rainbows
Kanye West - Graduation
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Feist - Reminder
Bjork - Volta
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Joni Mitchell - Shine
Robert Plant/Allison Krauss - Raising Sand
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
M.I.A. - Kala


Let the debating and such begin...

I thought the new Radiohead album wasn't coming out til 1/08. That's the one your mentioning, right?

[MingusAmongUs]

Originally Posted by Jake

I thought the new Radiohead album wasn't coming out til 1/08. That's the one your mentioning, right?

It was available for download a few months ago -- AND, you could name your price. I purchased it for $0.00, and it was worth every penny. And not one cent more. I like Radiohead, but not this one so much.

[Valerus]

Metal:
Baroness - Red Album
Deadsoul Tribe - A Lullaby For The Devil
Explosions In The Sky - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon
Kamelot - Ghost Opera
Nest - Trail Of The Unwary
Opeth - The Roundhouse Tapes
Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement
Turisas - The Varagian Way
Witchcraft - The Alchemist

[Jeremy Allen]

Originally Posted by Chrix

Feist - Reminder
Bjork - Volta
M.I.A. - Kala

Hellz yeah. We have similar tastes, Chrix, and I'll make sure to check out the other stuff on your "non-jazz" list I haven't heard. I'd add:
No Age--Weirdo Rippers
Battles--Mirrored (indie rock finally gets to prog rock)
Honorable mention: LCD Soundsystem--Sound of Silver

As for jazz...I'm so far behind on the stuff I spend all my time playing that I'm still trying to figure out what the best records of 2004 were. I keep getting sucked back into the Blue Note catalog of 1960-1967 and I can't escape..."Pilgrimage" and the new Scott Colley disc are not to be missed, though. (Why don't more people talk about Ralph Alessi?!?)

[Chrix]

Originally Posted by oliebrice

'Kenny Wheeler - Lawn Chair Society'

if this existed, it'd probably be in my top ten too! I think you mean Kenny Werner....

I'll put a more serious reply when I've more time to think it through
olie

Yeah...Werner...I realized I made this mistake when I was on the road to my brother's. Finally got back and will edit it. But still, nice record...

[Chrix]

Originally Posted by MingusAmongUs

It was available for download a few months ago -- AND, you could name your price. I purchased it for $0.00, and it was worth every penny. And not one cent more. I like Radiohead, but not this one so much.

While I agree that it might not be Radiohead's best album, I think it's still quite good, and definitely better than much that has come out this year.

[isolated]

Originally Posted by Jeremy Allen

As for jazz...I'm so far behind on the stuff I spend all my time playing that I'm still trying to figure out what the best records of 2004 were. (Why don't more people talk about Ralph Alessi?!?)

Jeremy,

Amen on that, though I seem to keep lingering on later 'Trane stuff as well as Tim Berne's JMT sides.

As for Ralph, I'm lucky enough to have him in one or two of my groups and I often ask the same question. He's doing a Europe tour with Ravi this year, so let's hope that gets him a little more notice. BTW, Ralph's record Look, which came out last year, is certainly worth a listen.

Also, I see you're playing at Tea Lounge tomorrow night (that is you, right?). I've got a gig and a cold, but if I'm not feeling like death, I'll drop by to say hello.

KJT

[tonequixote]

Double Bassed:

Tri-Fi : Postcards
Ari Roland : And so I lived in old New York
Avishai Cohen : As Is....Live At The Blue Note
The Bad Plus : Prog
Hornsby, McBride & Dejohnette : Camp Meeting
Brian Bromberg : Downright Upright

Electric Bassed:

Trip Wamsley : Curve
Jeff Berlin : Aneurythms
Mark Egan : As We Speak
Hadrien Feruad : S/T
Steve Bailey : So Low ........Solo

[Jeremy Allen]

Originally Posted by isolated

Also, I see you're playing at Tea Lounge tomorrow night (that is you, right?). I've got a gig and a cold, but if I'm not feeling like death, I'll drop by to say hello.

KJT

That was going to be me, but then the sh!t that this thread is about hit the fan. I think Dan Loomis is covering it, and it may be some interesting stuff.

Please say "hi" to Ralph for me. I don't know if he'll remember me, but I did some volunteer work for him and Jay Granelli and the School for Improvisational Music a couple of years back.

[isolated]

Originally Posted by Jeremy Allen

That was going to be me, but then the sh!t that this thread is about hit the fan. I think Dan Loomis is covering it, and it may be some interesting stuff.

Please say "hi" to Ralph for me. I don't know if he'll remember me, but I did some volunteer work for him and Jay Granelli and the School for Improvisational Music a couple of years back.

Ouch! Damn! You are a lucky fella, & glad you're OK.

I will say hey to Ralph for sure. Good bet that he'll remember you; he's got a steel trap of a mind for things like that.

Speedy recovery,

KJT

[WJGreer]

On the other side of the coin, the new Patitucci CD has not grown on me. I like the two or three upbeat tunes, and there is one song called "Folklore" that has a really interesting turn in the melody. But like the last 3 or 4 Patitucci CDs, this one has a little too much experimental, meditative stuff to keep my interest.