It’s been another bumper year for Australian jazz albums with many fine CDs released across the stylistic spectrum.
Jazz Australia asked leading music writers and broadcasters to submit their favourites for 2006 – both local and international. Compare their lists with your top picks and feel free to comment. Write to editor@jazz.org.au with your selections and/or responses.
John McBeath: The Australian
Australian
Barney McCall – Vivid (Jazzhead)
Bernie McGann – Blues For Pablo Too (Rufus)
James Muller – Kaboom (Birdland)
Jamie Oehlers – You R There Session 2 (Jazzhead)
Paul Williamson – On The Surface, In The Core (Newmarket)
International
Ignacio Berroa – Codes (Blue Note)
Terence Blanchard – Flow (Blue Note)
Avishai Cohen – Continuo (Sunnyside)
Joe Lovano – Streams of Expression (Blue Note)
Metheny – Mehldau – self titled (Nonesuch)
John Shand: The Sydney Morning Herald
Australian
Band of Five Names – Empty Gardens (Kimnara)
The catholics – Gondola (Rufus)
Keller /Murphy/Browne – Carried by the Sun (Jazzhead)
Peter Knight – all the Gravitation of Silence (Jazzhead)
Matt McMahon – Paths and Streams (Kimnara)
James Muller – Kaboom (Birdland)
James Sherlock Quartet – Watermark (Pinnacles)
Theaktet – Old School (Birdland)
Various Artists – Solo (Birdland)
Julien Wilson – While You Were Sleeping (Sound Vault)
International
Ornette Coleman Quartet – The Love Revolution (Gambit)
Miles Davis – Cellar Door Session 1970 (Columbia)
Bill Frisell/Ron Carter/Paul Motian – self-titled (Nonesuch)
Kenny Garrett – Beyond the Wall (Nonesuch)
Larry Goldings – Quartet (Palmetto)
Keith Jarrett- Carnegie Hall Concert (ECM)
Frank Kimbrough – Play (Palmetto)
Charles Lloyd – Sangam (ECM)
Bennie Maupin – Penumbra (Cryptogramophone)
Paul Motian Band – Garden of Eden (ECM)
Gerry Koster, boradcaster, Jazz Up Late, ABC Classic FM
Band Of Five Names – Empty Gardens – (Kimnara Records)
The catholics – Gondola (Rufus Records)
Andrea Keller/Tamara Murphy/Allan Browne – Carried By The Sun (Jazzhead Records)
Matt McMahon “Paths and Streams” Kimnara Records
Tim O’Dwyer Trio – Broken River (Idyll Giant Records)
Jamie Oehlers Double Drummer Group – You R Here Sessions 1 & 2 (Jazzhead Records)
James Muller – Kaboom (Birdland Records)
John Sangster – Landscapes Of Middle Earth (Move Records)
Ted Vining Trio – Number 1 (Birdland Records)
The Kris Wanders/Andy Sugg Unit – Live @ Radio PBS FM (Sound Vault Records)
Peter Jordan: editor, Jazz Australia
Australian
Matt McMahon – Paths and Streams (Kimnara)
James Muller – Kaboom (Birdland)
The Necks – Chemist (Fish of Milk)
Triosk – The Headlight Serenade (Leaf)
Julien Wilson – While You Were Sleeping (Sound Vault)
