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CDs of the Year

Friday 7 December 2007 23:30-1:00 (Radio 3)

Jez Nelson is joined by jazz critics John Fordham and Steve Shepherd to play selections from their favorite jazz CD releases of 2007.

Duration:

1 hour 30 minutes

Playlist

Best CDs of 2007

Presenter: Jez Nelson
Guests: John Fordham and Steve Shepherd
Producer: Robert Abel

Jazz On 3 Signature Tune

Artist Russell Gunn (Russell Gunn - trumpet, Gregory Tardy & Bruce Williams - reeds, Andre Heyward - trombone, Chieli Minucci - guitar, James Hurt - keyboards, Rodney Jordan - bass, Woody Williams - drums, Khalil Kwame Bell - percussion, DJ Apollo - turntables)
Track Seventy Four Miles Away
Composer Joe Zawinul
Album Ethnomusicology Volume 1
Label Atlantic
Cat No. 7567-83165-2

CDs of the year playlist

Artist Matt Chamberlain - drums, percussion, loops, Bill Frisell - guitars, loops, Tucker Martine & Lee Townsend - production, Viktor Krauss - acoustic & electric bass, Ron Miles - cornet, Eyvind Kang - viola
Track Floratone
Composer Matt Chamberlain, Bill Frisell, Tucker Martine, Lee Townsend
Album Floratone
Label Blue Note
Cat No. 0946 3 93879 2 2

Artist Claudia Quintet (Drew Gress - bass, John Hollenbeck - drums, percussion, Matt Moran - vibraphone, Ted Reichman - accordion
Chris Speed - reeds)
Track I'm So Fickin' Cool
Composer John Hollenbeck
Album For
Label Cuneiform
Cat No. Rune 247

Artist Gwilym Simcock (Gwilym Simcock - piano, Phil Donkin - double bass, Martin France - drums, Stan Sulzmann - saxophone)
Track And Then She Was Gone
Composer Gwilym Simcock
Album Perception
Label Basho Records
Cat No. SRCD 24-2

Artist The Thing (Mats Gustafsson - saxophone, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten - double bass, Paal Nilssen-Love - drums)
Track Broken Shadows
Composer Ornette Coleman
Album Action Jazz
Label Smalltown Superjazz
Cat No. STSJ123CD

Artist The Thing (Mats Gustafsson - saxophone, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten - double bass, Paal Nilssen-Love - drums)
Track Ride The Sky
Composer Lightning Bolt
Album Action Jazz
Label Smalltown Superjazz
Cat No. STSJ123CD

Artist [em] (Michael Wollny - piano, Eva Kruse - bass, Eric Schaefer - drums)
Track Another Mr Lizard
Composer Michael Wollny
Album [em] II
Label ACT
Cat No. 9655 - 2

Artist David Torn (David Torn - guitars, live sampling, Tim Berne - alto saxophone, Craig Taborn - Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, Mellotron, Tom Rainey - drums)
Track AK
Composer David Torn, Tim Berne, Craig Taborn, Tom Rainey
Album Prezens
Label ECM
Cat No. ECM 1877 170 9875

Artist Fredrik Ljungkvist & Yun Kan 5 (Fredrik Ljungkvist - tenor saxophone, clarinet, Klas Nevrin - piano, zither, Mattias Welin - double bass, Jon Falt - drums, Per-Ake Holmlander - tuba)
Track Badaling
Composer Fredrik Ljungkvist
Album Badaling
Label Caprice
Cat No. CAP21769

Artist Dave Stapleton Quintet (Dave Stapleton - piano, Ben Waghorn - saxophones, Jonny Bruce - trumpet & flugelhorn, Paula Gardiner -bass, Elliot Bennett - drums)
Track Out Of Focus
Composer Dave Stapleton
Album The House Always Wins
Label Red Eye Music
Cat No. Redeye 010

Artist Iain Ballamy - Anorak (Iain Ballamy - tenor saxophone, Gareth Williams - piano, Orlando le Fleming - bass, Martin France - drums)
Track The Worm
Composer Iain Ballamy
Album More Jazz
Label Basho Records
Cat No. SRCD 22-2

Artist Joe Lovano - saxophone, Hank Jones - piano
Track Four In One
Composer Thelonious Monk
Album Kids
Label Blue Note
Cat No. 0946 3 70281 2 4

Artist Michael Brecker (Michael Brecker - tenor saxophone & EWI, Brad Mehldau - piano, Pat Metheny - guitar, John Patitucci - bass, Jack DeJohnette - drums)
Track Tumbleweed
Composer Michael Brecker
Album Pilgrimage
Label Universal Jazz
Cat No. 3095




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