Friday, December 26, 2008

Best of 2008: Charles Ballas Top 10's


Top Ten Jazz Releases of 2008:

1. Matthew Shipp Quintet - Cosmic Suite [Not Two]
2. Orange - In The Midst of Chaos [De Stijl]
3. Guiseppi Logan Quartet - Self-Titled [ESP-Disk]
4. Conveniens - Clear [Self]
5. Paul Bley Quintet - Barrage [ESP-Disk]
6. Milford Graves Percussion Ensemble - Self-Titled [ESP-Disk]
7. Charlie Parker - Bird in Time [ESP-Disk]
8. Totem - Solar Forge [ESP-Disk]
9. Steve Reid Ensemble - Daxaar [Domino]
10. Scott Dubois - Banshees [Sunnyside Communications]

Top Ten Albums of 2008:

1. Boris - Smile [Southern Lord]
2. Yximalloo - Unpop [ESP-Disk]
3. Matthew Shipp Quartet - Cosmic Suite [Not Two]
4. Various Artists - Como Now: The Voices of Panola, Co., Mississippi [Daptone]
5. David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything that Happens, Will Happen Today [Todomundo]
6. The Black Angels - Directions to See a Ghost [Light in the Attic]
7. Larkin Grimm - Poplar [Young God]
8. Steve Reid & Kieren Hebdan - NYC [Domino]
9. Various - Algerian Proto Rai Underground [Sublime Frequencies]
10. Pete M. Wyer - Stories from the City at Night [Thirsty Ear, Blue Series]

Top Ten Reissues of 2008:

1. Debris - Static Disposal [1974, Static Disposal]
2. Boscoe - Self-Titled [1971, Numero Group]
3. Giuseppe Logan Quartet - Self-Titled [1964, ESP-Disk]
4. MIJ - The Yodeling Astrologer [1965, ESP-Disk]
5. Hank Williams - The Rare and Unreleased [1954, Time Life]
6. Charlie Parker - Bird in Time [1936-46, ESP-Disk]
7. Matthew Shipp Trio - Cosmology [1998, Hatology]
8. Various Artists - ReR 25th Anniversary Compilation [1983, ReR]
9. George Coleman - Bongo Joe [1965, Arhoolie]
10. Orange - In the Midst of Chaos [1974, De Stijl]

Top Five Concerts of 2008:

Boris with Torshe at the Marquee Theater, Denver, CO [7.25.08]
Kraftwerk at the Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO [5.11.08]
Spiritualized at the Ogden Theater, Denver, CO [9.23.08]
Low at the Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO [7.16.08]
Radio 1190 10th Anniversary: Moonspeed at the Hi-Dive, Denver, CO [11.24.08]

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