All best wishes for 2006. I kick off the year with jury duty.
I’ll take this opportunity to post my top 10 live jazz shows (NYC) of 2005, as published in All About Jazz-New York:
BRIAN BLADE
Jon Cowherd, Myron Walden, Melvin Butler, Chris Thomas, Mark Griffith
Joe’s Pub, January 13th
PAT METHENY
Lyle Mays, Steve Rodby, Cuong Vu, Antonio Sanchez, Gregoire Maret, Nando Lauria
Beacon Theater, April 2nd
OLIVER LAKE BIG BAND
Jazz Gallery, May 7th
CHICK COREA
Tom Brechtlein, Carles Benavent, Jorge Pardo, Rubem Dantas
JVC Jazz Festival, Rose Hall, June 16th
GERALD CLEAVER
Jeremy Pelt, JD Allen, Ben Waltzer, Chris Lightcap, Andrew Bishop
Cornelia Street Café, August 12th
KNEEBODY
Adam Benjamin, Shane Endsley, Kaveh Rastegar, Ben Wendel, Nate Wood
Festival of New Trumpet, Tonic, August 13th
TERENCE BLANCHARD
Lionel Loueke, Brice Winston, Aaron Parks, Derrick Hodge, Kendrick Scott
Joe’s Pub, September 18th
KEITH JARRETT SOLO
Carnegie Hall, September 26th
BENOÎT DELBECQ SOLO
Jazz Gallery, October 5th
MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS SOLO, ORCHESTRA
Community Church of New York, November 11th
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Oh, what the heck, there were a lot more:
Dave Douglas’s Nomad
Village Vanguard, February 2nd
Christopher Taylor, The Complete Ligeti Piano Etudes
Miller Theater, October 29th
Vijay Iyer (with Ethel)
Merkin Hall, January 27th
John Zorn Chamber Works
Miller Theater, January 28th
The Bad Plus
Village Vanguard, February 17th
Bill McHenry Quartet (with Paul Motian)
Village Vanguard, March 9th
Marcus Strickland (with Robert Glasper)
Jazz Gallery, March 12th
Kurt Rosenwinkel Quintet
Village Vanguard, March 29th
Chris Potter Tentet
Jazz Standard, May 7th
Dafnis Prieto Quintet
Knitting Factory, June 25th (JVC Festival)
Steve Lehman Quintet
Barbes, July 13th
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