WNUR Jazz: Best of 1997
Compiled by:
Seth Tisue, Jazz Music Director
jazz-md@wnur.org
1920 Campus Dr.
Evanston, IL 60208
Top 10 Albums of 1997
NEW RELEASES
These are the top 10 new releases of 1997, as voted on by the entire WNUR Jazz Staff.
1. Fred Anderson: Fred Anderson/DKV Trio (OkkaDisk)
2. Mats Gustafsson: Impropositions (Phono Suecia)
3. DKV Trio: DKV Live (OkkaDisk)
4. McPhee/Vandermark/Kessler: A Meeting in Chicago (Eighth Day/Okkadisk)
5. Tim Berne's Bloodcount: Unwound (3 CD's) (Screwgun)
6. Steve Lacy: Associates (Robi Droli)
7. Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Quintessence 1 & 2 (2 CD's) (Emanem)
8. Irene Schweizer: Many and One Direction (Intakt)
9. Anthony Braxton & Georg Graewe: Duo (Amsterdam) 1991 (OkkaDisk)
10. Henry Threadgill & Make a Move: Where’s Your Cup? (Columbia)
REISSUES
These are the top 10 reissues of 1997, as voted on by the entire WNUR Jazz Staff.
1. Miles Davis: Live-Evil (2 CD's) (Columbia)
2. Ken McIntyre: The Complete United Artists Sessions (2 CD's) (Blue Note)
3. Cecil Taylor: Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come (2 CD's) (Revenant)
4. John Zorn: The Parachute Years (7 CD's) (Tzadik)
5. Fred Anderson: The Missing Link (Nessa)
6. Joseph Jarman & Famoudou Don Moye: Egwu-Anwu (Sun Song) (2 CD's) (India Navigation)
7. Charlie Parker: Yardbird Suite (2 CD's) (Rhino)
8. Derek Bailey: Aida (Dexter's Cigar)
9. Jimmy McGriff: Electric Funk (Blue Note)
10. Coleman Hawkins: Encounters Ben Webster (Verve)
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