WNUR Jazz: Best of 2000
Compiled by:
Greg Shapiro, Jazz Music Director
jazz-md@wnur.org
1920 Campus Dr.
Evanston, IL 60208
Top 10 Albums of 2000
NEW RELEASES
These are the top 10 new releases of 2000, as voted on by the entire WNUR Jazz Staff.
1 - 8 Bold Souls - Last Option - Thrill Jockey
2 - Assif Tshahar, Peter Kowald, Rashied Ali - Deals, Ideas & Ideals - Hopscotch
3 - Vandermark 5 - Burn the Incline - Atavistic
4 - Spaceways Incorporated - Thirteen Cosmic Standards by Sun Ra and Funkadelic - Atavistic
5 - David Boykin - The Nextspiritmental Musics of Saxophonist David Boykin - Dreamtime
6 - Birth - Birth - Self-released
7 - Gold Sparkle Band - Nu Soul Zodiac - Squealer
8 - Jim Black - Alasnoaxis - W & W
9 - Chicago Underground Trio - Flamethrower - Delmark
10 - William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Orchestra - Mayor of Punkville - AUM Fidelity
REISSUES
These are the top 10 reissues of 2000, as voted on by the entire WNUR Jazz Staff.
1 - Anthony Braxton - For Alto - Delmark
2 - Joe McPhee - Tenor and Fallen Angels - hatology
3 - Peter Brotzmann - Nipples - Unheard Music Series
4 - Fred Anderson Quartet - The Milwaukee Tapes Vol. 1 - Unheard Music Series
5 - Horace Tapscott - The Dark Tree 1 & 2 (2 CD's) - hatOLOGY
6 - Muhal Richard Abrams - Things to Come From Those Now Gone - Delmark
7 - Steve Lacy Three - N.Y. Capers and Quirks - hatology
8 - Guillermo Gregorio - Otra Musica - Unheard Music Series
9 - Ornette Coleman - The Complete Science Fiction Sessions - Columbia/Legacy
10 - Art Ensemble of Chicago - Ancient to the Future - DIW
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