{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Podcast 202 - A Few of My Favorite Things 2010","description":"I try to begin each new year with a look back at the most memorable releases I had the pleasure to listen to over the previous twelve months. These are not necessarily the "best" of 2010, just a few of my favorite things, like:\r\nNotable Releases \r\nDanilo Perez – Providencia. \r\nJason Moran - Ten \r\nCassandra Wilson - Silver Pony\r\nCharles Lloyd Quartet - Mirror\r\nVijay Ayer - Solo\r\n \r\nNew Things from Old Friends\r\nGeri Allen - Flying Towards the Sound\r\nRandy Weston - The Storyteller: Live at Dizzy's Coca-Cola\r\nThe Bad Plus - Never Stop\r\nHouston Person - Moment to Moment\r\nAzar Lawrence - Mystic Journey\r\n \r\nNew Artists and Those Hitting Their Stride\r\nGregory Porter - Water \r\nEsperanza Spalding - Chamber Music Society\r\nTrombone Shorty - Backatown\r\nCatherine Russell - Inside This Heart of Mine\r\nTia Fuller - Decisive Steps\r\n \r\nMemorable Reissues, Archival Albums and Compilations\r\nVince Guaraldi - The Definitive Vince Guaraldi\r\nSonny Rollins - Way Out West\r\nStan Getz & Keny Barron - People Time: The Complete Recordings\r\nMiles Davis - Bitches Brew 40th Annviersary Collector's Edition\r\nVarious Artists -  CTI Records - The Cool Revolution\r\n \r\nTribute Albums of Note\r\nConrad Herwig - The Latin Side of Herbie Hancock\r\nNellie McKay - As Normal as Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day\r\nCheryl Bentyne - The Gershwin Songbook\r\nBilly Cobham and the Colin Towns HR Big Band - Meeting of the Spirits:A Celebration of the Mahavishnu Orchestra\r\nMingus Big Band - Live at the Jazz Standard\r\n \r\nReunions and Collaborations of Note\r\nBill Charlap and Renee Rosnes - Double Portrait\r\nRan Blake and Sara Serpa - Camera Obscura\r\nKeith Jarrett\/Charlie Haden - Jasmine\r\nRudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green - Apex\r\nRalph Towner\/Paolo Fresu - Chiaroscuro\r\n \r\nPodcast 202 lets you hear some selections from these wonderful albums, including:\r\n \r\nCharles Lloyd Quartet - "Lift Every Voice and Sing" from Mirrors. A dreamy selection of recordings, both originals and traditional African-American tunes like this one. The band is sublime - Lloyd on saxophone, Jason Moran on piano, Reuben Rogers on double bass and Eric Harland on drums. I'm looking forward to catching the band in Western Mass later this month.\r\n  \r\nCassandra Wilson - "A Day in the Life of a Fool" from Silver Pony. Last year it was her return to standards. This year, it's a dizzying mix of old, new, jazzy, folky, studio and live. Here is  unique version of a Brazilian standard, with \r\n \r\nGeri Allen - "Red Velvet in Winter" from Flying Toward the Sound. Geri had a very good year - her line album with Timeline was also worthy of note, but it was this solo piano album that really floored me. \r\n \r\nTrombone Shorty - "Hurricane Season" from Backatown. Pure New Orleans fun - is it jazz? Funk? R&B? Pass me another beer and we'll dance to it.\r\n \r\nRandy Weston - "African Sunrise" from The Storyteller: Live at Dizzy's Coca Cola. I can't say Randy Weston every went away, and yet this live CD seemed to be something of a comeback for the venerable pianist. Chock full of insightful new arrangements of Weston classics, the sextet of Weston, Benny Powell on trombone, TK Blue on flute and sax, Alex Blake on bass, Lewis Nash on drums and Neil Clarke on percussion took no prisoners.\r\n \r\nDanilo Perez - "Cobilla" from Providencia. Probably my favorite album all year, Danilo celebrates his children with small group, duo and solo pieces that put him at the top of the most imaginative players and writers of today.","author_name":"Straight No Chaser - A Jazz Show","author_url":"http:\/\/straightnochaserjazz.libsyn.com","html":"