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Larry Blumenfeld writes about his favorite CDs of the year, including Darcy James Argue’s Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam), in today’s Wall Street Journal. “C...
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In what essentially amounts to a second Christmas morning for jazz publicists and their clients, the anxiously awaited results of the prestigious Village Voice Jazz Critics Poll, as overseen by the esteemed Francis Davis, have been published...
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Improvised Communications Wanna peek at the Voice Jazz Critics Poll results? http://bit.ly/8yNKtZ

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Improvised Communications Bill Dixon and Joe Morris/Petr Cancura/Luther Gray made Phil Freeman's favorites of 2009 list.

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I just got an email announcing the winners (not the whole list, just the #1s) of the 2009 Village Voice Jazz Critics' Poll (full results to be published in this week's issue), and I'm not at all surprised to see Vijay Iyer's Historicity take the prize. ...
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Improvised Communications Thanks to François for including Bill Dixon, Darius Jones and Fay Victor on this year-end list!

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Sherbrooke, le 29 décembre 2009 — L’émission radiophonique Délire Actuelconsacrée aux musiques exigeantes (CFLX-FM, Sherbrooke, Québec) annonce aujourd’hui son palmarès des 30 disques à ne pas manquer en musique expérimentale pour 2009. ...
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In addition to the results of the annual Best of 2009 feature, the January issue of AllAboutJazz-New York also includes new reviews ofAUM Fidelity’slatest releases, the Joe Morris Quartet’s Today On Earth and the Eri Yamamoto Trio’s In Each Day, Something Good (coming January 12th). “Lon...
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AllAboutJazz-New York published its annual Best of 2009 feature in the new January issue and we’re very proud to say our clients are well-represented. ...
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Improvised Communications Look for Darcy James Argue, the Darius Jones Trio and The Fully Celebrated in NPR jazz blogger Patrick Jarenwattananon's whimsical take on year-end lists.

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I know, I know, you've been clamoring to see my top 10 jazz albums of the year throwdown. I see you, all three of you actually interested -- I'm still working on something to appease the year-end listmaking gods, lest my music junkie badge be revoked. ...
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Improvised Communications Darcy James Argue's Secret Society and Carl Maguire's Floriculture make AvantMusicNews.com's Top 5 of 2009! The Fully Celebrated and the Michael Musillami Trio + 3 are honorable mentions.

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Cover of All Is Wild, All Is SilentI don't take best of lists too seriously, nor should you. However, the virtually infinite number of such lists floating
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We were away much of last week dreaming of dancing sugar plums and rockin’ around the Christmas tree, but the year-end lists featuring Darcy James Argue’s Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam) continued to flow as freely as egg nog in our rare but enjoyable absence. He...
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In his new review, posted on Christmas Day, AllAboutJazz.com’s John Sharpe calls Bill Dixon’s Tapestries for Small Orchestra (Firehouse 12 Records) “undoubtedly one of the events of the year.” “It follows hot on the heels of two other important orchestral works in17 Musicians in Search of a Soun...
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Nate Chinenreviews alto saxophonist/composer Darius Jones’ debut, Man’ish Boy (AUM Fidelity) featuring Cooper-Moore (piano and diddley-bow) and Rakalam Bob Moses (drums), in today’s New York Times. “Dar...
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The Boston Phoenix’s resident jazz aficionado Jon Garelick reflects on his 10 favorite moments of the year in this week’s issue. Tw...
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Resident jazz critic Devin Leonard includes Darcy James Argue’s Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam) on his 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2009 list in today’s New York Observer. “A...
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Improvised Communications Darcy James Argue's Infernal Machines makes Jacob Teichroew's list...