Oh, did we mention we stay away from year-end polls? Well, mostly -- unless it involves us somehow. Yessiree, that time again. Downbeat’s poll included only one Crypto release this year, Bennie Maupin’s Early Reflections – but a lot of Crypto satellites made the cut, like Myra Melford’s collab with Marty Ehrlich Spark! and Peter Erskine's collab w/ Tim Hagans & The Norrbotten Big Band Worth The Wait.
From JazzTimes, Todd Sickafoose’s Tiny Resistors hit #46 in JazzTimes' poll and #11 on Will Layman's PopMatters poll. Early Reflections also made the Village Voice’s year-end poll (curated by Francis Davis) and Mark Stryker's list for the Detroit Free Press.
Both T-Sick and B-Maup made our pal Greg Burk's MetalJazz year end list, as did Crypto pal Cuong Vu and spiritual L.A. forefathers The Gathering. Avant Music News included the Goatette's House of Return, as did Slate's Fred Kaplan. Michael J. West included Bennie in his list for The Washington City Paper.
The Denver Post assured us that "Indie Labels Delivered the Goods" in 2008 when it came to great jazz – but yet nothing we did was mentioned. Are we miffed? Nah, we’re used to it. Sort of.
We'll be updating this as the accolades pour in...
