Bergamo Jazz Fest 2010

Bergamo is a nice Italian town with one of Milan's airports, mainly used by Low Cost airlines. In march it hosts an interesting jazz festival:

March 19th, 2010
Teatro Donizetti – h 21.00
Richard Galliano - John Surman Duo (progetto originale)
Ahmad Jamal

March 20th, 2010
Teatro Donizetti – h 21.00
Moscow Art Trio
Enrico Rava New Quintet featuring Gianluca Petrella

March 21st, 2010
Teatro Donizetti – h 21.00
Omar Sosa Afreecanos Quintet
SFJC - San Francisco Jazz Collective
Avishai Cohen, Miguel Zenon, Mark Turner, Robin Eubanks, Stefon Harris Ed Simon, Matt Penman, Eric Harland

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Best Jazz CDs of 2009

So this is my list with the best jazz CDs of 2009. As usual this is just an indication to show the tendencies of contemporary jazz rather than a chart with absolute values. I would like to underline that indo-american pianist Vijay Iyer made another masterpiece after las year's Tragicomic. Ben Allison, Joshua Redman and Bad Plus are among my favorite musicians; I relly enjoyed Enrico Rava's record with Stefano Bollani, Paul Motian, Lerry Grenadier and Mark Turner

1. Vijay Iyer Trio - Historicity (ACT)



2. Ben Allison - Think Free (Palmetto)



3. Miguel Zenon - Esta Plena (Marsalis Music)



4. Joe Lovano Us Five - Folk Art (Blue Note)



5. The Bad Plus - For All I Care (Heads Up)



6. Enrico Rava - New York Days (ECM)



7. Ran Blake - Driftwoods (Tompkins Square)



8. Gretchen Parlato - In a Dream (ObliqSound)



9. Allen Toussaint - Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch)



10. Joshua Redman - Compass (Nunesuch)