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CODA'S ANNUAL TOP TEN LIST

Taking stock of the year that was in jazz, CODA’s annual top ten list features favourite musical choices from over thirty of our regular correspondents. Spread throughout are a few reminiscences of memorable performances from this past year.

BEBOP REVISITED WITH MICHAEL “DODO” MARMAROSA
by Trevor Tolley

Saddled with not one, but two nicknames from the animal kingdom: “Dodo” and “The Moose,” pianist Michael Marmarosa (December 12th 1925 to September 17th 2002) is definitely a musician deserving further investigation.  Here,Trevor Tolley contributes another one of his fascinating “historical overviews” to a true musical original.

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OPENING NOTES

Rene Rosnes and Bill Charlap are Steeltown Friends
Hoping for Lasting Impressions in Ottawa Jazz
Way Out West
Emerging Talent: Damian Nisenson
New York is Now

ON THE RECORD by Jeff Healey

A New Column by Jeff Healey

SWINGING CELLULOID by Michael Borshuk

“Viva Italia!:” Jazz in Films by Italian Directors of the 1960s.

HEARD AND SEEN

Atypical Jazz by Jack Chambers
Jazz ŕ Mulhouse by Ken Waxman

TAKE TWO: REISSUES by Duck Baker

Phineas Newborn Jr., Ornette Coleman, Duke Jordan, Marty Paich, Kenny Dorham.

JAZZ IN PRINT

Patrick Hinely’s Jazz Calendiary 2008 reviewed by Tracey Nolan

DVD's

Ari Brown, Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble, Weather Report, Super Guitar Trio, Imagine the Sound.

RECENT CDs

Michael McClennan, Guys and Dolls, Ravish Momin, John Sheridan, Paul Rutherford and The Ornette Coleman Anthology, and more.

FEATURE REVIEWS

VOTE MILES!: On the Corner box set