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29 Aug Laurie Antonioli 29 Feb Jeff Ballard 08 Aug David Belove 20 Jun Ken Berman 15 Aug Lee Bloom 14 Mar Maxwell Chandler 05 Dec Jeff Cressman 04 Jan Sylvia Cuenca 01 Aug | Terry Disley
02 May Taylor Eigsti 18 Jan Kathleen Grace 21 Nov Craig Handy 18 Apr Tootie Heath 25 Jul John Lee 17 Oct Seward McCain 24 Oct Myra Melford 04 Apr Brian Melvin 27 Jun | Debbie Poryes
19 Sep Ali Ryerson 08 Feb Antonio Sanchez 14 Nov Jaz Sawyer 10 Oct Wally Schnalle 11 Apr Dred Scott 21 Mar Scott Sorkin 08 Nov Dayna Stephens 18 Jul Al Young 26 Sep |
| Maxwell Chandler (2008) | |
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| Maxwell Chandler is a jazz writer and critic who grew up both in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Europe. With a modesty that characterizes him, he claims to have merely fiddled around with guitar and piano before finding his real instrument, writing about music rather than creating it. As long as he can remember, he’s been a fan of jazz after hearing the music of Monk and Coltrane floating out of a tobacco shop.
He’s a detail man, painstakingly researching and preparing for each interview, be it Chico Hamilton, James Spaulding (of whom he’s a big fan), Alvin Queen, or Sathima Bea Benjamin. Maxwell is currently a syndicated columnist for, among other places, Jazz Review, All About Jazz, and Jazz Police. |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # 1 | L'Arpeggiata Christina Pluhar | La Tarantella | Luna Luneda | (Alpha) |
| # 2 | Seu Jorge | The Live Aquatic Studio Sessions | Life on Mars | (Hollywood) |
| # 3 | Serge Gainsbourg | Du Jazz dans le Ravin | Black Trombone | (Phillips) |
| # 4 | Miles Davis | Ascenseur pour l'Échafaud | Nuit sur les Champs Elysées (Génerique) | (Fontana) |
| # 5 | Amália Rodrigues | The Art of Amália Rodrigues | Men às Parades Confesso | (Metro Blue) |
| # 6 | Cuarteto Aníbal Troilo | Living Room | Paris à Pas | (Tinder) |
| # 7 | Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie | Bird and Diz | My Melancholy Baby | (Verve) |
| # 8 | Thelonious Monk | Monk Plays the Music of Duke Ellington | Black and Tan Fantasy | (Riverside) |
| # 9 | Don Byas | Jazz in Paris: Laura | Summertime | (Gitanes) |
| # 10 | Lee Konitz and Ohad Talmor with the Axis String Quartet | Play French Impressionist Music of the 21st Century | Sur un Lanterne | (Palmetto) |
| # 11 | June Christy and Stan Kenton | Duet | How Long Has This Been Going On? | (Capitol) |
| Book | Marcel Proust, "Remembrance of Things Past" | |||
| Luxury Item | A Swiss Army knife with a toothpick, or a coffee maker, or the late pianist B.J. Papa (for his anecdotes) |
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