| Show All |
2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 |
| Paul van Wageningen (2009) | |
|---|---|
| Drummer Paul van Wageningen was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory before moving to New York City in order be closer to the American scene. Since he moved to the Bay Area in 1979, he’s been a member of innumerable groups, including those of Andy Narell, Pete Escovedo, and Ray Obiedo, as well as being part of Mark Levine and the Latin Tinge, and John Santos and the Machete Ensemble. He also works outside the jazz and Afro-Cuban scene, appearing on recordings across a wide range of genres, among them blues, inside, outside, free jazz, rock, pop, funk … the list is endless. On some of those recordings he shares rhythm duties with his bassist brother Marc, with whom he co-leads the VW Brothers Band. |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # 1 | John Coltrane | Olé | Olé | (Atlantic) |
| # 2 | Elvin Jones | Puttin' It Together | Gingerbread Boy | (Blue Note) |
| # 3 | Batacumbele | Con un Poco de Songo (LP) | Se Le Ve | (Tierrazo) |
| # 4 | Tower of Power | Back to Oakland (LP) | Oakland Stroke | (Warner Bros) |
| # 5 | James Brown | 20 All-Time Greatest Hits | Cold Sweat | (Polydor) |
| # 6 | Joe Zawinul and the Zawinul Syndicate | Vienna Nights: Live at Joe Zawinul's Birdland | Intro to a Mighty Theme | (BHM) |
| # 7 | Elis Regina | Elis (LP) | Amor Até O Fim | (Philips) |
| # 8 | Miles Davis | Nefertiti | Fall | (Columbia) |
| # 9 | Karim Ziad | Ifrikya | Aît Oumar | (ACT) |
| # 10 | Dafnis Prieto | Absolute Quintet | Afrotango | (Zoho) |
| Book | Arnon Grunberg, "Tirza" | |||
| Luxury Item | A private chef | |||
| Gilad Atzmon
12 Jun Carolyn Brandy 19 Jun Stuart Brinin 16 Oct Ralph Carney 04 Sep India Cooke 20 Feb Ronald Davis 23 Oct Mark Feldman 27 Mar Herb Gibson 06 Mar Nancy Gilliland 29 May | Jon Hendricks
16 Jan Laurence Hobgood 10 Jul Bill Horvitz 13 Nov Nat Johnson 01 May Tom Madden 13 Mar Charlie McCarthy 06 Nov Don Neely 25 Sep Nathan Oliveira 28 Aug Ed Reed 24 Jul | Walter Savage
14 Aug Adam Theis 21 Aug Mads Tolling 17 Apr Hristo Vitchev 22 May Paul van Wageningen 10 Apr Nancy Wright 20 Nov Jim Zimmerman 06 Feb |