Top Ten Jazz CDs from artists age 45 to 60 containing at least four musicians (including one pianist) and released in an even-numbered year.

Go!

Damn, all my discs fitting those parameters are by eai artists!

aint' that a bitch!

What, only 10? Heck, I can do that off the top of my head. Does it matter whether the pianist is left-handed or whether he or she weighed at least 180 pounds on the recording date?

I was listening to one this morning. David Murray Octet Plays Trane.

But, Mone, you must be more specific: must they be between 45 & 60 now, or whenever the album was recorded?

Mone, I think there's a rule that if you start a top 10 thread, you must post your top 10. We're waiting.

1. Jack DeJohnette - 60 - New Directions - pianist Jack DeJohnette - released 1978

2. Arild Andersen - 57 - Green Shading into Blue - pianist Lars Jansson - released 1976

3. Dennis Gonzalez Yells At Eels - 48 - Pictogram - pianist Scott Bucklin - released 2002

4. Chico Freeman - 50 - Tradition in Transititon - pianists Jack DeJohnette/Clyde Criner - released 1982

5. Jon Balke - 47 - Nonsentration - pianist Jon Balke - released 1992

6. Marilyn Mazur - 47 - Future Song - pianist Elvira Plenar - released 1992

7.David S. Ware - 53 - Godspelized - pianist Matthew Shipp - released 1996

8.Matthew Shipp - 42 - Nu Bop - pianist Matthew Shipp - released 2002

9. Jerry Gonzalez - 53 - The River is Deep - pianist Jorge Dalto - released 1982

10.Keith Jarrett - 57 - Belonging - pianist Keith Jarrett - released 1974

>>But, Mone, you must be more specific: must they be between 45 & 60 now, or whenever the album was recorded?>>

Now.

BN: Criteria is only as stated. So do it, then!

Gordon: Please show me that rule.

Dennis: You are the mack. Thanks for playing.

>BN: Criteria is only as stated. So do it, then!

I lied. I can't do it--at least, not off the top of my head.

>>I lied. I can't do it--at least, not off the top of my head.>>

Well, well....

I decided I would just get to it and not worry the rules...it was enjoyable, but lots of work. Who is next?

So nobody else went for it?

Man, I wanted to check out the other lists!

I would play my own game except I'm completely lost as far as how old certain musicians are and when the exact release dates were.

But Dennis, since you actually completed the last round, I'll let you come up with some criteria for a top ten list and I'll do my best to play. Go for it.

Let me give everybody some hints...

1) go to any search engine and look up a musician's official website, then go to the bio section and look up the birthday. They may even have a discography and personnel listing and date of release.

2) go to the Penguin, All Music, or any other encyclopedia of jazz and it'll have birthdates, personnel on albums, and date of release. Look up your faves, especially if you have an idea as to their age, and then fan out from there infowise!

Let me think of some criteria fuh a Top Ten list, and I'll see what I can do!

You cheat, Dennis!

I'm too old to know this shit off the top of my head! I have to cheat! I even had to look up how old I am!

Besides, I know very few people who can accurately do it off the top of the Ukranium!

Released in an even-numbered year - that's a though one...

Espen Rud, 58? - Rudlende - pianist Vigleik Storaas - 1998
Enrico Pieranunzi, 53 - Isis - pianist Enrico Pieranunzi - 1982
Vigleik Storaas, 45? - Lines - pianist Vigleik Storaas - 1988
Dennis Gonzalez, 54? - Welcome to us - pianist Bugge Wesseltoft - 1994
Gary Burton - 60? - Like Minds - pianist Chick Corea - 1998
Karl Seglem,45? - Nye nord - pianist Christian Wallumroed - 2002
Arild Andresen, 57? - a Molde Concert - pianist John Taylor
Pat Martino, 56? - Interchange - pianist James Ridl - 1994
Tom Harrell, 56? - Passages - pianist Danilo Perez - 1990
Tom Harrell, 56? - Stories -pianist Niels Lan Doky - 1988

And Kevin Bacon wasn't in either of those lists!

54 - or born in 1954 - who cares?

I guess I do! Born in '54.

Okay, playing my own game, and just to add a degree of difficulty, I won't select any of the artists Dennis or NL picked--here are ten of the better following my criteria:

Howard Alden (45) TAKE YOUR PICK, pianist Renee Rosnos, 1996

Geri Allen (45) THE GATHERING, pianist Geri Allen, 1998

Anthony Braxton (57) FOUR COMPOSITIONS (QUARTET) 1984, pianist Marilyn Crispell, 1984

Willem Breuker (58) HEIBEL, pianist Henk deJonge, 1990

Baikida Carroll (55) SHADOWS AND REFLECTIONS, pianist Anthony Davis, 1982

Phillip Catherine (60) LIVE, pianist Bert Van den Brink, 1996

Elton Dean (57) RUMOURS OF AN INCIDENT, pianist Alex Maguire, 1996

Barry Guy (55) GRYFFGRYFFGRYFFS, pianist Marilyn Crispell, 1996

David Murray (47) MING, pianist Anthony Davis, 1980

Evan Parker (58) 50TH BIRTHDAY CONCERT, pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach, 1994

Tomasz Stanko (60) LEOSIA, pianist Bobo Stenson, 1994

Okay, that was eleven, but I probably screwed up on the ages or recording dates somewhere...

Impressive, grasshopper!

OK, 3 lists. Let's have some more!

I assumed that both Dennis González and Vigleik Storaas were 5-6 years older than they actually are. Vigleik Storaas will be 40 this year, and Dennis González will be 49 some time this year.