My Annual Jazz & Rock List 2009

自六七年前返台後，約從三四年前開始，我會在網路上找找各大傳媒樂評家的年度最佳名單。除了可做每年口味比較外，也可看看自己或許遺漏了哪些好東西。就國外搖滾樂相關的樂評而言，Metacritic、Wire、Pitchfork、Village Voice及Prog Archives的網路票選對我已經差不多足夠；國內樂評人的評介則不外乎Ricardo、KC、Yeves、pulp是讓我仰賴的參考指標。爵士樂方面則大多依據All About Jazz、Jazzcorner's Speakeasy、Organissimo等網路論壇的討論及票選。所以說囉，每年年底可以說是我聽音樂時間最多且最"專心"的時候，也希望可以藉由溫古且知新的過程讓我發覺更多值得聆聽的好音樂。

每年年底我都會特地找時間重溫過去一年間買的唱片(經統計大多是爵士跟搖滾)，嘗試將這些唱片整理起來排名序列，最後在生日前後公佈在部落格裡。其實哪些排名很主觀，脈絡也很簡單，完全在自爽而已，目的就在把自己的聆賞偏好跟同好分享而已罷了。其中，大多數的新唱片是2009年曾在台灣發行的CD，少部份則透過網路(如CD WOW)或直接在國外購買。Artist_of_the Year顧名思義就是這年度對個人意義重大且持續發揮影響力的藝人/團體；Album_of_the_Year簡單來說是我整年度評價最高的專輯，當中包含整體概念到製作到演奏的全面地傑出；Gig_of_the-Year則為當年度最能讓我餘韻不絕回味無窮的一場現場表演(不分國內外)。

底下是我的年度名單:

My End of Year "Jazz" List 09'

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2009 Artist of the Year: JOHN ZORN

2009 Album of the Year: JOHN MCLAUGHLIN & CHICK COREA–FIVE PEACE BAND

2009 Re-issue of the Year: CODONA–THE CODONA TRILOGY (ECM)

2009 Gig of the Year: ENRICO RAVA - 17th October @ 2009 Taichung Jazz Festival

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(按照喜愛程度排序)
John Mclaughlin & Chick Corea–Five Peace Band

Enrico Rava–New York Days

John Zorn–Alhambra Love Songs

The Nu Band–Lower East Side Blues

Jan Garbarek –Dresden: In Concert

Billy Harper–Blueprints of Jazz V.2

黃瑞豐–都會爵士 Happy Dog

Okinawa Jazz Association–ST

High Five Quintet–Five For Fun

Charles Tolliver Big Band–Emperor March: Live at the Blue Note

Runners-up:
Fly Trio–Sky & Country
Joe Lovano Us Five–Folk Art
絲竹空爵士樂團–紙鳶
Anne Paceo–Triphase
T-Square–Discoveries
Avishai Cohen–Aurora
Jean-Marie Lagache–Pour Ainsi Dire
Eric Legnini–Trippin'
Quasimode–Mode of Blue
Blue Note 7 - Mosaic






My End of Year "Rock" List 09'

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2009 Artist of the Year: PORCUPINE TREE

2009 Album of the Year: RIVERSIDE–ANNO DOMINI HIGH DEFINITION

2009 Re-issue (live album) of the Year: NIRVANA–LIVE AT READING

2009 Gig of the Year: BATTLES - 25th March @ The Wall

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(按照喜愛程度排序)
Riverside–Anno Domini High Definition

Porcupine Tree–The Incident

Do Make Say Think–Other Truths

Paul McCartney & Youth–Electric Arguments

Transatlantic–Whirlwind

Gazpacho–Tick Tock

Mew–No More Stories...

Kent–Röd

Mastodon–Crack The Skye

Decemberists–The Hazards of Love

Runners-up:
SUNN 0)))–Monoliths And Dimensions
趙一豪 & DoubleX–旅行
Tortoise–Beacons of Ancestorship
濁水溪公社–藍寶石
Yellow Moon Band–Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World
Dream Theater–Black Clouds & Silver Linings (3CDs Version)
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
サカナクション–シンシロ (Sakanaction / Shinshiro)
British Sea Power–Man Of Aran
Super Furry Animals–Dark Days/Light Years

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2005年:
My End of Year "Jazz" List 05'
My End of Year "Rock/Pop" List 05'

2006年:
My End of Year "Jazz" List 06'
My End of Year "Rock/Pop" List 06'

2007年:
My End of Year "Jazz" List 07'
My End of Year "Rock/Pop" List 07'

2008年:
My End of Year List 08'