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2006 YEAR-END WRAP UP

Our contributors choose their Top 10s for 2006. Unlike last year there were no runaway favourites, but Randy Weston's African Rhythms Trio's Zep Tepi on Random Chance received the most mentions with three. Plus, we pay tribute to six major jazzmen who passed in 2006 and highlight three of the year's most memorable concerts.

FROM THE ARCHIVES July 1959 (Vol. 2, No. 3)

Montreal-born trumpeter and bandleader Maynard Ferguson passed away in August at the age of 78. He will be remembered for his intimidating ability to blow in the upper register, bopping and dancing on top of the staff. In this article from one of CODA's earliest issues, Ferguson chats with Dick Lazenby about his formative years, leading an in-demand big band, and Hollywood studio work.

T.O. CONFIDENTIAL : TORONTO'S JAZZ SCENE IN THE '50s
by Andrew Scott

The city of Montreal produced Canada’s first jazz stars. But in the late 1950s, a burgeoning club scene helped establish “Toronto, the Good” as a major jazz centre—and began to shake off the city’s reputation for Anglo-Protestant austerity in the process.

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OPENING NOTES

Ayler Records introduces Download Only CDs
New York is Now: Gary Lucas is everywhere

OUT THERE by Marc Chénard

The Loss of Memory in the Digital Age.

TAKE TWO: REISSUES by Duck Baker

Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, Johnny Griffin, Serge Chaloff, Eddie South, Roswell Rudd.

JAZZ IN PRINT

Lorraine Gordon's life in and out of The Village Vanguard.

CD REVIEWS

Dewey Redman's Quebecois connection, John Hicks's final recording, Sonny Rollins debuts on his own label, Irene Schweizer, Randy Weston, Tomasz Stanko, Fond of Tigers.

FEATURE REVIEWS

Going To Chicago: Bud Freeman and Alex Welsh
Lenny Breau Lives on Guitarchives
Label Spotlight: Triple Play from 482 Records
24 Years of Sidney Bechet on Mosaic