Best Jazz Act
Le Chat Lunatique
Some people actually believe jazz is a matrix of theory, technique and musical allusion so dense you need
a masters degree to appreciate it. But those people have never heard Le Chat Lunatique. Sure, their
theory, technique and allusion are legit, but the best thing about this quartet's hot, Parisian-swing-style
jazz is how immensely listenable and, well, fun it is (to say nothing of the waxed, curlicue mustaches its
members sport). Second place goes to Albuquerque's reigning king of crooning, Tommy Gearhart and
Notes from Underground . Honorable mentions all-around to Big City Rain , Bitter Sermon , John Lewis
Quartet, the late Linda Cotton and Richard Elliott.
