THIS IS THE FIRST EVER NEXTBOP CONTEST!!!!!! Win a pair of tickets to the [Gerald Clayton] and Taylor Eigsti concert on January 30th at the Broadstage in Santa Monica!!!!!!! This is just for a pair of tickets, so please don't enter if you can't make it to the show all by yourself.

All you have to do is write "I want to win those Gerald Clayton & Taylor Eigsti tickets from Nextbop!" on the Nextbop Facebook Fanpage (http://www.facebook.com/nextbop). Only catch is that you have to be one of our fans to win! We'll draw one winner on the 28th.

I'm a tiny bit late with this one. I know. But come on! It's the NFL playoffs! In case you hadn't noticed, concerts listings got moved to Saturday in order to give a proper place to [Anthony]'s column. Upside is you now get two weeks of listings so that you can plan ahead!

Keep in mind you can WATCH The Bad Plus' New Year's Eve concert, live from The Village Vanguard, tonight on http://www.wbgo.org/listennow/ !!! You can also listen to it on your local NPR Radio Station.

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Sorry for the sporadic posting, but we're now back on schedule!

Monday: Music Monday.
Tuesday: Original + Cover by a Nextbop artist.
Wednesday: This week on Facebook.
Thursday: Concert listings for all Nextbop Artists.
Friday: New Music.
Saturday: Usually nothing.
Sunday: Jamire's Words of Wisdom.

[Aaron Parks]
Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis - The Daily Planet

[Gerald Clayton]
Freddie Hubbard - Hub-Tones - Lament For Booker

[Grand Pianoramax]
Xiu Xiu - Stereogum Presents... Enjoyed: A Tribute To Björk's Post - Isobel

[Jason Lindner]
Squarepusher - Go Plastic - My Red Hot Car

[Justin] (Nextbop.com)
Ben Allison - Think Free - Platypus

[Neil Cowley]
Charles Earland - Soul Story - Betty's Dilemma

[Phronesis]'s Jasper Høiby
Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft - Out Here. In There. - Truth

[Rusconi]'s Stefan Rusconi
Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin' - Boots Of Spanish Leather

[Seb] (Nextbop.com)
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society - Infernal Machines - Phobos

[Steve Blanco]
Wilhelm Kempff - Beethoven: The 32 Piano Sonatas - Piano Sonata No.30 in E, Op.109 - 3. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung (Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo)

[Tigran Hamasyan]
Mt. Helium - Faces - Cornflakes

[Vijay Iyer]
Cecil Taylor - Garden - Pemmican

[Yaron Herman]
Art Tatum - 20th Century Piano Genius - I Cover The Waterfront

Had a brilliant idea last week. I know, I'm awesome... Sent the following message to most (might have forgotten a few) of the Nextboppers.

"I want to gather a few of the artists on Nextbop and have them suggest a song every week to build a sort of playlist. I want to know what you guys are listening to, what you find dope, what you think absolutely everyone needs to listen to. It can be any genre, any period, absolutely anything. From Stravinsky to Wu-Tang to Nirvana to The Bad Plus to Art Blakey to Bob Dylan. Anything!"

Here are the results... in alphabetical order... no favoritism here. [Click Here] if you don't see them!

US: Amazon CD
Canada: Amazon CD

[Listen to Gerald Clayton in the Nextplayer]

You can now listen to full tracks from [Gerald Clayton]'s debut album, Two-Shade, right here on Nextbop.com!

When we spoke to him, Gerald was adamant about not classifying his music under any genre. He believes individuals refrain themselves from discovering new types of music simply because a certain label has been applied to it.

So it looks like you'll need to listen to it for yourself and make up your own mind!

US: Amazon CD
Canada: Amazon CD

[Listen to Gerald Clayton in the Nextplayer]

We had the chance to catch up with Gerald Clayton during his visit at the Montreal Jazz Festival to talk about his debut album Two-Shade. Here’s what he had to say.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Montreal Jazz Festival. Be sure to check out all the great Nextbop artists performing at this world-renowned event.

The Bad Plus : June 30th & July 1st
Baptiste Trotignon : July 1st
Aaron Parks : July 3rd & 4th
Gerald Clayton : July 4th
Joshua Redman : July 4th, 5th & 6th
Bojan Z : July 6th
Neil Cowley : July 7th & 8th
Raynald Colom : July 11th

For a complete line up you can visit the Festival's Official Website .