Jazz Journalists Association 2011 'Best of' Lists

Best of 2011 (I know, I know, I'm late... but I just got here!)

J Hunter — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 19:07:56 GMT

1) Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - "Race Riot Suite" (Royal Potato Family)

2) Delfeayo Marsalis - "Sweet Thunder" (Troubadour Jass)

3) Marcus Strickland - "Triumph of the Heavy" (Strick Muzik)

4) Rudresh Mahanthappa - "Samdhi" (ACT)

5) Julian Lage Group - "Gladwell" (eMarcy)

6) Pilc Moutin Hoenig - "Threedom" (Motema)

7) James Farm - "James Farm: Joshua Redman, Aaron Parks, Matt Penman, Eric Harland" (Nonesuch)

8) SFJAZZ Collective - "Music of Stevie Wonder and New Compositions" (SFJAZZ)

9) 3 Cohens - "Family" (Anzic)

10) Bruce Barth Trio - "Live at Smalls" (smallsLIVE)

HONORABLE MENTION:

Yuko Kishimoto - "Songbook" (PlanetArts)

Rob Johnson

Rob Johnson — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 05:48:09 GMT

A little late (new member), but:

1. Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian - Live at Birdland (ECM)

2. Sonny Rollins - Road Shows, vol. 2 (Doxy)

3. Ambrose Akinmusire - When the Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note)

4. Keith Jarrett - Rio (ECM)

5. Miguel Zenon - Alma Adentro (Marsalis)

6. Etienne Charles - Kaiso (Culture Shock)

7. Colin Stranahan, Glenn Zaleski, Rick Rosato - Anticipation (Capri)

8. Muhal Richard Abrams - SoundDance (Pi)

9. Marcus Strickland - Triumph of the Heavy (Strick Muzik)

10. Paul Motian - Windmills of Your Mind (Winter & Winter)

Historical

Miles Davis Quintet - Live in Europe 1967, The Bootleg Series Vol.1 (Sony/Legacy)

Reissue

Heiner Stadler - Tribute to Bird & Monk (Labor)

Compilation

Everybody Wants to Be a Cat (Disney Jazz)

Vocal

Terri Lyne Carrington - The Mosaic Project (GrooveJazz)

Christian Broecking

Dr. Christian Broecking — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:16:24 GMT

1. Jürg Wickihalder European Quartet feat. Irène Schweizer Jump! (Intakt)) 2. Angelika Niescier Quite Simply (Enja) 3. Trio 3 feat. Geri Allen Celebrating Mary Lou Williams (Intakt) 4. Sonny Rollins Road Shows, Vol. 2 (Doxy) 5. Archie Shepp / Joachim Kühn Wo!Man ( Archieball) 6. Das Kapital Plays Hanns Eisler Conflicts & Conclusions (Das Kapital Records) 7. Muhal Richard Abrams Sound Dance ( Pi) 8. Ambrose Akinmusire When The Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note) Reissue: 1. Various Free Music Production FMP - In Retrospect ( FMP)

W. Royal Stokes

W. Royal Stokes — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:44:14 GMT

Ten Best New Releases

Terri Lyne Carrington, The Mosaic Project (Concord Jazz)

Ron Carter, Ron Carter's Great Big Band (Sunnyside)

Keith Jarrett, Rio (ECM)

Grace Kelly and Phil Woods, Man With the Hat (Pazz Productions)

Joe Lovano/Us Five, Bird Songs (Blue Note)

Roswell Rudd, Incredible Honk (Sunnyside)

Sonny Rollins, Road Shows vol. 2 (Emarcy/Universal Music Group)

Lalo Schifrin, Jazz Meets the Symphony #7 (Aleph)

Wadada Leo Smith, Heart's Reflections (Cuneiform)

Omar Sosa, Calma (Ota)

Top Three Reissues

John Carter and Bobby Bradford, John Carter & Bobby Bradford (Mosaic Select)

Jimmie Lunceford, The Complete Jimmie Lunceford Decca Sessions (Mosaic)

Art Pepper, Blues for the Fisherman: Unreleased Art Pepper, Vol. 6 (Widow's Taste)

Best Vocal Album

Catherine Russell, Strictly Romancin’ (Harmonia Mundi/World Village)

Best Latin Jazz Album

James Carter, Caribbean Rhapsody, (Emarcy/Universal Music Group)

Best Debut CD

Lisa Lindsley, Everytime We Say Goodbye (Blondsongstress Productions)

For my additional lists of Notable Releases of 2011 go to my blog at wroyalstokes.com/weblog/

Woody Louis Armstrong Shaw III

Woody Shaw — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:23:55 GMT

2 Noteworthy Prospects for Best Reissue, Best Reissue Compilation, or other related categories of 2011:

Woody Shaw: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (5 Stars at AllMusic.com)
(PopMarket / Legacy Recordings / Sony Music)

Dexter Gordon: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (4.5 Stars at AllMusic.com)
(PopMarket / Legacy Recordings / Sony Music)

Neil Tesser

Neil Tesser — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:50:48 GMT

Here are the 13 albums in my Top Ten list for 2011. (Think TARDIS.) I explained my choices in three columns at Examiner.com; this last of the three contains links to the previous two.

Bill Carrothers, A Night At The Village Vanguard (Pirouet)
Rudresh Mahanthappa, Samdhi (ACT)
Dead Cat Bounce, Chance Episodes (Cunieform)
Pilc-Moutin-Hoenig, Threedom (Motema)
Steve Coleman, The Mancy Of Sound (Pi)
KLANG, Other Doors (Allos Documents)
René Marie, Black Lace Freudian Slip (Motema)
Jason Stein Quartet, The Story This Time (Delmark)
Fred Ho and the Afro-Asian Music Ensemble: Big Red (Innova)
Ambrose Akinmusire, When The Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note)
BassDrumBone, The Other Parade (Clean Feed)
Jason Adasiewicz’s Sun Rooms, Spacer (Delmark)
Starlicker, Double Demon (Delmark)

Sharonne Cohen

Sharonne Cohen — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 04:28:35 GMT

Favorites for 2011 (in no particular order):

Ben Allison, Action-Refraction (Palmetto)
Tyshawn Sorey, Oblique – I (Pi)
Ambrose Akinmusire, When the Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note)
Guillermo Klein/Aaron Goldberg, Bienestan (Sunnyside)
Carlo De Rosa’s Cross-Fade, Brain Dance (Cuneiform)
J.D. Allen Trio, Victory! (Sunnyside)
SF Jazz Collective, Music of Stevie Wonder (SF Jazz)
Avishai Cohen, Introducing Triveni (Anzic)
Ari Hoenig, Lines of Oppression (Naive)
Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra, Treelines (Justin Time)

George Grella

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:28:35 GMT

A dozen worthies ...

1. Dan Tepfer, Goldberg Variations/Variations

2. Matthew Shipp, Art of the Improviser

3. Wadada Leo Smith, Heart's Reflections

4. Claudia Quintet + 1, What is the Beautiful?

5. Les doigts de l'homme, 1910

6. Honey Ear Trio, Steampunk Serenade

7. Allen Lowe, Blues and the Empirical Truth

8. Aram Shelton's Arrive, There Was ...

9. Gerry Hemingway Quintet, Riptide

10. Alon Nechustan, Words Beyond

11. Chris Parrello + Things I Wonder

12. Jen Shyu and Mark Dresser, Synastry

Annotations at The Big City

John Fenton

John Fenton — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:50:00 GMT

World

Pat Martino Quartet - Undeniable (Live at Blues Alley) - 'High Note'. www.jazzdepot.com

South Pacific

Tom Dennison - Zoo - 'Rattle Jazz' www.rattlejazz.com - downloads available

Alan Brown - Between the Spaces - 'Ode Records' or download from www.alanbrown.co.nz/spaces

Phil Broadhurst Quartet - Delayed Reaction - Independent Artists (Rattle) www.juliephiljazz.co.nz

Samson, Nacey, Haines - Oxide - Rattle Jazz - www.rattlejazz.com - downloads available

All reviewed on my New Zealand Jazz Blog - Jazz Local 32

(jon4jaz.wordpress.com)

Wilbert Sostre

Wilbert Sostre — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:09:35 GMT

1. Miguel Zenon - Alma Adentro

2. Stefon Harris, Christian Scott, David Sanchez - Ninety Miles

3. Gretchen Parlato - The Lost and Found

4. Fred Hersh - Alone in the Vanguard

5. Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Faith

Hrayr Attarian

Hrayr Attarian — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:56:16 GMT

Top Ten Jazz CDs by Female Instrumentalists in 2011.

1) Matana Roberts Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens De Couleur Libres

2) Tineke Postma The Dawn of Light

3) Okkyung Lee Noisy Love Songs

4) Lisa Mezzacappa & Nightshade Cosmic Rift

5) Jessica Pavone Army Of Strangers

6) Carol Morgan Blue Glass Music

7) Karolina Strassmayer Joining Forces

8) Satoko Fujii Watershed

9) Claire Daly Mary Joyce Project: Nothing to Lose

10) Nicole Mitchell Awakening

Elzy Kolb

Elzy Kolb — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:29:25 GMT

These are a few of my favorite things, in no particular order:
The Bill Dixon Orchestra: Intents and Purposes (RCA)
Andrea Wolper: Parallel Lives (Jazzed Media)
Geri Allen: A Child Is Born (Motema)
Rudresh Mahanthappa: Samdhi (ACT)
Matana Roberts: Coin Coin Chapter One (Constellation)
Virginia Mayhew: Mary Lou Williams, the Next 100 Years (Renma)
Joe Lovano Us Five: Bird Songs (Blue Note)
Nicole Mitchell: Awakening (Delmark)
JD Allen: Victory (Sunnyside)
Claire Daly Quintet: Mary Joyce Project: Nothing to Lose (Daly Bread)
The Cookers: Cast the First Stone (Plus Loin)
Pilc Moutin Hoenig: Threedom (Motema)
The Claudia Quintet +1: What Is the Beautiful? (Cuneiform)
Hazmat Modine: Cicada (Barbes)
Mary Lou Williams at Rick's Cafe Americain (Storyville)
Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra: MTO Plays Sly (RPF)
MSG: Tasty! (Plus Loin)

Luke Stewart

Luke Stewart — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:42:04 GMT

Best of 2011

New Releases

1. Ernest Dawkins - Prarie Prophet
2. Brian Settles and Central Union
3. Starlicker - Double Demon
4. Joseph Daley Earth Tones Ensemble - The Seven Deadly Sins
5. Matthew Shipp - The Art of the Improviser
6. JD Allen Trio - Victory
7. Gerald Cleaver’s Uncle June Ensemble - Be It As I See It
8. Matana Roberts - Coin Coin
9. Steve Coleman - Mancy of Sound
10. Darius Jones Trio - Big Gurl

Historical/Reissues

1. Roscoe Mitchell - Before Sound
2. Black Artists’ Group - Live in Paris, Aries 1973
3. Julius Hemphill - Dogon AD
4. Bill Dixon - Intents and Purposes
5. Gigi Gryce - Doin the GiGi

6. Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society - Father of Origin
7. Miles Davis Live in Europe 1967

8. George Russell - Jazz in the Space Age
9. Lloyd McNeill Quartet - Washington Suite
10. Steve Colson and the Unity Troupe - Triumph

Alain Drouot

Alain Drouot — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:16:27 GMT

2011's ten best new releases

1. Matthew Shipp – Art of the Improviser (Thirsty Ear)

2. Darius Jones – Big Gurl (AUM Fidelity)

3. Vijay Iyer / Prasanna / Nitin Mitta – Tirtha (ACT)

4. Rob Brown – Unknown Skies (Rogue Art)

5. The Dorf – Le Record (Leo)

6. Led Bib – Bring Your Own (Cuneiform)

7. Endangered Blood – Endangered Blood (Skirl)

8. BassDrumBone – The Other Parade (Clean Feed)

9. Weasel Walter / Mary Halvorson / Peter Evans – Electric Fruit (Thirsty Ear)

10. Trio 3 + Geri Allen – Live at Birdland New York (Celebrating Mary Lou Williams) (Intakt)

Willard Jenkins

Willard Jenkins — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:48:45 GMT

Miles Davis Quintet, Live in Europe 1967-The Bootleg Series, Columbia

Terri Lyne Carrington, Mosaic Project, Concord

JD Allen, Victory, Sunnyside

Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton, Play the Blues, Reprise/JALC

Charles Lloyd, Athens Concert, ECM

Terell Stafford, This Side of Strayhorn, MaxJazz

Randy Weston, Blue Moses, CTI

David Murray Cuban Ensemble, Plays Nat King Cole en Espanol, Motema

SF Jazz Collective, Music of Stevie Wonder, SF Jazz

James Farm, James Farm, Nonesuch

Ben Williams, State of Art, Concord

Muhal Richard Abrams, Focus Thru Time, Pi

Marcus Shelby, Soul of the Movement, Porto Franco

Jerry Gonzalez, El Commando de Clave, Sunnyside

Freddie Hubbard, First Light, CTI

Dennis Rollins Velocity Trio, The 11th Gate, Motema

Miguel Zenon, Alma Adentro, Marsalis Music

Bridget Arnwine

bridget arnwine — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:03:02 GMT

favorite recordings of 2011 (in no particular order, except for #s 1 and 2):

1. Pinnacle- Freddie Hubbard

2. Sweet Thunder- Delfeayo Marsalis

3. Captain Black Big Band- Captain Black Big Band

4. Songs of Mirth and Melancholy- Branford Marsalis and Joey Calderazzo

5. (re) Conception- Helen Sung

6. Fe/Faith- Gonzalo Rubalcaba

7. James Farm- James Farm

8. To Hear from There- Wayne Wallace

9. Family- Jeff "Tain" Watts

10. The Mosaic Project- Terri Lyne Carrington

honorable mention: The Lost and Found- Gretchen Parlato

Geoffrey Himes

Geoffrey Himes — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:33:34 GMT

Geoffrey Himes: Top Twenty-Five Jazz Albums of 2011 (with links):

The Miles Davis Quintet” “The Bootleg Series Vol. 1: Live in Europe 1967” (Columbia/Legacy)
Bill Frisell: “Sign of Life: Music for 858 Quartet” (Savoy Jazz)
Vijay Iyer: “Tirtha” (ACT)
David Binney: “Graylen Epicenter” (Mythology)
Brad Mehldau: “Live in Marciac” (Nonesuch) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/23/AR2011022308123.html
Dave Douglas Brass Fantasy: “Three Views” (Greenleaf)
Orrin Evans: “Captain Black Big Band” (Positone) http://citypaper.com/music/creative-alliances-1.1177255
Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian: “Live at Birdland” (ECM)
Rudresh Mahanthappa: “Samdhi” (ACT)
Keith Jarrett Rio” (ECM)
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey: “Race Riot Suite” (Kinnara/Royal Potato Family) http://jazztimes.com/articles/28058-jacob-fred-jazz-odyssey-s-riotous-ambition
Pilc Moutin Hoenig: “Threedom” (Motema) http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/music-events/jean-michael-pilc-trio,1214297/critic-review.html
Joe Lovano Us Five Bird Songs” (Blue Note)
Jimmy Owens: “The Monk Project” (IPO)
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones: “Rocket Science” (Eone)
Trombone Shorty: “For True” (Verve Forecast) http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/05/trombone-shorty-at-jazz-fest-2011.html
SFJazz Collective: “Music of Stevie Wonder and New Compositions” (SFJazz)
Joshua Redman Aaron Parks Matt Penman Eric Harland: “James Farm” (Nonesuch)
Rene Marie: “Black Lace Freudian Slip” (Motema)
Sonny Rollins: “Road Shows Vol. 2” (Doxy/Emarcy) http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/05/jazz-fest-day-6-report-and-photos.html
Warren Wolf: “Warren Wolf” (Mack Avenue) http://blogs.citypaper.com/noise/index.php/2011/12/warren-wolf-steps-out-of-the-shadows-at-an-die-musik-dec-10/
Ambrose Akinmusire: “When the Heart Emerges Glistening” (Blue Note) http://jazztimes.com/articles/27424-ambrose-akinmusire-the-storyteller
Randy Weston: “The Storyteller” (Motema) http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/music-events/randy-westons-african-rhythms-quartet-featuring-lewis-nash,1180494/critic-review.html
Dee Dee Bridgewater: “Midnight Sun” (DDB/Emarcy) http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/music-events/rosslyn-jazz-festival-featuring-dee-dee-bridgewater,1034464/critic-review.html
Ben Williams: “State of Art” (Concord Jazz) http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/music-events/ben-williams,1210363/critic-review.html#reviewNum1

Geoffrey Himes: Top Twenty-Five Non-Jazz Albums of 2011 (with links):

1. The Beach Boys: “The SMiLE Sessions” (Capitol) http://mplayer.pastemagazine.com/issues/week-20/articles#article=/issues/week-20/articles/brian-wilson-still-smiling

2. The Decemberists: “The King Is Dead” (Capitol) http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/05/jazzfest-report-and-photos-day-2---the-decemberist.html

3. Tom Waits: “Bad as Me” (Anti-)

4. John Adams: “Son of Chamber Symphony” (Nonesuch)

5. Dave Alvin: “Eleven Eleven” (Yep Roc) http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/music-events/dave-alvin-and-the-guilty-ones,1209080/critic-review.html

6. Everlast: “Songs of Ungrateful Living” (Martyr)

7. PJ Harvey: “Let England Shake” (Vagrant/Island/Def Jam) http://citypaper.com/special/topten/the-year-in-music-1.1244503

8. The Drive-By Truckers: “Go-Go Boots” (ATO) http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/festivus/2011/08/bob-dylan-and-drive-by-truckers-at-merriweather-po.html

9. Lupe Fiasco: “Lasers” (Atlantic)

10.   Adele: “21” (Columbia/XL)

11.   John Doe: “Keeper” (Yep Roc)

12.   Bon Iver: “Bon Iver, Bon Iver” (Jagjaguwar) http://mplayer.pastemagazine.com/issues/week-24/articles#article=/issues/week-24/articles/the-birth-of-a-genre-neo-gazebo-rock

13.   Kate & Anna McGarrigle: “Tell My Sister” (Nonesuch)

14.   Greg Brown: “Freak Flag” (Yep Roc)

15.   The Black Keys: “El Camino” (Nonesuch)

16.     Bob Marley and the Wailers: “Live Forever” (Island/Tuff Gong)

17.     Susana Baca: “Afrodiaspora” (Luaka Bop)

18.     Dead Rock West: “Bright Morning Stars” (Red River)19.   Ollabelle: “Neon Blue Bird” (Thirty Tigers) http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/music-events/ollabelle,1213905/critic-review.html#reviewNum1

20.    Gillian Welch: “The Harrow & the Harvest” (Acony)

21.    Anthony Hamilton: “Back to Love” (RCA)

22. The Low Anthem: “Smart Flesh” (Nonesuch) http://mplayer.pastemagazine.com/issues/week-24/articles#article=/issues/week-24/articles/the-birth-of-a-genre-neo-gazebo-rock23. Amy Lavere: “Stranger Me” (Archer)

24. The North Mississippi Allstars: “Keys to the Kingdom” (Songs of the South) http://mplayer.pastemagazine.com/issues/week-16/articles#%3Futm_source=contactology&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=This_Week+In+The+mPlayer+07-05-11_7_5_111&article=/issues/week-16/articles/americana-gets-the-blues-a-weekend-at-the-ama-conference

25. John Hiatt: “Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns” (New West) http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/ronnie-milsap-and-john-hiatt-had-more-in-common-than-they-ever-guessed-a-quarter-century-ago/Content?oid=2610410

Antonio Terzo

Antonio Terzo — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:43:44 GMT

(no particular order)

Joe McPhee and Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, "Blue Chicago Blue" (NotTwo)
Fred Hersch, "Alone at the Vanguard" (Palmetto)
Satoko Fujii Min-Yoh Ensemble, "Watershed" (Libra)
Bill Dixon, "Envoi" (Victo)
David S. Ware/Cooper More/William Parker/Muhammad Ali, "Planetary Unknown" (AUM-Fidelity)
Okkyung Lee, "Noisy Love Songs (for George Dyer)" (Tzadik)
AGOGIC, "Agogic" (T&C - Table and Chairs Music)
Farmers by Nature, "Out of This World's Distortions" (AUM-Fidelity)
Uri Caine Trio, "Siren" (Winter&Winter)
Ken Vandermark Resonance, "Kafka in Flight" (NotTwo)
Steve Coleman & Five Elements, "The Mancy of Sound" (Pi Recordings)
Trio 3 + Geri Allen, "Celebrating Mary Lou Williams" (Intakt)
Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet, "Apparent Distance" (Firehouse12)
Evan Parker - Zlatko Kaucic, "Round About One O'Clock" (NotTwo)
Aki Takase + Han Bennink, "Two for Two" (Intakt)
FAB Trio, "History of Jazz in Reverse" (TUM)
Javier Girotto - Luciano Biondini, "Iguazù" (Note Sonanti)
BAAP!, "Sweet Dreams, Baby" (Monk)
Stefano Battaglia Trio, "The River of Anyder" (ECM)
Joëlle Léandre / Nicole Mitchell / Dylan van der Schyff, "Before After" (Rogueart)
Jason Kao Hwang Edge, "Crossroads Unseen" (Euonymus Rec.)
Side A (Ken Vandermark/Chad Taylor/Havard Wilk), "A New Margin" (Cleanfeed)
Klang, "Other Doors" (Allos Documents)
Fire! with Jim O'Rourke, "Unreleased?" (Runegrammofon)

Andrew Gilbert

Andrew Gilbert — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:09:55 GMT

1) Miguel Zenon, “Alma Adentro” (Marsalis Music)

2) Kenny Werner “Balloons” (HalfNote)

3) Joan Stiles “Three Musicians” (Oo-Bla-Dee)

4) Starlicker “Double Demon” (Delmark)

5) Tyshawn Sorey “Oblique-1” (Pi)

6) Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures “Both/And” (Meta)

7) Sonny Rollins “Road Show vol. 2” (Doxy)

8) Gretchen Parlato “The Lost and Found” (Obliqusound)

9) Branford Marsalis/Joey Calderazo “Songs of Mirth and Melancholy” (Maralis Music)

10) Joel Harrison “The Music of Paul Motian” (Sunnyside)

11) Aaron Goldberg/Guillermo Klein “Bienestan” (Sunnyside)

12) Fab Trio “History of Jazz In Reverse” (TUM)

13) Andrew Cyrille & Haitian Fascination “Route de Freres” (TUM)

14) Brian Carpenter’s Ghost Train Orchestra “Hothouse Stomp” (Accurate)

15) JD Allen Trio “Victory” (Sunnyside)

Tad Hendrickson

Terrance M Hendrickson — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:28:35 GMT

1. David Binney -- Graylen Epicenter

2. Keith Jarrett -- Rio

3. Gretchen Parlato -- In a Dream

4. Darius Jones -- Big Gurl

5. Matt Shipp -- Art of the Improviser

6. Aaron Goldberg and Guillermo Klein -- Bienstan

7. Craig Taborn -- Avenging Angel

8. Sonny Rollins -- Road Shows Vol. 2

9. Joe Lovano -- Bird Songs

10. Claudia Quintet -- What is Beautiful