My Favorite CDs of 2016

New Releases:

Andy Gonzalez "Entre Colegas" (Truth Revolution)

Jane Bunnett & Maqueque "Oddara" (Linus Entertainment)

Melissa Aldana "Back Home" (Wommusic)

Pedrito Martinez "Habana Dreams" (Motema)

Michael Spiro & Wayne Wallace & La Orquesta Sinfonietta "Canto America" (Patois)

Little Johnny Rivero "Music in Me" (Truth Revolution) 

Lou Caputo & the Not So Big Band "Uh Oh!" (JazzCat 47)

Orbert Davis Chicago Jazz Philarmonic Chamber Ensemble "Havana Blue" (CD Baby)

Gregorio Uribe "Cumbia Universal" (Zoho)

Harold Lopez-Nussa "El Viaje" (Mack Avenue)

Champian Fulton "After Dark" (CD Baby)

Reissues:

Gato Barbieri "Fiesta Caliente Live 76" (Hi Hat)

John Coltrane "A Love Supreme : the Complete Masters" (Verve) (3 CDs)

Abbey Lincoln "Love Having You Around : Live at the Keystone Korner,    v.2" (HighNote)

Various "Classic Savoy Be-bop Sessions 1945-49" (Mosaic) (10 CDs)

Various "Classic 1936-47 Count Basie & Lester Young Studio Sessions" (Mosaic) (8 CDs)