TOP TEN LISTS 2018
Note, The numbering on these lists do not indicate the order of preference.
Small Groups
1. Holland-Coots Jazz Quintet – This Is So Nice It Must Be Illegal: A Tribute to Fats Waller and His Rhythm (Self-produced)
2. Dan Block – Block Party (Miles High – 8628)
3. Scott Hamilton & Rossano Sportiello – Live at Pyatt Hall (Cellar Live – 070217)
4. Vinnie Raniolo – Air Flight: Songs of Flight (Self-produced)
5. John Eaton & Jay Leonhart – Jerome Kern: The Master (Wolf Trap – 015)
6. Adrian Cunningham & Ken Peplowsi – Doulogue (Arbors – 19460)
7. Dennis Lichtman – Just Across the River (Triple Treble Music – 007)
8. Andy Schumm and His Sink-O-Pators – Futuristic Rhythms (Rivermont – 2244)
9. Bootsie Barnes & Larry McKenna – The More I See You (Cellar Live – 50718)
10. Joe Magnarelli – If You Could See Me Now (Cellar Live – 41818)
Big Bands
1. The New York All-Star Big Band – The Unheard Artie Shaw (HEP – 2104)
2. The DIVA Jazz Orchestra – 25th Anniversary Project (Arttist Share – 166)
3. Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine – Tasty Tunes (Tall Man)
4. The Ken Peplowski Big Band – Sunrise (Arbors – 19458)
5. The Flying Horse Big Band – The Bat Swings (Flying Horse Records – 30518)
6. The Glenn Crytzer Orchestra – Ain’t It Grand? (Self-produced)
7. New England Jazz Ensemble with Gacomo Gates – Peter and the Wolf (Self- Produced)
8. Stan Kenton Legacy Orchestra – Flyin’ Through Florida (Summit – 727)
9. The Count Basie Orchestra – All About Basie (Concord – 00109)
10. Bobby Sanabria – West Side Story Reimagined (Jazzheads – 1231)
Vocalists
1. Cheryl Bentyne – rearrangements of Shadows (Artist Share – 0157)
2. Veronica Swift and Jeff Rupert – Let’s Sail Away (Rupe Media -10311)
3. Alex Pangman – Alex Pangman’s Hot Three (Justin Time – 8610)
4. Jay Leonhart & Tomoko Ohno – Don’t You Wish (Chancellor Music)
5. Dave Tull – Texting and Driving (Toy Car Records 0210)
6. Daryl Sherman – Lost in a Crowd (Audiophile – 357)
7. Mark Winkler & Cheryl Bentyne – Eastern Standard Time (Café Pacific – 4065)
8. Cécile McLorin Salvant – The Window (Mack Avenue – 1132)
9. Petra Van Nuis & Dennis Luxon – Because We’re Night People (String Damper – 2136)
10. Ann Hampton Callaway – Jazz Goes to the Movies (Shanachie/After 9 – 5464)
Historical
1. Stan Kenton – Mellophonium Magic (Tantara – 1133)
2. Various Artists – The Herdsmen & the Kentonians: Paris Sessions 1954-1956 (Fresh Sound – 939)
3. Harry South – The Songbook (Rhythm and Blues Records – 040)
4. Rogér Guerin – La Formidable Roger Guerin: Paris Meetings (Fresh Sound – 942)
5. Wes Montgomery – In Paris (Resonance – 2032)
6. Oscar Peterson – Oscar Peterson Plays (Verve – 5380361)
7. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Cheek to Cheek: The Complete Duet Recordings (Verve – B0026763)
8. Erroll Garner – Nightconcert (Mack Avenue – 1142)
9. Louis Armstrong – Pops Is Tops (Verve – B0027518)
10. Dave McKenna – Dave McKenna in Madison (Arbors – 19467)
