Favorite music of 2019
Cannonball Adderley Sextet. Swingin' in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse (1966-1967) (Reel to Real)
Jaimie Branch. Fly Or Die II: bird dogs of paradise (International Anthem)
James Brandon Lewis. An UnRuly Manifesto (Relative Pitch Records)
Sebastián Chames. Reminiscing the Unknown Masters (self produced)
Javier Colina & Pepe Rivero. El Pañuelo de Pepa (Cezanne Producciones / Jazz Latino Inc.)
John Coltrane. Blue World (Impulse!)
Chick Corea, Christian McBride, Brian Blade. Trilogy 2 (Concord)
Alejandro Di Costanzo Trio. Barcino, La Ciudad de los Prodigios (Errabal)
Al Foster. Inspirations & Dedications (Smoke Sessions)
Bill Frisell y Thomas Morgan. Epistrophy (ECM)
Larry Grenadier. The Gleaners (ECM)
Johnny Griffin/Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis. Ow! Live At The Penthouse (Reel To Real Recordings)
Ross Hammond y Poly Varghese. Across Oceans (Big Weezus Music)
Miho Hazama. Dancer in Nowhere (Sunnyside)
Fred Hersch & the WDR Big Band. Begin Again (Palmetto Records)
Abdullah Ibrahim. The Balance (Gearbox Records)
Ethan Iverson Quartet y Tom Harrell. Common Practice (ECM)
Ahmad Jamal. Ballades (Jazz Village)
Jerome Jennings. Solidarity (Iola)
Xacobe Martínez Antelo Trío. Capturas (self produced)
Hank Mobley. The Complete Hank Mobley Blue Note Sessions 1963-70 (Mosaic Records)
Pep Mula. MULA _\ (Underpool)
Kassa Overall. Go Get Ice Cream and Listen to Jazz (Kassa Overall LLC)
Moisés P. Sánchez. UNBALANCED Concerto For Ensemble (Moisés Sánchez & Estudio Uno)
Caroline Shaw / Attacca Quartet. Orange (Nonesuch Records)
Joshua Redman & Brooklyn Rider. Sun on Sand (Nonesuch Records)
Tomeka Reid Quartet. Old New (Cuneiform Records)
Marta Sánchez Quintet. El Rayo de Luz (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Aki Takase Japanic. Thema Prima (Budapest Music Center Records)
Vein/Norrbotten Big Band: Symphonic Bop (Double Moon)
Tobias Wiklund. Where The Spirits Eat (Stunt Records)
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