The additions are in place and the list is final. These are my personal favorites from the over 2000 reviews I did this year. I hate these. I am not saying one person or one band is better than someone else. You always forget someone. I am saying these are releases worthy of note and releases that I feel anyone (with reasonable taste) would find incredibly entertaining. I thank all of these people. Now...let the bad feelings begin! (Someone always gets upset).
In no particular order!
Clovis Nicolas - Nine Stories
Down To The Bone - Dig It
Hiromi - Alive
George Colligan - Ask Me Tomorrow
JC Sanford - Views From The Inside
JD Allen - Bloom
Tohpati- Tribal Dance
SoHo Rentals - Metanoia
Kris Berg & Metroplexity Big Band - Time Management
Adam Levy - Town & Country
Tristan - Full Power
Steve Khan - Subtext
Denny Zeitlin - Stairway To The Stars
Terje Lie - Bright Moments
Harvey Mason - Chameleon
Antonio Adolfo - Rio Choro Jazz
Kekko Fornarelli - Outrush
Rich Pellegrin Quintet - Episode IV-VI
Danilo Perez - Panama 500
Alfredo Rodriguez - The Invasion Parade
Pete Brendler - Outside The Line
James Brandon Lewis - Divine Travels
Ivo Perelman - Two Men Walking
Jon Irabagon - It Takes All Kinds
Perry Beekman - Bewitched (The Music of Rodgers & Hart)
Rob Mullins - Soulful
Miho Wada Jazz Orchestra - Live At The Lab
On Impulse - Derier Cru
Jeff Coffin & The Mu'tet - Side Up
Marco Pacassoni Quartet - Happiness
U/Nam - C'est Le Funk
Joao Hasselberg - The Truth Must Be Given In Riddles
Tom Tallitsch - Ride
Rotem Sivan - For Emotional Use Only *Artist and Album of the Year
Ichiro Onoe - Wind Child
Ada Rovatti - Disguise
Traeben - Looking At The Storm
Eric Johnson / Mike Stern - Eclectic
Eric Reed - Groovewise
Jeremy Pelt - Face Forward
Kenny Shanker- Action
Rich Pellegrin Quartet Vol. 4-6
Assaf Khati - Naked
Kenny Barron & Dave Holland - The Art of Conversation
Eyot - Similarity
Yoo Sun Nam Quintet - Light of The City
Stanley Clarke - Up
Myriad 3 - The Where
Brian Charette - Square One
Tim Langedijk Trio - Acenja
Label of the Year - Concord Music
Straight Ahead - Posi-Tone & HighNote Savant