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David Adler
Top 10 CDs
1. Fred Hersch Live at the Village Vanguard(Palmetto)
2. Either/Orchestra Neo-Modernism(Accurate)
3. Andrew Hill Passing Ships(Blue Note Connoisseur Series)
4. Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd In What Language?(Pi)
5. Ben Perowsky Camp Songs(Tzadik)
6. Pat Metheny One Quiet Night(Warner)
7. Dave Douglas Freak In(BMG)
8. Jean-Michel Pilc Cardinal Points(Dreyfus)
9. Angelica Sanchez Mirror Me(OmniTone)
10. Robert Glasper Mood(Fresh Sound New Talent)
Reissue
Miles Davis The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (Columbia/Legacy)
Gil Evans & Steve Lacy Paris Blues (Owl/Sunnyside)
Cannonball Adderley Fiddler on the Roof (Capitol/Blue Note)
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Larry Appelbaum
Top 10 CDs
1. Wayne Shorter "Alegria" (Verve)
2. Dave Holland "Extended Play" (ECM)
3. Ray Brown "Walk On" (Telarc)
4. Luciana Souza "North and South" (Sunnyside)
5. Steve Coleman "On The Rising of the 64 Paths" (Label Bleu)
6. Rene Marie "Live at the Jazz Standard" (MaxxJazz)
7. Art Ensemble of Chicago "The Meeting" (PI)
8. Doug Wamble "Country Libations" (Marsalis Music)
9. David Murray Latin Big Band "Now Is Another Time" (Justin Time)
10. Marty Ehrlich "Line On Love" (Palmetto)
Reissue
Earl Hines "Once Upon A Time" (Impulse)
Joe Wilder "The Pretty Sound/Jazz From Peter Gun" (Collectables)
Gerry Mulligan "The Complete Verve Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band Sessions" (Mosaic)
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Aaron Steinberg
Top 10 CDs
1. Whit Dickey / Trio Ahxoloxha Prophet Moon (Riti)
2. Ron Miles Laughing Barrel (Sterling Circle)
3. Daniel Carter and Reuben Radding Luminescence (AUM Fidelity)
4. William Parker Scrapbook (Thirsty Ear)
5. Ellery Eskelin Arcanum Moderne (Hatology)
6. Andrew Hill Passing Ships (Blue Note)
7. Mat Maneri Sustain (Thirsty Ear)
8. Dave Holland Extended Play--Live at Birdland (ECM)
9. Vandermark 5 Airports for Light (Atavistic)
10. Jason Moran Bandwagon (Blue Note)
Reissue
1. Sam Rivers Fuchsia Swing Song (Blue Note)
2. Alexander Von Schlippenbach Pakistani Pomade (Atavistic)
3. Jimmy Giuffre Fly Away Little Bird (Owl)
Nate Chinen
Top 10 CDs
1. Andrew Hill Passing Ships (Blue Note)
2. Wayne Shorter Alegria (Verve)
3. Jason Moran The Bandwagon (Blue Note)
4. Tim Berne The sublime and. Sciencefrictionlive (Thirsty Ear)
5. Art Ensemble of Chicago Tribute to Lester (ECM)
6. The Bad Plus These Are the Vistas (Columbia)
7. Vijay Iyer Blood Sutra (Artists House)
8. Dave Douglas Freak In (Bluebird)
9. Ron Miles Quartet Laughing Barrel (Sterling Circle)
10. Dave Holland Quintet Extended Play: Live at Birdland (ECM)
Reissue
1. Miles Davis The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (Columbia/Legacy)
2. Count Basie and His Orchestra America's #1 Band (Columbia/Legacy)
3. Sam Rivers Fuschia Swing Song (Blue Note)
Thomas Conrad
Top 10 CDs
1. Dave Holland Quintet Extended Play (ECM)
2. Art Ensemble Of Chicago Tribute To Lester (ECM)
3. Vijay Iyer Blood Sutra (Artists House)
4. Branford Marsalis Romare Bearden Revealed (Marsalis Music)
5. Thelonious Monk Monk In Paris (Thelonious/Hyena)
6. Charles Davis Blue Gardenia (Reade Street)
7. Fred Hersch Live At The Village Vanguard (Palmetto)
8. Wayne Shorter Alegria (Verve)
9. Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra Hiroshima--Rising From The Abyss (True Life Entertainment)
10. Geoffrey Keezer Falling Up (MaxJazz)
Reissue
1. Miles Davis In Person Friday And Saturday Nights At The Blackhawk, Complete (Columbia/Legacy)
2. Count Basie America's #1 Band: The Columbia Years (Columbia/Legacy)
3. Carmell Jones Mosaic Select 2 (Mosaic)
Owen Cordle
Top 10 CDs
1. Branford Marsalis Romare Bearden Revealed (Marsalis Music)
2. Thelonious Monk Monk in Paris: Live at the Olympia (Thelonious Records)
3. Poncho Sanchez Out of Sight (Concord)
4. Dave Stryker and Steve Slagle The Stryker/Slagle Band (Khaeon)
5. Elmer Gibson The Elmer Gibson Trio Live (LifeForcejazz)
6. Nguyen Le Purple (Celebrating Jimi Hendrix) (ACT)
7. Janis Siegel Friday Night Special (Telarc)
8. Eddie Palmieri Ritmo Caliente (Concord)
9. David "Fathead" Newman The Gift (HighNote)
10. Joey DeFrancesco Falling in Love Again (Concord)
Reissue
1. Sonny Rollins The Bridge (Bluebird)
2. Shirley Scott Queen of the Organ: Shirley Scott Memorial Album (Prestige)
3. Mal Waldron Soul Eyes: The Mal Waldron Memorial Album (Prestige)
David Franklin
Top 10 CDs
1. Stan Getz Bossas and Ballads:The Lost Sessions (Verve)
2. Ben Webster At Montmartre 1965-1966 (Storyville)
3. Dave Holland Extended Play (ECM)
4. Wayne Shorter Alegria (Verve)
5. Bob Mintzer Gently (DMP)
6. Scott Hamilton Live in London (Concord)
7. Brent Jensen/David Sills Stay Cool (Origin) 8. Dianne Reeves A Little Moonlight (Blue Note)
9. Kenny Garrett Standard of Language (Warner Bros)
10. Michael Becker Wide Angles (Verve)
Ken Franckling
Top 10 CDs
1. Lynne Arriale Trio Arise (Motema)
2. Joel Harrison Free Country (ACT)
3. The Bad Plus These are the Vistas (Columbia)
4. Joey DeFrancesco featuring Joe Doggs Falling in Love Again (Concord Jazz)
5. Jean-Michel Pilc Cardinal Points (Dreyfus Jazz)
6. The Marsalis Family A Jazz Celebration (Marsalis Music)
7. Abdullah Ibrahim African Magic (Enja/Justin Time)
8. ScoLoHoFo Oh! (Blue Note)
9. Project O Now As Then (Jig Records and Justin Time)
10. Chucho Valdes New Conceptions (Blue Note)
Reissue
1. Count Basie and His Orchestra America's No. 1Band (Columbia Legacy)
2. Modern Jazz Quartet The Complete Modern Jazz Quartet Prestige and Pablo Recordings (Prestige)
3. Miles Davis The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (Columbia Legacy)
Ira Gitler
Top 10 CDs
1. Allen Eager In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee (Uptown)
2. Enrico Pieranunzi Fellini Jazz (CamJazz)
3. Ray Barretto Homage To Art (Sunnyside)
4. Jimmy Cobb Cobb's Groove (Milestone)
5. Igor Butman Prophecy (Universal)
6. Joe Lovano On This Day...At the Vanguard (Blue Note)
7. Gerald Wilson New York, New Sound (Mack Avenue)
8. Dave Frishberg Do You Miss New York? (Arbors)
9. Michel Camilo Live at the Blue Note (Telarc)
10. Thelonious Monk Monk in Paris (Hyena)
Reissue
1. Count Basie America's 1 Band (Columbia)
2. Miles Davis In Person: Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk (Columbia)
3. The Modern Jazz Quartet The Complete Prestige & Pablo Recordings (Prestige/Pablo)
Geoffrey Himes
Top 10 CDs
1. Carla Bley Big Band Looking for America (WATT/ECM)
2. Jason Moran Bandwagon (Blue Note)
3. Matthew Shipp Equilibrium (Thirsty Ear)
4. Steve Coleman & the Five Elements On the Rising of the 64 Paths (Label Bleu)
5. David Murray Latin Big Band Now Is Another Time (Justin Time)
6. The Dave Holland Quintet Extended Play: Live at Birdland (ECM)
7. The Matt Wilson Quartet Humidity (Palmetto)
8. David Binney South (ACT)
9. Steve Turre One4J: Paying Homage to J.J. Johnson (Telarc)
10. Cyrus Chestnut You Are My Sunshine (Warner Bros.)
Reissue
1. Astor Piazzolla Tango Fever (Iris)
2. Duke Ellington Far East Suite (Bluebird)
3. Abdullah Ibrahim The Journey (Downtown Sound)
Willard Jenkins
Top 10 CDs
1. McCoy Tyner Land of Giants (Telarc)
2. Larry Willis Sanctuary (Mapleshade)
3. Wayne Shorter Alegria (Verve)
4. Jason Moran Bandwagon (Blue Note)
5. Dave Holland Quintet Extended Play (ECM)
6. Oliver Lake Big Band Cloth (Passin' Thru)
7. Dianne Reeves Little Moonlight (Blue Note)
8. Branford Marsalis Romare Bearden Revealed (Marsalis Music)
9. Miroslav Vitous Universal Syncopations (ECM)
10. Nguyen Le Celebrating Jimi Hendrix (Act)
Reissue
1. Randy WestonMosaic Select(Mosaic)
2. Miles DavisIn Person at the Blackhawk(Legacy)
3. Phil Cohran & The Artistic Heritage EnsembleOnelele(Comet)
Graham Lock
Top 10 CDs
1. Kenny Wheeler Dream Sequence (Psi)
2. Andrew Hill Passing Ships (Blue Note)
3. Clark Terry & Max Roach Friendship (Eighty-Eight's/Columbia)
4. Wayne Shorter Alegria (Verve)
5. Art Ensemble of Chicago Tribute to Lester (ECM)
6. Anthony Braxton Solo (NYC) 2002 (Parallactic)
7. Jane Ira Bloom Chasing Paint (Arabesque)
8. Horace Tapscott The Tapscott Sessions Vol. 10 (Nimbus West)
9. Kevin Norton, Joelle Leandre, Tomas Ulrich Ocean of Earth (Barking Hoop)
10. Sun Ra Piano Recital Teatro La Fenice, Venice (Golden Years/Leo)
Reissue
1. John Lewis Private Concert (Universal-France)
2. Various Blues in the Mississippi Night (Rounder)
3. Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy Live at Dreher Paris 1981 (Hatology)
Christopher Loudon
Top 10 CDs
1. Elvis Costello North (Deutsche Grammophon)
2. Kurt Elling Man In the Air (Blue Note)
3. Aaron Neville Nature Boy: The Standards Album (Verve)
4. Tony Bennett & k.d. lang A Wonderful World (Columbia)
5. Luciana Souza North and South (Sunnyside)
6. John Pizzarelli Trio Live at Birdland (Telarc)
7. Cassandra Wilson Glamoured (Blue Note)
8. Flora Purim Speak No Evil (Narada)
9. Dianne Reeves A Little Moonlight (Blue Note)
10. Curtis Stigers You Inspire Me (Concord)
Reissue
1. Jimmy Scott Falling In Love Is Wonderful (Rhino Handmade)
2. Nina Simone Four Women: the Nina Simone Philips Recordings (Verve)
3. Sarah Vaughan The Complete Roulette Studio Sessions (Mosaic)
Bill Milkowski
Top 10 CDs
1. Pat Martino Think Tank (Blue Note)
2. Joe Lovano On This Day At The Vanguard (Blue Note)
3. Wayne Shorter Alegria (Verve)
4. Randy Brecker 34th & Lex (ESC)
5. Kurt Rosewinkel Heartcore (Verve)
6. Steve Coleman On The Rising of the 64 Paths (Label Bleu)
7. Kenny Werner Naked in the Cosmos (Jazz 'N Plus)
8. Dave Holland Extended Play Live at Birdland (ECM)
9. Matt Wilson Humidity (Palmetto)
10. Fred Anderson Back at the Velvet Lounge (Delmark)
John Murph
Top 10 CDs
1. Roy Hargrove's RH Factor Hard Groove (Verve)
2. Jason Moran The Bandwagon (Blue Note)
3. Wayne Shorter Alegria (Verve)
4. Josh Roseman Treats for the Nightwalker (Justin Time/Enja)
5. Vijay Iyer In What Language (Pi Recordings)
6. Joel Harrison Free Country (ACT)
7. Danilo Perez …Til Then (Verve)
8. Soweto Kinch Conversations With the Unseen (Dune Records)
9. Matthew Herbert Big Band Goodbye Swingtime (Accidental Records)
10. Tom Harrell Wise Children (RCA)
Reissue
1. Andrew Hill Passing Ships (Blue Note)
2. Stark Reality Now (Stone Throw Records)
3. Larry Young Mothership (Blue Note)
Boxed Set
Grant Green Retrospective, 1961-1966 (Blue Note)
Stuart Nicholson
Top 10 CDs
1. EST (Esbjorn Svensson Trio) Seven Days of Falling (Act)
2. Tord Gustafsen Changing Places (ECM)
3. The Bad Plus These Are The Vistas (Columbia)
4. Jaga Jazzist The Stix (Ninja Tune)
5. Gilad Atzmon Exile (Enja)
6. Gianluigi Trovesi Fugace (ECM)
7. Michel Camilo Live at the Blue Note (Telarc)
8. Miroslav Vitous Universal Syncopations (ECM)
9. Courtney Pine Devotion (Destin-E Records)
10. Derek Trucks Band Soul Serenade (Columbia)
Reissue
1. Gerry Mulligan The Complete Gerry Mulligan Concert Orchestra on Verve (Mosaic)
2. Miles Davis JAck Johnson (Col/Legacy)
3. George Russell Stratusphunk (OJC)
Doug Ramsey
Top 10 CDs
1. Roy Haynes Love Letters (88s/Columbia)
2. Andy Martin It's Fine, It's Andy (Fresh Sound)
3. Wayne Shorter Alegria (Verve)
4. Jim Knapp Orchestra Secular Breathing (Origin)
5. Bill Mays Going Home (Palmetto)
6. Brad Goode/Von Freeman Inside Chicago, Vol. 3 (Steeplechase)
7. Sir Roland Hanna Everything I Love (IPO)
8. Luciana Souza North and South (Sunnyside)
9. Steve Swallow Damaged in Transit (XtraWatt)
10. Jessica Williams All Alone (MaxJazz)
Reissue
1. The Complete Verve Gerry Mulligan Concert Band Sessions (Mosaic)
2. Count Basie America's Number 1 Band: The Columbia Years (Columbia)
3. Artie Shaw Self Portrait (Bluebird)
Greg Robinson
Top 10 CDs
1. Toshiko Akiyoshi Orchestra Hiroshima Rising From the Abyss (True Life)
2. Dave Liebman and Marc Copland Bookends (Hat Art)
3. Andy Milne and Dapp Theory Y'All Just Don't Know (Concord)
4. Arthur Blythe Exhale (Savant)
5. Vincent Herring All Too Real (High Note)
6. Wycliffe Gordon Dig This! (Criss Cross)
7. Hilton Ruiz Enchantment (Arabesque Jazz)
8. Ray Santiago Afro Cuba A La New York City (Ray Santiago)
9. Ian Hendrickson-Smith Up In Smoke! (Sharp Nine)
10. Jesse Collins Introducing Jesse Collins (Lat Cat)
Reissues
1. John Lewis The Very Best of John Lewis (5CD) (Collectables)
2. Sweets Edison Simply Sweets (Pablo/Fantasy)
3. Sonny Stitt Autumn in New York (Black Lion)
Bill Shoemaker
Top 10 CDs
1. Jimmy Lyons The Box Set (Ayler)
2. Globe Unity Orchestra Globe Unity 2002 (Intakt)
3. Vijay Iyer Blood Sutra (Artists House)
4. Steve Lacy The Beat Suite (Sunnyside)
5. Fred Anderson Back At The Velvet Lounge (Delmark)
6. Lunge: Strong Language (Emanem)
7. Yusef Lateef/Adam Rudolph/GO: Organic Orchestra Into The Garden (Meta/YAL)
8. Paul Termos/Misha Mengelberg Sessions: Volume 1 (X-OR/BIM Huis)
9. Carl Grubbs Quartet Stepping Around The Giant (CIMP)
10. William Parker/Joe Morris/Hamid Drake Eloping With The Sun (Riti)
Reissue
1. Various Artists Festival In Havana (Milestone)
2. Larry Young Mothership (Blue Note)
3. Available Jelly In Full Flail (Ramboy)
Brian Soergel
Top 10 CDs
1. David Sanborn Timeagain (Verve)
2. Mindi Abair It Just Happens That Way (GRP)
3. Chris Standring Groovaliscious (Mesa/Blue Moon)
4. Dave Koz Saxophonic (Capitol)
5. Rick Braun Esperanto (Warner Bros.)
6. Marc Antoine Mediterraneo (Rendezvous)
7. Doc Powell 97th & Columbus (Heads Up)
8. Brian Hughes Along The Way (A440 Music Group)
9. Richard Elliot Ricochet (GRP)
10. Acoustic Alchemy Radio Contact (Higher Octave)
Lucy Tauss
Top 10 CDs
1. Boz Scaggs But Beautiful (Gray Cat)
2. Pat Metheny One Quiet Night (Warner Brothers)
3. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Little Worlds (Columbia)
4. The Larry Steen World Jazz Ensemble View From Afar (LMS)
5. Yellowjackets Time Squared (Heads Up)
6. Kirk Whalum Into My Soul (Warner Brothers)
7. David Sanborn time again (Verve)
8. Gerald Veasley Velvet (Heads Up)
9. Elvis Costello North (Deutsche Grammophon)
10. Bill Evans Big Fun (ESC)
Tom Terrell
Top 10 CDs
1 . Shirley Horn May The Music Never End (Verve)
2 . Randy Weston Spirit! The Power of Music (Sunnyside)
3 . Cassandra Wilson Glamoured (Blue Note)
4 . Wayne Shorter Alegria (Verve)
5 . Nguyen Le Purple: Celebrating Jimi Hendrix (Act Music)
6 . Malachi Thompson & Africa Brass Blue Jazz (Delmark)
7 . Deidre Rodman Simple Stories (Sunnyside)
8 . Vjay Iyer Blood Sutra (Artist House)
9 . Liberty Elman Tactiles (PI Recordings)
10. Byron Morris & Unity Y2K (By-Mor Music)
Reissue
1 . Gary Bartz NTU Troop I've Known Rivers And Other Bodies (Prestige)
2 . Sonny Simmons Burning Spirits (Contemporary)
3 . Thelonious Monk Underground (Columbia/Legacy)
Jesse "Chuy" Varela
Top 10 CDs
1. Boz Scaggs But Beautiful (Gray Cat)
2. Dave Ellis State Of Mind (Milestone)
3. John Santos & Machete Brazos Abiertos (Machete)
4. Mark Levine & Latin Tinge Isla (Left Coast Clave)
5. Babatunde Lea Soul Pools (Motema)
6. Jackie Ryan This Heart of Mine (Open Art)
7. Taylor Eigsti Trio Resonance (Bop City)
8. Howard Wiley Twenty First Century Negro (High Cotton Prod.)
9. Upsurge Chromotology (Abolition Media)
10. The Snake Trio Light The Candle (Snake Trio)
Reissue
1. Bobby Hutcherson Montara (Blue Note)
2. Jazz Crusaders Chili Con Soul (Blue Note)
3. Joe Torres Latino Con Soul (World Pacific/Blue Note)
George Varga
Top 10 CDs
1. Dave Holland Quintet Extended Play - Live At Birdland (ECM)
2. Wayne Shorter Alegria (Verve)
3. Greg Osby St. Louis Shoes (Blue Note)
4. Vijay Iyer Blood Sutra (Artists House)
5. Marty Ehrlich Line On Love (Palmetto)
6. Jason Moran The Bandwagon (Blue Note)
7. Steve Swallow Damaged In Transit (XtraWATT)
8. J.A. Granelli and Mr. Lucky Gigantic (Love Slave)
9. Dave Douglas Freak In (Bluebird)
10. Nicholas Payton Sonic Trance (Warner Bros.)
Reissue
1. Miles Davis, The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (Columbia/Legacy)
2. Miles Davis, In Person: Friday/Saturday Night at the Blackhawk (Columbia/Legacy)
Chris J. Walker
Top 10 CDs
1 Regina Carter Paganini: After a Dream (Verve)
2 Dianne Reeves A Little Moonlight (Blue Note)
3 John McLaughlin Thieves and Poets (Verve)
4 McCoy Tyner Land of Giants (Telarc)
5 Stefon Harris The Grand Unification Theory (Blue Note)
6 Michael Brecker Wide Angles (Verve)
7 Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette Up For It (ECM)
8 The Crusaders Rural Renewal (Verve)
9 Nnenna Freelon Live (Concord)
10 Stanley Clarke Two For The Bass (Sony)
Alisa Clancy
Top 10 CDs
1. Keith Jarrett Up For It (ECM)
2. Jacky Terrasson Smile (Blue Note)
3. Roswell Rudd Mali Cool
4. Wayne Shorter Alegria (Verve)
5. Dave Holland Extended Play (ECM)
6. Ry Cooder/Manuel Galvan Mambo Sinuendo
7. Bill Frisell The Continentals (Nonsuch)
8. Jaco Pastorius Big Band
9. Curtis Stigers You Inspire Me (Concord)
10. John Pizzarelli Live@ Birdland (Telarc)
Reissue
1. Carmen McRae at Ratso's
2. Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges
3. Four Women: The Nina Simone Phillips Recordings (box set)
Bill Royston
Top 10 CDs
1. Wayne Shorter Alegria (Verve)
2. The Bad Plus These Are The Vistas (Columbia)
3. Dianne Reeves A Little Moonlight (Blue Note)
4. Regina Carter Paganini After A Dream (Verve)
5. Stefon Harris The Grand Unification Theory (Blue Note)
6. Nicholas Payton Sonic Trance (Warner Bros.)
7. Tin Hat Trio The Rodeo Eroded (Ropeadope)
8. Dave Holland Extended Play (ECM)
9. Jaco Pastorius Big Band Word of Mouth Revisited (Heads Up)
10. Kurt Elling Man In The Air (Blue Note)
Reissue
1. Carmen McRae at Ratso's
2. Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges
3. Four Women: The Nina Simone Phillips Recordings (box set)
Duck Baker
Top 10 CDs
1. Andrew Hill Passing Ships (Blue Note)
2. Toshiko Akiyoshi Hiroshima: Rising From the Abyss (True Life Jazz)
3. Monk's Music Trio Harmony of Odd Numbers (CMB Records)
4. Anthony Braxton Four Compositions (GTM) 2000 (Delmark)
5. Jane Ira Bloom Chasing Paint (Arabesque)
6. Horace Silver Paris Blues (Pablo)
7. Miriam Alter If (Justin Time)
8. D. D. Jackson Suite for New York (Justin Time)
9. Charles Davis Blue Gardenia (Reade Street)
10. Rev. Gary Davis If I Had My Way (Smithsonian Folkways)
Reissue
1. Randy Weston Randy Weston (Mosaic Select)
2. Carmell Jones Carmell Jones (Mosaic Select)
3. Allen Eager In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee (Uptown)
Gene Seymour
Top 10 CDs
1. Andrew Hill Passing Ships (Blue Note)
2. Ted Nash Still Evolved (Palmetto)
3. Roy Haynes Love Letters (88s/Columbia)
4. Matthew Shipp Equilibrium (Thirsty Ear)
5. Marty Ehrlich Line on Love (Palmetto)
6. Terell Stafford New Beginnings (Maxjazz)
7. The Bad Plus These are the Vistas (Columbia)
8. Ahmad Jamal In Search of (Birdology)
9. (tie) Fred Hersch Trio Live at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto), Martial Solal, NY-1: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
10. Art Ensemble of Chicago Tribute to Lester (ECM)
Reissue
1. Pee Wee Russell, Ask Me Now! (Impulse)
2. Randy Weston, (Mosaic Select)
3.The Complete Verve Gerry Mulligan Concert Band Sessions (Mosaic)
Javier Quiñones
Top 10 CDs
1. Pablo Ablanedo Alegría (Fresh Sound New Talent)
2. Tord Gustavsen Trio Changing Places (ECM)
3. Abdoulaye N'Diaye Taoue (Enja)
4. Elio Villafranca Incantations (Pimienta)
5. Papo Vázquez Pirates Troubadours Carnival In San Juan (Cubop)
6. Samo Šalamon Quartet Ornethology (Sazas)
7. Truco & Zaperoko Música Universal (Libertad)
8. Tino Derado Luminescence (Sunnyside)
9. Poncho Sánchez Out of Sight (Concord Picante)
10. Martin Scorsese The Blues (Hip-O)
Reissue
1. New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra Grace And Beauty (Delmark)
2. Stephane Grappelli Grappelli plays Grappelli (Inca Music)
3. Willie Bobo Bobo's Heat (Blue Note)
Jeff Waggoner
Top 10 CDs
1. Dave Holland Quintet Extended Play (ECM)
2. Terence Blanchard Bounce (Blue Note)
3. Art Ensemble of Chicago For Lester (ECM)
4. Greg Osby St. Louis Shoes (Blue Note)
5. Marc Copland/Greg Osby Round & Round (Nagel-Heyer)
6. Dave Douglas Freak In (RCA/Bluebird)
7. Charles Davis Blue Gardenia (Reade Street Records)
8. Teddy Edwards Smooth Sailing (HighNote)
9. The Bad Plus These Are The Vistas (Columbia)
10. Brian Patneaude Quartet Variations (WEPA Records)
Reissue
1. Larry Rivers Fuschia Swing Song (Blue Note)
2. Lee Konitz Motion (Verve)
3.Archie Shepp Attica Blues (Verve)
Mark Ruffin
Top 10 CDs
1. Nguyen Le Purple- Celebrating Jimi Hendrix (ACT)
2. CAB CAB 4 (Favored Nations)
3. Marcus Miller The Ozell Tapes; The Official Bootleg (Telarc/3 Deuces)
4. Jaco Pastorius Big Band Word Of Mouth Revisited (Heads Up International)
5. Russell Gunn Ethnomusicology, Vol 3 (Justin Time)
6. Dennis Chambers Outbreak (ESC)
7. John Scofield Up All Night (Verve)
8. Christian McBride Vertical Vision (Warner Brothers)
9. Yellowjackets Time Squared (Heads Up International)
10. Soulive Soulive (Blue Note)
Maurice Hogue
Top 10 CDs
1. Sandy Evans Not In The Mood (Newmarket)
2. Matt Wilson Humidity (Palmetto)
3. Jean-Michel Pilc Cardinal Points (Dreyfus)
4. Elio Villafranca Incantations -Encantaciones (Pimiento)
5. Gilad Atzmon Exile (Enja)
6. Kurt Elling Man In The Air (Blue Note)
7. D.D. Jackson Suite For New York (Justin Time)
8. Miroslav Vitous Universal Syncopation (ECM)
9. Wayne Shorter Alegria (Verve)
10. Jackie Ryan This Heart Of Mine (Open Art)
Philip Booth
Top 10 CDs
1. Dave Holland Quintet Extended Play: Live at Birdland (ECM)
2. Abbey Lincoln It's Me (Verve)
3. Los Hombres Calientes Vol. 4: Vodou Dance (Basin Street Records)
4. Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette Up for It: Live in Juan-Les-Pins (ECM)
5. Kurt Rosenwinkel Heartcore (Verve)
6. Sex Mob Dime Grind Palace (Ropeadope)
7. Branford Marsalis Quartet, Romare Bearden Revealed (Rounder)
8. Derek Trucks Soul Serenade (Columbia)
9. Cassandra Wilson, Glamoured (Blue Note)
10. Garage a Trois, Emphasizer (Tone Cool)
Reissue
1. Miles Davis The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (Columbia/Legacy)
2. Count Basie America's #1 Band: The Columbia Years (Columbia/Legacy)
3. Nina Simone Anthology (RCA/BMG Heritage)
Ron Wynn
Top 10 CDs
1. Jason Moran Bandwagon (Blue Note)
2. Dianne Reeves A Little Moonlight (Blue Note)
3. Dave Holland Extended Play Live At Birdland (ECM)
4. Dr. Lonnie Smith Boogaloo to Beck (Scufflin')
5. Chucho Valdes New Conceptions (Blue Note)
6. Ray Benson Beyond Time (Audium)
7. Lizz Wright Salt (Verve)
8. Eric Alexander Nightlife In Tokyo (Fantasy)
9. David Murray Now Is Another Time (Justin Time)
10. Art Ensemble Tribute To Lester (ECM)
Reissue
1. Count Basie & His Orchestra America's #1 Band (Sony/Legacy)
2. Miles Davis Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (Sony/Legacy)
3. Jaco Pastorius Punk Jazz: The Jaco Pastorius Anthology (Rhino)
Mike Shanley
Top 10 CDs
1. The Vandermark 5 Airports for Light (Atavistic)
2. Tim Berne's Science Friction Band Live The Sublime And (Thirsty Ear)
3. Art Ensemble of Chicage Tribute to Lester (ECM)
4. Thelonious Monk Monk in Paris-Live at the Olympia (Hyena)
5. Dave Holland Quintet Extended Play (ECM)
6. David S. Ware String Ensemble THREADS (Thirsty Ear)
7. Clark Terry & Max Roach Friendship (88s/Columbia)
8. Art Ensemble of Chicago The Meeting (Pi)
9. Wayne Shorter Alegria (Verve)
10. Steve Turre One4J (Telarc)
Alyn Shipton
Top 10 CDs
1. EST Seven Days Of Falling (ACT)
2. Dave Holland Extended Play (ECM)
3. Carla Bley Looking for America (Watt)
4. Keith Jarrett Up For It (ECM)
5. Soweto Kinch Conversations with the Unseen (Dune)
6. Colin Steele The Journey Home (Caber)
7. Jane Ira Bloom Chasing Paint (Arabesque)
8. Denys Baptiste Let Freedom Ring (Dune)
9. Ray Brown / Monty Alexander / Russell Malone (Telarc)
10. Claude Deppa Toi Toi (Jika)
Reissue
1. Miles Davis The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (Columbia)
2. John Coltrane Legacy (Impulse)
3. Wayne Shorter Classic Blue Note Recordings (Blue Note)
Simón Calle
Top 10 CDs
1. Scott Amendola Cry (Cryptogramphone)
2. Ron Miles Laughing Barrel (Sterling Circle)
3. Matthew Shipp Equilibrium (Thirsty Ear)
4. Charlie Hunter Right Now Move (Rope A Dope)
5. Ben Perowski Camp Songs (Tzadik)
6 Jason Moran The Bandwagon (Blue Note)
7. David Murray Now is Another Time (Justin Time)
8. Erik Truffaz Walk of the Giant Turtle (Blue Note)
9. Fred Hersch Live at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto)
10. The Bad Plus These Are the Vistas (Columbia)
Reissue
1. Chick Corea The Complete "Is" Sessions (Blue Note)
2. Jackie McLean Let Freedom Ring (Blue Note)
3. Art Blakey Undistructible (Blue Note)
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