Jazz Albums of the Year 2010

Top 20 best jazz albums of the past year


1.       The Monterey Quartet - Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival cover The Monterey Quartet - Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (MJF /Concord) Review


2.       Keith Jarrett - Paris / London - Testament  cover Keith Jarrett - Paris / London – Testament (ECM) Review

3.       Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow, Antonio Sanchez - Quartet Live  cover Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow, Antonio Sanchez - Quartet Live (Concord Jazz) Review


4.       Ravi Coltrane - Blending Times  cover Ravi Coltrane - Blending Times (Savoy Jazz) Review


5.        Bill Frisell – Disfarmer  cover Bill Frisell - Disfarmer (Nonesuch) Review


6.         Chick Corea and John McLaughlin - Five Peace Band Live cover Chick Corea and John McLaughlin - Five Peace Band Live (Concord) Review

7.        Christian McBride - Kind Of Brown  cover Christian McBride - Kind Of Brown (Mack Avenue) Review

8.        Tom Harrell - Prana Dance cover Tom Harrell - Prana Dance (High Note) Review

9.       Bobby Broom - Plays For Monk cover Bobby Broom - Plays For Monk (Origin) Review

10. Mike DiRubbo – Repercussion  cover Mike DiRubbo – Repercussion (Posi-Tone) Review

11. Heath Brothers - Endurance cover Heath Brothers - Endurance (Jazz Legacy) Review

12. Joshua Redman - Compass cover Joshua Redman - Compass (Nonesuch) Review

13. Ken Fowser / Behn Gillece - Full View cover Ken Fowser / Behn Gillece - Full View (Posi-Tone) Review

14. Stefano Bollani - Stone In The Water cover Stefano Bollani - Stone In The Water (ECM) Review

15. Ralph Bowen - Dedicated cover Ralph Bowen - Dedicated (Posi-Tone) Review

16.  John Patitucci - Remembrance cover John Patitucci - Remembrance (Concord) Review

17. Joe Locke & David Hazeltine - Mutual Admiration Society 2 cover Joe Locke & David Hazeltine - Mutual Admiration Society 2 (Sharp Nine) Review

18.  Benny Golson - New Time, New 'Tet cover Benny Golson - New Time, New 'Tet (Concord Jazz) Review

19. Seamus Blake - Live In Italy cover Seamus Blake - Live In Italy (Jazz Eyes) Review

20. David Berkman Quartet - Live At Smoke cover David Berkman Quartet - Live At Smoke (Challenge) Review





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2 comments:

joesh said...

Nice list, but very mainstream and totally American. Is there no other jazz out there or is this really as good as it gets?

Anonymous said...

Raphael Gualazzi "Reality and Fantasy" for me, best album jazz 2010!!!!!