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Tom Hull's Extended Year-End Jazz List (2010)

My Village Voice article listed my top ten jazz records for 2010. As I did in 2009, I thought I should provide some context for where those 10 records came from, what they beat out to make the list, and what came more or less close.

This file is extracted on Dec. 27, 2010, from a larger year 2010 list that I keep and update on my website. The longer file has a lot of non-jazz records. This file has some borderline cases I could have left out. Jazz vocals are a hazardous domain, often having little to do with traditional jazz. World music is in a flux where fusion is both coming and going, and there are postrock things that could be included or not. There's also a shared edge with euroclassical which is getting messier as more and more jazz musicians are trained in conservatories. And then there's pop jazz, which doesn't have anything in common with real jazz but sometimes confuses people -- even me.

The lists tend to peak in the B+ range, which I've divided into three tiers, then falls off pretty quickly through the lower B's. I have a pretty broad appetite for jazz, and there really aren't any significant number of bad jazz musicians. I don't really seek out bad records, and natural selection has started keeping bad records from finding me. But there is a rather large bloc listed under U: those are records I have but haven't decided what I think of. Some I've played and even written Jazz Prospecting notes on. Others I just haven't gotten to.

Following the new records, I clump together all of the old music. This is much more hit and miss, both in terms of what gets released in any given year and what I manage to get hold of.

New Records

A

1. Billy Bang: Prayer for Peace (TUM)
2. Rudresh Mahanthappa & Steve Lehman: Dual Identity (Clean Feed)
3. Adam Lane's Full Throttle Orchestra: Ashcan Rantings (Clean Feed, 2CD)
4. William Parker: I Plan to Stay a Believer: The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield (AUM Fidelity, 2CD)
5. The Mark Lomax Trio: The State of Black America (Inarhyme)
6. Angles: Epileptical West: Live in Coimbra (Clean Feed)

A-

7. Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Forty Fort (Hot Cup)
8. First Meeting: Cut the Rope (Libra)
9. Wadada Leo Smith and Ed Blackwell: The Blue Mountain's Sun Drummer (1986, Kabell)
10. Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra: India & Africa: A Tribute to John Coltrane (Water Baby)
11. The Nels Cline Singers: Initiate (Cryptogramophone, 2CD)
12. Lisa Mezzacappa's Bait & Switch: What Is Known (Clean Feed)
13. Lean Left: The Ex Guitars Meet Nilssen-Love/Vandermark Duo, Volume 1 (Smalltown Superjazz)
14. David S. Ware: Onecept (AUM Fidelity)
15. Henry Threadgill Zooid: This Brings Us To: Volume II (Pi)
16. Myra Melford's Be Bread: The Whole Tree Gone (Firehouse 12)
17. Tin Hat: Foreign Legion (BAG)
18. The Microscopic Septet: Friday the Thirteenth: The Micros Play Monk (Cuneiform)
19. Fred Hersch Trio: Whirl (Palmetto)
20. Steve Swell's Slammin' the Infinite: 5000 Poems (Not Two)
21. Bill Frisell: Beautiful Dreamers (Savoy Jazz)
22. Russ Lossing: Personal Tonal (Fresh Sound New Talent): **
23. Stephan Crump with Rosetta Trio: Reclamation (Sunnyside)
24. New York Art Quartet: Old Stuff (1965, Cuneiform)
25. Allison Miller: Boom Tic Boom (Foxhaven)
26. Tommy Babin's Benzene: Your Body Is Your Prison (Drip Audio)
27. Tomasz Stanko Quintet: Dark Eyes (ECM)
28. Jon Irabagon: Foxy (Hot Cup)
29. Ben Syversen: Cracked Vessel (Ben Syversen)
30. Oleg Kireyev/Keith Javors: Rhyme & Reason (Inarhyme)
31. Ivo Perelman/Gerry Hemingway: The Apple in the Dark (Leo)
32. Freddy Cole: Freddy Cole Sings Mr. B (High Note)
33. Nasheet Waits: Equality: Live at MPI (Fresh Sound New Talent -09): **
34. Marilyn Crispell/David Rothenberg: One Night I Left My Silent House (ECM)
35. Henry Grimes/Rashied Ali: Spirits Aloft (Porter): **
36. Humanization 4tet: Electricity (Ayler)
37. Anat Cohen: Clarinetwork: Live at the Village Vanguard (Anzic)
38. 3ology: With Ron Miles (Tapestry)
39. John Hicks & Frank Morgan: Twogether (High Note)
40. Rodrigo Amado: Searching for Adam (Not Two)
41. Alexander McCabe: Quiz (CAP)
42. : Jazz Ateu (Quadrant)
43. James Blood Ulmer: In and Out (In+Out)
44. Anthony Braxton: 19 Standards (Quartet) 2003 (2003, Leo, 4CD)
45. Paal Nilssen-Love/Ken Vandermark: Milwaukee Volume (Smalltown Superjazz)
46. : Soulstorm (Clean Feed, 2CD)
47. Marcin & Bartlomiej Brat Oles: Duo (Fenomedia -08)
48. The Stryker/Slagle Band: Keeper (Panorama)
49. Ivo Perelman/Dominic Duval/Brian Willson: Mind Games (Leo -09)
50. Paquito D'Rivera: Tango Jazz: Live at Jazz at Lincoln Center (Sunnyside)
51. Steve Reich: Double Sextet/2x5 (Nonesuch): **
52. Zs: New Slaves (The Social Registry): **
53. Conference Call: What About . . . . ? (Not Two, 2CD)
54. Ellery Eskelin/Gerry Hemingway: Inbetween Spaces (Auricle)
55. RED Trio: RED Trio (Clean Feed)
56. Terrence McManus/Gerry Hemingway: Below the Surface Of (Auricle)
57. Juhani Aaltonen Quartet: Conclusions (Tum)

B+(***)

58. Vijay Iyer: Solo (ACT)
59. Bryan and the Haggards: Pretend It's the End of the World (Hot Cup)
60. Dawn of Midi: First (Accretions)
61. Randy Weston and His African Rhythms Sextet: The Storyteller (): **
62. Abraham Inc.: Tweet Tweet (Table Pounding): *
63. Rakalam Bob Moses/Greg Burk: Ecstatic Weanderings (Jazzwerkstatt)
64. Sun Ra Arkestra [under the direction of Marshall Allen]: Live at the Paradox (In+Out)
65. Anat Fort: And If (ECM)
66. Nobu Stowe: Confusion Bleue (Soul Note)
67. John McNeil/Bill McHenry: Chill Morn He Climb Jenny (Sunnyside)
68. Jason Adasiewicz: Sun Rooms (Delmark)
69. Marshall Allen/Matthew Shipp/Joe Morris: Night Logic (RogueArt)
70. Ricardo Gallo's Tierra de Nadie: The Great Fine Line (Clean Feed)
71. Rebecca Martin: When I Was Long Ago (Sunnyside)
72. Adam Schroeder: A Handful of Stars (Capri)
73. The Claudia Quintet + Gary Versace: Royal Toast (Cuneiform)
74. Dave Holland Octet: Pathways (Dare2): *
75. Aeroplane Trio: Naranja Ha (Drip Audio, CD+DVD)
76. Hilario Duran Trio: Motion (Alma)
77. Jason Moran: Ten (Blue Note)
78. Brandon Wright: Boiling Point (Posi-Tone)
79. Mike Reed's People, Places & Things: Stories and Negotiations (482 Music)
80. Tarbaby: The End of Fear (Posi-Tone)
81. Mary Halvorson Quintet: Saturn Sings (Firehouse 12): **
82. Bernardo Sassetti Trio: Motion (Clean Feed)
83. : (ECM)
84. Steve Turre: Delicious and Delightful (High Note)
85. Ralph Alessi: Cognitive Dissonance (CAM Jazz)
86. Rova & Nels Cline Singers: The Celestial Septet (New World)
87. Paal Nilssen-Love/Ken Vandermark: Chicago Volume (Smalltown Superjazz)
88. Ken Filiano & Quantum Entanglements: Dreams From a Clown Car (Clean Feed)
89. BLOB: Earphonious Swamphony (Innova)
90. : Ground Rush (Clean Feed)
91. Stephen Gauci/Kris Davis/Michael Bisio: Three (Clean Feed)
92. Trygve Seim/Andreas Utnem: Purcor (ECM)
93. Jin Hi Kim/Gerry Hemingway: Pulses (Auricle)
94. Peter Evans Quartet: Live in Lisbon (Clean Feed): *
95. : Abstract Realism (Origin)
96. Scott DuBois: Black Hawk Dance (Sunnyside)
97. The Convergence Quartet: Song/Dance (Clean Feed)
98. Stephan Crump/James Carney: Echo Run Pry (Clean Feed)
99. : Remembrance (ECM)
100. James Moody: 4B (IPO)
101. Ivo Perelman/Brian Willson: The Stream of Life (Leo)
102. Ziggurat Quartet: Calculated Gestures (Origin)
103. Erica Lindsay/Sumi Tonooka: Initiation (ARC)
104. Lean Left: The Ex Guitars Meet Nilssen-Love/Vandermark Duo, Volume 2 (Smalltown Superjazz)
105. Matt Herskowitz: Jerusalem Trilogy (Justin Time)
106. Hugo Antunes: Roll Call (Clean Feed)
107. The Ullmann/Swell 4: News? No News! (Jazzwerkstatt)
108. Paul Motian/Chris Potter/Jason Moran: Lost in a Dream (ECM)
109. Rich Halley Quartet: Live at the Penofin Jazz Festival (Pine Eagle)
110. Howard Wiley and the Angola Project: 12 Gates to the City (HNIC Music)
111. : 3 Nights in Oslo (Smalltown Superjazz, 5CD)
112. : Twines of Colesion (Clean Feed)
113. Evan Parker/Barry Guy/Paul Lytton + Peter Evans: Scenes in the House of Music (Clean Feed)
114. Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown: Varmint (Cuneiform -09)
115. Chris Dahlgren & Lexicon: Mystic Maze (Jazzwerkstatt)
116. Mike Mainieri: Crescent (NYC, 2CD)
117. Mose Allison: The Way of the World (Anti-)
118. Ben Goldberg: Go Home (BAG -09)
119. Jeff Healey: Last Call (Stony Plain)
120. Curtis Fuller: I Will Tell Her (Capri, 2CD)
121. Decoy & Joe McPhee: Oto (Bo Weavil)
122. : (Clean Feed)
123. Jason Stein's Locksmith Isidore: Three Kinds of Happiness (Not Two)
124. William Parker: At Somewhere There (Barnyard)
125. Andrew Lamb Trio: New Orleans Suite (Engine)
126. Gabriel Johnson: Fra_ctured (Electrofone)
127. Ben Goldberg Quartet: Baal: The Book of Angels, Vol. 15 (Tzadik): **
128. Kirk Knuffke: Amnesia Brown (Clean Feed)
129. Aida Severo: Aida Severo (Slam -09)
130. David Smith Quintet: Anticipation (Bju'ecords)
131. Roscoe Mitchell and the Note Factory: Far Side (ECM)
132. Grant Stewart: Around the Corner (Sharp Nine): **
133. Nels Cline: Dirty Baby (Cryptogramophone, 2CD)
134. Contact: Five on One (Pirouet)
135. Masada String Trio: Haborym: Book of Angels, Volume 16 (Tzadik): **
136. Drake: Thank Me Later (Universal Motown): **
137. Adam Rudolph/Ralph Jones: (Meta): **
138. Bobby Avey: A New Face (JayDell)
139. Soren Moller & Dick Oatts: The Clouds Above (Audial)
140. Tord Gustavsen Ensemble: Restored, Returned (ECM)
141. Charles Lloyd Quartet: Mirror (ECM): *
142. Abdullah Ibrahim & WDR Big Band Cologne: Bombella (Sunnyside)
143. : Improvised Pieces for Trio (Big Round)
144. Satoko Fujii Ma-Do: Desert Ship (Not Two)
145. The Dreamers: Ipos: The Book of Angels, Vol. 14 (Tzadik): **
146. David Weiss & Point of Departure: Snuck In (Sunnyside)
147. Ellen Rowe Quartet: Wishing Well (PKO)
148. : Soul to Soul (Discos Intolerancia)
149. Brian Drye: Bizingas (NCM East)
150. Trichotomy: Variations (Naim Jazz)
151. The Dominant 7/The Jazz Arts Messengers: Fourteen Channels (Tapestry)
152. Ehud Asherie: Modern Life (Posi-Tone)
153. : Pop-Pop (Deconet)
154. Kenny Burrell: Be Yourself (High Note)
155. John Skillman's Barb City Stompers: De Kalb Blues (Delmark)
156. Scenes [John Stowell/Jeff Johnson/John Bishop]: Rinnova (Origin)
157. Nils Petter Molvaer: Hamada (Thirsty Ear)
158. Giuseppi Logan: The Giuseppi Logan Quintet (Tompkins Square)
159. Karl Seglem: NORSKjazz.no (Ozella)
160. Brian Landrus: Foward (Cadence Jazz)
161. Billy Jenkins: I Am a Man From Lewisham (VOTP): **
162. Jerry Bergonzi: Three for All (Savant)
163. Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green: Apex (Pi)
164. Nadav Snir-Zelniker: Thinking Out Loud (OA2)
165. Mort Weiss: Raising the Bar (SMS Jazz)
166. Nilson Matta's Brazilian Voyage: Copacabana (Zoho)
167. John Fedchock NY Sextet: Live at the Red Sea Jazz Festival (Capri)
168. Frank Carlberg: Tivoli Trio (Red Piano)
169. Mirio Cosottini/Andrea Melani/Tonino Miano/Alessio Pisani: Cardinal (Grimedia Impressus -09)
170. Joe Gilman: Americanvas (Capri)
171. Barb Jungr: The Men I Love: The New American Songbook (Naim)
172. John Zorn: In Search of the Miraculous (Tzadik): **
173. Rafi Malkiel: Water (Tzadik)
174. Stefano Battaglia/Michele Rabbia: Pastorale (ECM)
175. Fight the Big Bull: All Is Gladness in the Kingdom (Clean Feed)
176. Afterfall: Afterfall (Clean Feed)
177. Dave Glasser: Evolution (Here Tiz)
178. Mike Fahie: Anima (Bju'ecords)
179. Doug Webb: Midnight (Posi-Tone)
180. Pete Robbins: Silent Z Live (Hate Laugh Music)
181. Correction: Two Nights in April (Ayler)
182. Satoko Fujii Orchestra Tokyo: Zakopane (Libra)
183. Pablo Aslan: Tango Grill (Zoho)
184. David S. Ware: Saturnian (Solo Saxophones, Volume 1) (AUM Fidelity)

B+(**)

185. Chicago Underground Duo: Boca Negra (Thrill Jockey)
186. Emilio Solla & the Tango Jazz Conspiracy: Bien Sur! (Fresh Sound World Jazz)
187. Corey Christiansen Quartet: Outlaw Tractor (Origin)
188. Michael Janisch: Purpose Built (Whirlwind)
189. Jason Robinson: The Two Faces of Janus (Cuneiform)
190. Jacob Duncan/John Goldsby/Jason Tiemann: The Innkeeper's Gun (Bass Lion Music)
191. Dave Mihaly's Shimmering Leaves Ensemble: Eastern Accents in the Far West (Porto Franco)
192. Oliver Lake Organ Quartet: Plan (Passin Thru): **
193. The Ray Anderson-Marty Ehrlich Quartet: Hear You Say: Live in Willisau (Intuition)
194. Portico Quartet: Isla (Real World)
195. Aram Shelton Quartet: These Times (Singlespeed Music)
196. William Hooker Trio: Yearn for Certainty (Engine)
197. Catherine Russell: Inside This Heart of Mine (World Village): **
198. Billy Jenkins: Born Again (VOTP): **
199. Frank Gratkowski/Hamid Drake: Frank Gratkowski/Hamid Drake (Valid)
200. Michael Formanek: The Rub and Spare Change (ECM)
201. Oles Brothers with Rob Brown: Live at SJC (Fenomedia -09)
202. William Parker Organ Quartet: Uncle Joe's Spirit House (Centering)
203. Matt Bauder: Day in Pictures (Clean Feed)
204. : Quiet Inlet (ECM)
205. Meg Okura and the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Orchestra: Naima (Meg Okura)
206. Jim Hall & Joey Baron: Conversations (ArtistShare)
207. Dave Bass Quartet: Gone (Dave Bass Music)
208. Marcos Amorim Trio: Portraits (Adventure Music)
209. Joe Hertenstein/Pascal Niggenkemper/Thomas Heberer: HNH (Clean Feed)
210. Tom Johnson: Rational Melodies (New World)
211. Eli Degibri: Israeli Song (Anzic)
212. Omar Hakim/Rachel Z: The Trio of OZ (OZmosis): *
213. Hadley Caliman & Pete Christlieb: Reunion (Origin)
214. Jamie Begian Big Band: Big Fat Grin (Innova)
215. John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension: To the One (Abstract Logix)
216. Jean-Marc Foltz/Matt Turner/Bill Carrothers: To the Moon (Ayler)
217. The Dave Liebman Group: Turnaround: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Jazzwerkstatt)
218. Oval: O (Thrill Jockey, 2CD): **
219. Gotan Project: Tango 3.0 (XL): **
220. Marty Ehrlich: Fables (Tzadik): **
221. Mike Mainieri/Marnix Busstra Quartet: Trinary Motion (NYC, 2CD)
222. Perry Robinson Trio: From A to Z (Jazzwerkstatt)
223. The Glenious Inner Planet: The Glenious Inner Planet (Blue Bamboo)
224. John Adams: I Am Love [A Film by Luca Guadagnino] (Nonesuch): **
225. Sarah Manning: Dandelion Clock (Posi-Tone)
226. Denny Zeitlin: Precipice (Sunnyside)
227. So Percussion/Matmos: Treasure State (Cantaloupe): **
228. Either/Orchestra: Mood Music for Time Travellers (Accurate)
229. Dave Holland/Pepe Habichuela: Hands (Dare2)
230. Torben Waldorff: American Rock Beauty (ArtistShare)
231. The Bad Plus: Never Stop (E1 Entertainment): **
232. Jaga Jazzist: One-Armed Bandit (Ninja Tune): **
233. Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet: Natural Selection (Sunnyside)
234. Wellstone Conspiracy: Motives (Origin)
235. Brad Mehldau: Highway Rider (Nonesuch)
236. Tide Tables [Paul Kikuchi/Alexander Vittum]: Lost Birdsongs (Prefecture -09)
237. Scott Hamilton/Alan Barnes: Hi-Ya (Woodville): **
238. Thomas Savy: French Suite (Plus Loin Music)
239. Dan Weiss Trio: Timshel (Sunnyside)
240. Louis Sclavis/Craig Taborn/Tom Rainey: Eldorado Trio (Clean Feed)
241. Marc Mommaas: Land (Sunnyside)
242. Rosario Giuliani: Lennie's Pennies (Dreyfus Jazz)
243. Mycale: Mycale: The Book of Angels, Volume 13 (Tzadik): **
244. Petra van Nuis & Andy Brown: Far Away Places (String Damper)
245. Sarah Wilson: Trapeze Project (Brass Logic)
246. Brad Goode: Tight Like This (Delmark)
247. Chie Imaizumi: A Time of New Beginnings (Capri)
248. Kihnoua: Unauthorized Caprices (Not Two)
249. Andrew Oliver Sextet: 82% Chance of Rain (OA2)
250. Ab Baars/Meinrad Kneer: Windfall (Evil Rabbit)
251. Goldbug: The Seven Dreams (1k)
252. Dr. John and the Lower 911: Tribal (429): **
253. Olivier Manchon: Orchestre de Chambre Miniature, Volume 1 (ObliqSound)
254. The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz and Percussion Ensemble: Miles Away (Stones Throw): **
255. Bill Carrothers: Joy Spring (Pirouet)
256. Odean Pope: Odean's List (In+Out)
257. Pat Metheny: Orchestrion (Nonesuch)
258. Ralph Towner/Paolo Fresu: Chiaroscuro (ECM)
259. Federico Britos: Voyage (Sunnyside)
260. Chris Colangelo: Elaine's Song (C Note)
261. Justin Janer: Following Signs (Janer Music)
262. Marc Ribot: Silent Movies (Pi)
263. Scott Colley: Empire (CAM Jazz)
264. Benny Sharoni: Eternal Elixir (Papaya)
265. John Zorn: The Goddess: Music for the Ancient of Days (Tzadik): **
266. Steve Davis Quintet: Live at Smalls (Smalls Live): **
267. Mulatu Astatke: Mulatu Steps Ahead (Strut): **
268. Hugo Carvalhais: Nebulosa (Clean Feed)
269. Empirical: Out 'n' In (Naim Jazz)
270. Adrian Iaies Trio: A Child's Smile (Sunnyside)
271. Jim Rotondi: 1000 Rainbows (Posi-Tone)
272. Luis Bonilla: Twilight (Planet Arts)
273. Empty Cage Quartet & Soletti Besnard: Take Care of Floating (Rude Awakening)
274. Randy Klein: Sunday Morning (Jazzheads)
275. Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden: Jasmine (ECM)
276. Billy Cobham Colin Towns HR-Bigband: Meeting of the Spirits: A Celebration of the Mahavishnu Orchestra (In+Out)
277. Johnny Griffin: Live at Ronnie Scott's (In+Out)
278. Jerry Leake: Cubist (Rhombus Publishing)
279. Hat: Local (Hatmusic)
280. Dr. Lonnie Smith: Spiral (Palmetto)
281. Orlando Le Fleming: From Brooklyn With Love (19/8)
282. Jay Clayton: In and Out of Love (Sunnyside)
283. Wolfgang Muthspiel & Mick Goodrick: Live at the Jazz Standard (Material)
284. : Alameda (Fresh Sound New Talent -09)
285. Terje Rypdal: Crime Scene (ECM)
286. Urs Leimgruber/Evan Parker: Twine (Clean Feed)
287. Jared Gold: Out of Line (Posi-Tone)
288. Newman Taylor Baker Singin' Drums: Drum Suite Life (Innova)
289. Hamilton de Holanda Quintet: Brasilianos 2 (Adventure Music, CD+DVD)
290. : Snus (Ayler)
291. Out to Lunch: Melvin's Rockpile (Accurate)
292. Matthew Shipp: 4D (Thirsty Ear): *
293. Owen Howard: Drum Lore (Bju'ecords)
294. Amir ElSaffar/Hafez Modirzadeh: Radif/Suite (Pi)
295. Ergo: Multitude, Solitude (Cuneiform -09)
296. Roberto Cipelli/Paolo Fresu/Philippe Garcia/Gianmaria Testa/Attilio Zanchi: (Justin Time)
297. Retta Christie: With David Evans & Dave Frishberg, Volume 2 (Retta)
298. : Last Seen Headed: Live at Sons D'Hiver (Ayler)
299. : Woodcuts (Smalltown Superjazz)
300. Ryan Cohan: Another Look ()
301. Tierra Negra & Muriel Anderson: New World Flamenco (Tiera Negra)
302. Peter Bernstein Quartet: Live at Smalls (Smalls Live): **
303. Eric Felten: Seize the Night (Melotone)
304. Judith Berkson: Oylam (ECM)
305. Jim Lewis/Andrew Downing/Jean Martin: On a Short Path From Memory to Forgotten (Barnyard)
306. Gerry Gibbs and the Electric Thrasher Orchestra: Play the Music of Miles Davis 1967-1975 (Whaling City Sound, 2CD)
307. Domenic Landolf: New Brighton (Pirouet)
308. Avishai Cohen: Aurora (Blue Note)
309. Paul Meyers Quartet: Featuring Frank Wess (Miles High)
310. The Holmes Brothers: Feed My Soul (Alligator): **
311. Keefe Jackson Quartet: Seeing You See (Clean Feed)
312. Salvatore Bonafede Trio: Sicilian Opening (Jazz Eyes)
313. Rich Corpolongo Trio: Get Happy (Delmark)
314. : Trigonometry (Posi-Tone)
315. Sheryl Bailey: A New Promise (MCG Jazz)
316. John Blake Jr.: Motherless Child (ARC)
317. Jim Guttmann: Bessarabian Breakdown (Kleztone)
318. Alper Yilmaz: Over the Clouds (Kayique)
319. Liam Sillery: Phenomenology (OA2)
320. Orrin Evans: Faith in Action (Posi-Tone)
321. Jean-Michel Pilc: True Story (Dreyfus)
322. Thomson Kneeland: Mazurka for a Modern Man (Weltschmerz)
323. Samuel Torres: (BLC)
324. Tia Fuller: Decisive Steps (Mack Avenue)
325. Chris Greene Quartet: Merge (Single Malt)
326. NoMoreShapes: Creesus Crisis (Drip Audio)
327. Lawnmower: West (Clean Feed)
328. Tobias Gebb & Unit 7: Free at Last (Yummy House)
329. Dan Pratt Organ Quartet: Toe the Line (Posi-Tone)
330. Reed's Bass Drum: Which Is Which (Reed's Bass Drum)
331. Paul Carr: Straight Ahead Soul (Paul Carr Jazz)
332. Damian Erskine: So To Speak (DE)
333. The Bickel/Marks Group: With Dave Liebman (Zoho)
334. Eric Reed & Cyrus Chestnut: Plenty Swing, Plenty Soul (Savant)
335. Elliott Sharp: Octal Book Two (Clean Feed)
336. Carolyn Leonhart: Tides of Yesterday (Savant)
337. Hilary Kole: You Are There (Justin Time)
338. Ralph Lalama Quartet: The Audience (Mighty Quinn)
339. The Trio [Peter Erskine/Chuck Berghofer/Terry Trotter]: Live @ Charlie O's (Fuzzy Music)
340. Polar Bear: Peepers (Leaf Label)
341. Ran Blake/Sara Serpa: Camera Obscura (Inner Circle Music)
342. John Pizzarelli: Rockin' in Rhythm: A Tribute to Duke Ellington (Telarc): **
343. Steve Tibbetts: Natural Causes (ECM)
344. : Spiritual Lover (Clean Feed)
345. Bruce Williamson Quartet: Standard Transmission (Origin)
346. Bona: The Ten Shades of Blues (Decca)
347. Vincent Herring & Earth Jazz: Morning Star (Challenge)
348. Norma Winstone: Stories Yet to Tell (ECM)
349. Beat Kaestli: Invitation (Chesky)
350. Sei Miguel: Esfingico (Clean Feed)
351. Greg Reitan: Antibes (Sunnsyide)
352. Melanie Mitrano: All Things Gold (Big Round)

B+(*)

353. Prana Trio: The Singing Image of Fire (Circavision)
354. Free Unfold Trio: Ballades (Ayler)
355. Norrbotten Big Band: The Avatar Sessions: The Music of Tim Hagans (Fuzzy Music)
356. Hal Galper: E Pluribus Unum: Live in Seattle (Origin)
357. David Bixler & Arturo O'Farrill: The Auction Project (Zoho)
358. Dave Nelson & the 32nd Street Quintet: 32nd Street (Independently Released)
359. Kris Davis/Ingrid Laubrock/Tyshawn Sorey: Paradoxical Frog (Clean Feed)
360. Daniel Levin Quartet: Bacalhau (Clean Feed)
361. Terry Riley: Autodreamological Tales (Tzadik): **
362. John Escreet: Don't Fight the Inevitable (Mythology)
363. Ken Thomson and Slow/Fast: It Would Be Easier If (Intuition)
364. Achim Kaufmann/Robert Lanferman/Christian Lillinger: (Clean Feed)
365. Florian Ross: Mechanism (Pirouet)
366. Evan Christopher: The Remembering Song (Arbors): **
367. Tomas Janzon: Experiences (Changes Music)
368. [various]: I Never Meta Guitar: Guitarists for the 21st Century (Clean Feed)
369. Jeff Antoniuk and the Jazz Update: Brotherhood (JAJU)
370. Makoto Ozone: Jungle (Verve): *
371. Steve Raegele: Last Century (Songlines)
372. Theo Bleckmann: I Dwell in Possibility (Winter & Winter)
373. Ralph Bowen: Due Reverence (Posi-Tone)
374. : Returning (Greydisc)
375. Tom Rainey Trio: Pool School (Clean Feed)
376. Ches Smith & These Arches: Finally Out of My Hands (Skirl)
377. Sam Newsome: Blue Soliloquy (Sam Newsome)
378. John Lee Hooker, Jr.: Live in Istanbul Turkey (Steppin' Stone)
379. Alan Ferber: Music for Nonet and Strings/Chamber Songs (Sunnyside)
380. The Wynton Marsalis Quintet & Richard Galliano: From Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf: Live in Marciac (Rampart Street Music): **
381. Madlib: Madlib Medicine Show #7: High Jazz (Madlib Invazion): **
382. Gwilym Simcock: Blues Vignette (Basho, 2CD)
383. Stevens, Siegel & Ferguson Trio: Six (Konnex)
384. Rebecca Coupe Franks: Check the Box (RCF)
385. Kali Z. Fasteau: Animal Grace (Flying Note)
386. Paquito D'Rivera: Panamericana Suite (MCG Jazz)
387. John Zorn/Fred Frith: Late Works (Tzadik): **
388. Robert Wyatt/Gilad Atzmon/Ros Stephen: For the Ghosts Within (Domino)
389. Neel Nurgai Ensemble: Neel Nurgai Ensemble (Innova)
390. Jon Gold: Brazil Confidential (Zoho)
391. Jerome Sabbagh/Ben Monder/Daniel Humair: I Will Follow You (Bee Jazz)
392. Jacky Terrasson: Push (Concord)
393. Jessica Williams: Touch (Origin)
394. Matt Slocum: Portraits (Chandra)
395. Jacob Melchior: It's About Time (Jacob Melchior)
396. Jack Rose: Luck in the Valley (Thrill Jockey): **
397. Ken Fowser & Behn Gillece: Little Echo (Posi-Tone)
398. Bill Cunliffe/Holly Hofmann: Three's Company (Capri)
399. The Inhabitants: A Vacant Lot (Drip Audio)
400. Carrie Wicks: I'll Get Around to It (OA2)
401. Mike Pride's From Bacteria to Boys: Betweenwhile (AUM Fidelity)
402. Mercury Falls: Quadrangle (Porto Franco)
403. : Three for the Ages (Capri)
404. Tony Malaby's Tamarindo: Live (Clean Feed)
405. Tineke Postma: The Traveller (Etcetera Now)
406. Gail Pettis: Here in the Moment (OA2)
407. : Dans les Arbres (ECM)
408. Rufus Reid: Out Front (Motema)
409. Eri Yamamoto Trio: In Each Day, Something Good (AUM Fidelity)
410. Mike LeDonne: The Groover (Savant)
411. Wallace Roney: If Only for One Night (High Note)
412. : Enesco Re-Imagined (Sunnyside)
413. Jan Garbarek/The Hilliard Ensemble: Officium Novum (ECM New Series)
414. Gamelan Madu Sari: Hive (Songlines)
415. Dave King: Indelicate (Sunnyside)
416. Sherman Irby Quartet: Live at the Otto Club (Black Warrior)
417. Geri Allen: Flying Toward the Sound (): **
418. John Ellis & Double-Wide: Puppet Mischief (ObliqSound)
419. Eric Boeren 4tet: Song for Tracy the Turtle: Live at Jazz Brugge 2004 (Clean Feed)
420. Hadley Caliman: Straight Ahead (Origin)
421. Hiroe Sekine: (Sekai Music)
422. The Britton Brothers Band: Uncertain Living (Record Craft)
423. Mitch Marcus Quintet: Countdown 2 Meltdown (Porto Franco)
424. Ken Peplowski: Noir Blue (Capri)
425. Daniel Smith: Blue Bassoon (Summit)
426. Garaj Mahal & Fareed Haque: Discovery (Moog Music)
427. Drakkar Sauna: 20009 (Marriage -09): **
428. Roberto Fonseca: Akokan (Enja/Justin Time)
429. VW Brothers [Paul van Wageningen/Marc van Wageningen]: Muziek (Patois)
430. Myron Walden: Countryfied (Demi Sound)
431. Kneebody: You Can Have Your Moment (Winter & Winter)
432. Aaron Goldberg: Home (Sunnyside)
433. Sofia Rei Koutsovitis: Sube Azul (World Village/Harmonia Mundi)
434. Steven Schoenberg: Live: An Improvisational Journey (Quabbin)
435. Kalle Kalima & K-18: Some Kubricks of Blood (Tum)
436. Lee Konitz/Chris Cheek/Stephane Furic Leibovici: Jugendstil II (ESP-Disk): **
437. Carmen Souza: Protegid (Galileo Music)
438. TGB: Evil Things (Clean Feed)
439. Mikrokolektyw: Revisit (Delmark)
440. Jorrit Dijkstra: Pillow Circles (Clean Feed)
441. Paul Dunmall/Chris Corsano: Identical Sunsets (ESP-Disk): **
442. Richard Sussman Quintet: Live at Sweet Rhythm (Origin)
443. Tom Harrell: Roman Nights (High Note)
444. Organissimo: Alive & Kickin' (Big O)
445. The Ian Carey Quintet: Contextualizin' (Kabocha)
446. Gato Libre: Shiro (Libra)
447. Steve Davis: Images (Posi-Tone)
448. Carlos Barretto Lokomotiv: Labirintos (Clean Feed)
449. Avery Sharpe Trio: Live (JKNM)
450. Marco Benevento: Between the Needles and Nightfall (Royal Potato Family)
451. : Un Jour Si Blanc (ECM)
452. Cochemea Gastelum: The Electric Sound of Johnny Arrow (Mowo!)
453. Regina Carter: Reverse Thread (E1 Entertainment): **
454. Helen Sung: Going Express (Sunnyside)
455. Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth: Deluxe (Clean Feed)
456. Stanton Moore: Groove Alchemy (Telarc): **
457. : Third Round (ECM)
458. Dither: Dither (Henceforth)
459. Richie Beirach/Dave Liebman: Quest for Freedom (Sunnyside)
460. Debbie Poryes Quartet: Catch Your Breath (OA2)
461. Peggo: In Love (Big Round)
462. Myron Walden/In This World: What We Share (Demi Sound): *
463. Dee Dee Bridgewater: Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee Bridgewater (Emarcy): **
464. John Zorn: (Tzadik): **
465. Ricardo Silveira: (Adventure Music)
466. Geof Bradfield: African Flowers (Origin)
467. Ran Blake/Christine Correa: Out of the Shadows (Red Piano)
468. Taylor Ho Bynum/Tomas Fujiwara: Stepwise (Not Two): **
469. Jason Robinson: Cerberus Reigning (Accretions)
470. Mike Marshall/Caterina Lichtenberg: Caterina Lichtenberg and Mike Marshall (Adventure Music)
471. : Lero-Lero (Cumbancha)
472. Gregory Porter: Water (Motema)
473. Sean Bergin's New Mob: Chicken Feet: Live at the Bimhuis (Pingo)
474. Sam Weiser: Sam I Am (Disappear): *

B

475. Aaron Immanuel Wright: Eleven Daughters (Origin)
476. Bob Sneider & Paul Hofmann: Serve and Volley (Origin)
477. Joe Chambers: Horace to Max (Savant)
478. Jeremy Pelt: Men of Honor (High Note)
479. Doug Beavers 9: Two Shades of Nude (Origin)
480. Nikki Yanofsky: Nikki (Decca)
481. Nathan Eklund Group: Coin Flip (OA2)
482. Houston Person: Moment to Moment (High Note)
483. Cynthia Felton: Come Sunday: The Music of Duke Ellington (Felton Entertainment)
484. Eric Hofbauer: American Fear! (Creative Nation Music): **
485. Taylor Haskins: American Dream (Sunnyside)
486. Jason Robinson and Anthony Davis: Cerulean Landscapes (Clean Feed)
487. Rod Stewart: Fly Me to the Moon: The Great American Songbook, Volume V (J): **
488. Greg Ward's Fitted Shards: South Side Story (19-8)
489. Johnny Butler: Solo (Johnny Butler Jazz)
490. Lauren Hooker: Life of the Music (Miles High)
491. Cassandra Wilson: Silver Pony (Blue Note): **
492. Tim Warfield: A Sentimental Journey (Criss Cross): **
493. Mary Stallings: Dream (High Note)
494. Steve Coleman and Five Elements: Harvesting Semblances and Affinities (Pi)
495. Sierra Maestra: Sonando Ya (World Village)
496. Absolute Ensemble: Absolute Zawinul (Sunnyside)
497. Bo van de Graaf: Sold Out: 25 Soundtracks (Icdisc)
498. Herbie Hancock: The Imagine Project (Hancock): **
499. Mark Weinstein: Timbasa (Jazzheads)
500. Conrad Herwig: The Latin Side of Herbie Hancock (Half Note)
501. Myron Walden/In This World: To Feel (Demi Sound): *
502. George Brooks Summit: Spirit and Spice (Earth Brother Music)
503. Prester John: Desire for a Straight Line (Innova)
504. Joe Morris/Nate Wooley: Tooth and Nail (Clean Feed)
505. Mark O'Connor: Jam Session (OMAC)
506. The Wee Trio: Capitol Diner Vol. 2 Animal Style (Bionic)
507. Ratko Zjaca/John Patitucci/Steve Gadd/Stanislav Mitrovic/Randy Brecker: Continental Talk (In+Out)
508. Tim Moltzer + Markus Reuter: Descending (1k)
509. Phil Woods with the DePaul University Jazz Ensemble: Solitude (Jazzed Media)
510. Nelda Swiggett: This Time (OA2)
511. The Waitiki 7: New Sounds of Exotica (Pass Out)
512. Bill Charlap/Renee Rosnes: Double Portrait (Blue Note): **
513. Dan Dean: 251 (Origin)
514. Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica: Presents . . . The Unforgettable Sounds of Esquivel (Tiki)
515. Eric Vloeimans' Gatecrash: Heavensabove! (Challenge Jazz)
516. Speak: Speak (Origin)
517. The Wayne Brasel Quartet: If You Would Dance (Brajazz)
518. Ben Monder/Bill McHenry: Bloom (Sunnyside)
519. Little Women: Throat (AUM Fidelity)
520. Yusef Lateef/Adam Rudolph: Towards the Unknown (Meta): **
521. Matt Garrison: Familiar Places (D Clef)
522. The Element Choir: At Rosedale United (Barnyard)
523. Greg Burk and Vicente Lebron: Unduality (Accurate)
524. Open Graves [Paul Kikuchi/Jesse Olsen]: Hollow Lake (Prefecture -09)
525. Greg Lewis: Organ Monk (Greg Lewis)
526. The Pizzarelli Boys: Desert Island Dreamers (Arbors): **
527. Dave Anderson Quartet: Clarity (Pony Boy)
528. Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra: Mezzanine (Owl Studios)
529. Michael Zilber: The Billy Collins Project: Eleven on Turning Ten (OA2)
530. Peppe Merolla: Stick With Me (PJ Productions)
531. Bobby McFerrin: Vocabularies (Emarcy)
532. Alex Brown: Pianist (Sunnyside)
533. Denise Donatelli: When Lights Are Low (Savant)
534. Christian Scott: Yesterday You Said Tomorrow (Concord): **
535. Carl Fischer & Organic Groove Ensemble: Adverse Times (Fischmusic)
536. Ivo Perelman/Rosie Hertlein/Dominic Duval: Near to the Wild Heart (Not Two)
537. Sunny Jain: Taboo (Bju'ecords)
538. John Burnett Orchestra/Buddy De Franco: Down for Double (Delmark)
539. Pharez Whitted: Transient Journey (Owl Studios)
540. Margret: Com Voce (Sunnyside)
541. Dave Sharp's Secret Seven: 7 (Vortex Jazz)

B-

542. Big Crazy Energy New York Band: Inspirations, Vol. 1 (Rosa)
543. Frank Glover: Abacus (Owl Studios)
544. : Fabula Suite Lugano (ECM)
545. Roberto Occhipinti: A Bend in the River (Alma)
546. Sarah Partridge: Perspective (Peartree)
547. Esperanza Spalding: Chamber Music Society (Heads Up)
548. Garaj Mahal: More Mr. Nice Guy (Owl Studios)
549. : Being With (Leo)
550. Fond of Tigers: Continent & Western (Drip Audio)
551. Kat Parra: Dos Amantes (JazzMa)
552. Stanley Clarke: The Stanley Clarke Band (Heads Up)
553. Maxfield Gast: Eat Your Beats (Militia Hill)
554. Metropole Orkest/John Scofield/Vince Mendoza: 54 (Emarcy)
555. Joe Locke: For the Love of You (Koch): **
556. Dino Saluzzi: El Encuentro (ECM)
557. Guillermo Klein: Domador de Huellas: Music of "Chuchi" Leguizamon (Sunnyside)
558. Joey DeFrancesco: Never Can Say Goodbye: The Music of Michael Jackson (High Note)
559. Saltman Knowles: Yesterday's Man (Pacific Coast Jazz)
560. Kenny Werner: No Beginning No End (Half Note)

C+

561. Puttin' On the Ritz: White Light/White Heat (Hot Cup): *
562. Brian Wilson: Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin (Walt Disney): **
563. EEA [Peter Epstein/Larry Engstrom/David Ake]: The Dark (Origin)
564. Maria Neckam: Deeper (Sunnyside)
565. Trombone Shorty: Backatown (Verve Forecast): **
566. Jamie Ousley: Back Home (Tie)
567. Mark Egan: Truth Be Told (Wavetone)

C

568. Jamie Cullum: The Pursuit (Verve): *

U

569. Dan Adler/Joey DeFrancesco/Byron Landham: Back to the Bridge (Emdan Music)
570. Antonio Adolfo/Carol Saboya: (AAM)
571. Afrocubism: Afrocubism (World Circuit/Nonesuch)
572. Vijay Anderson: Hardboiled Wonder Land (Not Two)
573. E.J. Antonio: Rituals in the Marrow: Recipe for a Jam Session (Blue Zygo)
574. Laurie Antonioli: American Dreams (Intrinsic Music)
575. Charlie Apicella & Iron City: Sparks (Carlo Music)
576. Artswest: The Vocal Jazz Collective: Redefintiion (OA2)
577. Ehud Asherie: Organic (Posi-Tone)
578. Ab Baars: Time to Do My Lions (Wig)
579. Chase Baird: Crosscurrent (Jazz Hang)
580. The Lynn Baker Quartet: Azure Intention (OA2)
581. Cheryl Bentyne: The Gershwin Songbook (ArtistShare)
582. Bernal Eckroth Ennis: La Voz de Tres (Jota Sete)
583. Tyler Blanton: Botanic (Ottimo)
584. Dan Block: Plays the Music of Duke Ellington: From His World to Mine (Miles High)
585. Blue Cranes: Observatories (Blue Cranes)
586. Anthony Branker & Ascent: Dance Music (Origin)
587. : Here. There . . . (Pulsa Music)
588. Amy Briggs: Tangos for Piano (Ravello)
589. Henry Brun and the Latin Playerz: 20th Anniversary (Rockport)
590. Roger Cairns and Gary Fukushima: The Dream of Olwen (AHP)
591. Steve Cardenas: West of Middle (Sunnyside)
592. Chaise Lounge: Symphony Lounge (Big Round)
593. Mina Cho: Originality (Blink Music)
594. Fay Claassen: Sing! (Challenge)
595. Clayton Brothers: The New Song and Dance (ArtistShare)
596. Richard Cole: Inner Mission (Origin)
597. Steve Colson: The Untarnished Dream (Silver Sphinx)
598. David Cook: Pathway (Bju'ecords)
599. Patrick Cornelius: Fierce (Whirlwind)
600. George Cotsirilos Trio: Past Present (OA2)
601. Patty Cronheim: Days Like These (Say So)
602. Tom Culver: I Remember You: Tom Culver Sings Johnny Mercer (Rhombus)
603. Dadi: Bem Aqui (Sunnyside)
604. Henry Darragh: Tell Her for Me (Henry Darragh)
605. David's Angels: Substar (Kopasetic)
606. Roger Davidson Quintet: Brazilian Love Song (Soundbrush)
607. Jenny Davis: Inside You (Jenny Davis)
608. Colin Dean: Shiwasu (Roots and Grooves)
609. Joey DeFrancesco/Robi Botos/Vito Rezza/Phil Dwyer: One Take: Volume Four (Alma)
610. Chris Donnelly: Solo (ALMA)
611. Peggy Duquesnel: Summertime Lullaby (Joyspring Music)
612. The Dymaxion Quartet: Sympathetic Vibrations (Dymaxion Quartet): *
613. Yelena Eckemoff: Cold Sun (Yelena Music)
614. Erika: Obsession (Erika)
615. Kellylee Evans: Nina (Plus Loin Music)
616. Exploding Star Orchestra: Stars Have Shapes (Delmark)
617. Andy Farber and His Orchestra: This Could Be the Start of Something Big (Black Warrior)
618. Fernandez & Wright: Unsung (New Market Music)
619. Anna Figarova: Sketches (Munich)
620. Four: On a Warm Summer's Evenin' (Jazz Hang)
621. Billy Fox's Blackbirds & Bullets: Dulces (Clean Feed)
622. Dave Frank: Portrait of New York (Jazzheads)
623. Free Fall: Gray Scale (Smalltown Superjazz)
624. Dan Gailey Jazz Orchestra: What Did You Dream? (OA2)
625. Roy Gaines and His Orchestra: Tuxedo Blues (Black Gold)
626. Maxfield Gast Trio: Side by Side (Militia Hill)
627. Eddie Gomez/Cesarius Alvim: Forever (Plus Loin Music)
628. The Lou Grassi Po Band with Marshall Allen: Live at the Knitting Factory Volume 1 (Porter)
629. Gord Grdina Trio with Mats Gustafsson: Barrel Fire (Drip Audio)
630. Randy Halberstadt: Flash Point (Origin)
631. Susie Hansen: Representante de la Salsa (Jazz Caliente)
632. Laura Harrison: Now . . . . Here (59 Steps)
633. Pablo Held: Music (Pirouet)
634. Benjamin Herman: Hypo Christmas Treefuzz [Special Edition] (Dox, 2CD)
635. Ben Holmes Trio: Ben Holmes Trio (self-released -09)
636. John L. Holmes y Los Amigos: The Holmes Stretch (John L Holmes)
637. Bobby Jackson: (Jazzman)
638. Whitney James: The Nature of Love (Stir Stick Music)
639. Jaruzelski's Dream: Jazz Gawronski (Clean Feed)
640. : Fuerza Milongnera (Soundbrush)
641. Jazz Folk: Jazz in the Stone Age (1 Hr Music)
642. Norman Johnson: If Time Stood Still (Pacific Coast Jazz)
643. Matt Jorgensen: Tatooed by Passion: Music Inspired by the Paintings of Dale Chisman (Origin)
644. Darrell Katz/Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra: A Wallflower in the Amazon (Accurate)
645. Klezwoods: Oy Yeah! (Accurate)
646. The Kora Band: Cascades (Origin)
647. Boris Kozlov: Double Standard (Borisbass)
648. Annie Kozuch: Here With You (Annie Kozuch)
649. Kristy: My Romance (Alma)
650. Dana Lauren: It's You or No One (Dana Lauren Music)
651. Anne LeBaron: 1, 2, 4, 3 (Innova, 2CD)
652. Gordon Lee: This Path (OA2)
653. Pete Levin: Jump! (Pete Levin Music)
654. Dave Liebman Big Band: As Always (MAMA)
655. The David Liebman Trio: (Challenge)
656. Elisabeth Lohninger: Songs of Love and Destruction (Lofish Music)
657. Earl MacDonald: Re: Visions (Death Defying)
658. Bob Mamet Trio: Impromptu (Counterpoint)
659. Ethan Mann/Chip Crawford/Greg Bandy: It's All About a Groove (Petunia)
660. Karen Marguth: Karen Marguth (Wayfae Music -09)
661. Marhaug: All Music at Once (Smalltown Superjazz)
662. Eugene Marlow's Heritage Ensemble: Celebrations (MEII Enterprises)
663. Thomas Marriott: Constraints & Liberations (Origin)
664. Mason Brothers: Two Sides One Story (Archival)
665. Chris Massey's "Nue Jazz Project": Vibrainium (Chris Massey Music)
666. Lisa Maxwell: Return to Jazz Standards (CDBaby)
667. Chad McCullough/Michal Vanoucek: The Sky Cries (Origin)
668. Barton McLean: Soundworlds (Innova)
669. Terrence McManus: Brooklyn EP (self-released)
670. : I'll See You in Cuba (Zoho)
671. Stephen Micus: Bold as Light (ECM)
672. Antoinette Montague: Behind the Smile (In the Groove)
673. Negroni's Trio: Just Three (Mojito)
674. Jovino Santos Neto: Veja O Som/See the Sound (Adventure Music, 2CD)
675. Margaret Noble: Frakture (Amnesty International)
676. Vince Norman/Joe McCarthy Big Band: Bright Future (OA2)
677. Hubert Nuss: The Book of Colours (Pirouet)
678. Bill O'Connell: Rhapsody in Blue (Challenge)
679. Mike Olson: Incidental (Henceforth)
680. Lutalo "Sweet Lu" Olutosin: Tribute to Greatness (Sweet Lu Music)
681. Harold O'Neal: Whirling Mantis (Smalls)
682. Markku Ounaskari/Samuli Mikkonen: (ECM)
683. : 12 Preludes & Fugues (Tapestry)
684. The Pickpocket Ensemble: Memory (Pickpocket Ensemble)
685. Chico Pinheiro: There's a Storm Inside (Sunnyside)
686. Leslie Pintchik: We're Here to Listen (Pintch Hard)
687. Leslie Pintchik Quartet: Live in Concert (Pintch Hard, DVD+CD)
688. Suzanne Pittson: Out of the Hub: The Music of Freddie Hubbard (Vineland)
689. Tobias Preisig: Flowing Mood (ObliqSound): *
690. Gene Pritsker: Varieties of Religious Experience Suite (Innova)
691. Project Trio: Project Trio (Project Trio)
692. The Reese Project: Eastern Standard Time (In the Groove)
693. Tom Rizzo: Imaginary Numbers (Origin)
694. Aldo Romano: Origine (Dreyfus Jazz)
695. Mario Romano Quartet: Valentina (Alma)
696. RG Royal Sound Orchestra: Impact (RG)
697. Alison Ruble: Ashland (Origin)
698. Salo: Sundial Lotus (Innova)
699. Antonio Sanchez: Live in New York at Jazz Standard (CAM Jazz, 2CD)
700. Phil Sargent: A New Day (Sargent Jazz)
701. Scanner with the Post Modern Jazz Quartet: BLink of an Eye (Thirsty Ear): *
702. Dolores Scozzesi: A Special Taste (Rhombus)
703. Scurvy: Fracture (Johnny Butler Jazz): *
704. Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra: Jimmy Heath: The Endless Search (Origin)
705. : (World Village)
706. Serafin: Love's Worst Crime (Serafin)
707. Marcus Shelby Orchestra: Soul of the Movement (Porto Franco)
708. Suresh Singaratnam: Lost in New York (Suresong Music)
709. Jeremy Siskind: Simple Songs: For When the World Seems Strange (Bju'ecords)
710. Harrison Smith Quartet: Telling Tales (33 Records)
711. Joan Soriano: El Duque de la Bachata (IASO, CD+DVD)
712. Soulive: Rubber Soulive (Royal Family)
713. Nick Stefanacci Band: 26 Years (NS)
714. John Stein/Ron Gill: Turn Up the Quiet (Whaling City Sound)
715. Colin Stranahan: Life Condition (Tapestry/Capri)
716. Subtle Lip Can: Subtle Lip Can (Drip Audio)
717. Milton Suggs: Things to Come (Skiptone Music)
718. Jacqui Sutton: Dolly & Billie (Toy Blue Typewriter)
719. Will Swindler's Elevenet: Universe B (OA2)
720. Taeko: Voice (Flat Nine)
721. Benjamin Taubkin: Piano Masters Series Vol. 1 (Adventure Music)
722. Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley: Ailanthus/Altissima: Bilateral Dimenions of 2 Root Songs (Triple Point, 2LP)
723. Dan Tepfer Trio: Five Pedals Deep (Sunnyside)
724. Toots Thielemans: European Quartet Live (Challenge)
725. Times 4: Eclipse (Groove Tonic Media)
726. Gabriele Tranchina: A Song of Love's Color (Jazzheads)
727. Chandler Travis: Philharmonic Blows! (Sonic Trout)
728. Tribecastan: 5 Star Cave (Evergreene Music)
729. Paul Tynan & Aaron Lington: Bicoastal Collective: Chapter Two (OA2)
730. The United States Air Force Band Airmen of Note: The Jazz Heritage Series 2010 Radio Broadcasts (United States Air Force Band, 3CD)
731. The Vinson Valega Group: Biophilia (Consilience Productions)
732. Roland Vazquez Band: The Visitor (RVD)
733. Ray Vega & Thomas Marriott: East-West Trumpet Summit (Origin)
734. Vlada: All About You (Glad Vlad)
735. Chris Washburne and the SYOTOS Band: Fields of Moons (Jazzheads)
736. Christian Weidner: The Inward Song (Pirouet)
737. Lenny White: Anomaly (Abstract Logix)
738. Max Wild: Tamba (ObliqSound)
739. Curtis Woodbury: Curtis Woodbury (Jazz Hang)
740. Yeahwon: Yeahwon (ArtistShare)
741. Joel Yennior Trio: Big City Circus (Brass Wheel)
742. Zed Trio: Lost Transitions (Ayler)

Legend: * indicates that review was based on a really crappy promo copy which bears little if any resemblance to the real product (unless the real product is really, really crappy); ** indicates that the review was based on downloading or streaming the music, and trying to figure out background info by poking around the web. These ratings should be taken with an extra grain of salt.

Reissues, Compilations, Vault Music

My selection here was remarkably thin, less than one-third as many records as in 2009.

A

A-

1. Commitment: The Complete Recordings 1981/1983 (1980-83, No Business, 2CD)
2. Sounds of Liberation: Sounds of Liberation (1972, Porter)
3. Eero Koivistoinen & Co.: 3rd Version (1973, Porter)
4. Art Pepper: Unreleased Art, Vol. V: Stuttgart May 25, 1981 (Widow's Taste): [n]

B+(***)

5. Catalyst: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 (1972, Porter): **
6. Arild Andersen: Green in Blue: Early Quartets (1975-78, ECM, 3CD)
7. Archie Shepp: The New York Contemporary Five (1963, Delmark)
8. Lena Horne: Lena Horne Sings: The M-G-M Singles (1946-48, Verve/Hip-O Select)

B+(**)

9. Scott Fields Ensemble: Fugu (1995, Clean Feed)
10. Gabor Szabo: Jazz Raga (1967, Light in the Attic)
11. John Vanore & Abstract Truth: Curiosity (1991, Acoustical Concepts)

B+(*)

12. Larry Coryell: Prime Picks: The Virtuoso Guitar of Larry Coryell (1998-2003, High Note)
13. Phil Wilson/Makoto Ozone: Live!! At the Berklee Performance Center (1982, Capri)
14. Pete Lockett's Network of Sparks: One (1999, Summerfold)
15. Chick Corea: Solo Piano: Improvisations/Children's Songs (1971-83, ECM, 3CD)

B

16. Catalyst: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 2 (1974-75, Porter): **
17. [various]: Cedar Chest: The Cedar Walton Songbook [The Composer Collection Volume 6] (High Note)
18. The Modern Jazz Quartet: Under the Jasmin Tree/Space (1967-69, Capitol): **

B-

19. Francis Albert Sinatra/Antonio Carlos Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings (1967, Concord): **
20. [various]: Music of the Sphere: Thelonious Monk Songbook [The Composer Collection Volume 5] (High Note)

U

21. Dave Brubeck: Legacy of a Legend (1955-70, Columbia/Legacy, 2CD)
22. Miles Davis: Bitches Brew: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition (1969-70, Columbia/Legacy, 3CD+DVD): *
23. Lena Horne: The Essential Lena Horne (1941-75, Masterworks/Legacy, 2CD)
24. Mike Marshall: An Adventure 1999-2009 (1999-2009, Adventure Music)
25. Steve Tibbetts: Compilation: Acoustibbetts/Elektrobitts/Exotibbetts (Steve Tibbets, 3CD)
26. [various]: Art-i-facts: Great Performances From 40 Years of Jazz at NEC (1973-2008, New England Conservatory)
27. [various]: The NYFA Collection: 25 Years of New York New Music (Innova, 5CD)
28. [various]: Tribute to JJ Cale, Volume 1: The Vocal Sessions (Zoho)

Legend: As above, plus [n] indicates old music that as far as I can tell is all previously unreleased. The Village Voice Jazz Poll considers such records to be new.