JJA Top Tens of 2007 (original) (raw)
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---+ Alain Drouot DownBeat, Cadence, Jazz Colo(u)rs, WNUR-FM
---++ 2007's Top Recordings
---+++ New Releases
- Gebhard Ullmann: Basement Research/Live in M�nster (NotTwo)
- Uri Caine: Plays Mozart (Winter & Winter)
- Steve Swell: Swimming in a Galaxy of Goodwill and Sorrow (Rogue Art)
- Gato Libre: Nomad (No Man's Land)
- Samo Salamon: Government Cheese (Fresh Sound New Talent)
- Curtis Hasselbring: The New Mellow Edwards (Skirl)
- Human Feel: Galore (Skirl)
- Ulrich Gumpert: Quartette (Intakt)
- Ir�ne Schweizer/Fred Anderson/Hamid Drake: Live Taktlos & Willisau (Intakt)
- Mostly Other People Do The Killing: Shamokin!!! (Hot Cup Records)
---+++ Reissues/Historical Recordings
- Peter Br�tzmann: The Complete Machine Gun Sessions (Atavistic)
- Andrew Hill: Compulsion (Blue Note)
- Noah Howard: Black Ark (Bo'Weavil)
- Hideto Kanai: Q (Three Blind Mice)
- Charles Mingus Sextet: Cornell 1964 (Blue Note)
- Fred Katz: Folk Songs For Far Out Folk (Reboot Stereophonic)
---+ Alan Chase The Wire
---++ 2007's Top Recordings
---+++ New Releases
- Michael Brecker: Pilgimage (Heads Up)
- Herbie Hancock: River: The Joni Letters (Verve)
- Tom Harrell: Light On (High Note)
- Chris Humphrey: Nothing But Blue Sky (Cadence Jazz Records)
- Joe Lovano/Hank Jones: Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Blue Note)
- Paul Motian: Time and Time Again (ECM)
- Terrell Stafford: Live at the Dakota (Maxx Jazz)
- Charles Tolliver: With Love (Blue Note)
- McCoy Tyner Quartet: Live (McCoy Music/High Note)
- Ken Werner: The Lawn Chair Society (Blue Note)
---+++ Historical Recordings
- Chu Berry: Classic Chu Berry Columbia & Victor Sessions (Mosaic Records)
- Miles Davis: Complete On the Corner Sessions (Columbia/Legacy)
- Qunicy Jones: Complete ABC/Mercury big Band Jazz Sessions (Mosaic Records)
- Count Basie: Basie at Birdland (Roulette/EMI)
- Kenny Cox: Introducing Kenny Cox and the Contemporary Jazz Quintet (Blue Note Connoisseur)
- Miles Davis: Live at Monterey (MJF Records)
- Woody Herman: Woody's Winners (Mosaic Singles)
- Thad Jones: Detroit/New York Junction (Blue Note RVG Series)
- Buddy Rich: Rich In London (Mosaic Singles)
---+ Alex Dutilh
---++ 2007 Top Recordings
---+++ New Releases
- Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis, Roscoe Mitchell: Streaming (Pi Recordings)
- Carla Bley: The Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu (Watt)
- Michael Brecker: Pilgrimage (Universal)
- Kurt Elling: Nightmoves (Blue Note)
- Herbie Hancock: River, The Joni Letters (Verve)
- Yaron Herman: A Time for Everything (Laborie)
- Abbey Lincoln: Abbey Sings Abbey (Verve)
- Joe Lovano & Hank Jones: Kids (Blue Note)
- Rudresh Mahanthappa: Codebook (Pi Recordings)
- Maria Schneider: Sky Blue (Artist Share)
---+++ Reissues
- Chet Baker: In Paris, The Complete 1955-56 Barclay Sessions (Barclay)
---+++ DVD
- Improvisation: Norman Granz Presents (Eagle Vision)
---+Andrea Canter
[[http://jazzpolice.com][jazzpolice.com]], [[http://jazzink.com][jazzlink.com]]
---++Top 10 Recordings 2007
- Maria Schneider: Sky Blue (Artists Share)
- Bill Mays: Fantasy (Palmetto)
- Keith Jarrett Trio: My Foolish Heart (ECM)
- McCoy Tyner: Quartet (MTM/Half Note)
- Dee Dee Bridgewater: Red Earth (DDB Music)
- Kurt Elling: Night Moves (Concord)
- Fred Hersh Trio: Night and the Music (Palmetto)
- Woody Witt: Live at Cezanne's (Apria)
- Kendra Shank: A Spirit Free (Abbey Lincoln Songbook) (Challenge Records)
- Hank Jones/Joe Lovano: Kids (EMI)
---+ Andrew Gilbert San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe, San Diego Union-Tribune, JazzTimes
---++ Top Recordings 2007
---+++ New Releases
- John Abercrombie: The Third Quartet (ECM)
- Plays Monk: Plays Monk (Long Song Records)
- Marty Ehrlich & Myra Melford: Spark! (Palmetto)
- McCoy Tyner: McCoy Tyner Quartet (McCoy Tyner Music)
- Avishai Cohen: After the Big Rain (Anzic)
- Andy Bey: It Ain't Necessarily So (12th Street Records)
- Omer Avital: Arrival (Anzic)
- Dayna Stephens: The Timeless Now (CTA Recrds)
- Dee Dee Bridgewater: Red Earth (EmArcy)
- Joe Lovano & Hanks Jones: Kids (Blue Note)
---+++ Reissues
- Billie Holiday: Rare Recordings 1934-1959 (ESP-Disk)
- Joe Henderson: Power to the People (Milestone)
- Duke Pearson: The Right Touch (Blue Note)
- McCoy Tyner: Horizon (Milestone)
- Kenny Drew: Undercurrent (Blue Note)
---+ Andrey Henkin AllAboutJazz-New York
---++ 2007's Top ...
---+++ New Releases
- Cato Salsa Experience/The Thing/Joe McPhee: Two Bands and a Legend(Smalltown Superjazz)
- Brotzmann Chicago Tentet: American Landscapes (Okkadisk)
- Don Friedman: Waltz for Marilyn (Jazz Excursion)
- Francois Houle/Evan Parker/Benoit Delbecq: La Lumiere de Pierres (Psi)
- Joachim Kuhn/Majid Bekkas: Kalimba (ACT)
- Evan Parker/Ned Rothenberg: Live At Roulette (Animul)
- Herb Robertson: Live at Alchemia (Not Two)
- Sonore: Only The Devil Has No Dreams (Jazzwerkstatt)
- David Torn: Prezens (ECM)
- Alexander von Schlippenbach: Globe Unity-40 Years (Intakt)
---+++ Reissues
- Joe Henderson: Power to the People (Milestone-Concord)
- Andrew Hill: Compulsion (Blue Note)
- Noah Howard: The Black Ark (Freedom-Bo'weavil)
- Albert Mangelsdorff: Folk Mond & Flower Dream (CBS-Tropical Music)
- Bennie Maupin: The Jewel in the Lotus (ECM)
---+ Antonio Terzo JazzColo[u]rs, Jazzitalia, Jazzreview
---++ Top 10 of 2007
---+++ New Releases
- Steve Coleman "Invisible Paths: First Scattering" (Tzadik)
- Hamid Drake & Fred Anderson "From the River to the Ocean" (Thrilljockey)
- Terence Blanchard "A Tale of God's Will" (BlueNote/EMI)
- Dave Douglas Quintet: "Live At The Jazz Standard" (Greenleaf)
- Carla Bley "The Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu" (ECM/Watt)
- Mina Agossi "Who Wants Love" (Candid Records)
- Anat Cohen "Noir" (Anzic Records)
- Uri Caine "Plays Mozart" (Winter & Winter)
- Tom Harrell "Light on" (High Note)
- Double Duo (Fujii-Tamura-Mengelberg-Verploegen) "Crossword Puzzle" (Libra Records)
---+++ Reissues (or Archival/Historical)
- Andrew Hill "Solo" (Mosaic Records)
---+ Bill Milkowski JazzTimes, Jazziz, Modern Drummer, TRAPS!, Bass Player
---++ Top Recordings 2007
---+++ New Releases
- Maria Schneider Orchestra: Sky Blue (Artist Share)
- Chris Potter 10: Song For Anyone (Sunnyside)
- Michael Brecker: Pilgrimage (Heads Up)
- Joe Zawinul & the WDR Orchestra: Brown Street (Heads Up)
- McCoy Tyner: McCoy Tyner Quartet (Half Note)
- Terence Blanchard: A Tale Of God's Will (Blue Note)
- Joshua Redman: Back East (Nonesuch)
- Herbie Hancock: River: The Joni Letters (Verve)
- Paul Motian/Joe Lovano/Bill Frisell: Time And Time Again (ECM)
- John Abercrombie: The Third Quartet (ECM)
---+++ Reissues
- Miles Davis: The Complete On The Corner (Columbia/Legacy)
- Billie Holiday: Lady Day: The Master Takes And Singles (Columbia/Legacy)
- Thelonious Monk: Plays Duke Ellington (Riverside)
- George Russell Sextet: Ezz-thetics (Riverside)
- Red Garland Quintet: Soul Junction (Prestige)
---+ Bob Porter WBGO
---++ 2007's Top Recordings
---+++ New
- Harry Allen - Hits by Brits (Challenge)
- Evan Christopher - Delta Bound (Arbors)
- Harry Allen-Joe Cohn Qt - Guys & Dolls (Arbors)
- The Benny Carter Centennial Project-Evening Star
- Jon-Erik Kellso - Blue Roof Blues (Arbors)
- Kenny Burrell - 75th Birthday Bash (Blue Note)
- Frank Rosolino - Carl Fontana-Trombone Heaven (Uptown)
- Harry Connick Jr - Chanson de Vieux Carre (Marsalis Music)
- Bill Easley - Businessman's Bounce (18th & Vine)
- Green, Jr.-Purdie-Wilson - Godfathers of Groove (18th & Vine)
---+++ Reissue/Archival/Historical
- Lionel Hampton - Complete RCA 1937-1941(Mosaic)
- Chu Berry - Classic Columbia & RCA Sessions (Mosaic)
- Cat Anderson - Cats in the Alley (Fresh Sound)
- Dave McKenna - Piano Solo (Fresh Sound)
- JATP Hamburg 2/29/56 (Fresh Sound)
- Buddy DeFranco - 1949-1952 (Classics)
- Lionel Hampton - Basel 1953 (TCB)
- Atlantic Blues - 1949-1970 (Atlantic)
- Stanley Turrentine - A Bluish Bag (Blue Note)
- Quincy Jones - ABC/Mercury Big Band Jazz Sessions (Mosaic)
---+ Bob Protzman Erie, PA Times-News, [[http://www.jazzerie.com][www.jazzerie.com]], WQLN-FM
---++ 2007's Top ...
---+++ New Releases
- Kurt Elling: Nightmoves (Concord)
- Carla Bley: The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu (Watt)
- Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette: My Foolish Heart: Live at Montreux (ECM)
- Joe Lovano and Hank Jones: Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Blue Note)
- Tierney Sutton Band: On the Other Side (Telarc)
- Dave Brubeck: Indian Summer (Telarc)
- Eddie Daniels: Homecoming (IPO)
- The Bill Charlap Trio: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
- Bobby Sanabria: Big Band Urban Folktales (Jazzheads)
- Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts: The Scenic Route (Palmetto)
---+++ Reissues/Historical
- Joe Henderson: Power to the People (Concord/Orrin Keepnews Collection)
- Miles Davis: The Complete On the Corner Sessions (Columbia/Legacy)
- Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy: Cornell 1964 (Blue Note)
- Billy Taylor & Gerry Mulligan: Live at MCG (MCGJazz)
---+ Bob Putignano WFDU, Teaneck NJ, Westchester Times, Yonkers Tribune, and [[http://blueswax.com][blueswax.com]]
---++Top 10 Recordings 2007
---+++ New Releases
- Larry Carlton & Robben Ford: Live in Tokyo (335 Records)
- Aretha Franklin: Rare & Unreleased (Rhino)
- Brian Bromberg: Downright Upright (Artistry)
- Various Artists: Tribute to Jeff Beck: Freeway Jam: To Beck and Back (Tone Center)
- Poncho Sanchez: Raise Your Hand (Concord)
- Sue Foley, Deb Coleman, Roxanne Potvin: Time Bomb (Ruf)
- Dickey Betts: The Unofficial Bootleg (Evangeline UK)
- Jimmy McIntosh: Orleans to London
- Sterling Harrison: South of the Snooty Fox (Hacktone)
- Gino Matteo: I've Been Thinkin' ---+++ Reissue
- Various Artists: The Cosimo Mattasa Story (Proper Records-UK)
---+ David Adler Philadelphia Inquirer, JazzTimes, JazzNotes
---++ 2007 Top Recordings ---+++ New Releases
- Michael Brecker: Pilgrimage (Heads Up)
- Joe Lovano & Hank Jones: Kids: Live at Dizzy's (Blue Note)
- Bill McHenry: Roses (Sunnyside)
- Maria Schneider: Sky Blue (ArtistShare)
- Jason Lindner Big Band: Live at the Jazz Gallery (Anzic)
- Joshua Redman: Back East (Nonesuch)
- Enrico Pieranunzi: Live In Japan (CAM Jazz)
- David Murray Black Saint Quartet: Sacred Ground (Justin Time)
- Michael Blake: Amor de Cosmos (Songlines)
- Human Feel: Galore (Skirl)
---+++ Reissues
- Bob Mintzer & Gil Goldstein: Longing (Owl/Sunnyside)
- Bennie Maupin: The Jewel in the Lotus (ECM)
- Charles Mingus: In Paris: The Complete America Session (Sunnyside)
- Fred Katz: Folk Songs for Far Out Folk (Reboot Stereophonic)
- Kenny Cox: Introducing Kenny Cox and the Contemporary Jazz Quintet (Blue Note)
---+++ Debuts
- Kendrick Scott: The Source (World Culture)
- Miles Okazaki: Mirror (self-released)
- Dayna Stephens: The Timeless Now (CTA)
- Mike Moreno: Between the Lines (World Culture)
- Tyshawn Sorey: That/Not (Firehouse 12)
---+ David Franklin JazzTimes, [[http://Jazz.com][Jazz.com]]
---++ 2007's Ten Best Recordings
- Harry Allen: Hits By Brits (Challenge)
- Jack Cortner New York Big Band: Fast Track (Jazzed Media)
- Eddie Daniels: Homecoming: Live at the Iridium (IPO)
- Bill Holman Band: Hommage (Jazzed Media)
- Diana Krall: The Very Best of Diana Krall (Verve)
- Bob Mintzer: Bop Boy (Explore)
- Hod O'Brien Trio: Third Set (Reservoir)
- Bud Shank and Bill Mays: Beyond the Red Door (Jazzed Media)
- Frank Tiberi: 4 Brothers 7 (Jazzed Media)
- Bennie Wallace: Disorder at the Border-The Music of Coleman Hawkins (Justin Time)
---+ Doug Ramsey
- Author, The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond
- Contributor, Jazz Times
---++ 2007 Top Recordings ---+++ New Releases
- Maria Schneider: Sky Blue (Artist Share)
- Bill Holman Band: Hommage (Jazzed Media)
- Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette: My Foolish Heart (ECM)
- Bill Charlap Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
- John Gross, Dave Frishberg, Charlie Doggett: Strange Feeling (Diatic)
- Larry Willis: Blue Fable (High Note)
- Charles Mingus Cornell 1964 (Blue Note)
- Pinky Winters: Speak Low (Cellar Door)
- Jan Lundgren: A Swinging Rendezvous (Marshmallow)
- Gerald Wilson: Monterey Moods (Mack Avenue)
---+++ Reissues
- Zoot Sims: Plays Tenor & 4 Altos (Fresh Sound)
- Carmen McRae Live at Sugar Hill (TIME)
- Clifford Jordan Glass Bead Games (Harvest Song)
---+ Elzy Kolb
---++ Top 10 Recordings 2007
- Wallace Roney: Jazz (High Note)
- Quartet San Francisco: Whirled Chamber Music (ViolinJazz)
- Charles Mingus Sextet: Cornell 1964 (Blue Note)
- Dee Dee Bridgewater: Red Earth (EmArcy)
- Charles Tolliver: With Love (Blue Note)
- Carla Bley: The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu (Watt)
- Fred Hersch Trio: Night and the Music (Palmetto)
- Michael Brecker: Pilgrimage (Heads Up)
- Myra Melford and Tanya Kalmanovitch: Heart Mountain (Perspicacity)
- McCoy Tyner: Quartet (High Note)
---+ Francis Davis Village Voice, The Atlantic
---++ 2007's Top CDs
---+++ New Releases
- Abbey Lincoln: Abbey Sings Abbey (Verve)
- Tyshawn Sorrey: That/Not (Firehouse 12)
- Jewels and Binoculars: Ships with Tattooed Sales (Upshot)
- Maria Schneider: Sky Blue (ArtistShare)
- Matthew Shipp: Piano Vortex (Thirsty Ear)
- Joshua Redman: Back East (Nonesuch)
- Charles Tolliver: With Love (Blue Note/Mosaic)
- Uri Caine: Plays Mozart (Winter & Winter)
- Anat Fort: A Long Story (ECM)
- Harry Allen-Joe Cohn: Music from Guys and Dolls (Arbors)
---+++ Reissues (or Archival/Historical)
- Lionel Hampton: Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 (Mosaic)
- Chu Berry: Classic Columbia and Victor Sessions (Mosaic)
- Sun Ra: Disco 3000 (Art Yard)
- Steve Lacy & Roswell Rudd: Early and Late (Cuneiform)
- Frank Foster: Well Water (Piadrum)
---+ Fred Kaplan Slate, Stereophile ---++Top 10 Recordings 2007
- Charles Mingus: Cornell 1964
- Maria Schneider: Sky Blue
- Erik Friedlander: Block Ice & Propane
- Anat Cohen: Poetica
- Carla Bley: The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu
- Paul Bley: Mondsee Variations
- Herbie Hancock: The River: The Joni Letters
- Paul Motian, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano: Time and Time Again
- Joe Lovano, Hank Jones: Kids
- Kendra Shank: A Spirit Free
---+ Gary Stager District Administration Magazine, The Pulse: Education's Place for Debate
---++2007's Best
---+++ New Releases
- Carl Allen and Rodney Whittaker: Get Ready (Mack Avenue)
- Ron Carter: Dear Miles (Blue Note)
- Mulgrew Miller: Live at the Kennedy Center Volume Two (MaxJazz)
- Phil Woods Quintet: American Songbook II (Kind of Blue)
- Billy Taylor & Gerry Mulligan: Live at MCG (MCG Jazz)
- McCoy Tyner: Quartet (Tyner Music)
- Bobby Hutcherson: For Sentimental Reasons (Kind of Blue)
- Joe Lovano & Hank Jones: Kids: Live at Dizzy's (Blue Note)
- Joey DeFrancesco: Live: The Authorized Bootleg (Concord)
- Dena Derose: Live at the Jazz Standard (MaxJazz)
---+++ Historical Album/Box Set
- Roy Haynes: A Life in Time (Dreyfus)
---+++ Reissues
- Duke Pearson: The Right Touch (Blue Note)
- Horace Silver: You Gotta Take a Little Love (Blue Note)
- Stanley Turrentine: The Spoiler (Blue Note)
---+ Geoffrey Himes JazzTimes, Washington Post, Baltimore City Paper, DownBeat, Offbeat
---++ 2007 Top 10
---+++ New Releases
- Carla Bley: The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu (ECM)
- Terence Blanchard: A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina) (Blue Note)
- The Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy: Cornell 1964 (Blue Note)
- Marty Ehrlich & Myra Melford: Spark! (Palmetto)
- The SF Jazz Collective: SF Jazz Collective Live 2007 (SFJazz)
- Joe Lovano & Hank Jones: Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Blue Note)
- Matthew Shipp: Piano Vortex (Thirsty Ear)
- Lafayette Gilchrist: Three (Hyena)
- Francisco Mela: Melao (Ayva)
- Brian Groder: Torque (Latham)
---+ Howard Mandel DownBeat, author of Miles, Ornette, Cecil: Jazz Beyond Jazz
---++2007's Top Recordings
---+++ New Releases
- Herbie Hancock: River: The Joni Letters (Verve)
- Maria Schneider: Sky Blue (ArtistShare)
- Indigo Trio (Nicole Mitchell, Harrison Bankhead, Hamid Drake): Live in Montreal (Greenleaf)
- Taylor Ho Bynum and Tomas Fujiwara: True Events (482 Music)
- NuBlu Orchestra Conducted by Butch Morris (Digipak)
- Nas/Miles Davis "Freedom Jazz Dance" on Evolution of a Groove (Columbia Legacy)
- Trio M (Mark Dresser, Myra Melford, Matt Wilson): Big Picture (Cryptogrammaphone)
- Ned Rothenberg: Inner Diaspora (Tzadik)
- Bobby Hebb: That's All I Wanna Know (Intuition)
- Consider The Source: Esperanto ([[http://www.considerthesourcemusic.com/][www.considerthesourcemusic.com]])
---+++ Historic Releases
- Miles Davis: The Complete On The Corner Sessions (Columbia Legacy)
- John McLaughlin, Jaco Pastorius, Tony Williams: Trio of Doom (Columbia Legacy)
- Charles Mingus: Cornell 1964 (Blue Note)
- Albert Ayler: The Hilversum Session (ESP-Disk)
---+ James Hale DownBeat, Coda
---++ 2007 Top Recordings
---+++ New Releases
- Maria Schneider Orchestra: Sky Blue (ArtistShare)
- Dino Saluzzi/Anja Lechner: Ojos Negros (ECM)
- Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake: From The River To The Ocean (Thrill Jockey)
- Dave Douglas Quintet: Live At The Jazz Standard (Greenleaf)
- John Abercrombie Quartet: The Third Quartet (ECM)
- Paul Motian: Time And Time Again (ECM)
- Trio M: Big Picture (Cryptogramophone)
- Michael Brecker: Pilgrimage (HeadsUp)
- Michael Musillami Trio w/Mark Feldman: The Treatment (Playscape)
- Brad Shepik Trio: Places You Go (Songlines)
---+++ Reissues
- Miles Davis: The Complete On The Corner Sessions (Columbia/Legacy)
- Dewey Redman: The Struggle Continues (ECM)
- Fred Katz: Folk Songs For Far Out Folk (Reboot Stereophonic)
---+ Jerry D'Souza [[http://allaboutjazz.com][allaboutjazz.com]]
---++ Top 10 Recordings 2007
- The Peter Brotzmann Octet: The Complete Machine Gun Sessions (FMP)
- Avishai Cohen: After the Big Rain (Anzic)
- Kahil El'Zabar's Infinity Orchestra: Transmigration (Delmark)
- Carl Ludwig Hubsch: Primordial Soup (Red Toucan)
- Darren Johnston/Fred Frith/Larry Ochs/Devin Hoff/Ches Smith: Reasons for Moving (NotTwo Records)
- Lydian Sound Orchestra: Back to Da Capo (Alma Music)
- Rob Reddy's Small Town: The Book of the Storm (Reddy Music)
- Mike Reed's Loose Assembly: Last Year's Ghost (482 Music)
- Herb Robertson Trio: Live at Alchemia (NotTwo Records)
- Eberhard Weber: Stages of a Long Journey (ECM)
---+ Jim Eigo ---++ 2007 Top Recordings
- Brian Groder And The Sam Rivers Trio: Torque (Latham Records)
- One More: "The Summary: Music of Thad Jones" Vol. 2 (IPO Recordings)
- The Stryker/Slagle Band: Latest Outlook (Zoho)
- Saco Yasuma: Another Rain (Leaf Note Productions)
- Charmaine Clamor: Flippin' Out (FreeHam Record)
- Jewels and Binoculars: Ships with Tattooed Sails (Upshot)
- Monk's Music Trio: Monk On Monday (CMB)
- Jon Hemmersam/Dom Minasi Quartet: The Jon Hemmersam/Dom Minasi Quartet (CDM)
- Eddie Daniels: Homecoming Live at the Iridium (IPO)
- Jon Larsen: Strange News From Mars (Zonic Entertainment)
---+ John Matouk [[http://jazz.about.com/][About.com Jazz]]
---++ Top 10 for 2007
- Kenny Burrell: 75th Birthday Bash Live! (Blue Note)
- Dee Dee Bridgewater: Red Earth, A Malian Journey (Emarcy/DDB)
- Maria Schneider: Sky Blue (artistShare)
- Terence Blanchard: A Tale of God's Will, a requiem for katrina (Blue Note)
- Herbie Hancock: River: The Joni Letters (Verve)
- Billy Taylor & Gerry Mulligan: Live at MCG (MCG Jazz)
- Charles Tolliver: With Love (Blue Note)
- Gerald Wilson Orchestra: Monterey Moods (Mack Avenue)
- Michael Brecker: Pilgrimage (Heads Up)
- Abbey Lincoln: Abbey Sings Abbey (Verve)
---+ John McDonough DownBeat, The Wall Street Journal
---++ 2007's Top
---+++ New Releases
- Joshua Redman: Back East (Nonesuch)
- Jarrett-Peacock-DeJohnette: Live at Montreux (ECM)
- Ruby Braff & the Flying Pizzarellies (Arbors)
- Dave Liebman & Manhattan School of Music Orch: Miles Ahead (MSM)
- Bill Charlap: Live at Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
- Joe Lovano/Hank Jones: Live at Dizzy's (Blue Note)
- Oscar Peterson: JATP Lausanne 1953 (Montreux Fest Label)
- Miles Davis: Live at Monterey 1963 (MF Records)
- Maria Schneider: Sky Blue (ArtistShare)
- Dave Brubeck: Indian Summer (Telarc)
---+++ Reissues
- Complete Lionel Hampton on Victor 936-41 (Mosaic)
- Complete Duke Ellington Small groups 1936-39 (Mosaic)
- John Coltrane: Interplay (Prestige/Concord)
- Billie Holiday: Lady Day (Sony Legacy)
- Benny Goodman 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert (Jasmine)
---+ John Szwed Signal to Noise, Village Voice, The Wire
---++ 2007's Top Recordings
---+++ New Releases
- Steve Harris & Zaum: I Hope You Never Love Anything as Much as I Love You (Amazon)
- Anthony Braxton: 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 (Firehouse 12)
- Joe Lovano & Hank Jones: Kids (Concord)
- Antoine Herve: Road Movie (Nocturne)
- Harris Eisenstadt: The All-Seeing Eye + Octets (Poo-Bah)
- Bloodcount: Seconds (Screwgun)
- Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette: My Foolish Heart: Live at Montreux (ECM)
- Michael Bisio, Raymond Boni, Dominic Duval, Joe McPhee: Port of Saints (Cadence Jazz)
- Antonio Sanchez: Migration (Camden Jazz)
- Tiziano Tononi: Peace Warriors (Black Saint)
---+++ Reissues
- Miles Davis: The Complete On the Corner (Columbia/Legacy)
- Chu Berry: The Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions (Mosaic)
- Don Byas: Amoureusement Votre (Polydor France)
---+ Ken Dryden All Music Guide, Coda, All About Jazz New York and Hot House
---++ 2007 Top Recordings ---+++ New Releases
- Charles Mingus Sextet: Cornell 1964 (Blue Note)
- Maria Schneider: Sky Blue (Artistshare)
- Various Artists: The Benny Carter Centennial Project (Evening Star)
- Dave Brubeck: Indian Summer (Telarc)
- Phil Woods & Irio De Paula: The Gershwin Affair (Philology)
- Wayne Escoffery: Veneration (Savant)
- Hal Galper: Furious Rubato (Origin)
- Bud Shank & Bill Mays: Beyond the Red Door (Jazzed Media)
- Jerry Bergonzi: Tenorist (Savant)
- Anat Fort: A Long Story (ECM)
---+++ Reissues
- Duke Ellington: The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion and Okeh Small Group Sessions (Mosaic)
- Ben Webster: Dig Ben! (Storyville)
- Fred Katz: Folk Songs For Far Out Folk (Reboot Stereophonic)
- George Russell: Ezzthetic (Riverside Keepnews Collection)
- Steve Kuhn: Pastorale (Sunnyside)
---+ Ken Franckling Ken Franckling is a contributing writer-protographer for JAZZIZ, JazzTimes, Hot House, Jazz Improv, All About Jazz-New York and [[http://AllAboutJazz.com][AllAboutJazz.com]]
---++ The 10 best new jazz releases, listed alphabetically:
- Michael Brecker, "Pilgrimage" (Head's Up)
- Till Bronner, "Oceana" (EmArcy)
- Morrie Louden, "Time Piece" (MoSound Productions)
- Brad Mehldau and Pat Metheny, "Quartet" (Nonesuch)
- Ed Reed, "Ed Reed Sings Love Stories" (Blue Shorts)
- Bobby Sanabria, "Big Band Urban Folktales" (Jazzheads)
- Maria Schneider, "Sky Blue" (artistShare)
- Tierney Sutton Band, "On the Other Side" (Telarc)
- Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts, "Scenic Route" (Palmetto)
- Joe Zawinul, "Brown Street" (Heads Up International)
---++ The 10 best new songs of the year, listed alphabetically:
- Michael Brecker, "Tumbleweed" from "Pilgrimage" (Heads Up)
- Michael Brecker, "When Will I Kiss You Again?" from "Pilgrimage" (Heads Up)
- Roy Cumming, "Tears Outside" (from "Edgeless" (Up & Cumming)
- Joe Fiedler, "The Crab" from Bobby Sanabria's "Big Band Urban Folktales" (Jazzheads)
- Tom Harrell, "Architect of Time" from "Light On" (HighNote)
- Marilyn Harris, "They're Gonna Love Me" from "Road Trip" (Wrightwood)
- Joel Harrison, "Blue Ghosts of Bourbon Street" from "Harbor" (HighNote)
- Morrie Louden, "Gypsy's Journey" from "Time Piece" (MoSound Productions)
- Maria Schneider, "Cerulean Blue" from "Sky Blue" (artistShare)
- Matt Wilson, "Feel The Sway" from "Scenic Route" (Palmetto)
---++ The best jazz boxed set or historic recordings, listed alphabetically:
- Miles Davis, "The Complete On The Corner Sessions" (Columia/Legacy)
- Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy, "Cornell 1964" (Blue Note)
---+ Kevin Lynch ---++ Top Ten 2007
- Paul Bley �Mondsee Variations� (ECM)
- David Murray Back Saint Quartet with Cassandra Wilson (Justin Time)
- Charles Mingus Sextet �Live at Cornell 1964� (Blue Note)
- Kurt Elling �Night Moves� (Concord)
- David Binney/Edward Simon �Oceanos� (CrissCross)
- Maria Schneider Orchestra �Sky Blue� (Artistshare)
- Kenny Werner �Lawn Chair Society� (Blue Note)
- Enrico Rava Quintet �The Words and the Days� (ECM)
- Joel Newton Situation �Crying and Laughing�
- Roscoe Mitchell �Composition/Improvisation Nos. 1,2 & 3� (ECM)
---++ Best jazz reissues:
- �Miles Davis �Complete On the Corner Sessions� (Columbia/Legacy)
- Charles Mingus �Tijuana Moods� (RCA)
- John McLaughlin �The Essential John McLaughlin (Columbia/Legacy)
---+ Laurence Donohue-Greene AllAboutJazz-New York
---++ 2007's Top Recordings ---+++ New Releases (listed alphabetically)
- Billy Bang - Above & Beyond: An Evening in Grand Rapids (feat. Frank Lowe) (Justin Time)
- Peter Br�tzmann/Mats Gustafsson/Ken Vandermark: Sonore: Only the Devil Has No Dreams (Jazzwerkstatt)
- Abbey Lincoln: Abbey Sings Abbey (Verve)
- Enrico Rava Quintet: The Words and the Days (ECM)
- Sonny Rollins: Sonny, Please (Doxy)
- Wadada Leo Smith/Gunter Baby Sommer: Wisdom in Time (Intakt)
- Trio M (Myra Melford/Mark Dresser/Matt Wilson): Big Picture Cryptogramophone)
- McCoy Tyner: Quartet (McCoy Tyner Music-Half Note)
- David S. Ware: Renunciation (AUM Fidelity)
- Various Artists: Free Zone Appleby 2006 (Psi)
---+++ Honorable mention
- Howard Wiley - Angola Project (High Cotton Productions)
---+++ Historical/Archival Releases (listed alphabetically)
- Albert Ayler Quartet: The Hilversum Session (Osmosis-ESP Disk)
- Michael Garrick Trio: Moonscape (Airborne-Trunk)
- Joe Henderson: Power to the People - Keepnews Collection (Milestone-Concord)
- Andrew Hill: Compulsion (Blue Note)
- Noah Howard: The Black Ark (Freedom-Bo'Weavil)
- Albert Mangelsdorff Quintett: Folk Mond & Flower Dream (CBS -Tropical Music GMBH/Bellaphon)
- Charles Mingus: Cornell 1964 (with Eric Dolphy) (Blue Note)
- Art Pepper: Unreleased Art, Vol.1 & 2 (Widow's Taste)
- Live at Monterey Jazz Festival (by Miles Davis; Sarah Vaughan; Thelonious Monk; etc.) (Monterey Jazz Festival Records-Concord)
---+ Laurence Svirchev [[http://misterioso.org][misterioso.org]]
---++ Top 10 Recordings 2007
- Fran�ois Houle/Evan Parker/Beno�t Delbecq: La Lumi�re de Pierres (psi)
- Kartet: The Bay Window (Songlines)
- Kate Hammett-Vaughan: Conspiracy, Art Songs for Improvisers (KHV)
- Aki Takase and Silke Eberhard: Ornette Coleman Anthology (Intakt)
- Hubert Dupont: Spider's Dance (Ultrabolic)
- Fredrik Ljungkvist & Yun Kan 5: Badaling (Caprice)
- Joelle Leandre/Pascal Contet: Freeway (Clean Feed)
- Jewels and Binoculars: Ships With Tattooed Sails �The Music of Bob Dylan (Upshot)
- Colin Vautour Trio: Ailleurs (hatOLOGY)
- Nicole Mitchell/Harrison Bankhead/Hamid Drake: The Indigo Trio - Live in
- Montreal (Greenleaf Music)
---+ Lyn Horton [[http://AllAboutJazz.com][AllAboutJazz.com]] and [[http://Jazzreview.com][Jazzreview.com]]
---++ 2007 Top 10 Recordings
- Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake: From the River to the Ocean (Thrill Jockey)
- Joe McPhee: Soprano (Roaratorio)
- Joe McPhee, Peter Brotzmann, Kent Kessler, Michael Zerang: Guts (Okkadisk)
- Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd: Still Life with Commentator (Savoy Jazz)
- David Murray's Black Saint Quartet: Sacred Ground (Justin Time)
- Nels Cline Singers: Draw Breath (Cryptogramophone)
- Mat Maneri & Denman Maroney: Distich (Nuscope)
- Matthew Shipp: Piano Vortex (Thirsty Ear)
- Bill Frisell: Floratone (Blue Note)
- Miles Davis: The Complete On the Corner Sessions (Sony Legacy)
---+ Michael J. West JazzTimes, Washington City Paper, [[http://AllAboutJazz.com][AllAboutJazz.com]], [[http://Blogcritics.org][Blogcritics.org]]
---++ Top 10 Recordings 2007
- Jason Lindner Big Band: Live at Jazz Gallery (Anzic)
- Robin Eubanks & EB3: Live Vol. 1 (Kindred Rhythm)
- Terence Blanchard: A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina) (Blue Note)
- Maria Schneider: Sky Blue (ArtistShare)
- Howard Wiley: The Angola Project
- Erik Friedlander: Block Ice and Propane (Skipstone)
- Billy Bang Quartet with Frank Lowe: Above and Beyond (Justin Time)
- Manhattan New Music Project: Jazz Cycles (MNMP)
- Joel Harrison: Harbor (High Note)
- John Abercrombie Quartet: Third Quartet (ECM)
---+ Neil Tesser Chicago Reader and "Listen Here!," the public radio jazz review
---++ Top 10 Recordings 2007
- Michael Brecker: Pilgrimage (Heads Up)
- Exploding Star Ochestra: We Are Else From Somewhere Else (Thrill Jockey)
- Terence Blanchard: A Tale Of God's Will (Blue Note)
- Kurt Elling: Night Moves (Concord)
- Bobby Sanabria: Big Band Urban Folktales (Jazzheads)
- Eldar Djangorov: Re-Imagination (Sony)
- Tineke Postma: A Journey That Matters (Foreign Media Group)
- Dee Dee Bridgewater: Red Earth (Emarcy)
- Matt Wilson: The Scenic Route (Palmetto)
- (tied) John McLean: Better Angels (Blujazz)
- (tied) Joshua Redman: Back East (Nonesuch)
---+++ And the following honorable mentions, if only to prove that "ten" is an awfully arbitrary number:
Muiza Adnet Sings Moacir Santos (Adventure); Eric Alexander, The Temple Of Olympic Zeus (HighNote); Tim Armacost, Rhythm & Transformation (ArtistShare); Ryan Cohan, One Sky (Motema); 3 Cohens, Braid (Anzic); James Davis Quintet, Angles Of Refraction (eyes&ears); Bob Florence Limited Edition, Eternal Licks & Grooves (MAMA); Hiromi�s Sonicbloom: Time Control(Telarc); Keith Jarrett, My Foolish Heart (ECM); Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, Blues Man From Memphis (Blue Canoe); Rene Marie, Experiment In Truth ([[http://www.renemarie.com][www.renemarie.com]]); Donny McCaslin, In Pursuit (Sunnyside); Nicole Mitchell, Black Unstoppable (Delmark); Mark Murphy, Love Is What Stays (Verve); Miles Okazaki, Mirror ([[http://www.milesokazaki.com][www.milesokazaki.com]]); Chris Potter 10, Song For Anyone (Sunnyside); Maria Schneider, Sky Blue (ArtistShare); Christian Scott, Anthem (Concord); Kendra Shank, Spirit Free (Challenge); Charlies Tolliver Big Band, With Love (Blue Note); Gebhard Ullman, New Basement Research (Soul Note); Kenny Werner, Lawn Chair Society (Blue Note)
---+ Paul Blair Hot House
---++ 2007's Top Recordings
- Gregg August: One Peace (Iacuessa Music)
- Ruby Braff: C�est Magnifique (Arbors)
- Claudia Quintet: For (Cuneiform)
- Alan Ferber: The Compass (Fresh Sound)
- Flat Earth Society: Psychoscout (Crammed Disc)
- Conrad Herwig: A Jones For Bones Tones (Criss Cross)
- Chris Jentsch: Brooklyn Suite (Fleur De Son)
- Marvin Stamm: Alone Together (Jazzed Media)
- Gary Versace: Reminiscence (Steeplechase)
- Craig Yaremko: Sync (Jazz Excursion)
---+ Philip Booth
Down Beat, Jazziz, Bass Player, St. Petersburg Times, Las Vegas CityLife
---++ Top 10
- Michael Brecker, Pilgrimage (Heads Up)
- Sonny Rollins, Sonny Please (Doxy)
- Terence Blanchard, A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina) (Blue Note)
- Joshua Redman, Back East (Nonesuch)
- Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau, Metheny Mehldau Quartet (Nonesuch)
- Joe Lovano and Hank Jones, Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Blue Note)
- Joe Zawinul, Brown Street (Heads Up)
- Jean-Michel Pilc, New Dreams (Dreyfus)
- Eddie Daniels, Homecoming: Live at the Iridium (IPO)
- Morrie Louden, Time Piece (MoSound)
---++ + 3:
- John Abercrombie: The Third Quartet (ECM)
- McCoy Tyner: Quartet (Half Note)
- Joel Harrison: Harbor (HighNote)
---++ Reissue:
- Miles Davis, The Complete On the Corner Sessions (Sony Legacy)
---++ Beyond (alphabetical):
- Ryan Adams, Easy Tiger (Lost Highway)
- Band of Horses, Cease to Begin (Sub Pop)
- Bonerama, Bringing It Home (Highsteppin')
- Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Once soundtrack (Canvasback/Columbia)
- Levon Helm, Dirt Farmer (Vanguard)
- Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, 100 Days, 100 Nights (Dap-Tone)
- Chuck Prophet, Soap and Water (Yep Roc)
- Various Artists, Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (Vanguard)
---+ Philip DiPietro ---++ Top Ten 2007
- Alex Machacek, Jeff Sipe, Matthew Garrison: Improvision (Abstract Logix)
- Ben Monder and Theo Bleckmann: At Night (Songlines)
- Andre Fernandes: Timbuktu (Tone of a Pitch)
- Steve Lehman: On Meaning (Pi Recordings)
- Mike Brecker: Pilgrimage (HeadsUp)
- Adam Rogers: Time and the Infinite (Criss Cross)
- Mike Moreno: Between the Lines (World Culture Music)
- Alan Pasqua: The Antisocial Club (Cryptogramophone)
- Frank LoCrasto: When You're There (MaxJazz)
- Logan Richardson: Cerebral Flow (FSNT)
- Kneebody: Low Electrical Worker (Colortone Media)
---+ Rahsaan Clark Morris ---++ 2007 Top 10 Recordings
- Cedar Walton: One Flight Down (High Note)
- Wynton Marsalis: From the Plantation to the Penitentiary (Blue Note)
- Wynton Marsalis & JALC Orchestra: Congo Square-Love, Libation, Liberation (JALC Records)
- Chris Potter: Follow the Red Line-Live (Sunnyside)
- Joe Lovano & Hank Jones: Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Blue Note)
- Art Ensemble of Chicago w. Don Pullen: Fundamental Destiny (AECO Records)
- Nicole Mitchell & the Black Earth Ensemble: Black Unstoppable (Delmark)
- Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake: From The River To The Ocean (Thrill Jockey)
- SF Jazz Collective: Music of Monk & Other Pieces Live 2007 (SF Jazz Records)
- Anthony Braxton: 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 (Firehouse 12)
---+ Rob Hoff WQLN-FM, Erie, PA
---++ Top 10 Recordings 2007
- David S. Ware Quartet: Renunciation (Aum Fidelity)
- Carla Bley: The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu (Watt)
- Kurt Elling: Nightmoves (Concord)
- Michael Brecker: Pilgrimage (Heads Up)
- Enrico Rava: The Words and the Days (ECM)
- Maria Schneider Orchestra: Sky Blue (Artist Share)
- Nicole Mitchell: Black Unstoppable (Delmark)
- Terence Blanchard: A Tale of God�s Will (Blue Note)
- Paul Bley: Mondsee Variations (ECM)
- Charles Mingus Sextet: Cornell 1964 (Blue Note)
---+ Ron Sweetman CKCU-FM, Coda
---++ Top Recordings 2007
- Harry Allen & Joe Temperley: Cocktails For Two (Sackville)
- Art Ensemble of Chicago with Don Pullen: Fundamental Destiny: Live at the Frankfurt Germany Jazz Festival (AECO)
- Don Cherry: Live at Caf� Montmartre 1966 (ESP-DISK)
- Charles Mingus: Cornell 1964 (Blue Note)
- Michael Moore: Osiris (Ramboy)
- Roswell Rudd: Blown Bone (Emanem)
- George Russell: Things New: Unissued Concerts 1960 & 1964 (Rare Live Recordings)
- Elliott Sharp: Sharp?Monk?Sharp!Monk! (Clean Feed)
- Keith Tippett, Julie Tippetts, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Canto General: Viva La Black Live At Ruvo (Ogun)
- Trio M: Big Picture (Cryptogramophone)
---+ Rusty Hassan
WPFW
---++ 2007's Top New Releases
- Charles Mingus: Cornell 1964 (Blue Note)
- McCoy Tyner: Quartet (Half Note)
- Paul Motian: Time and Time Again (ECM)
- Charles Tolliver: With Love (Blue Note)
- Jon Mayer: So Many Stars (Reservoir)
- Maria Schneider: Sky Blue (ArtistShare)
- Harry Allen & Joe Cohn: Music From Guys and Dolls (Arbors)
- Kenny Burrell: 75th Birthday Bash Live (Blue Note)
- Wallace Roney: Jazz (High Note)
- Dee Dee Bridgewater: Red Earth (DDB Records)
---+ Steve Feeney
Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
UpBeat Newsletter
---++ Top 10 Recordings 2007
- Matt Wilson: Scenic Route
- Bennie Wallace: Disorder at the Border
- Joshua Redman: Back East
- Joe Lovano/Hank Jones: Kids
- Abbey Lincoln: Abbey Sings Abbey
- Fred Hersch: Night & the Music
- McCoy Tyner: Quartet
- Carla Bley: The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu
- Donny McCaslin: In Pursuit
- Maria Schneider: Sky Blue
---+ Stuart Broomer Musicworks, Point of Departure, Signal to Noise, Toronto Life
---++ 2007's Top Recordings
---+++ New Releases
- Anthony Braxton: 12+1tet 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 (Firehouse 12)
- Derek Bailey: Standards (Tzadik)
- Connie Crothers: Music Is a Place (New Artists)
- Bruce Eisenbeil Sextet: Inner Constellation (Nemu)
- His Name Is Alive: Sweet Earth Flower: A Tribute to Marion Brown (High Two)
- Steve Lehman: Quintet On Meaning (Pi)
- Phil Minton Quartet: Slur (Emanem)
- Roscoe Mitchell: Composition/Improvisation Nos. 1, 2, & 3 (ECM)
- Alipio C. Neto: The Perfume Comes Before the Flower (Clean Feed)
- Evan Parker/Barry Guy/Paul Lytton: Zafiro (Maya)
---+++ Archival Recordings
- Anthony Braxton: Solo (Pisa) 1982 (Leo)
- Don Cherry: Live at the Caf� Montmartre (ESP)
- Andrew Hill: Compulsion (Blue Note)
- Andrew Hill: Change (Blue Note)
- Norman Howard: Burn Baby Burn (ESP)
- Fred Katz: Folk Songs for Far Out Folk (Reboot Stereophonic)
- Steve Lacy/ Roswell Rudd Quartet: Early and Late (Cuneiform)
- Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy: Cornell 1964 (Blue Note)
- Evan Parker: Hook Drift & Shuffle (psi)
- Paul Rutherford: Solo in Berlin 1975 (Emanem)
---+ Thomas Conrad JazzTimes, Stereophile
---++ Top Recordings 2007
---+++ New Releases
- Miles Davis: Live At The 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival Records)
- Maria Schneider: Sky Blue (ArtistShare)
- Stefano Battaglia: Re: Pasolini (ECM)
- Carla Bley: The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu (WATT)
- John Abercrombie: The Third Quartet (ECM)
- Keith Jarrett: My Foolish Heart (ECM)
- McCoy Tyner: Quartet (McCoy Tyner Music)
- Joshua Redman: Back East (Nonesuch)
- Tardo Hammer: Stop Look & Listen: The Music Of Tadd Dameron (Sharp Nine)
- Tierney Sutton Band: On The Other Side (Telarc)
---+++ Reissues
- Patricia Barber: The Premonition Years: 1994-2002 (Premonition)
- John Coltrane: Interplay (Prestige)
- Von Freeman: The Best Of Von Freeman On Premonition (Premonition)
---+ W. Royal Stokes JazzHouse.org, [[http://WRoyalStokes.com/][WRoyalStokes.com]]
All choices are in alphabetical order
---++ Best CDs of 2007
---+++ A BAKER'S DOZEN PLUS ONE BEST NEW RELEASES OF 2007
- Dee Dee Bridgewater, Red Earth (DDB Records)
- Evan Christopher, Delta Bound (Arbors)
- Anat Cohen & The Anzic Orchestra, Noir (Anzic)
- Eldar, re-imagination (Masterworks Jazz/Sony BMG)
- Anat Fort, A Long Story (ECM)
- Steve Lacy � Roswell Rudd Quartet, Early and Late (Cuneiform)
- Bireli LaGrene Gypsy Project, Just the Way You Are (Dreyfus Jazz)
- Mike Markaverich, Reel Time Standards (Marktime)
- Pink Martini, Hey Eugene! (Heinz)
- Bill Mays, The Inventions Trio (Palmetto)
- Mark Murphy, Love Is What Stays (Verve)
- Cynthia Sayer, Attractions (Plunk Records)
- Maria Schneider Orchestra, Sky Blue (ArtistShare)
- Dino Saluzzi & Anja Lechner, Ojos Negros (ECM)
- Gerald Wilson Orchestra, Monterey Moods (Mack Avenue)
---+++ TOP FIVE BOX SET REISSUES OF 2007
- Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions (Mosaic)
- The Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions, 1937-1941 (Mosaic)
- Billie Holiday, Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles (Columbia Legacy)
- Frank Sinatra, A Voice in Time, 1939-1952 (Columbia Legacy)
- Various, City of Dreams: A Collection of New Orleans Music (Rounder)
---+++ TOP FIVE SINGLE CD REISSUES OF 2007
- Albert Ayler Quartet, The Hilversum Sessions (ESP)
- Andy Bey and the Bey Sisters, 'Round Midnight (Concord/Prestige)
- Jimmy Blythe, Messin' Around Blues (Delmark)
- Barbara Dane and the Chambers Brothers (Smithsonian Folkways)
- Jim Robinson, Economy Hall Breakdown (Delmark)
---+++ TOP FIVE LATIN, BLUES, AND BEYOND OF 2007
- Maria, Muldaur, Naughty Bawdy & Blue (Stony Plain)
- Luis Mu�oz, Of Soul and Shadow (Pelin Music)
- Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Raising Sand (Rounder)
- Bruce Springsteen, Magic (Columbia)
- Papo Vazquez Pirates Troubadours, From the Badlands (Picaro)