THE 10 BEST JAZZ CDS OF 2015

Don Braden: Luminosity (Creative Perspective Music)
Duduka Da Fonseca: Jive Samba (Zoho)
Joe Fiedler: I'm In (Multiphonics Music)
Pete Malinverni: Emerging Markets (Glass Beach Jazz)
Chris McNulty: Eternal (Palmetto)
Lisa Parrott: Round Tripper (Serious Niceness)
Harvie S & Sheryl Bailey: Plucky Strum (Whaling City Sound)
Steve Turre: Spiritman (Smoke Sessions)
Chris Washburne & the SYOTOS Band: Low Ridin (Zoho)
John Yao: Flip-Flop (See Tao)




BEST DEBUT CD:
Daniel Cacija: Lifeline
(Mons)

BEST LATIN CDs:
BRAZILIAN: Achilles Liarmakopolous: Trombone Atrivido
(Opening Day)
CUBAN: Manuel Valera, Sr.: Recuerdos (Mavo)

BEST REISSUE:
Errroll Garner: The Complete Concert by the Sea
(Columbia Legacy)

BEST BOX SET:
Frank Sinatra: Ultimate Sinatra
(Capitol)

BEST NEW CD OF PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED MATERIAL:
Red Garland: Swingin' on the Korner
(Elemental)


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"THE DEFINITION OF JAZZ": THE BASIE BAND AT ITS BEST
BIG BANDS, PART 1: THE BIRTH OF SWING
BIG BANDS, PART 2: THE TRADITION CONTINUES
DEFINITIVE DOLPHY, RECENT ROLLINS
GENIUS ON THE EDGE: BUD POWELL AND THELONIOUS MONK
HE'S NO ORDINARY JOE: JOE HENDERSON
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