THE 10 BEST JAZZ CDS OF 2017
Ignacio Berroa: Straight Ahead from Havana (Codes Drum Music)
Claire Daly: 2648 West Grand Boulevard (Glass Beach Jazz)
David Feldman: Horizonte (self-released)
Joe Fiedler: Like, Strange (Mulitphonics Music)
Nick Finzer: Hear & Now (Outside in Music)
Hal Galper: Live at the COTA Jazz Festival (Origin)
Pete Malinverni: Heaven (Saranac Music)
Plucky Strum (Sheryl Bailey & Harvie S): Departure (Whaling City Sound)
Nestor Torres: Jazz Flute Traditions (Alfi)
Matt Wilson's Honey and Salt: Music Inspired by the Poetry of Carl Sandburg (Palmetto)
BEST LATIN CDS:
BRAZILIAN: Jovino Santos Neto & André Mahmari: Guris: Celebrating the Music of Hermeto Pascoal (Adventure Music)
CUBAN: Arturo O'Farrill / Chucho Valdés: Familia: Tribute to Bebo + Chico (Motema)
BEST NEW CD OF PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED MATERIAL:
Bill Evans: Another Time: The Hilversum Concert (Resonance)