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)


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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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