THE 10 BEST JAZZ CDS OF 2010 (11, ACTUALLY)
Sheryl Bailey: A New Promise (MCG Jazz)
Michael Dease: Grace (Jazz Legacy Productions)
Dave Holland: Pathways (Dare2)
Carol Leven: Between the Lines (Bickytown)
Pete Malinverni: A Beautiful Thing! (Saranac)
Rufus Reid: Out Front (Motema)
Ted Rosenthal: Impromptu (Playscape)
Harvie S: Cocolamus Bridge (Blue Bamboo)
Roland Vazquez: The Visitor (RVCD)
Chris Washburne & The SYOTOS Band: Fields of Moons (Jazzheads)
Matt Wilson: Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-o (Palmetto)*
* THIS CD ARRIVED TOO LATE TO MAKE MY ORIGINAL "TOP 10" LIST BUT IT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF THE YEAR'S BEST!
BEST LATIN CD: Spanish Harlem Orchestra: Viva la Tradición (Concord Picante)
BEST REISSUE CD [tie]:
Al Grey: The Last of the Big Plungers (+The Thinking Man's Trombone) (Fresh Sound)
Philly Joe Jones Dameronia: Look, Stop and Listen (Uptown)
BEST BOX SET: The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia, and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (Mosaic)
BEST CD OF PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED MATERIAL: Carl Fontana: The Fifties (Uptown)
