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Mark F. Turner's Best Releases of 2011

By Mark F. Turner
December 23, 2011
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It's been another terrific year of music and these are just a few that sparked something within and keep me coming back for more.

Jazz New Releases

Steve Coleman and Five Elements The Mancy of Sound (Pi Recordings)	James Carter Organ Trio At The Crossroads EmArcy)	Chris Dingman Waking Dreams (Between Worlds Music)
John Escreet The Age We Live In (Mythology Records)	Captain Black Big Band Captain Black Big Band Posi-Tone Records	Terri Lyne Carrington Album Title (Concord Music Group)
Harris Eisenstadt September Trio (Clean Feed Records)	Kaze Rafale (Circum-disc)	Harriet Tubman Ascension (Sunnyside Records)
Kevin Brow Dolls and Guns (Blackout Music)	Alexis Cuadrado Noneto Ibérico Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records	Craig Taborn Avenging Angel (ECM)
New Discoveries
Le Boeuf Brothers In Praise of Shadows (Nineteen-Eight Records)	Florencia Ruiz Luz De La Noche (Adventure Music)	Vazytouille Vazytouille (Circum-disc)
Beyond Jazz
Yo-Yo Ma/ Stuart Duncan / Edgar Meyer / Chris Thile The Goat Rodeo Sessions (Sony Masterworks)	Raphael Saadiq Stone Rollin' (Columbia)	Little Dragon Ritual Union (Peacefrog)
The Roots undun (Def Jam)	Metronomy The English Riviera (Because Music)	Becca Stevens Band Weightless (Sunnyside Records)

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