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Editor's Choice
John Kelman's Best of 2007
By
JOHN KELMAN,
Published: December 21, 2007
John Kelman
With the realization that there will always be more music coming at him than he can keep up with, John wonders why anyone would think that jazz is dead or dying.Selected picks representing the top recorded events in jazz and beyond for 2007....
Jazz New Releases
 David Torn Prezens (ECM) |  Michael Brecker Pilgrimage (Heads Up) |  Dave Douglas & Keystone Moonshine (Greenleaf) |
 Scott Colley Architect of the Silent Moment (Cam Jazz) |  Supersilent 8 (Rune Grammofon) |  John Abercrombie The Third Quartet (ECM) |
 Sinikka Langeland Starflowers (ECM) |  Chris Potter Follow the Red Line (Sunnyside) |  Frisell/Chamberlain Townsend/Martine Floratone (Blue Note) |
 John Scofield This Meets That (Emarcy) |  David Liebman Group Blues All Ways (OmniTone) |  Steve Khan Borrowed Time (Tone Center) |
Reissues/Historical Releases
 Miles Davis The Complete On The Corner Sessions (Sony/Legacy) |  Bennie Maupin The Jewel in the Lotus (ECM) |  Donald Fagen The Nightfly Trilogy (Reprise) |
 Oregon Out of the Woods / Roots in the Sky (Collector's Choice) |  Hugh Hopper Hopper Tunity Box (Cuneiform) |  Egg The Civil Surface (Esoteric) |
Progressive/Fusion/Other
 Eivind Aarset Sonic Codex (Jazzland) |  Alan Pasqua The Antisocial Club (Cryptogramophone) |  Alex Machacek / Jeff Sipe / Matt Garrison Improvision (Abstract Logix) |
 Asaf Sirkis & The Inner Noise The Song Within (SAM Productions) |  Fripp & Eno Beyond Even (1992-2006) (DGM) |  Rachel Unthank & The Winterset The Bairns (Rabble Rouser) |
New Discoveries
 One Shot Ewaz Vader (Le Triton) |  Delta Saxophone Quartet Dedicated to You...But You Weren't Listening (MoonJune) |  Gwilym Simcock Perception (Basho) |
 Daniel Bernard Roumain Etudes 4 violin & electronix (Thirsty Ear) |  Michael Harrison Revelation: Music in Pure Intonation (Cantaloupe Music) |  Erdem Helvacioglu Altered Realities (New Albion) |
