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2007 Contributor Picks
New Releases
 Maria Schneider Orchestra Sky Blue (ArtistShare) Review |  Michael Brecker Pilgrimage (Heads Up International) Review |
 David Torn Prezens (ECM Records) Review |  Keith Jarrett Trio My Foolish Heart (ECM Records) Review |  Terence Blanchard A Tale of God's Will (Blue Note Records) Review |
 Joshua Redman Back East (Nonesuch Records) Review |  Bill Frisell / Matt Chamberlain Floratone (Blue Note Records) Review |  Fred Anderson / Hamid Drake From The River To The Ocean (Thrill Jockey) Review |
 John Abercrombie Third Quartet (ECM Records) Review |  Herbie Hancock River: The Joni Letters (Verve Music Group) Review |  Kurt Elling Nightmoves (Telarc Records) Review |
 Jerry Bergonzi Tenorist (Savant Records) Review |  John Scofield This Meets That (Emarcy/Universal) Review |  Donny McCaslin In Pursuit (Sunnyside Records) Review |
 Charles Tolliver Big Band With Love (Blue Note Records) Review |  Kenny Werner Lawn Chair Society (Blue Note Records) Review |  Exploding Star Orchestra We Are All From Somewhere (Thrill Jockey) Review |
 Jason Lindner Big Band Live at Jazz Gallery (Anzic Records) Review |  Joe Zawinul Brown Street (Heads Up International) Review |  Joe Lovano / Hank Jones Kids: Duets Live (Blue Note Records) Review |
 Nels Cline Singers Drawn Breath (Cryptogramophone) Review |  Chris Potter Follow The Red Line (Sunnyside Records) Review |  Steve Kuhn Live at Birdland (Blue Note Records) Review |
Other top vote-getters...
Paul Motian, Bill Frisell, and Joe Lovano, Time and Time Again (ECM Records); Alan Pasqua, The Antisocial Club (Cryptogramophone); Anat Fort, A Long Story (ECM Records); Dave Brubeck, Indian Summer (Telarc Records); Dee Dee Bridgewater, Red Earth (Decca Music Group).
Dino Saluzzi & Anja Lechner, Ojos Negros (ECM Records); Kendrick Scott Oracle, The Source (World Culture Music); Kneebody, Low Electrical Worker (Colortone Media); Mostly Other People Do The Killing, Shamokin!!! (Hot Cup Records); Stefano Battaglia, Re: Pasolini (ECM Records); The Bad Plus, Prog (Heads Up International).
Tom Harrell, Light On (HighNote Records); Wayne Escoffery, Veneration (Savant Records); Aki Takase / Silke Eberhard, Ornette Coleman Anthology (Intakt Records); William Parker, Corn Meal Dance (AUM Fidelity Records); Alex Machacek / Matt Garrison / Jeff Sipe, Improvision (Abstract Logix).
Reissues/Historical Releases
 Miles Davis The Complete On The Corner Sessions (Sony-Legacy Music) Review |  Bennie Maupin The Jewel in the Lotus (ECM Records) Review |  Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy Cornell 1964 (Blue Note Records) Review |
DVD
 Jazz Icons Series 2 Set Wes Montgomery, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan (Reelin' in the Years) Review |
Books
 Ben Ratliff Coltrane: The Story of a Sound (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Review |  Brian Priestley Chasin' the Bird: The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker (Oxford University Press) Review |
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