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John Kelman's Best of 2008
Jazz New Releases
 e.s.t. Leucocyte (ACT) |  Bobo Stenson Trio Cantando (ECM) |  Atomic Retrograde (Jazzland) |
 Vince Mendoza Blauklang (ACT) |  Phil Markowitz Catalysis (Sunnyside) |  Arild Andersen Live at Belleville (ECM) |
 Sylvain Luc / Trio Sud Young and Fine (Dreyfus Jazz) |  Steve Khan The Suitcase (Tone Center) |  Kurt Rosenwinkel Group The Remedy: Live at the Village Vanguard (ArtistShare) |
 Pat Metheny Tokyo Day Trip (Nonesuch) |  Marc Copland Another Place (Pirouet) |  Enrico Pieranunzi Trio feat. Kenny Wheeler As Never Before (Cam Jazz) |
Reissues/Historical Releases
 Pat Metheny Question and Answer (Nonesuch) |  Charlie Haden The Private Collection (NAIM) |  David Liebman Pendulum: Live at the Village Vanguard (Mosaic) |
 Charlie Mariano Helen 12 Trees (Promising Music/MPS) |  George Duke My Soul: The Complete MPS Fusion Recordings (MPS/Universal Group) |  Genesis Genesis: 1970-1975 (Rhino) |
Progressive/Fusion
 The Wrong Object Stories From the Shed (MoonJune) |  Elephant9 Dodovoodoo (Rune Grammofon) |  Jimmy Herring Lifeboat (Abstract Logix) |
 Deus Ex Machina Imparis (Cuneiform) |  Asaf Sirkis Trio The Monk (SAM Productions) |  King Crimson The Collectable King Crimson Volume Three (DGM Live) |
Beyond
 Punkt / Sidsel Endresen / Jon Hassell Live Remixes Vol. 1 (Jazzland) |  Arve Henriksen Cartography (ECM) |  Todd Sickafoose Tiny Resistors (Cryptogramophone) |
 Jon Balke Book of Velocities (ECM) |  Trygve Seim / Frode Haltli Yeraz (ECM) |  Fred Frith The Happy End Problem (ReR/Fred) |
New Discoveries
 Mathias Eick The Door (ECM) |  Aaron Parks Invisible Cinema (Blue Note) |  Splashgirl Doors.Keys. (AIM Records) |
 Motif Apo Calypso (Jazzland) |  Havard Wiik The Arcades Project (Jazzland) |  Skyphone Avellaneda (Rune Grammofon) |
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