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Rhythm In Every Guise
David A. Orthmann's Top Releases of 2009
It's impossible to do justice to all of the fine new music issued in 2009. So I've listed ten of the discs that had the greatest impact on me. Each one includes the name of the drummer who was essential in making the music special.

Joe Locke and David Hazeltine
Mutual Admiration Society 2
(Sharp Nine Records)
Billy Drummond

Rich Perry
Gone
(SteepleChase)
Jeff Hirshfield

Neal Miner
Happy Hour
(Gut String Records)
Joe Strasser

Mike DiRubbo
Repercussion
(Posi-Tone Records)
Tony Reedus

Scott Reeves Quintet
Shape Shifter
(Miles High Records)
Andy Watson

Mike Lee/Ted Shubb
New Tricks
(New Tricks Records)
Shawn Baltazor

Nick Hempton Band
Nick Hempton Band
(Self Produced)
Dan Aran

Dick Oatts/Jerry Bergonzi
Saxology
(SteepleChase)
Tom Melito

Ronnie Cuber
Ronnie
(SteepleChase)
Johnathan Blake

Vitaly Golovnev
To Whom It May Concern
(Tippin' Records)
Jason Brown







