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Mark F. Turner's Best Of 2009

By Mark F. Turner
January 17, 2010
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I listened to tons of great music and missed a lot more, but these are some that made a lasting impression.

Jazz New Releases

Allen Toussaint The Bright Mississippi

(Nonesuch)

Fly Sky & Country

(ECM)

Ravi Coltrane

Blending Times (Savoy)

John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble

Eternal Interlude (Sunnyside)

Jeff "Tain" Watts

Watts (Dark Key)

Omar Sosa

Across The Divide:A Tale Of Rhythm & Ancestry (Half Note)

Leo Blanco Africa Latina

(Ayva Musica)

Chris Potter Underground Ultrahang

(ArtistShare)

Miguel Zenon

Esta Plena (Marsalis Music)

Bobby Broom Plays for Monk

(Origen)

Paul Motian

On Broadway Vol. 5 (Winter & Winter)

Terence Blanchard

Choices (Concord Music Group)

New Discoveries

Paco Charlin Jazz Frequency Group Vol. IV

(Free Code)

Linda Oh Trio Entry (Self Published)

Simon Jermyn Trot A Mouse (Fresh Sound)

Beyond Jazz

Stade

Freewheel (Sub Rosa)

Sting If On A Winter's Night... (DG)

Q-Tip Kamaal The Abstract (Battery)

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