All About Jazz tracks how often a CD review is recommended, and the CD reviews listed below represent our top 50 published in 2009.
1. Tore Brunborg - Lucid Grey by John Kelman Published: February 18, 2009 |
2. Samuel Quinto Trio - Salsa' N Jazz by Raul d'Gama Rose Published: August 30, 2009 |
3. Komeda Project - Requiem by Budd Kopman Published: November 6, 2009 |
4. Komeda Project - Requiem by Jakob Baekgaard Published: November 4, 2009 |
5. Paul Wertico's Mid East/MidWest Alliance - Impressions of a City by John Kelman Published: December 14, 2009 |
6. Komeda Project - Requiem by Chris May Published: November 28, 2009 |
7. Henry Cow - Henry Cow: The 40th Anniversary Henry Cow Box Set by John Kelman Published: January 12, 2009 |
8. Warren Greig - Here With You by Robert M. Sutton Published: April 19, 2009 |
9. Jacqui Naylor - You Don't Know Jacq by Guy Rabinovich Published: December 2, 2009 |
10. Arve Henriksen - Cartography by John Kelman Published: January 6, 2009 |
11. Edward Dowrick - 12 Beats Per Minute by Robert M. Sutton Published: June 3, 2009 |
12. Etienne Charles - Folklore by Nicholas F. Mondello Published: May 27, 2009 |
13. Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead: Road Trips - Volume 2 Number 1 by Doug Collette Published: January 17, 2009 |
14. Wouter Hamel - Nobody's Tune by Guy Rabinovich Published: December 5, 2009 |
15. Greg Ruggiero - Balance by Farrell Lowe Published: January 29, 2009 |
16. Jon Hassell - Jon Hassell: Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street by John Kelman Published: May 4, 2009 |
17. Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette - Yesterdays by John Kelman Published: January 21, 2009 |
18. The John Hicks Legacy Band - Mind Wine - The Music Of John Hicks by Douglas Payne Published: January 25, 2009 |
19. The West Point Band's Jazz Knights - At First Light by Edward Blanco Published: January 8, 2009 |
20. The Hashem Assadullahi Quintet - Strange Neighbor by Glenn Astarita Published: October 14, 2009 |
21. Cindy Bradley - Bloom by Jeff Winbush Published: April 26, 2009 |
22. Jon Hassell - Jon Hassell: Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street by Henry Smith Published: January 28, 2009 |
23. Krzysztof Popek - Estate by Jerry D'Souza Published: July 11, 2009 |
24. Willie Oteri / Dave Laczko - WD-41 by Glenn Astarita Published: July 24, 2009 |
25. Eldbjorg Raknes - From Frozen Feet Heat Came by Eyal Hareuveni Published: March 10, 2009 |
26. Elan Mehler - The After Suite by Chris May Published: March 16, 2009 |
27. Romain Collin - The Rise and Fall of Pipokuhn by Phil DiPietro Published: March 8, 2009 |
28. The Bad Plus - The Bad Plus / Wendy Lewis: For All I Care by Jeff Vrabel Published: February 4, 2009 |
29. John Coltrane - John Coltrane: The Impulse! Albums - Volume Three by Chris May Published: January 21, 2009 |
30. Julian Lage - Sounding Point by John Kelman Published: March 23, 2009 |
31. Marc Copland - New York Trio Recordings Vol. 3: Night Whispers by John Kelman Published: January 25, 2009 |
32. Manuel Mengis Gruppe 6 - Dulcet Crush by Mark Corroto Published: December 1, 2009 |
33. Adam Niewood & His Rabble Rousers - Adam Niewood & His Rabble Rousers: Epic Journey, Volumes I & II by Jay Deshpande Published: February 6, 2009 |
34. Marco Benevento - Me Not Me by Chris May Published: January 27, 2009 |
35. The Flatlands Collective - Maatjes by Troy Collins Published: January 16, 2009 |
36. Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um by Matthew Miller Published: January 23, 2009 |
37. Phish - Phish: At The Roxy by Doug Collette Published: January 2, 2009 |
38. Chris Walden - Chris Walden: Symphony No. 1 - The Four Elements by Victor L. Schermer Published: January 1, 2009 |
39. Miles Davis - Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue - 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition by Jeff Stockton Published: February 8, 2009 |
40. John Butcher / Gerry Hemingway - Buffalo Pearl by Mark Corroto Published: February 13, 2009 |
41. Anthony Braxton - Anthony Braxton: The Complete Arista Recordings by Clifford Allen Published: January 19, 2009 |
42. Joey Pero - Resonance by Nicholas F. Mondello Published: June 17, 2009 |
43. David Murray and the Gwo ka Masters - The Devil Tried To Kill Me by Mark F. Turner Published: November 20, 2009 |
44. Steve Kuhn - Steve Kuhn: Life's Backward Glances - Solo and Quartet by John Kelman Published: January 13, 2009 |
45. Disassembler - Disassembler: Fear Is The Mother Of Violence by Chris May Published: February 12, 2009 |
46. Anthony Branker & Ascent - Blessings by John Barron Published: April 10, 2009 |
47. U2 - U2: No Line on the Horizon by Nenad Georgievski Published: March 8, 2009 |
48. Avishai Cohen - Flood by J Hunter Published: January 3, 2009 |
49. Mia Vermillion - Alone Together With the Blues by C. Michael Bailey Published: July 27, 2009 |
50. Gianluigi Trovesi All'Opera - Profumo Di Violetta by John Kelman Published: January 7, 2009 |