C. Michael Bailey's Best Recordings of 2014
This year turned out to be a watershed of jazz and beyond vocals, instrumental jazz and important reissues. It was a year of music that further opened my eyes and ears to music I had not previously valued or considered. How short-sighted of me.
Beat Kaestli
Collage
(B&B Productions)
Bob Dorough
Eulalia
(Self Produced)
Kate McGarry
Genevieve & Ferdinand -Live
(Sunnyside Records)
Cindy Scott
Historia
(STEM Records)
Uri Caine
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
(Winter & Winter)
Laurie Antonioli
Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light: the Music of Joni Mitchell
(Origin Records)
Roseanna Vitro
Clarity: Music of Clare Fischer
(Random Acts Records)
Natalie Cressman
Turn the Sea
(Self Produced)
InDuologue
Blue Skies
(Snip Records)
Donna Deussen
On the Street Where You Live
(Self Produced)
Cat Conner
Cat House
(Cat Tales Records)
Low Society
You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down
(Icehouse Records)
David Ian
Valentine's Day
(Prescott Recordings)
Vittorio Gennari
Blues
(Red Records)
Dave Stryker
Eight Track
(Self Produced)
John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire...
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
(Soli Gloria Deo)
Allman Brothers Band
The 1971 Fillmore Recordings
(Mercury Records)
Jack Cooper
MistCharles Ives for Orchestra
(Planet Arts)
Joanne Lunn, Rowan Hellier, Thomas Hobbs, Matthew Brooks...
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartRequiem
(Linn Records)
Philip Corner
Satie Slowly
(Unseen Worlds Records)
The Bad Plus
The Rite of Spring
(Sony Records)
Eric Reed
Groovewise
(Smoke Sessions)
George Taylor
Rain or Shine
(Self Produced)
Rory Gallagher
Irish Tour '7440th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
(Sony Legacy)

Collage
(B&B Productions)

Eulalia
(Self Produced)

Genevieve & Ferdinand -Live
(Sunnyside Records)

Historia
(STEM Records)

Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
(Winter & Winter)

Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light: the Music of Joni Mitchell
(Origin Records)

Clarity: Music of Clare Fischer
(Random Acts Records)

Turn the Sea
(Self Produced)

Blue Skies
(Snip Records)

On the Street Where You Live
(Self Produced)

Cat House
(Cat Tales Records)

You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down
(Icehouse Records)

Valentine's Day
(Prescott Recordings)

Blues
(Red Records)

Eight Track
(Self Produced)

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
(Soli Gloria Deo)

The 1971 Fillmore Recordings
(Mercury Records)

MistCharles Ives for Orchestra
(Planet Arts)

Wolfgang Amadeus MozartRequiem
(Linn Records)

Satie Slowly
(Unseen Worlds Records)

The Rite of Spring
(Sony Records)

Groovewise
(Smoke Sessions)

Rain or Shine
(Self Produced)

Irish Tour '7440th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
(Sony Legacy)
Tags
Beat Kaestli
Best of / Year End
C. Michael Bailey
Bob Dorough
Kate McGarry and Keith Ganz
Cindy Scott
Uri Caine Ensemble
Laurie Antonioli
Roseanna Vitro
Natalie Cressman
Donna Deussen and the Paul Weitz Trio
Cat Conner
Low Society
David Ian
Vittorio Gennari
Dave Stryker
Allman Brothers Band
Jack Cooper
Philip Corner
The Bad Plus
Eric Reed
George Taylor
Rory Gallagher