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C. Michael Bailey’s Best Releases of 2016
I cite my fellow All About Jazz colleagues because of a long relationship with them, their inherent erudition, and their uncanny ability to get me to listen to things I otherwise might miss. To them I say thank you. This next year will mark my 20th year writing for AAJ. Twenty years ago, I was 38 years old looking for an outlet for my music writing that had eluded me until I came across a call for articles from one Michael Ricci in Philadelphia. I emailed my review of Art Pepper's San Francisco Samba (Contemporary, 1997) and it magically appeared among these electrons at just the time the Internet was taking off. And here I am, 2,000 writing pieces later, richer for the people I have met through this website and grateful for them all.
 Roswell Rudd & Heather Masse August Love Song (Red House Records) |  Roswell Rudd/Jamie Saft / Trevor Dunn/Balazs Pandi Strength & Power (RareNoiseRecords) |  Thad Jones & Mel Lewis All My Yesterdays: The Debut 1966 Recordings at the Village Vanguard (Resonance Records) |
 Jane Monheit Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald (Emerald City Records) |  Dida Pelled A Missing Shade of Blue Red Records |  Shirley Horn Shirley Horn Live at the 4 Queen (Resonance Records) |
 Bobby Previte Mass (RareNoiseRecords) |  Mike Neer Steelonious (Self Produced) |  Alyssa Allgood Out of the Blue (Jeru Jazz Records) |
 Van Morrison It's Too Late to Stop Now...Volumes I-IV (SMG Records) |  Tony Moreno Short Stories (Mayimba Music) |  The Rolling Stones Blue and Lonesome (Polydor Records) |
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