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Doug Collette's Best of 2015

By Doug Collette
December 29, 2015
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It didn't take much thought to compose this list, perhaps because the inclusions run the gamut from finely-produced studio sessions to equally inspired live recordings (and much in between). And more so than in recent years, the playability of all these albums will surely equal their durability as time marches on, which is not necessarily a direct reflection of the intensity of hearing them (though they appear to be in descending order of same).

Brad Mehldau
Ten Years Solo Live
(Nonesuch)

Kim Simmonds & Savoy Brown
The Devil to Pay
(Ruf)

Al DiMeola
Elysium
(Inakustic)

Chick Corea & Bela Fleck
Two
(Concord)

Perez / Patitucci / Blade
Children of the Light
Mack Avenue

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
The Battle for Earth
The Royal Potato Family

Antonio Sanchez
Three Times Three
(Cam Jazz)

The Dave Douglas Quintet
Brazen Heart
(Greenleaf Music)

Jon Irabagon
Behind The Sky
(Self-Produced)

Drkwv
The Purge
(The Royal Potato Family)

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