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Doug Collette's Best Releases of 2011

Doug Collette By Doug Collette

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In no particular order, but all artists display unusually high levels of imagination and creative courage here, rendering each album worth playing for years to come.






Brad Mehldau
Live in Marciac
(Nonesuch)





Pat Metheny
What's It All About
(Nonesuch)





Corea, Clarke & White
Forever
(Concord)





Bela Fleck
Rocket Science
(eOne)





John Scofield
A Moment's Peace
(Emarcy)





The New Gary Burton Quartet
Common Ground
(Mack Avenue)





Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood
In Case the World Changes Its Mind
(Indirecto)





The Wood Brothers
Smoke Ring Halo
(Southern Ground)





North Mississippi Allstars
Keys to the Kingdom
(Songs of the South)





Tedeschi Trucks Band
Revelator
(Sony Masterworks)

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