Doug Collette's Best Releases of 2018
It wasn't hard in the least to compile a 'Best of...' list for 2018. The titles were self-evident as they rolled out, with almost clockwork regularity, over the course of the twelve months, ultimately comprising what I kept going back to most often during the year, enjoying each one more (and in a slightly different way) with each successive hearing.
Jamie Saft
Solo A Genova
Rare Noise Records
Jamie Saft
Blue Dream
Rare Noise Records
Brad Mehldau Trio
Seymour Reads The Constitution
Nonesuch Records
Julian Lage
Modern Lore
Mack Avenue Records
Fred Hersch
Live In Europe
Palmetto Records
John Medeski
Mad Skillet
Indirecto Records
Nels Cline Four
Currents, Constellations
Blue Note Records
John Scofield
Combo 66
Verve Music Group
John Coltrane
Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album Deluxe Edition
Verve Music Group
Miles Davis
The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6
Legacy Recordings
Nolatet
No Revenge Necessary
Royal Potato Family Records

Solo A Genova
Rare Noise Records

Blue Dream
Rare Noise Records

Seymour Reads The Constitution
Nonesuch Records

Modern Lore
Mack Avenue Records

Live In Europe
Palmetto Records

Mad Skillet
Indirecto Records

Currents, Constellations
Blue Note Records

Combo 66
Verve Music Group

Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album Deluxe Edition
Verve Music Group

The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6
Legacy Recordings

No Revenge Necessary
Royal Potato Family Records