Doug Collette's Best Releases Of 2020
Given the challenging year that was 2020, "Best of..." lists may turn out to be the high points of the last twelve months. Certainly there were times in the spring when it seemed as though a drought of new music might be inescapable, but as summer turned to fall, the titles kept rolling out, with the usual clockwork regularity (almost). Here, then, is music worth remembering, released during a time mostly worth forgetting.
Kim Simmonds/Savoy Brown
Ain't Done Yet
Quarto Valley Records
Holly Bowling
Seeking All That's Left Unsung
Self-Produced
Fred Hersch
Songs From Home
Palmetto Records
Pat Metheny
From This Place
Nonesuch Records
Brad Mehldau
Suite: April 2020
Nonesuch
Joshua Redman/Brad Mehldau/Christian McBride/Brian Blade
RoundAgain
Nonesuch Records
Mike Dillon
Rosewood
Royal Potato Family
Thana Alexa
ONA
Self-Produced
Will Bernard
Freelance Subversives
Ropeadope
Billy Martin
Guilty
Self-Produced

Ain't Done Yet
Quarto Valley Records

Seeking All That's Left Unsung
Self-Produced

Songs From Home
Palmetto Records

From This Place
Nonesuch Records

Suite: April 2020
Nonesuch

RoundAgain
Nonesuch Records

Rosewood
Royal Potato Family

ONA
Self-Produced

Freelance Subversives
Ropeadope

Guilty
Self-Produced