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Hrayr Attarian's Best Releases of 2015

By Hrayr Attarian
December 21, 2015
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The year 2015 was truly an exciting one for jazz as it saw many superb releases. If I had, however, the proverbial gun to the head to just choose just one it would be Rudresh Mahanthappa's Bird Calls (ACT, 2015). Nevertheless, the cream of the crop of the year is listed below in five triads. The three best small combo albums are listed on the first row. The three best solo efforts on the second row The three best large ensemble recordings on the third row. The three best debuts on the fourth row. And the three best reissues on the last row.

Rudresh Mahanthappa Bird Calls (ACT)	Henry Threadgill In For A Penny, In For A Pound (Pi)	Vijay Iyer Break Stuff (ECM)
Mary Halvorson Meltframe (Firehouse 12)	Fred Hersch Solo (Palmetto Records)	Keith Jarrett Creation (ECM)
Miho Hazama Time River (SunnySide)	Satoko Fujii Ichicgo Icihie Libra	Steve Coleman Synovial Joints (Pi)
Tomeka Reid Tomeka Reid Quartet (Thirsty Ear)	Mette Henriette Mette Henriette (ECM)	Nicole Glover First Record (Self Produced)
Wes Montgomery In the Beginning: Early Recordings from 1949-1958 (Resonance)	Red Garland Swinging on the Korner: Live at the Keystone Korner (Elemental)	Barry Harris Plays Tadd Dameron (Xanadu)

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