Mark Corroto's Top Ten (Ok Fifteen) of 2018
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Another trip around the sun. In the AllAboutJazz universe, the stars were especially bright this year. Which is a good thing, unless you are like me, trying to pare down a huge list of favorites to just ten. At that task, I've failed once again. So here are my 15 favorite recordings of 2018 in no particular order.
Frank Kimbrough
Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk
Sunnyside Records
Jamie Saft Quartet
Blue Dream
RareNoise Records
Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp
Oneness
Leo Records
Steve Coleman and Five Elements
Live at The Village Vanguard Vol. 1 (The Embedded Set)
Pi Recordings
Dan Weiss
Starebaby
Pi Recordings
Miles Okazaki
Work (Complete, Volumes 1-6)
Self Released
Jeff Lederer / Shakers n' Bakers
Heart Love
Little (i) Music
Daniel Carter/William Parker/Matthew Shipp
Seraphic Light (Live At Tufts University)
AUM Fidelity
Mary Halvorson/Michael Formanek/Tomas Fujiwara/Thumbscrew
Theirs/Ours
Cuneiform Records
James Brandon Lewis/Chad Taylor
Radiant Imprints
Off Record Label
Andy Biskin
16 Tons: Songs From The Alen Lomax Collection
Andorfin Records
Jeremiah Cymerman
Decay of the Angel
5049 Records
Ross Hammond/Jay Nair
Songs Of Universal Peace
Prescott Records
Jon Irabagon Quartet
Dr. Quixotic's Traveling Exotics
Irrabagast Records
Bobby Naughton/Wadada Leo Smith/Perry Robinson
The Haunt
NoBusiness Records

Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk
Sunnyside Records

Blue Dream
RareNoise Records

Oneness
Leo Records

Live at The Village Vanguard Vol. 1 (The Embedded Set)
Pi Recordings

Starebaby
Pi Recordings

Work (Complete, Volumes 1-6)
Self Released

Heart Love
Little (i) Music

Seraphic Light (Live At Tufts University)
AUM Fidelity

Theirs/Ours
Cuneiform Records

Radiant Imprints
Off Record Label

16 Tons: Songs From The Alen Lomax Collection
Andorfin Records

Decay of the Angel
5049 Records

Songs Of Universal Peace
Prescott Records

Dr. Quixotic's Traveling Exotics
Irrabagast Records

The Haunt
NoBusiness Records
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Best of / Year End
Mark Corroto
Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Frank Kimbrough
Jamie Saft
Ivo Perelman
Matthew Shipp
Steve Coleman
Dan Weiss,
Miles Okazaki
Jeff Lederer
Daniel Carter
William Parker
Mary Halvorson
Michael Formanek
Tomas Fujiwara
James Brandon Lewis
Chad Taylor
Andy Biskin
Jeremiah Cymerman
Ross Hammond
Jon Irabagon
Wadada Leo Smith