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Mark F. Turner's Best of 2008

By Mark F. Turner
January 11, 2009
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Another tremendous year of diverse music. Here are a few that made lasting impressions.

Drew Gress The Irrational Numbers

(Premonition)

Cassandra Wilson Loverly (Blue Note)

McCoy Tyner

Guitars (Half Note)

Steve Khan The Suitcase

(Tone Center)

Kurt Rosenwinkel The Remedy: Live at the Village Vanguard (ArtistShare)

Huong Thanh & Nguyen Le

Fragile Beauty (ACT)

Etenesh & Le Tigre

Ethiosonic (Des Platanes) ( Buda Musique)

J.D. Allen I AM I AM

(SunnySide)

Greg Osby 9 Levels (Inner Circle)

Danilo Perez Across the Crystal Sea

(ArtistShare)

Charles Lloyd Quartet

Rabo de Nube (ECM)

Tim Ries Stones World: Rolling Stones Project II (SunnySide)

John Escreet Consequences (Posi-Tone)

Christian Scott Live at Newport (Concord Music Group)

Marc Ayza Offering (Fresh Sound New Talent)

Matana Roberts The Chicago Project (Central Control International)

Hank Roberts Green (Winter & Winter)

Angelica Sanchez Life Between (Clean Feed Records)

Jim Beard Revolutions Intuition

Sidiki Conde Sidiki (Innova Recordings)

Samuel Blaser 7th Heaven (Between The Lines)

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