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Year End Picks by Pierre Giroux

These albums represent my favorites by year...

Thelonious Monk: Bremen 1965
Bremen 1965
Thelonious Monk
Sunnyside Records, 2025
buy
Carlos Garnett: Cosmos Nucleus
Cosmos Nucleus
Carlos Garnett
Time Traveler Recordings, 2025
buy
Roy Brooks: The Free Slave
The Free Slave
Roy Brooks
Time Traveller Recordings, 2025
buy
Mike LeDonne: Turn It Up!: Live at the Sidedoor
Turn It Up!: Live at the Sidedoor
Mike LeDonne
Cellar Music Group, 2025
buy
Kenny Barron: Sunset To Dawn
Sunset To Dawn
Kenny Barron
Time Traveler Recordings, 2025
buy
Charlie Rouse: Cinnamon Flower : The Expanded Version
Cinnamon Flower : The Expanded Version
Charlie Rouse
Resonance Records, 2025
buy
Colin Hancock: Cat & The Hounds
Cat & The Hounds
Colin Hancock
Turtle Bay Records, 2025
buy
Pete McGuinness: Mixed Bag
Mixed Bag
Pete McGuinness
Summit Records, 2025
buy
Denny Zeitlin: With a Song In My Heart: Exploring The Music of Richard Rodgers
With a Song In My Heart: Exploring The Music of Richard Rodgers
Denny Zeitlin
Sunnyside Records, 2025
buy
Ryan Truesdell: Shades of Sound
Shades of Sound
Ryan Truesdell
Outside in Music, 2025
buy
Miles Black: The Slow Road
The Slow Road
Miles Black
Cellar Music Group, 2025
buy
Kenny Dorham: Blue Bossa in the Bronx: Live from the Blue Morocco
Blue Bossa in the Bronx: Live from the Blue Morocco
Kenny Dorham
Resonance Records, 2025
buy
Noah Preminger: Ballads
Ballads
Noah Preminger
Chill Tone Records, 2025
buy
David Robbins: Happy Faces
Happy Faces
David Robbins
Cellar Music Group, 2025
buy
Carl Allen: Tippin'
Tippin'
Carl Allen
Cellar Music Group, 2025
buy
Emily Remler: Cookin' at the Queens: Live in Las Vegas 1984 & 1988
Cookin' at the Queens: Live in Las Vegas 1984 & 1988
Emily Remler
Resonance Records, 2024
buy
Delfeayo Marsalis: Crescent City Jewels
Crescent City Jewels
Delfeayo Marsalis
Troubadour Jass, 2024
buy
John Fedchock: Justifiably J.J.
Justifiably J.J.
John Fedchock
Summit Records, 2024
buy
Danny Jonokuchi: A Decade
A Decade
Danny Jonokuchi
Bandstand Presents, 2024
buy
Pete Malinverni: An American in London
An American in London
Pete Malinverni
PX Records, 2024
buy
Neil Swainson: Here for a While
Here for a While
Neil Swainson
Cellar Music Group, 2024
buy
Eric Alexander: Timing Is Everything
Timing Is Everything
Eric Alexander
Cellar Music Group, 2024
buy
Denny Zeitlin: Panoply
Panoply
Denny Zeitlin
Sunnyside Records, 2024
buy
Roger Kellaway: Live At Mezzrow
Live At Mezzrow
Roger Kellaway
Cellar Music Group, 2024
buy

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