Seems a little early to be dispensing with the annual top ten, but since the lists seem to be proliferating the Internet, and I don't have any fresh content to add, here goes...
Vandermark 5 Special Edition—The Horse Jumps and the Ship is Gone (Not Two)
Ches Smith and These Arches—Finally Out of My Hands (Skirl)
Mary Halvorson Quintet—Saturn Sings (Firehouse 12)
David S. Ware—Onecept (AUM Fidelity)
Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green—Apex (Pi Recordings)
Mostly Other People Do the Killing—Forty Fort (Hot Cup)
Little Women—Throat (AUM Fidelity)
Steve Coleman and Five Elements—Harvesting Semblances and Affinities (Pi Recordings)
Rudresh Mahanthappa and Steve Lehman—Dual Identity (Clean Feed)
Terje Rypdal—Crime Scene (ECM)
Honorable Mention:
Jason Adasiewicz—Sun Rooms (Delmark)
Alexander McCabe—Quiz (Consolidated Artists Productions)
Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet—Natural Selection (Sunnyside)
The Bad Plus—Never Stop (E1 Entertainment)
Jon Irabagon—Foxy (Hot Cup)
Vijay Iyer—Solo (ACT Records)
David Weiss and Point of Departure—Snuck In (Sunnyside)
Nobu Stowe—Confusion Bleue (Soul Note)
Anat Cohen—Clarinetwork: Live at the Village Vanguard (Anzic)
Nels Cline Singers—Initiate (Cryptogramophone)
David S. Ware—Saturnian: Solo Saxophones Vol. 1 (AUM Fidelity)
The Black Keys—Brothers (Nonesuch)
The Black Keys—The iTunes Session (Nonesuch)
Junior Wells and the Aces—Live in Boston 1966
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Vandermark 5 Special Edition—The Horse Jumps and the Ship is Gone (Not Two)
Ches Smith and These Arches—Finally Out of My Hands (Skirl)
Mary Halvorson Quintet—Saturn Sings (Firehouse 12)
David S. Ware—Onecept (AUM Fidelity)
Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green—Apex (Pi Recordings)
Mostly Other People Do the Killing—Forty Fort (Hot Cup)
Little Women—Throat (AUM Fidelity)
Steve Coleman and Five Elements—Harvesting Semblances and Affinities (Pi Recordings)
Rudresh Mahanthappa and Steve Lehman—Dual Identity (Clean Feed)
Terje Rypdal—Crime Scene (ECM)
Honorable Mention:
Jason Adasiewicz—Sun Rooms (Delmark)
Alexander McCabe—Quiz (Consolidated Artists Productions)
Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet—Natural Selection (Sunnyside)
The Bad Plus—Never Stop (E1 Entertainment)
Jon Irabagon—Foxy (Hot Cup)
Vijay Iyer—Solo (ACT Records)
David Weiss and Point of Departure—Snuck In (Sunnyside)
Nobu Stowe—Confusion Bleue (Soul Note)
Anat Cohen—Clarinetwork: Live at the Village Vanguard (Anzic)
Nels Cline Singers—Initiate (Cryptogramophone)
David S. Ware—Saturnian: Solo Saxophones Vol. 1 (AUM Fidelity)
The Black Keys—Brothers (Nonesuch)
The Black Keys—The iTunes Session (Nonesuch)
Junior Wells and the Aces—Live in Boston 1966
Send comments to Tim.
