Each year I publish a list of jazz CDs issued in the past year that I found most interesting and enjoyable. The list is selected from among the thousand or so CDs received in an average year. It also represents music that I have played frequently on Jazz After Hours and Jazz Northwest. The Best NW category zeros in on musicians in our area but only as a point of reference. Musically, their CDs could just as well be in the national categories.
Gail Pettis—Here In the Moment—Origin
Hadley Caliman—Straight Ahead—Origin
Nelda Swiggett—This Time—OA2
Wellstone Conspiracy—Motives—Origin
Karin Plato—Out of Town—KVP
Dave Peck—Modern Romance—Let's Play Stella
Ziggurat Quartet—Calculated Gesture—Origin
Cory Weeds—The Many Deeds of—Cellar Live
Matt Jorgensen—Tattooed by Passion—Origin
Hadley Caliman/Pete Christlieb—Reunion—Origin
Randy Halberstadt—Flash Point—Origin
Thomas Marriott—Constraints & Liberations—Origin
Greta Matassa & Clipper Anderson—And To All A Good Night—Origin
