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Troy Collins' Best Releases of 2011

By Troy Collins
December 18, 2011
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Compiling end of the year lists is never easy. Considering the quantity of recordings issued during a year, attempting to mention every noteworthy session would result in a list of epic proportions. These few albums are a cross-section of some of the best modern jazz released in 2011, highlighting sophisticated new developments in composition and improvisation—from coast to coast.

New Releases
Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet Apparent Distance (Firehouse 12)	Kermit Driscoll Reveille (Leo)	FAB Trio History of Jazz in Reverse (TUM)
Vinny Golia Octet Music for Baritone Saxophone (Nine Winds)	Rich Halley Quartet Requiem For A Pit Viper (Pine Eagle)	Joel Harrison String Choir The Music of Paul Motian (Sunnyside)
Gerry Hemingway Quintet Riptide (Clean Feed)	Jason Kao Hwang Edge Crossroads Unseen (Euonymus)	Darius Jones Trio Big Gurl (Smell My Dream) (AUM Fidelity)
Nicole Mitchell Awakening (Delmark)	Ivo Perelman Quartet The Hour of the Star (Leo)	David S. Ware, et al. Planetary Unknown (AUM Fidelity)
New Discoveries
Ambrose Akinmusire When The Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note)	Joseph Daley Earth Tones Ensemble The Seven Deadly Sins (Jaro)	Carlo De Rosa's Cross-Fade Brain Dance (Cuneiform)
Historical Reissues
Julius Hemphill Dogon A.D. (Int. Phonograph)	Bill Dixon Orchestra Intents And Purposes (Int. Phonograph)	Heiner Stadler Tribute to Bird & Monk (Labor)

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