Ken Dryden’s 2009 Favorites
December 16th 2009 08:06 pm
Copyright © 2009 Ken Dryden
Ken Dryden’s 2009 Favorites
With between 800 and 1000 CDs arriving annually, it is impossible to hear everything, let alone the titles I didn’t obtain. My choices, in no particular order, represent some of my favorites from 2009.
Top 10 New Releases:
Charles Tolliver Big Band: Emperor March: Live at the Blue Note (Half Note)
Roberta Gambarini: So in Love (Emarcy)
Fred Hersch Pocket Orchestra: Live at Jazz Standard (Sunnyside)
Mel Martin: Where the Warm Winds Blow (Jazzed Media)
Oliver Jones & Hank Jones: Pleased to Meet You (Justin Time)
Terell Stafford-Dick Oatts Quintet: Bridging the Gap (Planet Arts)
The Heath Brothers: Endurance (Jazz Legacy)
Bud Shank Quartet: Fascinating Rhythms (Jazzed Media)
Geoff Keezer: Aurea (ArtistShare)
Ted Kooshian’s Standard Orbit Quartet: Underdog, and Other Stories… (Summit)
Top 10 Reissues/Historical Discoveries/Boxed Sets:
Ella Fitzgerald: Twelve Nights in Hollywood (Verve/Hip-O-Select)
Oscar Peterson: Debut: The Clef/Mercury Duo Recordings 1949-1951 (Verve/Hip-O-Select)
Denny Zeitlin: The Columbia Studio Trio Sessions (Mosaic Select)
Fats Waller: Fats Waller on the Air 1938 Broadcasts (TPR)
Joe Bushkin Quartet with Stuff Smith: Live Embers 1964 (AB Fable)
Scott LaFaro: Pieces of Jade (Resonance)
Freddie Hubbard: Without a Song: Live in Europe 1969 (Blue Note)
Jimmy Rushing: The Scene (HighNote)
Lucky Thompson: New York City, 1964-65 (Uptown)
Philly Joe Jones/Dameronia: Look, Stop and Listen (Uptown)
