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---+ Neil Tesser
Chicago Reader and "Listen Here!," the public radio jazz review

---++ Top 10 Recordings 2007 

   * Michael Brecker: Pilgrimage (Heads Up)
   * Exploding Star Ochestra: We Are Else From Somewhere Else (Thrill Jockey)
   * Terence Blanchard: A Tale Of God's Will (Blue Note)
   * Kurt Elling: Night Moves (Concord)
   * Bobby Sanabria: Big Band Urban Folktales (Jazzheads)
   * Eldar Djangorov: Re-Imagination (Sony)
   * Tineke Postma: A Journey That Matters (Foreign Media Group)
   * Dee Dee Bridgewater: Red Earth (Emarcy)
   * Matt Wilson: The Scenic Route (Palmetto)
   * (tied) John !McLean: Better Angels (Blujazz)
   * (tied) Joshua Redman: Back East (Nonesuch)

---+++ And the following honorable mentions, if only to prove that "ten" is an awfully arbitrary number:

Muiza Adnet Sings Moacir Santos (Adventure); Eric Alexander, The Temple Of
Olympic Zeus (!HighNote); Tim Armacost, Rhythm & Transformation
(!ArtistShare); Ryan Cohan, One Sky (Motema); 3 Cohens, Braid (Anzic); James
Davis Quintet, Angles Of Refraction (eyes&ears); Bob Florence Limited
Edition, Eternal Licks & Grooves (MAMA); Hiromi¹s Sonicbloom: Time
Control(Telarc); Keith Jarrett, My Foolish Heart (ECM); Knoxville Jazz
Orchestra, Blues Man From Memphis (Blue Canoe); Rene Marie, Experiment In
Truth ([[http://www.renemarie.com][www.renemarie.com]]); Donny !McCaslin, In
Pursuit (Sunnyside); Nicole Mitchell, Black Unstoppable (Delmark); Mark
Murphy, Love Is What Stays (Verve); Miles Okazaki, Mirror
([[http://www.milesokazaki.com][www.milesokazaki.com]]); Chris Potter 10, Song
For Anyone (Sunnyside); Maria Schneider, Sky Blue (!ArtistShare); Christian
Scott, Anthem (Concord); Kendra Shank, Spirit Free (Challenge); Charlies
Tolliver Big Band, With Love (Blue Note); Gebhard Ullman, New Basement
Research (Soul Note); Kenny Werner, Lawn Chair Society (Blue Note)

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Topic revision: r1 - 10 Dec 2007 - 22:57:39 - WhitBlauvelt
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