Alain Drouot
I have not included any of the essential historical recordings released this year. In no particular order:
- Tom Christensen - New York School (Playscape)
- Mark Dresser/Denman Maroney - Time Changes (Cryptogramophone)
- John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble - A Blessing (Omnitone)
- Hamid Drake & Bindu - Bindu (Rogue Art)
- Russ Johnson - Save Big (Omnitone)
- Mick Rossi - One Block from Planet Earth (Omnitone)
- Atomic - The Bikini Tapes (Jazzland/Universal)
- Ahmed Abdullah - Traveling the Spaceways (Planet Arts)
- Dave Douglas - Mountain Passages (Greenleaf)
- Gerry Hemingway - The Whimbler (Clean Feed)