Philip Booth
Notable Jazz Discs of 2006
(in alphabetical order; circa 12:22 a.m., Dec. 21, 2006)
- Richard Bona, Tiki (Decca)
- Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian (Nonesuch)
- Kenny Garrett, Beyond the Wall (Nonesuch)
- Winard Harper Sextet, Make It Happen (Piadrum)
- Medeski, Scofield, Martin and Wood, Out Louder (Indirecto)
- Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau, Metheny Mehldau (Nonesuch)
- Jason Moran, Artist in Residence (Blue Note)
- Sonny Rollins, Sonny Please (Doxy)
- Steve Swallow, So There (ECM/Watt)
- Pete Zimmer Quintet, Judgment
+3 more (bonus overtime picks)
- Chris Potter, Underground (Sunnyside)
- Weather Report, Forecast:Tomorrow
- Don Byron, Do the Boomerang (Blue Note)
+3 non-jazz favorites
- Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint, The River in Reverse (Verve)
- Los Lobos, The Town and the City (Hollywood)
- Derek Trucks, Songlines (Legacy)