2010 Year End List Mentions
These are records that show up in various year-end lists.
Anthologies and reissues have been (mostly) weeded out, moved
here. Those
in blue are ones I have in more/less final
form. Those in green I have as stripped
down promos or don't have but have managed to hear somehow. The
numbers in {} are the number of mentions. Once I've gotten far
enough I'll start sorting by mentions. Finally I have some notes.
Not every mention is noted, but some of the more significant ones
are. To decode them, see the legend at the bottom.
Note: File has been frozen as of Jan. 24, 2011.
Sub-Lists
Some breakdowns by genre (initially just jazz). In many cases
these are incomplete, partly because this was an added feature,
partly because they're hard to verify.
Prime Candidates
Minimum 10 mentions.
- Jason Moran: Ten [Blue Note] {109}: V[88-11-130]; MC(87), BBC:90, BG:90, DB, G:80, LAT:88, NYT:90, P:81, PM:80, VV:90; MT:*, TH:***
- Rudresh Mahanthappa/Bunky Green: Apex [Pi] {63}: V[720-2-15]; AM, DB, JL; CM, TH:***
- Charles Lloyd: Mirror [ECM] {51}: MC(81), AM, BBC:80, G:100, JL; TH:***
- Mary Halvorson Quintet: Saturn Sings [Firehouse 12] {50}: V[135-8-87]; DB, JL; FD, CM, TH:***
- Steve Coleman and Five Elements: Harvesting Semblances and Affinities [Pi] {45}: V[1595-1-7]; DB; TH:B
- Vijay Iyer: Solo [ACT] {45}: V[301-3-39]; MC(81), BBC:80, BG:90, DB, G:80, DU:80, PF:77, PM:90, VV:80, W:80; JM, TH:***
- Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden: Jasmine [ECM] {45}: V[216-5-55]; DB, EW:A; JM, TH:**
- Geri Allen: Flying Toward the Sound [Motéma] {41}: V[735-2-15]; AM, DB, SG; TH:*
- Henry Threadgill Zooid: This Brings Us To: Volume II [Pi] {37}: V[845-2-21]; TH:A- - added P&J vote
- The Claudia Quintet/Gary Versace: Royal Toast [Cuneiform] {33}: V[338-3-35]; MC(83), AM, BBC:80, BG:80, DB, DU:80, G:80, NYT:80, PF:71; SG, JM, TH:***
- The Nels Cline Singers: Initiate [Cryptogramophone] {33}: V[289-3-40]; AM, DB, PX:80; SG, CM, TH:A-
- Dave Holland Octet: Pathways [Dare2] {31}: V[961-1-10]; DB, PM:8; TH:***
- Marc Ribot: Silent Movies [Pi] {31}: V[223-5-53]; MC(89), AM, DU:80, JL, PH:100, PM:90; FD:3, TH:**
- Brad Mehldau: Highway Rider [Nonesuch] {30}: V[346-4-33]; AM, DB; TH:**
- Regina Carter: Reverse Thread [E1 Entertainment] {29}: V[361-3-31]; AM, P:82; TH:*
- Fred Hersch Trio: Whirl [Palmetto] {29}: AM, DB; TH:A-
- Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth: Deluxe [Clean Feed] {29}: V[489-2-22]; DB, TH:*
- Paul Motian: Lost in a Dream [ECM] {29}: V[830-1-11]; JM; FD, TH:***
- Robert Wyatt/Gilad Atzmon/Ros Stephen: For the Ghosts Within [Domino] {29}: V[310-4-38]; MC(82), DS:90, G:100, JL, MJ:80, MO:80, NYT:80, PF:77, PM:90, TMT:80, U:80; TH:*
- Christian Scott: Yesterday You Said Tomorrow [Concord] {28}: V[282-4-41]; JM, TH:B
- Michael Formanek: The Rub and Spare Change [ECM] {25}: DB, JL; FD, JM, TH:**
- Jaga Jazzist: One Armed Bandit [Ninja Tune] {25}: MC(75), AV:A-, BBC:80, CL:80, DS:9, MJ:80, MO:100, NR:100, TMT:80, URB:80, XLR:85; TH:**
- Myra Melford's Be Bread: The Whole Tree Gone [Firehouse 12] {25}: V[1467-1-10]; DB, PM:80; FD, SG, TH:A-
- Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Forty Fort [Hot Cup] {25}: V[715-2-15]; DB; CM, JM, TH:A-
- Rudresh Mahanthappa/Steve Lehman: Dual Identity [Clean Feed] {22}: V[347-3-33]; FD, CM, SG, TH:A
- Esperanza Spalding: Chamber Music Society [Heads Up] {22}: V[1221-2-10]; AM, DB; TH:B-
- Trombone Shorty: Backatown [Verve Forecast] {22}: V[425-3-27]; AM, RS:70; TH:C+
- Mike Reed's People, Places & Things: Stories and Negotiations [482] {21}: V[771-1-13]; DB; CM, TH:***
- Matthew Shipp: 4D [Thirsty Ear] {21}: V[869-1-10]; AM; SG, TH:**
- Jason Adasiewicz: Sun Rooms [Delmark] {20}: TH:***
- Mose Allison: Way of the World [Anti] {20}: V[252-6-46]; MC(78), AM, BB:90, BG:80, CT:88, PM:90, RS:70; RC:B+, TH:***
- Randy Weston and His African Rhythms Sextet: The Storyteller [Motema] {20}: V[1050-1-10]; AM, DB; TH:***
- Guillermo Klein: Domador de Huellas [Sunnyside] {19}: FD, TH:B-
- Bill Frisell: Beautiful Dreamers [Savoy Jazz] {17}: V[1374-1-10]; MC(74), BBC:80, DB, G:80; FD, TH:A-
- Jon Irabagon: Foxy [Hot Cup] {17}: SG, CM, TH:A-
- Tarbaby: The End of Fear [Posi-Tone] {17}: CM, TH:***
- Billy Bang: Prayer for Peace [TUM] {16}: V[778-1-13]; DB; FD, TH:A
- Bill Charlap/Renee Rosnes: Double Portrait [Blue Note] {16}: V[807-1-12]; TH:B
- Pat Metheny: Orchestrion [Nonesuch] {16}: MC(75), AM, BB:80, DB, MJ:80; TH:**
- The Microscopic Septet: Friday the Thirteenth: The Micros Play Monk [Cuneiform] {16}: V[1049-1-10]; DB; FD, TH:A-
- Danilo Perez: Providencia [Mack Avenue] {16}: TH:*
- Chicago Underground Duo: Boca Negra [Thrill Jockey] {15}: MC(81), AM, BBC:80, CMG:84, DA:80, DU:80, NYT:80, PM:80; SG, TH:**
- Nels Cline: Dirty Baby [Cryptogramophone] {15}: V[324-3-35]; AM, DB, JL; SG, TH:***
- Ideal Bread: Transmit: Vol. 2 of the Music of Steve Lacy [Cuneiform] {15}: DB, SG
- Catherine Russell: Inside This Heart of Mine [World Village] {15}: AM; FD, TH:**
- Dave Douglas & Keystone: Spark of Being [Greenleaf Music] {14}: V[897-1-10]; TH:***
- Amir ElSaffar/Hafez Modirzadeh: Radif/Suite [Pi] {14}: DB; FD, SG, TH:**
- Jose James: Blackmagic [Brownswood] {14}: V[676-2-15]
- Roscoe Mitchell and the Note Factory: Far Side [ECM] {14}: V[1302-1-10]; DB, JL; TH:***
- Chucho Valdes: Chucho's Steps [Four Quarters] {14}: AM; TH:***
- Cassandra Wilson: Silver Pony [Blue Note] {14}: V[1530-1-9]; AM, DB; TH:B
- Kris Davis/Ingrid Laubrock/Tyshawn Sorey: Paradoxical Frog [Clean Feed] {13}: V[993-1-10]; SG; TH:*
- John Escreet: Don't Fight the Inevitable [Mythology] {13}: DB; FD, TH:*
- Dave Holland/Pepe Habichuela: Hands [Dare2] {13}: JL; TH:**
- Tom Harrell: Roman Nights [High Note] {12}: TH:*
- Mike Mainieri: Crescent [NYC] {12}: DB; TH:***
- William Parker: I Plan to Stay a Believer: The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield [AUM Fidelity, 2CD] {12}: V[1522-1-9]; DB, JL; TH:A-
- Rova & Nels Cline Singers: Celestial Septet [New World] {12}: DB; SG, TH:***
- Tomasz Stanko Quintet: Dark Eyes [ECM] {12}: TH:A-
- Angles: Epileptical West: Live in Coimbra [Clean Feed] {11}: SG+, CM, TH:A
- Lucian Ban & John Hébert: Enesco Re-Imagined [Sunnyside] {11}: V[1739-1-5]; JL; FD, TH:*
- Anat Cohen: Clarinetwork: Live at the Village Vanguard [Anzic] {11}: TH:A-
- Either/Orchestra: Mood Music for Time Travellers [Accurate] {11}: JL; TH:**
- Little Women: Throat [AUM Fidelity] {11}: V[180-6-66]; SG, TH:B
- Evan Parker/Barry Guy/Paul Lytton + Peter Evans: Scenes in the House of Music [Clean Feed] {11}: TH:***
- Kurt Rosenwinkel and OJM: Our Secret World [Word of Mouth] {11}
- Ralph Towner/Paolo Fresu: Chiaroscuro [ECM] {11}: DB; TH:**
- The Vandermark 5: The Horse Jumps/The Ship Is Gone [Not Two] {11}: JL; CM, SG+
- David S Ware: Onecept [AUM Fidelity] {11}: V[1689-1-5]; JL; SG, CM, TH:A-
- Geof Bradfield: African Flowers [Origin] {10}: AM; TH:*
- Lee Konitz New Quartet: Live at the Village Vanguard [Enja] {10}: DB
- Adam Lane's Full Throttle Orchestra: Ashcan Rantings [Clean Feed, 2CD] {10}: V[1338-1-10]; SG, CM+, TH:A
- Azar Lawrence: Mystic Journey [Furthermore] {10}: DB
- Allison Miller: Boom Tic Boom [Foxhaven] {10}: V[496-2-22]; AM; TH:A-
- Sam Newsome: Blue Soliloquy [Sam Newsome] {10}: DB; SG, TH:*
- William Parker Organ Quartet: Uncle Joe's Spirit House [Centering] {10}: V[912-1-10]; TH:***
- Odean Pope: Odean's List [In+Out] {10}: DB, TH:**
- David S Ware: Saturnian (Solo Saxophones, Volume 1) [AUM Fidelity] {10}: SG, TH:***
Separated out the 10+ jazz releases here, which are either over- or
underrepresented, depending on your point of view.
The Rest of the List
- 3ology: With Ron Miles [Tapestry] {2}: TH:A-
- Eivind Aarset: Live Extracts [Jazzland] {2}: V[964-1-10]
- Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet: Natural Selection [Sunnyside] {9}: DB; TH:**
- Abraham Inc: Tweet Tweet [Table Pounding] {8}: RC:*, TH:***
- Muhal Richard Abrams/Roscoe Mitchell: Spectrum [Mutable Music] {2}
- Absolute Ensemble: Absolute Zawinul [Sunnyside] {3}: DB; TH:B
- Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown: Varmint [Cuneiform -09]: TH:***
- Dan Adler/Joey DeFrancesco: Back to the Bridge [Emdan]
- Antonio Adolfo/Carol Saboya: La e Ca/Here and There [AAM]: TH:U
- Aeroplane Trio: Naranja Ha [Drip Audio] {2}: SG, TH:***
- Afterfall: Afterfall [Clean Feed]: TH:***
- Aida Severo: Aida Severo [Slam -09]: TH:***
- Jason Ajemian's Daydream Full Lifestyles: Protest Heaven [482] {2}: SG+
- Jason Ajemian & the High Life: Let Me Get That [Digital Sundmagi]
- Alaturka: Tamam Abi [Tzigane]
- Melissa Aldana: Free Fall [Inner Circle Music]
- Howard Alden: I Remember Django [Arbors]
- Gabriel Alegria: Pucusana [Saponegro] {3}: DB
- Ralph Alessi: Cognitive Dissonance [CAM Jazz] {8}: V[1650-1-5]; DB; TH:***
- Rahim AlHaj: Little Earth [Ur Music] {5}
- Harry Allen: New York State of Mind [Challenge -09] {5}: TH:**
- Geri Allen & Timeline: Live [Motéma] {9}: DB; TH:**
- Lina Allemano Four: Jargon [Lumo] {3}: V[1538-1-9]
- Marshall Allen/Matthew Shipp/Joe Morris: Night Logic [RogueArt] {2}: TH:***
- Tony Allen: Secret Agent [Nonesuch] {5}: V[386-3-30]; SL:90; RC:**, TH:***
- Remi Alvarez/Mark Dresser: Soul to Soul [Discos Intolerancia] {2}: SG; TH:***
- Helio Alves: Musica [Jazz Legacy]: DB
- Rodrigo Amado: Searching for Adam [Not Two] {2}: SG, TH:A-
- Scott Amendola: Lift [Sazy] {5}: SG
- The Ames Room: In [Monotype] {2}: SG
- AMM: Sounding Music [Matchless] {6}: SG+
- Marcos Amorim Trio: Portraits [Adventure Music]: TH:**
- Dave Anderson Quartet: Clarity [OA2]: TH:U
- Fred Anderson: A Night at the Velvet Lounge: Made in Chicago 2007 Festival, Poland [Estrada Posnanska]
- The Ray Anderson-Marty Ehrlich Quartet: Hear You Say: Live in Willisau [Intuition] {9}: JL; SG, TH:**
- Vijay Anderson: Hardboiled Wonderland [Not Two]: SG, TH:U
- Jacob Anderskov: Agnostic Revelations [ILK] {2}: DB
- Leny Andrade: Alma Mia [Microchoice Brazil]
- Marc Antoine: My Classical Way [Frazzy Frog]
- Laurie Antonioli: American Dreams [Intrinsic Music]
- The Antripodean Collective: NTRPDN [Marchon]: SG
- Hugo Antunes: Roll Call [Clean Feed] {2}: SG, TH:***
- Architeuthis Walks on Land: Natura Naturans [Carrier] {2}: SG
- Julian Arguelles Trio: Ground Rush [Clean Feed] {3}: TH:***
- Arsis: Désordres [Circum-Disc]: SG
- Arszyn/Duda: Se [Lado ABC]: SG
- Artvark Saxophone Quartet: Truffles [Challenge]
- Ehud Asherie: Modern Life [Posi-Tone]: TH:***
- Pablo Aslan: Tango Grill [Zoho]: TH:***
- Asleep at the Wheel/Leon Rausch: It's a Good Day [Bismeaux]: V[1113-1-10]; TH:***
- The Astronomical Unit: Relativity [Jazzwerkstatt]: SG
- Astula Democratica: Illusio [Rhizome]: SG
- Atomic: Theater Tilters, Vol. 1 [Jazzland] {6}: SG
- Atomic: Theater Tilters, Vol. 2 [Jazzland] {6}: SG
- Michael Attias: Twines of Colesion [Clean Feed] {2}: SG, TH:***
- Gilad Atzmon & the Orient House Ensemble: The Tide Has Changed [World Village/Harmonia Mundi] {3}: JM; TH:***
- Bobby Avey: A New Face [JayDell] {4}: TH:***
- Omer Avital Quintet: Live at Smalls [Smalls Live]: DB
- Ab Baars: Time to Do My Lions [Wig]: JL; TH:*
- Ab Baars/Meinrad Kneer: Windfall [Evil Rabbit] {2}: SG, TH:**
- Dmitri Baevsky: Down With It [Sharp Nine] {8}: AM; TH:A-
- Craig Bailey-Tim Armacost Brooklyn Big Band: Live at Sweet Rhythm [Candid]
- Sheryl Bailey: A New Promise [MCG Jazz]: TH:**
- Newman Taylor Baker: Drum-Suite-Life [Innova] {3}: TH:**
- Niklas Barno/Joel Grip/Didier Lasserre: Snus [Ayler -09] {2}: SG, TH:**
- Ranjit Barot: Bada Boom [Abstract Logix] {2}
- Bruce Barth/Steve Wilson: Home: Live in Columbia, Missouri [We Always Swing] {3}: DB
- Nik Bartsch's Ronin: Llyrìa [ECM] {7}: AM; TH:***
- Django Bates: Beloved Bird [Lost Marble] {3}
- Janina Angel Bath: Gypsy Woman [Prophase]
- Stefano Battaglia/Michele Rabbia: Pastorale [ECM] {4}: DB; TH:***
- Matt Bauder: Day in Pictures [Clean Feed] {6}: TH:**
- Jamie Begian Big Band: Big Fat Grin [Innova]: TH:**
- Richie Beirach/Dave Liebman/Frankfurt Radio BigBand: Quest for Freedom [Sunnyside] {5}: TH:*
- David Benoit: Earthglow [Heads Up]
- Cheryl Bentyne: The Gershwin Songbook [ArtistShare]: TH:U
- David Berger Jazz Band: Sing Me a Love Song: Harry Warren's Undiscovered Standards [Such Sweet Thunder]
- Dan Berglund: Tonbruket [ACT] {4}: JM
- Jerry Bergonzi: Three for All [Savant] {4}: TH:***
- Judith Berkson: Oylam [ECM]: TH:**
- Jeff Berlin: High Standards [MAJ] {2}
- Ken Berman Trio: Looking Forward [MMG Music] {2}
- Peter Bernstein Quartet: Live at Smalls [Smalls Live] {2}: DB; TH:**
- Faruq Z Bey: Emerging Field [Entropy Stereo]: SG
- Carlos Bica: Carloc Bica + Materia-Prima [Clean Feed] {3}: DB, TH:***
- The Bickel/Marks Group: With Dave Liebman [Zoho]: TH:**
- Big Band Mamborama: Big Band Mamborama [Russi Productions] {2}
- David Binney: Aliso [Criss Cross]
- Jeb Bishop Trio: 2009 [Better Animal] {7}
- Michael Bisio Quartet: AM [CIMP]: SG
- David Bixler & Arturo O'Farrill: The Auction Project [Zoho]: TH:*
- Ketil Bjørnstad: Remembrance [ECM] {3}: JM, TH:***
- The Black Butterflies: 1 de Mayo
- Cindy Blackman: Another Lifetime [Four Quarters] {6}: DB
- John Blake Jr.: Motherless Child [ARC]: TH:**
- Michael Blake: Hellbent [Label of Love] {2}
- Ran Blake/Christine Correa: Out of the Shadows [Red Piano]: TH:*
- Ran Blake/Sara Serpa: Camera Obscura [Inner Circle Music] {4}: TH:**
- Seamus Blake Quartet: Live in Italy [Jazz Eyes, 2CD -09] {2}: TH:**
- Blastula: Scarnoduo [Amirani]: SG
- Theo Bleckmann: I Dwell in Possibility [Winter & Winter]: TH:*
- BLEU: Strong Relation [Jazz'n'Arts]
- BLOB: Earphonious Swamphony [Innova]: TH:***
- Dan Block: From His World to Mine [Miles High] {6}: AM; TH:***
- The Blue Cranes: Observatories [Blue Cranes] {3}: TH:U
- Salvatore Bonafede Trio: Sicilian Opening [Jazz Eyes]: TH:**
- Bona: The Ten Shades of Blues [Decca]: TH:**
- Luis Bonilla: Twilight [Planet Arts]: TH:**
- Pierre Boulez/John Cage: Structures & Music for Piano [Hat Art]: JL
- Ralph Bowen: Due Reverence [Posi-Tone]: TH:*
- David Boykin: Ultra Sheen [Sonic Healing Ministries]
- Jonathan Bratoeff Quartet: Mindscapes [F-ire]: JM
- Anthony Braxton: 19 Standards (Quartet) 2003 [Leo, 4CD] {3}: SG, TH:A-
- Anthony Braxton/Joelle Léandre: Duo (Heidelberg Loppen) 2007 [Leo, 2CD]: DB
- Anthony Braxton/Gerry Hemingway: Old Dogs (2007) [Mode, 4CD] {5}: SG
- Georg Breinschmid: Brein's World [Preiser Vienna]: DB
- Federico Britos: Voyage [Sunnyside] {6}: AM, DB; TH:**
- Alan Broadbent: Live at Giannelli Square, Volume 1 [Chilly Bin] {2}
- Magnus Broo: Swedish Wood [Moserobie] {3}: SG
- George Brooks Summit: Spirit and Spice [Earth Brother Music]: TH:B
- Roy Brooks & The Artistic Truth: Ethnic Expressions [Jazzman]: AM
- Peter Brotzmann/Paal Nilssen-Love: Woodcuts [Smalltown Superjazz] {2}: SG, TH:**
- Peter Brotzmann/Mikolaj Trzaska/Johannes Bauer: Goosetalk [Kilogram]: SG
- Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet + 1: 3 Nights in Oslo [Smalltown Superjazz, 5CD] {6}: SG, TH:***
- Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet + 1: 3 Days in Oslo [Smalltown Superjazz]
- Peter Brotzmann: Crumbling Brain [Okka Disk]: JL
- Alex Brown: Pianist [Paquito/Sunnyside]: DB, TH:B
- Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra: India & Africa: A Tribute to John Coltrane [Water Baby] {3}: TH:A-
- Earle Brown: Synergy [Hat Art]: JL
- Maurice Brown: The Cycle of Love [Brown] {4}: V[1094-1-10]
- Bryan and the Haggards: Pretend It's the End of the World [Hot Cup] {4}: TH:***
- Gavin Bryars: Gavin Bryars: Live at Punkt [GB]: AM
- Gavin Bryars: The Church Closest to the Sea [Delphian]: JL
- Joost Buis Astronotes: Zoomin' [self-released] {3}
- John Bunch: Do Not Disturb [Arbors]
- Kenny Burrell: Be Yourself [High Note]: TH:***
- Gary Burton/Pat Metheny/Steve Swallow/Antonio Sanchez: Quartet Live [Concord -09]: TH:*
- Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra: Mezzanine [Owl Studios] {2}: TH:B
- Bushman's Revenge: Jitterbug [Rune Grammofon] {4}: V[1773-1-5]; AM
- John Butcher/Claudia Ulla Binder: Under the Roof [Nuscope] {2}: SG
- Chris Byars: Bop-ography [Steeplechase]
- Taylor Ho Bynum/Tomas Fujiwara: Stepwise [Not Two] {5}: DB; FD, SG, TH:*
- Taylor Ho Bynum/John Hebert/Gerald Cleaver: Book of Three [RogueArt] {2}: JL; SG
- John Cage: One, One2, One5 [Neos]: JL
- Uri Caine: Bedrock: Plastic Temptation [Winter & Winter] {2}: DB
- Hadley Caliman/Pete Christlieb: Reunion [Origin] {2}: TH:**
- Jim Campilongo: Orange [Blue Hen] {2}: V[856-1-10]; AM
- Jean-Luc Cappozzo/Edward Perraud: Suspension [Creative Sources]: SG
- Bobby Carcasses y Afrojazz: De la Habana a Nueva York [Vero] {2}: V[1357-1-10]
- Steve Cardenas: West of Middle [Sunnyside] {2}: TH:**
- Frank Carlberg: Tivoli Trio [Red Piano] {3}: TH:***
- Paul Carr: Straight Ahead Soul [Paul Carr Jazz]: TH:**
- Bill Carrothers: Joy Spring [Pirouet] {8}: AM; TH:**
- Daniel Carter/Alberto Fiori/Tom Abbs/Federico Ughi: The Perfect Blue [Not Two]: SG
- Hugo Carvalhais: Nebulosa [Clean Feed] {2}: JL; TH:**
- Marc Cary: Focus Trio Live 2009 [Motema] {3}
- Glenn Cashman & the Southland Big Band: Glenn Cashman & the Southland Big Band! [Primrose Lane]
- Ernesto Cervini Quartet: Little Black Bird [Anzic]: DB
- Chaise Lounge: Symphony Lounge [Big Round]: TH:***
- Joe Chambers: Horace to Max [Savant] {3}: TH:B
- Jeff Chan: Horns of Plenty [Asian Improv] {2}
- Xavier Charles: Dans les Arbres [ECM]: SG, TH:*
- Cyrus Chestnut: Journeys [Jazz Legacy] {5}
- Billy Childs: Autumn: In Moving Pictures [ArtistShare] {5}
- Retta Christie: With David Evans & Dave Frishberg, Volume 2 [Retta]: TH:**
- Günter Christmann/Mats Gustafsson/Paul Lovens: Tr!o [FMP]: SG
- Corey Christiansen Quartet: Outlaw Tractor [Origin]: TH:**
- Evan Christopher: The Remembering Song [Arbors] {8}: AM, DB; FD, TH:*
- Evan Christopher: Finesse [Fremeaux] {3}
- Antonio Ciacca: Lagos Blues [Motema]
- Linda Ciafolo: Dancing With Johnny
- Roberto Cipelli/Paolo Fresu/Philippe Garcia/Gianmaria Testa/Attilio Zanchi: F. à Léo [Justin Time]: TH:**
- Circulasione Totale Orchestra: Bandwidth [Rune Grammofon] {2}
- Mike Clark: Carnival of Soul [Owl Studios]
- Stanley Clarke: The Stanley Clarke Band [Heads Up]: DB; TH:B-
- Terry Clarke: It's About Time [Blue Music Group] {3}: DB
- Jay Clayton: In and Out of Love [Sunnyside] {3}: TH:**
- Clayton Brothers: The New Song and Dance [ArtistShare] {9}: TH:**
- Billy Cobham: Palindrome [Varese Sarabande]
- Billy Cobham Colin Towns HR-Bigband: Meeting of the Spirits: A Celebration of the Mahavishnu Orchestra [In+Out] {3}: TH:**
- Ryan Cohan: Another Look [Motéma] {2}: TH:**
- Avishai Cohen: Aurora [Blue Note]: TH:**
- Avishai Cohen: Introducing Triveni [Anzic] {4}
- Chris Colangelo: Elaine's Song [C Note] {2}: TH:**
- Alexis Cole: Someday My Prince Will Come [Venus]
- Freddy Cole: Freddy Cole Sings Mr B [High Note] {4}: DB; TH:A-
- Scott Colley: Empire [CAM Jazz] {6}: V[910-1-10]; TH:**
- Graham Collier: Directing 14 Jackson Pollocks [GCM]
- Mederic Collignon: Shangri-Tunkashi-La [Plus Loin]
- Steve Colson: The Untarnished Dream [Silver Sphinx] {6}: TH:*
- Conference Call: What About . . . . ? [Not Two, 2CD]: TH:A-
- Contact: Five on One [Pirouet] {4}: DB; TH:***
- The Convergence Quartet: Song/Dance [Clean Feed]: TH:***
- The Cookers: Warriors [Jazz Legacy Productions] {7}
- Rich Corpolongo Trio: Get Happy [Delmark] {4}: DB; TH:**
- Correction: Two Nights in April [Ayler] {3}: SG, TH:***
- Cosa Brava: Ragged Atlas [Intakt] {3}
- Mirio Cosottini/Andrea Melani/Tonino Miano/Alessio Pisani: Cardinal [Grimedia Impressus -09]: TH:***
- Jacques Coursil: Trails of Tears [Sunnyside -11]: TH:U
- Sylvie Courvoisier/Mark Feldman: Oblivia [Tzadik] {5}: DB; TH:*
- Sylvie Courvoisier/Mark Feldman: To Fly to Steal [Intakt] {2}
- Neil Cowley Trio: Radio Silence [Naim Jazz]: JM
- Lol Coxhill/Enzo Rocco: Fine Tuning: The Gradisca Concert [Amirani]: SG
- Marilyn Crispell/David Rothenberg: One Night I Left My Silent House [ECM] {7}: SG, TH:A-
- Connie Crothers/Michael Bisio: Session at 475 Kent [Mutable Music]
- Stephan Crump with Rosetta Trio: Reclamation [Sunnyside] {6}: DB; TH:A-
- Stephan Crump/James Carney: Echo Run Pry [Clean Feed] {2}: SG, TH:***
- Jamie Cullum: The Pursuit [Decca] {6}: MC(72), BB:82, EW:B+, Q:80; TH:C
- Bill Cunliffe/Holly Hofmann: Three's Company [Capri] {4}: TH:*
- Andrew Cyrille/Greg Osby: Low Blue Flame [TUM]
- Daniele D'Agaro/Alexander von Schlippenbach/Han Bennink: Fingerprints [Artesuono]
- Chris Dahlgren & Lexicon: Mystic Maze [Jazzwerkstatt] {2}: TH:***
- Tim Daisy/Ken Vandermark Duo: Light on the Wall [Laurence Family]: SG
- Jeff Davis: We Sleep Outside [Loyal Label] {3}
- Dawn of Midi: First [Accretions] {7}: SG, TH:***
- Steve Davis: Live at Smalls [Smalls Live]: DB; TH:**
- Dan Dean: 251 [Origin]: TH:B
- Michael Dease: Grace [Jazz Legacy] {3}
- Claire DeBrunner/Ken Silverman/Daniel Carter/Tom Zlabinger: Macroscopia [Metier]: SG
- Graham Dechter: Right on Time [Capri -09] {2}: TH:**
- Decoy: Vol. 1: Spirit [Bo Weavil]: AM
- Decoy & Joe McPhee: Oto [Bo Weavil] {7}: JL; JM, TH:***
- Deep Tones for Peace: Deep Tones for Peace [Kadima]: SG
- Eli Degibri: Israeli Song [Anzic] {3}: TH:**
- Joey DeFrancesco: Never Can Say Goodbye: The Music of Michael Jackson [High Note]: V[1127-1-10]; TH:B-
- Hamilton de Holanda Quintet: Brasilianos 2 [Adventure Music]: TH:**
- Benoit Delbecq: Circles and Calligrams [Songlines] {9}: V[1292-1-10]; SG
- Giovanni Di Domenico: Terra Che Cammina [Spocus]: SG
- Dither: Dither [Henceforth] {2}: TH:*
- Bill Dixon/Aaron Siegel/Ben Hall: Weight/Counterweight [Brokenresearch] {2}: SG
- Julia Dollison/Kerry Marsh: Vertical Voices: The Music of Maria Schneider [ArtistShare] {2}: DB
- The Dominant 7/The Jazz Arts Messengers: Fourteen Channels [Tapestry]: TH:***
- Denise Donatelli: When Lights Are Low [Savant] {5}: TH:B
- Hamid Drake & Bindu: Reggaeology [RogueArt] {7}: DB; SG
- The Dreamers: Ipos: The Book of Angels, Vol. 14 [Tzadik] {2}: SG, TH:***
- Mark Dresser: Guts [Kadima]: SG
- Paquito D'Rivera: Tango Jazz: Live at Jazz at Lincoln Center [Sunnyside] {3}: TH:A-
- Brian Drye: Bizingas [NCM East] {4}: FD, TH:***
- Benjamin Duboc/Itaru Oki: Nobusiko [Improvising Beings]: SG
- Scott DuBois: Black Hawk Dance [Sunnyside] {3}: TH:***
- Ismael Dueñas Trio: Jazz Ateu [Quadrant]: TH:A-
- George Duke: Déjà Vu [Telarc]: AM
- Jacob Duncan/John Goldsby/Jason Tiemann: The Innkeeper's Gun [Bass Lion Music]: TH:**
- Paul Dunmall: Moment to Moment [Slam -09]: SG
- Paul Dunmall/Tony Bianco/Dave Kane: Ritual Beyond [FMR]: SG
- Paul Dunmall: Boundless [FMR]
- Hilario Duran Trio: Motion [Alma]: TH:***
- EA Silence: Flatime [Grim]: SG
- Bill Easley: Love Stories [American Classic] {2}
- Marc Edwards & Weasel Walter: Blood of the Earth [UgExplode]
- Marty Ehrlich: Fables [Tzadik] {3}: JL; SG, TH:**
- Taylor Eigsti: Daylight at Midnight [Concord]
- Harris Eisenstadt: Woodblock Prints [No Business] {6}: SG+
- Elderflower: Deep Drink [Elderflower]: SG
- Elephant9: Walk the Nile [Rune Grammofon] {8}: DB; SG, JM
- John Ellis & Double-Wide: Puppet Mischief [ObliqSound] {7}: DB; TH:*
- [EM] [Wollny/Kruse/Schaefer]: Live [ACT]: JM
- Empty Cage Quartet & Soletti Besnard: Take Care of Floating [Rude Awakening] {2}: SG, TH:**
- Lisa Engelken: Caravan [Little Angel] {3}
- The Engines: Wire and Brass [Okka Disk] {4}
- Enterout Trio: Pink Ivory [Multikulti]: SG
- Eple Trio: In the Clearing/In the Cavern [NORCD]
- Peter Epstein & Idée Fixe: Abstract Realism [Origin] {2}: SG, TH:***
- Ergo: Multitude, Solitude [Cuneiform -09]: TH:**
- Espen Eriksen: You Had Me at Goodbye [Rune Grammofon]
- Damian Erskine: So To Speak [DE]: TH:**
- Peter Erskine Trio: The Interlochen Concert [Fuzzy Music]: DB
- Daniella Eva: Road and Moon
- Kellylee Evans: Nina [Plus Loin Music]: V[1167-1-10]; TH:U
- Peter Evans Quartet: Live in Lisbon [Clean Feed] {4}: SG, JM, TH:***
- Mike Fahie: Anima [Bju'ecords]: TH:***
- James Falzone: Lamentations [Allos]
- Andy Farber and His Orchestra: This Could Be the Start of Something Big [Black Warrior]
- Lorraine Feather: Ages [Jazzed Media] {7}: AM; TH:***
- John Fedchock NY Sextet: Live at the Red Sea Jazz Festival [Capri]: TH:***
- Eric Felten: Seize the Night [Melotone]: TH:**
- Alan Ferber: Music for Nonet and Strings/Chamber Songs [Sunnyside] {2}: DB, TH:*
- Agusti Fernandez/Barry Guy: Some Other Place [Maya] {2}: SG
- Agusti Fernandez/Barry Guy/Ramon Lopez: Morning Glory + Live in New York [Maya, 2CD]
- Agusti Fernandez/Barry Guy/Ramon Lopez: Triez [Universal Spain]
- Luc Ferrari: Piano & Percussion Works [Hat Art]: JL
- Garrison Fewell: Sound Particle 47 [Creative Nation]
- Anna Figarova: Sketches [Munich]: TH:U
- Fight the Big Bull: All Is Gladness in the Kingdom [Clean Feed] {8}: V[832-1-11]; TH:***
- Ken Filiano/Quantum Entanglements: Dreams From a Clown Car [Clean Feed] {3}: JL; SG, TH:***
- First Meeting: Cut the Rope [Libra] {3}: SG, TH:A-
- Béla Fleck: Throw Down Your Heart: Unreleased Tracks: Africa Sessions Part 2 [Acoustic Planet] {2}: RC:*
- Flower-Corsano Duo: You'll Never Work in This Town Again [Independent]: V[803-1-12]
- Jean-Marc Foltz/Matt Turner/Bill Carrothers: To the Moon [Ayler] {3}: SG+, TH:**
- Food: Quiet Inlet [ECM] {9}: V[852-1-10]; SG, TH:**
- Fossile 3: Chomics [Konnex]
- Anat Fort: And If [ECM] {8}: AM; TH:***
- Fourplay: Let's Touch the Sky [Heads Up]
- Alexander Frangenheim: The Knife Again [Creative Sources]: SG
- Joel Frahm & Bruce Katz: Project A [Anzic]: DB
- Dave Frank: Portrait of New York [Jazzheads]
- Free Fall: Gray Scale [Smalltown Superjazz]: JL; TH:U
- Free Unfold Trio: Ballades [Ayler]: SG, TH:*
- Eric Friedlander: Alchemy [Hromir] {2}: DB
- Erik Friedlander: 50 Miniatures for Improvising Quintet [Skipstone] {3}: SG, TH:**
- Fringe Magnetic: Empty Spaces [Loop]: JM
- Satoko Fujii Ma-Do: Desert Ship [Not Two] {2}: SG, TH:***
- Satoko Fujii Orchestra Tokyo: Zakopane [Libra] {3}: SG, TH:***
- Thomas Fujiwara: Actionspeak [482 Music] {6}: V[1326-1-10]; DB
- Peter Fulda: 8 Rituals [Konnex]
- Full Blast and Friends: Crumbling Brain [Okka Disk]
- Curtis Fuller: I Will Tell Her [Capri] {6}: DB; TH:***
- Tia Fuller: Decisive Steps [Mack Avenue] {3}: TH:**
- Champian Fulton: The Breeze & I [Gut String]
- Nobuyasu Furuya: Stunde Null [Chitei]: SG
- G9 Gipfel: Berlin [Jazzwerkstatt]
- Bill Gagliardi: Mr Fubar, I Presume [CIMP]
- Dan Gailey Jazz Orchestra: What Did You Dream? [OA2] {2}: TH:U
- Ricardo Gallo: The Great Fine Line [Clean Feed] {2}: JL; TH:***
- Hal Galper: E Pluribus Unum [Origin]: TH:*
- Ganelin Trio: Visions: Live at Vision Festival, NYC 2007 [United One]: JL
- Garaj Mahal: More Mr Nice Guy [Owl Studios]: DB; TH:B-
- Jan Garbarek/The Hilliard Ensemble: Officium Novum [ECM] {6}: JL; TH:*
- Michael Garrick Jazz Orchestra: Tone Poems [Jazz Academy]: JM
- Cochemea Gastelum: The Electric Sound of Johnny Arrow [Mowo!] {2}: V[1281-1-10]; TH:*
- Gato Libre: Shiro [Libra] {2}: SG, TH:*
- Stephen Gauci/Kris Davis/Michael Bisio: Three [Clean Feed] {3}: SG, TH:***
- Tobias Gebb & Unit 7: Free at Last [Yummy House]: TH:**
- Gianni Gebbia/Eiko Ishibashi/Caniele Camarda: Maboroshi [FMN -09]: SG
- John Geggie Trio/Donny McCaslin: Across the Sky
- Geggietrio + Donny McCaslin: Across the Sky [Plunge]
- Klaus Gesing: Heartluggage [ATS]
- Gerry Gibbs and the Electric Thrasher Orchestra: Play the Music of Miles Davis 1967-1975 [Whaling City Sound, 2CD]: V[1293-1-10]; TH:**
- Philip Gibbs/Paul Dunmall/Tony Hymas/Paul Rogers/Neil Metcalfe/Tony Levin: Mumuksuta [Duns]: SG
- Joe Gilman: Americanvas [Capri]: TH:***
- Rosario Giuliani: Lennie's Pennies [Dreyfus Jazz]: TH:**
- Frode Gjerstad/John Edwards/Mark Sanders: Bergen [FMR]: SG
- Frode Gjerstad/Paal Nilssen-Love: Gromka [Not Two]: SG
- Frode Gjerstad: Sekstett [Conrad Sound]: SG
- Dave Glasser: Evolution [Here Tiz] {2}: TH:***
- The Glenious Inner Planet: The Glenious Inner Planet [Blue Bamboo]: TH:**
- Jared Gold: Out of Line [Posi-Tone]: TH:**
- Ben Goldberg: Go Home [BAG -09] {4}: DB; TH:***
- Ben Goldberg Quartet: Baal: The Book of Angels, Vol. 15 [Tzadik] {2}: TH:***
- Goldbug: The Seven Dreams [1k]: TH:**
- Larry Goldings/Harry Allen: When Larry Met Harry [Cafe Society] {2}
- John Goldman: Outside the Box [JG Music]
- Vinny Golia/Mark Dresser: Live at Lotus [Kadima] {2}: JL; SG
- Benito Gonzalez: Circles [Furthermore] {3}: DB, JL
- Dennis Gonzalez Yells at Eels: Cape of Storms [Ayler] {3}
- Brad Goode: Tight Like This [Delmark] {6}: AM; TH:**
- Tom Grant: Delicioso [Nu-Wrinkle]
- Frank Gratkowski/Hamid Drake: Frank Gratkowski & Hamid Drake [Valid] {2}: SG; TH:**
- Frank Gratkowski/Jacob Anderskov: Ardent Grass [Red Toucan]
- Gord Grdina Trio with Mats Gustafsson: Barrel Fire [Drip Audio] {2}: TH:U
- Grid Mesh: Coordinates [FMR]: SG
- Johnny Griffin: Live at Ronnie Scott's [In+Out]: TH:**
- Alexandra Grimal: Owls Talk [Hôte Marge]: SG
- Henry Grimes/Rashied Ali: Spirits Aloft [Porter] {8}: JL; SG, CM, TH:A-
- George Gruntz: Matterhorn Matters [Misuques Suisses]: JL
- Mats Gustafsson: Needs! [Dancing Wayang] {2}
- Tord Gustavsen Ensemble: Restored, Returned [ECM]: TH:***
- Jim Guttmann: Bessarabian Breakdown [Kleztone] {2}: TH:**
- Vyacheslav Guyvoronsky: In Search of a Standard [Leo] {2}
- Vyacheslav Guyvoronsky: Pieces for String Trio and Trumpet [Leo]: SG
- Dana Hall: Into the Light [Origin -09]: TH:*
- Jim Hall & Joey Baron: Conversations [ArtistShare] {2}: DB; TH:**
- Rich Halley Quartet: Live at the Penofin Jazz Festival [Pine Eagle] {3}: JL; TH:***
- Tigran Hamasyan: Red Hail [Plus Loin]
- Jeff Hamilton Trio: Symbiosis [Capri]
- Scott Hamilton/Alan Barnes: Hi-Ya [Woodville]: TH:**
- Scott Hamilton/Rossano Sportiello: Midnight at Nola's Penthouse [Arbors]
- Hammeriver: Hammeriver [Mikroton] {2}: SG
- Herbie Hancock: The Imagine Project [Hancock] {5}: V[714-2-15]; DB; TH:B
- Mark Hannaford: Polar [Extreme -09]: SG
- Eric Harland: Voyager Live by Night [Space Time] {2}
- Tom Harrell: Prana Dance [High Note -09]: TH:*
- Barry Harris: Live in Rennes [Plus Loin Music] {5}
- Jesse Harris: Cosmo [Tzadik]: DB
- Joel Harrison: The Music of Paul Motian [Sunnyside -11] {2}: TH:U
- Taylor Haskins: American Dream [Sunnyside]: DB, TH:B
- Hat: Local [Hatmusic]: TH:**
- Stephen Haynes: Parrhesia [Engine] {2}: SG
- Kevin Hays Trio: Live at Smalls [Smalls Live]: DB
- David Hazeltine: Inversions [Criss Cross]
- Jeff Healey: Last Call [Stony Plain] {3}: TH:***
- John Hebert Trio: Spiritual Lover [Clean Feed] {7}: TH:**
- Gerry Hemingway/Ellery Eskelin: Inbetween Spaces [Auricle] {3}: JL; SG, TH:A-
- Tamir Hendelman: Destinations [Resonance] {4}
- Eddie Henderson: For All We Know [Furthermore]
- Herculaneum: Olives and Orchids [EF]
- Benjamin Herman: Hypochristmastreefuzz: More Mengelberg (Special Edition) [Roach] {5}: DB; FD, TH:A-
- Yaron Herman Trio: Follow the White Rabbit [ACT]: JM
- Vincent Herring & Earth Jazz: Morning Star [Challenge]: TH:**
- Matt Herskowitz: Jerusalem Trilogy [Justin Time] {2}: TH:***
- Joe Hertenstein/Pascal Niggenkemper/Thomas Heberer: HNH [Clean Feed] {2}: SG; TH:**
- Conrad Herwig: The Latin Side of Herbie Hancock [Half Note] {7}: TH:B
- Fred Hess: Hold On [Dazzle]
- John Hicks/Frank Morgan: Twogether [High Note] {2}: DB; TH:A-
- Hiromi: Place to Be [Telarc] {3}: V[1774-1-5]
- Fred Ho and the Green Monster Big Band: Celestial Green Monster [Mutable/Big Red Media -09]: DB
- Mr Ho's Orchestrotica: Presents . . . The Unforgettable Sounds of Esquivel [Tiki] {3}: DB; TH:B
- Steve Hobbs: Vibes Straight Up [Challenge]
- Eric Hofbauer: American Fear! [Creative Nation] {2}: TH:B
- Robin Holcomb & Wayne Horvitz: The Point of It All [Songlines]
- Ben Holmes: Ben Holmes Trio [Independent Release -09]: DB
- William Hooker: Earth's Orbit [No Business] {3}: SG, CM
- William Hooker Trio: Yearn for Certainty [Engine] {2}: TH:**
- Owen Howard: Drum Lore [Bju'ecords] {3}: DB; TH:**
- Christian Howes: Out of the Blue
- Steve Hubback/Ad Peijnenburg: Arrows [FMR]: SG
- Daniel Humair/Tony Malaby/Bruno Chevillon: Pas de Dense [Zig Zag Territories] {2}: SG
- Humanization 4tet: Electricity [Ayler] {2}: SG, TH:A-
- Carolyn Hume/Paul May: Come to Nothing [Leo]: SG
- Charlie Hunter: Gentlemen, I Neglected to Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid [Spire Artist]
- Gary Husband: Dirty & Beautiful Volume One [Abstract Logix]
- Adrian Iaies Trio: A Child's Smile [Sunnyside]: TH:**
- Abdullah Ibrahim/WDR Big Band Cologne: Bombella [Sunnyside] {3}: TH:***
- Iconoclast: Dirty Jazz [Fang]
- Chie Imaizumi: A Time of New Beginnings [Capri] {3}: DB; TH:**
- Inhabitants: A Vacant Lot [Drip Audio]: SG, TH:*
- Instant Composers Pool: ICP Orchestra [ICP] {3}: FD:1
- Ino Imai Axel Nori: Rostbestandige Zeit [Doubt Music]: SG
- Sherman Irby Quartet: Live at the Otto Club [Black Warrior] {2}: TH:*
- Terje Isungset: Winter Songs [Icemusic]: SG
- Keefe Jackson Quartet: Seeing You See [Clean Feed] {9}: DB, TH:**
- Sunny Jain: Taboo [Bju'ecords]: TH:B
- Ahmad Jamal: A Quiet Time [Dreyfus Jazz] {3}
- Justin Janer: Following Signs [Janer Music]: TH:**
- Michael Janisch: Purpose Built [Whirlwind] {2}: TH:**
- Jaruzelski's Dream: Jazz Gawronski [Clean Feed]: TH:***
- Joan Jeanrenaud/PC Munoz: Pop-Pop [Deconet]: TH:***
- Christine Jensen: Treelines [Justin Time] {2}
- Simon Jermyn: Hymni [Diatribe]
- Tom Johnson: Rational Melodies [New World]: TH:**
- Willie Jones III: Next Phase [WJ3]
- Matt Jorgensen: Tattoed by Passion [Origin]: TH:U
- Jackiem Joyner: Jackiem Joyner [Artistry]
- Barb Jungr: The Men I Love: The New American Songbook [Naim] {2}: DB; TH:***
- Vic Juris: Omega Is the Alpha [Steeplechase]
- Juxtaposed: Tsar Bomba [Bolange] {2}: CM
- Kablys: Live at 11:20 [No Business]: SG
- Beat Kaestli: Invitation [Chesky]: TH:**
- Kahiba: Global Dialects [Intuition] {2}: DB, JL
- Kairos 4Tet: Kairos Moment [Kairos] {2}: JM
- Henry Kaiser/Wadada Leo Smith: Yo Miles! Shinjuku [There]: SG
- Henry Kaiser/Wadada Leo Smith: Yo Miles! Lightning [There]: SG
- The Julien Kasper Band: Trance Groove [Toulcat]
- Manu Katche: Third Round [ECM]: TH:*
- Achim Kaufmann/Robert Lanferman/Christian Lillinger: Grünen [Clean Feed]: SG, TH:*
- Ryan Keberle: Heavy Dreaming [Alternate Side] {5}
- Roger Kellaway: I Was There [IPO]
- Mike Keneally: Scambot 1 [Exowax]
- Stacey Kent: Raconte-Moi [Blue Note] {3}: TH:*
- The Stan Kenton Alumni Band: Have Band Will Travel [Summit] {2}: DB
- Stephane Kerecki: Houria [Zig-Zag Territories] {2}: JM
- Eli Keszler: Oxtirn [ESP-Disk]
- Kihnoua: Unauthorized Caprices [Not Two]: TH:**
- Rebecca Kilgore Quartet: Yes, Indeed [Blue Swing]
- Frank Kimbrough: Rumors [Palmetto] {5}: DB
- Soweto Kinch: The New Emancipation [self-released]
- Oleg Kireyev/Keith Javors: Rhyme & Reason [Inarhyme]: TH:A-
- Omer Klein: Rockets on the Balcony [Tzadik]: DB
- Randy Klein: Sunday Morning [Jazzheads]: TH:**
- Klezwoods: Oy Yeah! [Accurate] {2}: TH:**
- Kneebody: You Can Have Your Moment [Winter & Winter] {3}: TH:*
- Thomson Kneeland: Mazurka for a Modern Man [Weltschmerz] {2}: TH:**
- Kirk Knuffke: Amnesia Brown [Clean Feed] {8}: SG+, TH:***
- Kirk Knuffke/Kenny Wollesen/Lisle Ellis: Chew Your Food [No Business]: SG
- Jonas Knutsson: Blaslatar [Country & Eastern]
- Hilary Kole: You Are There [Justin Time] {8}: DB; TH:**
- Lee Konitz/Chris Cheek/Stephane Furic Leibovici: Jugenstil II [ESP-Disk] {2}: TH:*
- Konk Pack: The Black Hills [Grob]
- Alexey Kruglov: Russian Metaphor [Leo] {2}: JL; SG
- Martin Kuchen: Homo Sacer [Sillon]: SG
- Martin Kuchen/Ernesto Rodrigues/Guilherme Rodrigues/Carlos Santos: Vinter [Creative Sources]: SG
- Rolf Kuhn: Close Up [Jazzwerkstatt]: JL
- Oliver Lake Organ Quartet: Plan [Passin Thru] {2}: TH:**
- Ralph Lalama Quartet: The Audience [Mighty Quinn] {2}: AM; TH:**
- Domenic Landolf: New Brighton [Pirouet] {2}: TH:**
- Brian Landrus: Foward [Cadence Jazz]: TH:***
- Lapin/Poore/Schubert/Turner/Bledsoe: Seek It Not With Your Eyes [Red Toucan]: SG
- Alexey Lapin/Yury Yaremchuk: Anatomy of Sound [SoLyd]: SG
- Yusef Lateef/Adam Rudolph: Towards the Unknown [Meta] {5}: AM; TH:B
- Latineo: Two Ways [Walboomers]
- Ingrid Laubrock: Anti-House [Intakt] {7}
- Dana Lauren: It's You or No One [Dana Lauren Music]: TH:U
- Lawnmower: West [Clean Feed] {2}: V[1676-1-5]; SG, TH:**
- Nguyen Le: Saiyuki [ACT]
- Joëlle Léandre/François Houle/Raymond Strid: Last Seen Headed: Live at Sons D'Hiver [Ayler] {2}: SG, TH:**
- Jerry Leake: Cubist [Rhombus Publishing]: V[1784-1-5]; TH:**
- Led Bib: Sensible Shoes [Cuneiform -09] {2}: PX:80; TH:**
- Mike LeDonne: The Groover [Savant]: DB; TH:*
- Ranee Lee: Lives Upstairs [Justin Time]: DB
- Orlando Le Fleming: From Brooklyn With Love [19/8]: TH:**
- Urs Leimgruber/Evan Parker: Twine [Clean Feed]: TH:**
- Urs Leimgruber: Chicago Solo [Leo]: SG
- Gianni Lenoci/Gianni Mimmo: Reciprocal Uncles [Amirani]: SG
- Carolyn Leonhart: Tides of Yesterday [Savant] {3}: TH:**
- Joseph Lepore: Journal [Inner Circle Music]: DB
- Les Yeux de la Tête: Nerf [Rude Awakening/Head]: SG
- Pete Levin: Jump! [self-released]: TH:*
- George Lewis/Marina Rosenfeld: Sour Mash [Innova] {2}: V[976-1-10]
- Greg Lewis: Organ Monk [self-released] {5}: TH:B
- Jim Lewis/Andrew Downing/Jean Martin: On a Short Path From Memory to Forgotten [Barnyard] {3}: NOW:100, SG, TH:**
- Dave Liebman Big Band: As Always [MAMA] {4}: TH:B
- Dave Liebman/Evan Parker/Tony Bianco: Relevance [Red Toucan] {3}: SG
- Dave Liebman Group: Turnaround [Jazzwerkstatt] {6}: TH:**
- Erica Lindsay/Sumi Tonooka: Initiation [ARC] {4}: TH:***
- Little Symphony No. 3: First Thing Tomorrow Morning [Biodro]: SG
- Giancarlo Locatelli/Alberto Braida: The Big Margotta [Brokenresearch]: SG
- Elisabeth Lohninger: Songs of Love and Destruction [Lofish Music]: TH:U
- The Mark Lomax Trio: The State of Black America [Inarhyme] {6}: JM, CM, TH:A
- Giuseppi Logan: The Giuseppi Logan Quintet [Tompkins Square] {2}: TH:***
- Ramon Lopez Freedom Now Sextet: Valencia [Xabia Jazz]
- Russ Lossing: Personal Tonal [Fresh Sound New Talent] {2}: DB; TH:A-
- Lionel Loueke: Mwaliko [Blue Note] {5}: DB
- Julien Lourau: Quartet Saigon [Naive]
- Gary Lucas & Dean Bowman: Chase the Devil [Knitting Factory]: DB
- Lage Lund: Unlikely Stories [Criss Cross] {2}
- Brian Lynch Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra: Bolero Nights: For Billie Holiday [Venus]: DB
- Frank Macchia: Folk Songs for Jazzers [Cacophony] {2}
- Raymond MacDonald International Big Band: Buddy [Textile]
- Alex Machacek: 24 Tales [Abstract Logix]
- Joe Magnarelli: My Old Flame [GIVE@GO]
- Roberto Magris: Mating Call [Jmood]
- Rudi Mahall: Der Rote Bereich 7 [Intakt]: JL
- Jack Maheu Quartet: My Inspiration
- Mike Mainieri/Marnix Busstra Quartet: Trinary Motion [NYC, 2CD]: TH:**
- Tony Malaby's Tamarindo: Live [Clean Feed] {4}: JL; TH:*"
- Rafi Malkiel: Water [Tzadik] {3}: AM; TH:***
- Pete Malinverni: Invisible Cities [Saranac] {2}
- Pat Mallinger: Dragon Fish [Chicago Sessions]
- Russell Malone: Triple Play [MaxJazz] {8}: AM, DB; TH:***
- Junior Mance Quintet: Out South [Jun Glo]: DB
- Olivier Manchon: Orchestre de Chambre Miniature, Volume 1 [ObliqSound] {3}: TH:**
- Georgia Mancio: Silhouette [Roomspin]
- Sarah Manning: Dandelion Clock [Posi-Tone] {4}: TH:**
- Jacam Manricks: Trigonometry [Posi-Tone] {2}: TH:**
- Karen Marguth: Karen Marguth [Karen Marguth]: DB; TH:U
- Wynton Marsalis Quintet & Ricard Galliano: From Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf: Live in Marciac [Wynton Marsalis Enterprises]: DB; TH:*
- Wynton Marsalis/Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra/Paco de Lucia: Vitoria Suite [Jazz at Lincoln Center] {5}: V[673-1-15]; TH:***
- The Marsalis Family: Music Redeeoms [Marsalis Music] {3}
- John Marshall/Ferdinand Povel: Marshall Arts [Blue Jack]
- Hector Martignon: Second Chance [Zoho]
- Rebecca Martin: When I Was Long Ago [Sunnyside] {7}: V[1502-1-10]; DB; TH:***
- Masada String Trio: Haborym: The Book of Angels Vol. 16 [Tzadik] {6}: SG, TH:***
- Evgeny Masloboev/Anastasia Masloboeva: Russian Folksongs in the Key of Sadness [Leo]: SG
- Sabir Mateen: URDLA XXX [RogueArt]: SG
- Andrei Matorin: Opus [Armored]: DB
- Nilson Matta's Brazilian Voyage: Copacabana [Zoho]: TH:***
- Magda Mayas: Heartland [Another Timbre]: SG
- Rafal Mazur/Keir Neuringer: Improwizje [Insubordinations]: SG
- Alexander McCabe: Quiz [CAP]: TH:A-
- Bobby McFerrin: Vocabularies [Emarcy] {7}: AM; TH:B
- Nellie McKay: Home Sweet Mobile Home [Verve] {3}: V[187-6-64]; MT:B-, TH:B
- Susan McKeown: Singing in the Dark [Hibernian Music]
- John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension: To the One [Abstract Logix] {3}: TH:**
- John McNeil/Bill McHenry: Chill Morn He Climb Jenny [Sunnyside] {7}: DB; TH:***
- Joe McPhee/Mikolaj Trzaska/Dominic Duval/Jay Rosen: Magic [Not Two] {3}: SG
- Joe McPhee/Ingebrigt Håker-Flaten: Blue Chicago Blues [Not Two] {4}: SG
- Niko Meinhold/Noel Taylor: Border Patrol: SG
- Sebastiano Meloni/Adriano Orru/Tony Oxley: Improvised Pieces for Trio [Big Round] {3}: TH:***
- Don Menza: Dream Suite [Corsaro]
- Manuel Mengis Gruppe 6: Dulcet Crush [Hatology] {4}: AM, DB
- Metropole Orkest/John Scofield/Vince Mendoza: 54 [Emarcy] {4}: TH:B-
- Paul Meyers Quartet: Featuring Frank Wess [Miles High]: TH:**
- Lisa Mezzacappa's Bait & Switch: What Is Known [Clean Feed] {6}: SG, TH:A-
- Sei Miguel: Esfingico [Clean Feed] {3}: SG, TH:**
- Dave Mihaly's Shimmering Leaves Ensemble: Eastern Accents in the Far West [Porto Franco]: TH:**
- Mikrokolektyw: Revisit [Delmark] {3}: TH:*
- Marcus Miller: A Night in Monte-Carlo [Dreyfus]
- Mingus Big Band: Live at Jazz Standard [Jazz Workshop/Jazz Standard] {3}
- Bob Mintzer: Canyon Cove [Pony Canyon/Cheetah]: DB
- Nicole Mitchell's Sonic Projections: Emerald Hills [RogueArt] {5}
- Robert Mitchell & Panacea: The Cusp
- Roscoe Mitchell/David Wessel: Contact
- Melanie Mitrano: All Things Gold [Big Round]: TH:**
- Liudas Mockunas/Ryoji Hojito: Vacation Music [No Business]: SG
- Charnett Moffett: Treasure [Motema] {2}
- Soren Moller/Dick Oatts: The Clouds Above [Audial]: TH:***
- Nils Petter Molvaer: Hamada [Thirsty Ear] {3}: TH:***
- Marc Mommaas: Land [Sunnyside] {2}: TH:**
- Ben Monder/Bill McHenry: Bloom [Sunnyside]: DB, TH:B
- Stanton Moore: Groove Alchemy [Telarc] {3}: TH:*
- Moreland & Arbuckle: Flood [Telarc] {3}: DB
- Dave Morgan: Way of the Sly Man [Being Time]
- Ninni Morgia: Ninni Morgia & Control Unit [Ultramarine]: SG
- Joe Morris/Nate Wooley: Tooth and Nail [Clean Feed] {2}: SG, TH:B
- Joe Morris: Sensor [No Business]: SG
- Joe Morris: Camera [ESP-Disk]: FD
- Rakalam Bob Moses/Greg Burk: Ecstatic Weanderings [Jazzwerkstatt]: TH:***
- Mural: Nectars of Emergence [Sofa] {2}: SG+
- Sunny Murray: Boom Boom Cat [Foghorn]: JM
- Michael Musillami Trio: Old Tea [Playscape] {2}: DB
- Wolfgang Muthspiel/Mick Goodrick: Live at the Jazz Standard [Material] {2}: TH:**
- Mycale: The Book of Angels, Volume 13 [Tzadik]: V[1631-1-6]; TH:**
- Tatsuya Nakatani/Forbes Graham: Essences [BLAQ]: SG
- Ted Nash: Portraits in Seven Shades [Lincoln at Center Jazz] {7}: TH:**
- Ken Navarro: Dreaming of Trains [Positive]
- Maria Neckam: Deeper [Sunnyside]: TH:C+
- Necks: Stillwater [ReR]
- Matt Nelson: Nostalgiamaniac [Chicago Sessions]
- Jovino Santos Neto: Veja O Som/See the Sound [Adventure Music, 2CD] {2}: TH:**
- Paal Nilssen-Love/Ken Vandermark: Milwaukee Volume [Smalltown Superjazz] {5}: SG+, JM, TH:A-
- Paal Nilssen-Love/Ken Vandermark: Chicago Volume [Smalltown Superjazz] {2}: JM, TH:***
- Hailey Niswanger: Confeddie [self-released]
- No More Shapes: Creesus Crisis [Drip Audio]: TH:**
- No Mor Musik: No Mor Musik [ugExplode]
- Norrbotten Big Band: The Avatar Sessions: The Music of Tim Hagans [Fuzzy Music] {2}: TH:*
- Mike Nord/Georg Hofmann: The Flow: Music for Improvised Dance [Leo]: SG
- Vince Norman/Joe McCarthy Big Band: Bright Future [OA2]: TH:U
- Alva Noto: ANBB: Mimikry [Raster-Norton] {5}: JL
- Gia Notte: Shades [Gnote]: TH:***
- The Nu Band: Live in Paris [No Business]: SG
- Dick Oatts: Two Hearts [Steeplechase]: DB
- Maciej Obara Special Quartet: Four [Ars Cameralis]: SG
- Maciej Obara/John Lindberg/Harvey Sorgen: Three: SG
- Mark O'Connor: Jam Session [OMAC]: TH:B
- Jordan Officer: Jordan Officer [Spectra]
- OIR Trio: Kanata [Not Two] {2}: SG
- Meg Okura and the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Orchestra: Naima [Meg Okura] {2}: TH:**
- Mark O'Leary: Snow [TIBProd]: SG
- Oles Brothers/Rob Brown: Live at SJC [Fenomedia -09]: TH:**
- Stéphan Oliva: The Lives of Bernard Hermann [Sans Bruit]: SG
- Andrew Oliver Sextet: 82% Chance of Rain [OA2]: TH:**
- OM: Willisau
- One for All: One for All [Jazz Legacy] {2}
- Harold O'Neal: Whirling Mantis [Smalls] {2}: TH:***
- Junko Onishi: Baroque [Verve] {4}
- Oregon: In Stride [CAM Jazz] {2}
- Organissimo: Alive & Kickin' [Big O] {2}: TH:*
- Originalljudet: Originalljudet [Kalligrammofon]: SG
- Aruan Ortiz Quartet: Alameda [Fresh Sound New Talent] {2}: DB, TH:**
- M Ostermeier: Chance Reconstruction [Tench]
- Markku Ounaskari/Samuli Mikkonen: Kuara [ECM]: TH:U
- Jamie Ousley: Back Home [Tie]: TH:B-
- Out to Lunch: Melvin's Rockpile [Accurate]: TH:**
- Brittni Paiva: Four Strings: The Fire Within [Talmidin]
- Jason Palmer: Nothing to Hide [Steeplechase] {2}
- Paris Troika: Paris Troika
- Evan Parker/Sten Sandell: Psalms [Psi] {2}: SG
- Evan Parker/John Wiese: C-Section
- Evan Parker: Set [Psi] {3}: JM
- Evan Parker: Whitstable Solo [Psi] {3}: SG
- William Parker: At Somewhere There [Barnyard] {3}: SG, TH:***
- William Parker/Gianni Lenoci/Vittorino Curci/Marcello Magliocchi: Serving an Evolving Humanity [Silta]: SG
- JD Parran: Window Spirits [Mutable] {2}: SG
- Partikel: Partikel [F-ire]: JM
- Chris Pasin: Detour Ahead [H20]
- Stefano Pastor: Freedom [Slam]: SG
- Mario Pavone: Arc Suite T/Pi T/Po [Playscape] {7}: JL
- Jeremy Pelt: Men of Honor [High Note] {6}: DB; FD, TH:B
- Ken Peplowski: Noir Blue [Capri] {3}: DB; TH:*
- Ivo Perelman/Brian Willson: The Stream of Life [Leo] {3}: SG; TH:***
- Ivo Perelman/Gerry Hemingway: The Apple in the Dark [Leo] {2}: SG, TH:A-
- Ivo Perelman/Daniel Levin/Torbjörn Zetterberg: Soulstorm [Clean Feed] {3}: SG, TH:A-
- Ivo Perelman/Dominic Duval/Brian Wilson: Mind Games [Leo -09]: TH:A-
- Tristan Perich: 1-Bit Symphony [Cantaloupe Music] {5}: JL
- Houston Person: Moment to Moment [High Note] {6}: TH:B
- Lucky Peterson: You Can Always Turn Around [Dreyfus Jazz]: DB
- Gail Pettis: Here in the Moment [OA2] {3}: DB, TH:*
- Marian Petrescu Quartet: Thrivin': Live at the Jazz Standard [Resonance] {3}: DB
- Jay Phelps: Jay Walkin' [Specific Jazz] {2}: TH:**
- Flip Philipp & Ed Partyka Dectet: Hair of the Dog [ATS]: DB
- Barre Phillips: Portraits [Kadima]: SG
- Adam Pieronczyk Quartet: El Buscador [Jazzwerkstatt]: SG
- Chico Pinheiro: There's a Storm Inside [Sunnyside]: DB; TH:U
- Rodrigo Pinheiro/Hernani Faustino/Gabriel Ferrandini: RED Trio [Clean Feed] {2}: SG, TH:A-
- John Pizzarelli: Rockin' in Rhythm: A Tribute to Duke Ellington [Telarc] {6}: DB; TH:**
- Janet Planet: Sings the Bob Dylan Songbook Volume 1 [Stellar]
- Jeff Platz Quartet: Panoramic [Skycap]: SG
- Gregory Porter: Water [Motema] {5}: V[1313-1-10]; TH:*
- Portico Quartet: Isla [Real World] {9}: MC(76), BBC:80, MJ:80, MO:80, PM:80, Q:80; TH:**
- Powerhouse Sound: Overlap [Laurence Family]: SG
- Michael Powers: Urban Ukulele [Wet-Note]
- Dan Pratt Organ Quartet: Toe the Line [Posi-Tone] {2}: TH:**
- Gene Pritsker's Sound Liberation: VRE Suite: Varieties of Religious Experience Suite [Innova]: DB; TH:U
- Project Trio: Project Trio [Harmonyville]: DB
- Quest: Re-Dial [Out Note]: JL
- Tom Rainey Trio: Pool School [Clean Feed] {7}: SG, TH:*
- Rawfishboys: Pianoworks/Pianoworksn't [Spocus]: SG
- Raydience: Raydience [Megawave]
- Dana Reason: Revealed [Circumvention]
- Eric Reed/Cyrus Chestnut: Plenty Swing, Plenty Soul [Savant] {2}: DB; TH:**
- Mike Reed's Loose Assembly: Empathetic Parts [482] {3}: CM
- Reed's Bass Drum: Which Is Which [Reed's Bass Drum]: TH:**
- Rufus Reid: Out Front [Motema] {3}
- Knut Reiersrud: Gitar [Jazzland]
- Dave Rempis/Frank Rosaly: Cyrllic [482 -09] {4}: SG, TH:***
- Jeff Richman: Like That [Nefer]
- Wolfgang Rihm: Schrift-Um-Schrift [Neos]: JL
- Howard Riley: Solo in Vilnius [No Business]: SG
- Lee Ritenour: 6 String Theory {3}
- Riviere Composers' Pool: Summer Works 2009 [Emanem] {2}
- Gareth Roberts Quintet: Go Stop Go [Killer Penguin Jazz]: JM
- Jason Robinson: The Two Faces of Janus [Cuneiform] {7}: JL; TH:**
- Jason Robinson/Anthony Davis: Cerulean Landscape [Clean Feed] {4}: TH:B
- Perry Robinson Trio: From A to Z [Jazzwerkstatt] {2}: JL; TH:**
- Scott Robinson/Marshall Allen/Pat O'Leary/Kevin Norton: Live at Space Farms [ScienSonic]
- Claudio Roditi: Simpatico [Resonance]
- Aldo Romano: Adventures Trio [Abeat] {3}: JL; TH:U
- Wallace Roney: If Only for One Night [High Note]: TH:*
- The Rosenberg Trio: Djangologists with Birelli Lagrene [Enja]: DB
- Ted Rosenthal: Impromptu [Playscape]
- Florian Ross: Mechanism [Pirouet]: TH:*
- Ned Rothenberg: Quintet for Clarinet & Strings [Tzadik]: SG
- Ned Rothenberg/Ryu Nashi: No School: New Music for Shakuhachi [Tzadik]: SG
- Ned Rothenberg/Vladimir Volkov: Live in Dom: Duo Music for Nicolai Dmitriev [DOM]: SG
- Jim Rotondi: 1000 Rainbows [Posi-Tone] {3}: TH:**
- Ellen Rowe Quartet: Wishing Well [PKO] {5}: TH:***
- Adam Rudolph/Ralph Jones: Yèyi [Meta] {2}: SG, TH:***
- Kermit Ruffins: Happy Talk [Basin Street] {2}: V[1587-1-7]
- John Russell: Hyste [Psi]
- Terje Rypdal: Crime Scene [ECM] {3}: V[1155-1-10]; SG, TH:**
- Jerome Sabbagh/Ben Monder/Daniel Humair: I Will Follow You [Bee Jazz]: TH:*
- Sam Sadigursky: The Words Project III: Miniatures [New Amsterdam] {2}
- Salo: Sundial Lotus [Innova] {2}: TH:U
- Dino Saluzzi: El Encuentro [ECM] {2}: DB, TH:B-
- Antonio Sanchez: Live in New York at Jazz Standard [CAM Jazz, 2CD] {9}: TH:**
- Sten Sandell Trio: Face of Tokyo [PNL]: SG
- Randy Sandke: Jazz for Juniors [Arbors -09]: DB
- Arturo Sandoval: A Time for Love
- Bernardo Sassetti Trio: Motion [Clean Feed] {2}: TH:***
- Ann Savoy & Her Sleepless Knights: Black Coffee [Memphis International]
- Thomas Savy: French Suite [Plus Loin Music] {2}: TH:**
- Scanner with the Post Modern Jazz Quartet: Blink of an Eye [Thirsty Ear]: TH:U
- Scenes: Rinnova [Origin]: TH:***
- Chris Schlarb: Psychic Temple [Asthmatic Kitty] {2}
- Schlippenbach Trio: Bauhaus Dessau [Intakt] {4}: SG
- Andreas Schmidt/Samuel Rohrer/Thomas Heberer: Pieces for a Husky Puzzle {2}: SG+
- Marzio Scholten: World of Thought [OAP]
- Adam Schroeder: A Handful of Stars [Capri]: TH:***
- Ed Schuller & the Reunion Trio: Serendipity [Tutu]
- Louis Sclavis/Craig Taborn/Tom Rainey: Eldorado Trio [Clean Feed] {7}: SG, TH:**
- Scoolptures: Materiale Umano [Leo] {2}: DB
- Scorch Trio: Melaza [Rune Grammofon]: JL
- Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra: Jimmy Heath: The Eternal Search [Origin]: TH:U
- Karl Seglem: NORSKjazz.no [Ozella]: TH:***
- Christine Sehnaoui/Sven-Ake Johansson: La Vase/Slikke [SAJ] {3}: V[1366-1-10]; TMT:90
- Karl EH Seigfried: Portrait of Jack Johnson [Imaginary Chicago] {2}: DB
- Trygve Seim/Andreas Utnem: Purcor [ECM] {4}: TH:***
- SFJazz Collective: Live 2010: The Works of Horace Silver [SFJazz] {9}
- Benny Sharoni: Eternal Elixir [Papaya]: TH:**
- Elliott Sharp: Octal Book Two [Clean Feed]: TH:**
- Marcus Shelby Orchestra: Soul of the Movement [Porto Franco]: DB; TH:U
- Aram Shelton: Two Cities [Delmark -09]: TH:*
- Aram Shelton Quartet: These Times [Singlespeed Music] {2}: TH:**
- Elizabeth Shepherd: Heavy Falls the Night [Do Right]
- Ariel Shibolet: Live at the Total Music Meeting [Kadima]: SG
- Ayako Shirasaki: Falling Leaves: Live in Hamburg [Jan Matthies] {2}
- Liam Sillery: Phenomenology [OA2] {4}: DB; TH:**
- Gwilym Simcock: Blues Vignette [Basho, 2CD] {2}: JM, TH:*
- Brian Simpson: South Beach [Shanachie]
- Suresh Singaratnam: Lost in New York [Suresong] {2}: AM; TH:**
- Alex Sipiagin: Generations: Dedicated to Woody Shaw {2}
- Matt Slocum: Portraits [Chandra] {2}: TH:*
- Slug Duo: Fully Improvised Sets From Falanster 2009 [Vytvornia OM]: SG
- David Smith Quintet: Anticipation [Bju'ecords] {2}: DB, TH:***
- Steve Smith/George Brooks/Prasanna: Raga Bop Trio [Abstract Logix] {2}: DB
- Tommy Smith: Torah [Spartacus] {2}: TH:**
- Walter Smith III: III [Criss Cross] {3}
- Nadav Snir-Zelniker: Thinking Out Loud [OA2]: TH:***
- Soft Machine Legacy: Live Adventures [Moonjune]
- Soil & Pimp Sessions: 6 [Brownswood]
- Emilio Solla & the Tango Jazz Conspiracy: Bien Sur! [Fresh Sound World Jazz] {2}: DB, TH:**
- Lew Soloff/Steve Richman: Sketches of Spain [Sheffield Lab] {2}: DB
- So Percussion/Matmos: Treasure State [Cantaloupe Music] {4}: V[1713-1-5]; URB:100; TH:**
- Omar Sosa & NDR Bigband: Ceremony [Ota] {6}
- Rossano Sportiello: Lucky to Be Me [Arbors]
- Mary Stallings: Dream [High Note] {4}: TH:B
- Tasos Stamou & Ilan Manouach: Tasos Stamou & Ilan Manouach [Absurd]: SG
- Chris Standring: Blue Bolero [Ultimate Vibe]
- Michael Jefry Stevens/Tim Siegel/Jeff Ferguson: Six [Konnex] {2}
- Nobu Stowe: Confusion Bleue [Soulnote] {3}: SG+, TH:***
- Colin Stranahan: Life Condition [Tapestry]: TH:**
- Milton Suggs: Things to Come [Skiptone] {2}: TH:U
- Sum: Invenio Ergo [Matchless]
- Sun Ra Arkestra/Marshall Allen: Live at the Paradox [In+Out]: TH:***
- Supersilent: 10 [Rune Grammofon] {6}: V[757-1-14]
- Supersilent: 11 [Rune Grammofon]
- The Stryker/Slagle Band: Keeper [Panorama]: TH:A-
- Skuli Sverrisson: Seria II [self-released] {2}: V[1216-1-10]
- Swedish Azz: Pazz På Svenska [Not Two]: SG
- Ben Syversen: Cracked Vessel [Ben Syversen] {3}: SG, TH:A-
- Jamaaladeen Tacuma: For the Love of Ornette [Jazzwerkstatt -11]: TH:U
- Aki Takase: A Week Went By [Psi] {3}: SG
- Aki Takase/Louis Sclavis: Yokohama [Intakt]
- Gregory Tardy: The Strongest Love [Steeplechase]
- Taro: Flaechten: SG
- Cecil Taylor & Dominic Duval: The Last Dance Vol. 1 & 2 [CJR] {5}: FD:2, SG
- Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley: Ailanthus/Altissima: Bilateral Dimenions of 2 Root Songs [Triple Point, 2LP] {5}: TH:U
- Erik Telford: Kinetic [EJT] {2}
- Dan Tepfer Trio: Five Pedals Deep [Sunnyside] {2}: TH:U
- Julian F Thayer/Jarmo Savolainen/Scott Robinson/Klaus Suonsari: Norwegian Invention [KS Jazz] {2}
- The Thirteenth Assembly: The Thirteenth Assembly
- Toots Thielemans: European Quartet Live [Challenge]: AM; TH:*
- Oluyemi Thomas/Sirone/Michael Wimberly: Beneath Tones Floor
- Ken Thomson and Slow/Fast: It Would Be Easier If [Intuition] {4}: TH:*
- Richard Thompson: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot [Arabesque]
- Steve Tibbetts: Natural Causes [ECM] {3}: V[1591-1-7]; DB; TH:**
- Tide Tables: Lost Birdsongs [Prefecture -09]: TH:**
- Tin Hat: Foreign Legion [BAG] {3}: DB; SG, TH:A-
- Keith and Julie Tippett: Couple in Spirit [Ogun]
- Wayman Tisdale: Fonk Record: Featuring Tiz and the Fonkie Planetarians [Mack Avenue]: AM
- Christine Tobin & Liam Noble: Tapestry Unravelled [Trail Belle]
- Mads Tolling: The Playmaker [Madsman -09]: DB
- Tiziano Tononi: Vertical Invaders [Black Saint]: SG
- Rafael Toral: Space Elements Vol II [Taiga]: SG
- Tribe: Rebirth [Planet E]
- The Trio [Peter Erskine/Chuck Berghofer/Terry Trotter]: Live @ Charlie O's [Fuzzy Music]: TH:**
- Trio Braam DeJoode Vatcher: Quartet [BBB]
- Trio de Paz & Joe Locke: Live at Jazzbaltica [MaxJazz]
- Trio This: That [GM]: DB
- Trio X: Live on Tour 2008 [CIMP] {4}: JL; SG
- Trondheim Jazz Orchestra: Stems and Cages [MNJ] {2}
- Trondheim Jazz Orchestra: Triads and More [MNJ]
- Trondheim Voices: Improvoicing [MNJ]
- Baptiste Trotignon: Suite . . . [Naive]
- Steve Turre: Delicious and Delightful [High Note] {5}: DB; TH:***
- James Blood Ulmer: In and Out [In+Out]: TH:A-
- Undivided: The Passion [Multikulti]: SG
- Galina Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonatas 1-6 [Hat Art]: JL
- Warren Vaché/John Allred Quintet: Top Shelf [Arbors] {5}: DB
- Van Hove/Dunmall/Rogers/Lytton: Asychronous [Slam] {2}
- Petra van Nuis/Andy Brown: Far Away Places [String Damper]: TH:**
- Roland Vazquez: The Visitor [RVD]: DB
- Will Vinson: Stockholm Syndrome [Criss Cross]
- Violin Jazz: The Music of Eddie South [Dorian Sono Luminus] {2}: AM, DB
- Vox Arcana: Aerial Age [Allos Documents] {5}
- The Waitiki 7: New Sounds of Exotica [Pass Out]: V[1577-1-8]; TH:B
- Nasheet Waits: Equality: Live at MPI [Fresh Sound New Talent -09]: TH:A-
- Myron Walden in This World: To Feel [Demi Sound]: DB, TH:B
- Myron Walden in This World: What We Share [Demi Sound]: DB, TH:*
- Myron Walden: Countryfied [Demi Sound]: DB; TH:*
- Torben Waldorff: American Rock Beauty [ArtistShare] {3}: TH:**
- Christian Wallumrød Ensemble: Fabula Suite Lugano [ECM]: TH:B-
- Greg Ward's Fitted Shards: South Side Story [19-8] {4}: DB; TH:B
- Bill Ware: Played Right
- Tim Warfield: A Sentimental Journey [Criss Cross]: TH:B
- Chris Washburne & the SYOTOS Band: Fields of Moons [Jazzheads]: TH:U
- Bobby Watson: The Gates BBQ Suite {2}
- Ernie Watts Quartet: Four Plus Four [Flying Dolphin]: DB
- The Way: Live in Woodstock One [Ictus]: SG
- The Way: Live in Woodstock Two [Ictus]: SG
- Doug Webb: Midnight [Posi-Tone]: TH:***
- The Wee Trio: Capitol Diner Vol. 2 Animal Style [Bionic] {2}: TH:B
- Christian Weidner: The Inward Song [Pirouet] {2}: JL; TH:U
- Walt Weiskopf: See the Pyramid [Criss Cross]
- David Weiss & Point of Departure: Snuck In [Sunnyside] {6}: DB, TH:***
- Mort Weiss: Raising the Bar [SMS Jazz]: TH:***
- Wellstone Conspiracy: Motives [Origin]: TH:**
- Paul Wertico's Mid-East/Mid-West Alliance: Impressions of a City [Chicago Sessions -09]: DB
- Stian Westerhus: Pitch Black Star Spangled [Rune Grammofon] {3}
- Kirk Whalum: Everything Is Everything; The Music of Donny Hathaway [Rendezvous]: DB
- Chip White: More Dedications [Dark Colors]: DB
- Pharez Whitted: Transient Journey [Owl Studios] {2}: TH:B
- Bob Wilber: Bob Wilber Is Here [Arbors] {3}
- Howard Wiley and the Angola Project: 12 Gates to the City [HNIC Music] {8}: V[763-2-14]; TH:***
- Jessica Williams: Touch [Origin] {5}: TH:*
- Bruce Williamson Quartet: Standard Transmission [Origin]: TH:**
- Brian Wilsson: Border Crossing [Not Two]
- Matt Wilson: Christmas Tree-O [Palmetto] {5}: AM; TH:**
- Reuben Wilson: Azure Te [18th & Vine]: DB
- Paul Winter: Miho: Journey to the Mountain [Living Music]
- Norma Winstone: Stories Yet to Tell [ECM] {6}: JM, TH:**
- Nils Wogram's Root 70: Listen to Your Woman [nWog]
- Phil Woods/DePaul University Jazz Ensemble: Solitude [Jazzed Media]: DB; TH:B
- Nate Wooley: Amplifier [Smeraldina-Rima] {3}
- Nate Wooley & Paul Lytton: Creak Above 33 [Psi] {3}: V[995-1-10]; SG
- Brandon Wright: Boiling Point [Posi-Tone]: TH:***
- Lizz Wright: Fellowship [Verve] {5}: V[459-2-25] {SL}; SL:90
- Eri Yamamoto: In Each Day, Something Good [AUM Fidelity] {2}: TH:*
- Savina Yannatou/Barry Guy: Attikos [Maya]
- Nikki Yanofsky: Nikki [Decca]: DB; TH:B
- Yuri Yaremchuk/Ilia Belorukov/Andrij Orel: Conditions [Re:konstrukt]: SG
- Joel Yennior Trio: Big City Circus [Brass Wheel]: TH:U
- Alper Yilmaz: Over the Clouds [Kayique] {3}: TH:**
- Otomo Yohishide: Lonely Woman [Doubtmusic]: SG
- You Had Me at Hello: Meet Ab Baars & Michael Moore [Tonometer]: SG
- You Had Me at Hello: Meet Oliver Lake [Tonometer]: SG
- Yuganaut: Sharks [Engine]: SG
- Rachel Z/Omar Hakim: Trio of OZ [OZmosis] {4}: TH:**
- Ingar Zach: MOS [Sofa]: SG
- Zanussi Five: Ghost Dance [Moserobie]
- Jennifer Zarine: Fresh Made Cuppa Tea
- Denny Zeitlin: Precipice [Sunnyside] {6}: DB, TH:**
- Waclaw Zimpel/Pawel Posteremczak/Ksawery Wojcinski/Pawel Szpura: Hera [MultiKulti] {2}: SG+
- John Zorn: Dictée/Liber Novus [Tzadik]: SG, TH:*
- John Zorn: The Goddess: Music for the Ancient of Days [Tzadik] {3}: AM; TH:**
- John Zorn: In Search of the Miraculous [Tzadik] {2}: TH:***
- John Zorn: Interzone [Tzadik] {7}: AM; TH:A-
- John Zorn: Ipsissimus [Tzadik] {3}
- John Zorn: What Thou Wilt [Tzadik]: TH:B
Lists Consulted
During the year, I collected grades/ratings from various sources.
They were generally listed using Metacritic conversions, which made
it easier to pick them up from Metacritic. At this point, the results
were listed in order: Metacritic(score), publication ratings; select
critic grades, with myself (TH) last. The publication ratings were
hit-and-miss, but at least started to provide an idea of what is
going on.
When year-end lists started to appear, I started to rewrite the
lines. I kept the old counts as seeds, and started adding the year
end list rankings at the head, in braces. List mentions are simply
counted; there is no weighting (which would overwhelm my ability
to do this list with this technology).
Metacritic's 2010 album list was consulted Nov. 20-23 for all
records with Metacritic scores of 61 and better (695 albums), as
well as for selected albums lower than that.
Year-end lists. Where three numbers are listed (e.g., 10/30/100)
the first are listed by place (1-10), the second by abbrev only, the
third are counted but not noted. Genre or sub-lists also noted:
- About.com []: jazz piano (7), folk (8), r&b/soul (20), rap (10), rock (16), alternative (30)
- All Music Guide [AM]: albums, blues, box sets, country, electronic, folk, hip-hop, indie pop & rock, jazz, latin, metal, r&b, reggae, pop, reissues, rock, soundtracks and scores (-U), world, world comps; Tim Sendra (21-50), editors lists (-U)
- Amazon.com [AZ]: 10/20/100: alternative and indie rock, blues, country,
electronic, folk, hard rock and metal, jazz, latin, pop, rap and hip-hop,
r&b, rediscoveries, rock, world, albums you might have missed
- American Songwriter [AS]: 10/20/50
- Austin Town Hall [ATH]: 10/20/50
- AV Club [AV]: 10/20/25: Scott Gordon, Marc Hawthorne, Jason Heller, Steven Hyden, Spencer Kornhaber, Genevieve Koski, Chris Martins, Michaelangelo Matos, Chris Mincher, Josh Modell, Noel Murray, Sean O'Neal, Keith Phipps, Nathan Rabin, Kyle Ryan, Christian Williams
- Best Ever Albums [BEA]: 10/20/100
- Billboard [BB]: 10, reader poll
- Blurt [BL]: 10/20/50; writers (-U)
- Brainwashed [BW]: 10/20/100; EPs, reissues (-U)
- Clash [CL]: 10/20/40
- CokeMachineGlow [CMG]: 10/20/50
- Consequence of Sound [CS]: 10/20/100
- Crawdaddy [CD]: 10/20/50; James Greene Jr, Jocelyn Hoppa, Andres Jauregui, Denise Sullivan, Howard Wyman (10 -U)
- Delusions of Adequacy [DA]: 10/20/50
- Drowned in Sound [DS]: 10/20/75
- Dusted []: Daniel Levin Becker, Andrew Beckerman, Brandon Bussolini, Tobias Carroll, Talya Cooper, John Dale, Emerson Dameron, Ben Donnelly, Benjamin Ewing, Cole Goins, Evan Hanlon, Otis Hart, Miki Kaneda, Jennifer Kelly (10+), Nate Knaebel, Brad LaBonte, Daniel Martin-McCormick, Patrick Masterson, Doug Mosurock, Derek Taylor, Matthew Wuethrich (15) (10 each unless noted, some -U)
- eMusic [EM]: 10/20/80 (-U)
- EU Mega-Critic [EU] 10/20/150 -U
- Entertainment Weekly [EW]: 10 [Leah Greenblatt]
- Exclaim [EX]: 10/20; metal, hip-hop, punk, folk & country, electronic, soul & r&b, improv/avant-garde
- Fact [F]: 10/20/40; box sets (10), collectables (20 -U), compilations (20), reissues (I: 31-40)
- Fast 'n' Bulbous [FB]: 10/20/100; genre lists
- Filter [FL]: 10; staff picks
- Fly [FLY]: 10/20/50
- Gigwise [GW]: 10/20/50
- Guardian [G]: 10/20/40; 33 critics lists (-U)
- Guardian Observer []: ; pop [Kitty Empire]
- Hot Press [HP]: 10/20/30
- JazzTimes []: 41 critics ballots
- Kerrang [K]: 10/20
- Lost at Sea [LS]: 10/20/30
- Magnet [MG]: 10/20; hidden treasures, reissues, collections (10)
- Mixmag [MX]: 10/20/50; comps (10)
- Mojo [MJ]: 10/20/50; reissues (20), jazz (10), reggae reissues (10), blues (10), folk (10), electronica (10), Americana (10), world (10), underground (10)
- MusicOHM [MO]: 10/20/50
- Nashville Scene [NS]: 10
- NME [NME]: 10/20/75; readers' top 10, editors' underrated
- No Ripchord [NR]: 10/20/50
- NOW [NOW]: 10; Jordan Bimm, Joshua Errett, Sarah Greene, Kevin Hegge, Joanne Huffa, Jason Keller, Graeme Phillips, Andrew Rennie, Jason Richards, Kevin Ritchie, Richard Trapunski (-U)
- One Thirty BPM [OTB]: 10/20/50
- Other Music [OM]: 10/20/25; reissues (25)
- Paste [P]: 10/20/50
- Pitchfork [PF]: 10/20/50; honorable mention; readers poll (50)
- PopMatters [PM]: 10/20/70; genre lists (10 each): americana, bluegrass, country, electronic (10+), experimental, fantastical, female (11), free, hip-hop (12+10 mixtapes -U), indie pop, indie rock, jazz (14), live, metal (20), punk, r&b, reissues (20), world
- Prefix [PX]: 10/20/40; staff lists [-U]
- Pretty Much Amazing [PMA]: 10/20/40
- Q [Q]: 10/20/50
- Quietus [QT]: 10/20/40; comps/reissues
- Rate Your Music [RYM]: 10/20/300 (-U); user lists below
- Resident Advisor [RA]: 10/20, 0/20 compilations
- Rhapsody [RH]: 10/20/50; alt-indie, electronic, hip-hop, jazz, latin, pop, reissues and compilations, rock
- Rolling Stone [RS]: 10/20/30; reissues, David Fricke, Will Hermes, Christian Hoard, Jody Rosen, Rob Sheffield
- Rough Trade [RT]: 10/40/100
- Slant [SL]: 10/20/25
- Spin [SP]: 10/20/40; albums you may have missed (10)
- Spinner [SPR]: 10/20/30; box sets, electronic, hip-hop, jazz, metal, world; country: The Boot
- Sputnik [SPK]: 10/20/50
- Stereogum [SG]: 10/20/50
- Sunday Times UK [ST]: 10/20 [rock-only]; don't have other lists yet: New Artists, Left-field, World, Jazz
- Tiny Mix Tapes [TMT]: 10/20/50
- Treble [TR]: 10/20/50
- Uncut [U]: 10/20/50
- Under the Radar [UR]: 10/20/50
- Vibe [V]: 10
- Village Voice: jazz critics ballots (minus JazzTimes voters, -U)
- XLR8R [XL]: 10/20/25+
- The Wire [W]: 10/20/50; avant rock, electronica, hip hop, outer limits
- Zoho:Lab [ZL]: 10/20/50 - list aggregate [link]
Some additional year-end lists were just counted but not marked above
(-U means I ignored any unknown records, rather than adding them to the
list, I: means list is incomplete, including only numbers shown, mostly
because it isn't a list but a bunch of separate posts; I should return,
but don't count on it):
#1 Hits From Another Planet (10 -U)
(I'm) Not a Fanboy (5);
100 Greatest Songs of the Noughties (20);
105.5 Triple M (10);
20,000 Leagues Under the Radar (17);
2FATCREW (10 -U);
30 Days Out (10 -U);
31st & Chi (50 -U);
3:AM Magazine (8 -U);
3news.co.za (-U);
4 to the Floor (5);
4x4=12 (10);
5 Score Pachyderm (5);
65 Degrees Music Cafe (8 -U);
70 Miles to Empty (10+);
77 Square (10);
78s [Switzerland] (10 -U);
9513 Country: albums, staff lists (10 -U);
A Blonde, a Brunette, and a Redhead: Red (6);
A Bob Baker Fish Blog (10);
A Brief Pitt Stop (10);
A Dose of Dread (25 -U);
A Doubting Thomas (5);
A Fire in the Attic (20);
A Has Been That Never Was (10);
A Heart Is a Spade (10);
A Journalist in the Making (5);
A Kid Who Tells on Another Kid Is a Dead Kid (10 -U);
A Little Boy Waits (10);
A Mighty Fine Blog (10);
A Mindful Earful (15);
A Photographic Adventure (3);
A Shout in the Street (10+);
A Talentless Tragic Kid's Cattle List (10);
a very JAYded blog (10);
A View from the Underground (10);
Aaron Whitaker (10 -U);
aaronwk (8-10);
ABC News: Allan Raible (50);
Abolish Confusion (5);
Abundant Ramblings (4 -U);
Ace to Ace: Camille (6);
Achis' Reggae Blog (10);
Acres of Anchors (40-21 -U);
Action Recon (15 -U);
Ad Fontes (8);
Adam Eck (10);
Adopted (30 -U);
Adrift in Space (20);
Aftenposten [NO] (25 -U);
Agit Reader: albums (20), reissues, writers: Eric Davidson, Kevin J Elliott, Jennifer Farmer, Phil Goldberg, Dorian S Ham, David Holmes, Alexandra Kelley, Michael P O'Shaughnessy, Matt Slaybaugh, Stephen Slaybaugh, Ron Wadlinger, Luke Winkie (10 -U);
Al's Music Rant (I: 11-20);
Albion (10);
ALIAS/Il Manifesto [Italy] (50 -U);
All About Jazz: Hrayr Attarian, C Michael Bailey, Dan Bilawsky, Troy Collins, Mark Corroto, Eyal Hareuveni, John Kelman, Bruce Lindsay, Chris May, Dan McClenaghan, Mark F Turner (-U);
All Metal Resource (10 -U);
All Songs Considered [NPR]: Bob Boilen, Carrie Brownstein, Robin Hilton, Stephen Thompson, Ken Tucker (10);
All the Trees of the Field Will Clap Their Hands (10);
All the Way Live (10+);
All the Young Punks (10);
All Things Country (5);
All Things Go (10 -U);
AllHipHop (40 -U);
Already & Not Yet (15);
Alter the Press (10 -U);
Altered Zones (10);
Alternative Ulster (10);
Always Alive (10);
Amazon.co.uk (20);
American Music Association: airplay (20 -U);
American Twang: country, not quite country (10 -U);
AnAvidOpinion's Blog (50+);
andrewdsweeney (12);
Animal Noises: John (30), Matt (10);
Annoyingly Boring? (10 -U);
Antivenin (10 -U);
Ants in My Trance (15), (25 + off-topic, comps -U);
Any Colour You Like (I: 11-30);
Any Decent Music? (100: 7.5+),
Any Major Dude with Half a Heart (20);
AP: Nekesa Mumbi Moody (10);
Arbitrary Judgment (10+);
Are the Hills Going to March Off? (28 -U);
Are.Oh!Why? (5);
Arjan Writes (10+);
Artrocker (30 -U);
As Air Grows Thin, Our Minds Grow with Wonder (5+3);
As Soon Go Kindle Fire with Snow (8 -U);
Asheq (20, incomplete);
AskOmar (10);
At the Expense of the Listener (10 -U);
Atlanta's A-List: Alex (13);
Atlantic City Weekly (15+);
Audio Diva (30 -U);
Audio Muffin: Frank, Bootsy, Train (5);
Audio Overflow (30);
Audionugs (10 -U);
Audiopleasures (20 -U);
Auditor Records (25);
Auftouren (50 -U);
Austin Chronicle: Austin Powell, National Top 10s (-U);
Autumn Souvenir (10);
Avant/Chicago: Brent Kado (10);
Awesome Sound (10+);
AZLTRON (20 -U);
Background Music (10 -U);
Backseat Sandbar (25);
Bad Education (16);
Baltimore City Paper (10+ballots -U);
Banal Leakage (12+);
Band-Aid (10);
Bang Potential (10);
Barrelhouse: Mike Ingram, Dave Housley (10);
Battle of the Midwestern Housewives (11 -U),
Bazookaluca (15+);
BBC 6 Radio (10);
BBC Music: Martin Aston, Matthew Bennett, Gideon Coe, Mike Diver, Rob da Bank, John Doran, Mike Harding, Kevin Le Gendre, Paul Lester, Stuart Maconie, Gary Mulholland, Gilles Peterson, Chris Roberts, Wendy Roby, June Rogers, Natalie Shaw, Huw Stephens, David Stubbs (5 each);
BBC Radio Blog (5);
BBC: Vic Galloway (75);
Bearlikemouse (25);
Beat the Indie Drum (25 -U);
Beautiful Buzz (10);
Bedwetting Cosmonaut (14);
Beefer Blog (12);
Been There, Dunne That (10 -U);
Behind Punk (20 -U);
Behind the Music (10);
Being Ryan Bird (25 -U);
Bellowhead (5);
Bend Bulletin: (5), folk/twang, hip-hop/soul, indie pop, rock/psych/punk, miscellaneous (3+);
BenLog (10);
BenzAndABackpack: Clutch, Dizzy (-U);
Berekvam (70 -U);
Berkeley Place (15+);
Beta Party (10);
Better Propaganda (25 -U);
Between the Lines (20 -U);
Beware the Sax Solo (10);
Beyond Beyond Is Beyond (15 -U);
BIFF BAM POP! (5 -U);
Big Sexy Reviews (10);
Big Ugly Yellow Couch: Donald, Carlyle (5);
Bigblog (5);
Biggryan04's Blog (10);
Bigmouthery (10+);
Binge Cringe Whinge (15);
BingeListening (50);
Biomusicosophy [Elliot Sharp] (15);
Black Youth Project (10);
Black&White: Hunter Keene, Andrew Wyner (-U);
Blah Blah Blah (30),
Blare (37);
Bleep (10);
Blissblog (10+);
Blitz [Portugal] (50);
Blog-O-Fun (10);
Bloggerhouse Hip Hop (25 -U);
Blogging About Architecture (20);
Bloggity Blog (10);
Blow Up [Italy] (10 -U);
Bluegrass Notes (10);
Blurred Clarity (10);
Board of Hi Five (10);
Boise Weekly (5);
Boomkat: new (100 -U), reissues (50 -U);
Boston Globe: Julian Benbow, Michael Brodeur, Steve Greenlee, Siddhartha Mitter, James Reed, Sarah Rodman, records you didn't hear (10);
Boston Music Spotlight: Eli Badra, Kelly Boyle, Rory Flynn, Kevin McSheffrey (10 -U);
Bottle Rocket Glasgow (25);
Bottom of the Glass (9);
Bourbon Milk Punch (20);
Bowlegs (20);
Boycotting Trends (10);
Brain Pickings (10);
Brainwashed (100 -U);
Brand New Kind of Photography (25);
Brasky: +staff (-U);
Breakfast for the Block (10);
Breaking New Waves (I: 5-10);
Bridging the Verse (5+);
broganjane (5 -U);
Brokenbranches (10);
Bron-y-Aur Stomp (20);
Brook Buchanan (10);
Brutalitopia: Jack, Mick (10);
Bubblegum Cage III (10);
Bucketfull of Brains (10+);
Building International Coalitions Through Beer and Pavement (10);
Built on a Weak Spot (20 -U);
Bullz-Eye [Eat Sleep Drink Music]: Ted Asregardo (10), James Eldred (10), Mike Farley (10), Will Harris (11), Mike Heyliger (10), Scott Malchus (20), David Medsker (10), Carlos Ramirez (6), Greg M Schwartz (10) (-U);
Bunyip Voodoo (20+);
Burger with Relish: Tim, Lisa (20 -U)
Burgersmoke (10);
Burgo's Music Blog (12);
Butch Slap (20);
Buttons and Unbuttons (10);
Buttons in a Jar (5);
BuzzFeed: Melismashable (50 -U);
Buzzlegoose: Alexandra Fletcher, Chris Franklin, Samantha Hatfield, Aaron Hefelfinger, Victor Koressel, Heather Schwartz, Adam Shephard (10);
by osmosis (5+);
Ca Va Cool (20);
Cajun Tomato (10);
Caleb Barber Blog (10);
Calgary Herald (10);
Call Me DB (10);
Cam's Blog (10);
Campus Times (10+6);
Cans of Rainwater (10);
Capital New York: Collins, Colin (10);
Captain_Easychord (10 -U);
Captains Dead (11);
Casket Crash Vigil (15);
Catalyst (10);
Catfish Vegas (10);
Cats and Gliter Unicorns (10);
Center Your Health (15+ -U);
Centuries (50): Wesley Eason (25);
Cerebral Core Meltdown (50);
Cerebral Pop (21);
CF Forum (20 -U);
Chaotisch und Charmant (50 -U);
Chart Attack [Canada] (10);
Chase March (10);
Chew the Rag (10);
Chewing Gum for the Ears (25 -U);
Chi-Tunes (20);
Chicago Addick (5 -U);
Chicago Jam Scene (10);
Chicago Reader: Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Gossip Wolf (10);
Chicago Sun-Times: Thomas Conner (10);
Chicago Tribune: jazz [Howard Reich], Turn It Up [Greg Kot] (10);
Chicago Tunes (10);
Chickrawker (10+);
Chief Commie Music Blog (10 -U);
Chinoisdead (10);
Choke on Your Pop Culture (10);
Chris Sisson (20 -U);
Chromatist (24 -U);
Chromewaves (10);
Chronicart [France] (10 -U);
Chronicart [France] (10);
Chunklet: 5 staff (10 -U);
Circle of Fits (17 -U);
Circles in My Head (10);
Citizen Ghost Town (25);
CKTK: CK (10);
Classic Rock (50 -U);
Cleveland Plain Dealer: John Soeder (10);
Click & Dagger (10);
Clicky Clicky (10 -U);
Close-Up [Sweden] (20 -U);
Club Fonograma (40 -U);
Columbia Daily Tribune (40-31);
Comics-and-More (10);
Complex (25);
Construx Nunchux (10);
Contemplations of the Modern Rudeboy (5 -U);
Contraindicator (10);
Corn-Fed Critic (comedy albums)
Count Me Out (50 -U);
Countpopula's Blog of Truth (40+);
Country California: in progress, still in progress, underloved (-U);
Country Universe: Kevin John Coyne (20);
Crave (10 -U);
Crave (top metal albums)
Craven Cottage Newsround (6);
Creative Brief (12 -U);
Critics at Large (11);
Crustcake (10 -U);
Cuddlefish (27 -U);
Culch.ie: Bryano, Dermot, Eilish, Elaine, John, Sweary (3+);
Culture Bully (22);
Culture Mob: Nathan Collins (25), James Germain (10);
CultureDeLuxe [UK] (32);
Cyanide Breathmint: AlmostAGhost (I: 24-50);
DADA (31);
Dagbladet [Norway] (30+20 -U);
Dagensskiva [Sweden] (55 -U);
Dagsavisen [Norway] (40 -U);
Daily Athenaeum (4);
DailyBeatz (20);
Dan Crafton (65+7);
Daniel James (10 -U);
Danko Jones (5);
daveherring (10 -U);
David Edward Johnson (11);
David Schweitzer (10);
DC9 at Night (10);
De Standaard [Belgium] (10);
Dead Press (15 -U);
Dear Spatzi (6);
Death By Vinyl (6);
death_metal (20 -U);
Decibel (40 -U);
Deckfight (10);
Delicious Marmolade (15);
Dennis Cooper (15 -U);
Denver Post (10);
Derek Ohanesian (10);
Descarga (25);
Desi in Toronto (10+);
Destination:Out ();
Detroit Free Press: Brian McCollum (10);
Digg [Belgium] (30 -U);
Dirtbag Journalism (12);
Disco Dojo (10);
Discogs: disc303, FULLDOZER, modwonka (100) (-U);
Disquiet (10 -U);
Disquiet Ambient/Electronica: commercial ambient/electronic (10);
DIY (50);
DJ Squints (5);
Do You Know How to Waltz? (50 -U);
Do You Speak Cilantro? (5+);
Dog Gone Blog (10);
Dog Is Blue (10 -U);
Don't Burn the Day Away (10);
Don't Talk It's Easier This Way (10 -U);
Donewaiting: Robert Duffy, Jill Ebeneezer, Chip Midnight, Adriana Mundy, Joel Oliphint (10 -U);
Dose of Metal (10);
Dots & Dashes (20);
dougkochmanski.com (10 -U);
Doves & Serpents (15);
Downtown Music Gallery: Bruce Lee Gallanter (25), Chuck Bettis, Stephan Moore, Mike Panico, Bret Sjerven;
Draw Us Lines (10);
Drawer B: Eric Greenwood, Robert J Howell, K, Logan K Young (10+);
Dreams & Landscapes (10 -U);
Dreysay (1-16);
Drone (20);
Duane Moody (14);
Duke Answers to Archduke (50 -U);
Dummy (61);
Dying Scene: Jamie, Taron, Tommy (10 -U);
dylancx2 (10);
dysonsound (10);
e-quality music (10);
Each Note Secure [ENS]: Joe Long (20), John Crowell (10+), Dave Tobias (20);
Ear Buddy (10);
Ear-Tyme: roots (10+10 -U);
Eardrums (28: no unkowns);
East Bay Express (Ellen Cushing, J Poet, Kathleen Richards, Nate Seltenrich, Rachel Swan);
East Village Radio (10 -U)
Eclectic Grooves (20);
Eclectically Challenged (10);
Elephanttrance (10);
Embassy Row (20);
Emily Louise (10+);
Emorywheel (9);
Emotional Drumming (25 -U);
End-to-End Burner (15);
Endtroducing (10);
Enlarge Your Playlist (5x5 -U);
Enter the Shell: Mailo, Richard, Sara (10 -U);
EQ Music Blog (I: 1-13);
Eric's Trip (10);
Erol Sabadosh (10);
Escalation (10+HM);
Esoteric Mumblings (25 -U);
Eve's Apple (6);
Everybody Taste (30);
Everything and Nothing (10);
Everything Is Pop (25);
Evigshed (5);
Examiner.com: Melissa Fossum, Neil Tesser (20);
Excursions of a Pop Renegade (10);
Exister (10);
Extrawack! (10);
Fairbanks News-Miner: Glen BurnSilver, Suzanna Caldwell (10);
Falter [Austria] (10 -U);
Fan Off (20);
Farce the Music (40 -U);
Faster Louder (10 [50 clicks]);
Fat Roland on Electronica (10);
Faux (35);
Feed the Dog (26 -U);
Feel the Spin (10);
FemaleFirst (10 -U);
ferociousboyy (10);
Fishpork (20);
Flannel Enigma (25 -U);
Flavorwire: Reissues (10+), Underrated (-U);
Flowers in the Concrete (10);
Fluctuat.net [France] (10);
Fokkawolfe (10 -U);
Folk Hive (10 -U);
Folk Roots/Folk Branches: Mike Regenstreif (10);
Folly of Youth (10 -U);
Forest Gospel (10);
Fort Worth Star-Telegram: world (5);
Forward Music (10);
Frequency: Ben Salmon (50 -U);
Fresh Heirs (25);
From a Mess to the Masses (20);
Front Porch Musings (10);
Frontier Psychiatrist (40);
fRoots [UK] (19);
Fuzzy Thoughts (50 -U);
Gaffa [Denmark] (30 -U);
Gareth Campesinos (12);
Gears of Rock (10);
Geography of Hope (10);
Georgetown Voice (10);
Georgia Ave (10);
Get Off the Coast (25);
Getintothis (50);
Giant Bomb (10);
Gimme Noise: Ray Cummings, Andrew Flanagan, Nikki Miller, Pat O'Brien, Andrea Swensson (10 -U);
Gimme Tinnitus (15 -U);
Ginger Rock (5 -U);
Girlysounds (10);
Give My Regards to Blogway (10);
GlamRock.com (10);
Glasswerk Blog (10);
Glide (20+25);
Go Mag [Spain] (40);
God Is in the TV (20 -U);
Golden Bloggen (10);
Good Fella Media (10);
Gorilla vs Bear (30);
Goute mes disques [France] (30);
Graffiti Lips (30);
Gramophony (10);
Grand Rapids Press: John Sinkevics (11+9);
Grant's Music Blog (10 -U);
Graveyard Parade (10 -U);
Gravy and Biscuits (10);
Great Music You Haven't Heard (11);
Guerrilla Candy: Lori (10 -U);
Guilt Free Pleasures (10);
Guitar Noize (10 -U);
Gypsies with Knives (30 -U);
Haley's Blog (I: 9-10);
Harmless Noise (10 -U);
Hartford Courant: Eric R Danton (10);
Hate Something Beautiful (30 -U);
Hatesexy (10);
Headbanging Linebackers (25);
Headphonenaught's Nanolog (10 -U);
Heartache with Hard Work (25 -U);
Heartbreak Trail (10);
HearYa (10);
Heaven [Netherlands] (50 -U);
Heavier Than Air (I: 21-30);
Heavy Blog Is Heavy (10);
Hectic But Eclectic (50 -U);
Heidelbergerin (10 -U);
Heineken Musica [Spain] (20);
hellohelicopter (10);
Herokids (20 -U);
Hi My Name is Hip Hop (5);
Hidden Track: albums (25), archival (10);
HiFashion (6);
Higher Ed Music Critics (50+);
Hip Hop Is Not Dead (5+5 -U);
HipHopDX (25);
HitFix/Immaculate Noise: Katie Hasty, Melinda Newman (10);
Holden Richards (10);
Hongkie Town (26);
Hope and Anchor (25);
Hospital Food (10 -U);
Hotcakes (40);
hottracks [South Korea] (30);
How Do I Blog? (10);
HSS (20 -U);
Huffington Post: Mark Morford (10);
HughShows (10 -U);
Humo [Belgium] (20 -U);
I Am the Crime (10 -U);
I Guess I'm Floating (I: 21-30 -U);
I Have 19 Voices (50 -U);
I Heart AU (40+);
I Like the Cut of Your Jib (10);
I Listen, So You Don't Have To: (25), electronic, metal (10);
I Read Something the Other Day (20);
I Rock Cleveland (10);
I'd Rather Be Fat Than Be Confused (10 -U);
i(heart)music (15 -U);
Ian T Thomas (20);
Ibiza Spotlight (10);
Idolator (10);
If You Want to Sing Out (30 -U);
IGN (25);
Ignorant Review (4);
IMA: Independent Music Appreciation (10);
Impose (25);
In League With Paton (100+);
In My Head In My Memory (60);
In Place of Real Insight (5);
In Review Online: albums (20), Jordan Cronk, Sam C Mac, Chris Nowling (10);
In the Company of Wolves (10 -U);
Inarguable Review (10 -U);
Incoherentmumblings (20);
Indie for Bunnies (150 -U);
Indie for Bunnies: Enrico Amendola, Andrea Tabellini, Giovanni Venditti (10 -U);
Indie Music Filter (11);
Indie Rock [Italian webzine] ();
Indie Wiretap (8);
IndieBlend (29);
Indiepoprock [France] (20 -U);
INDIeREKTE (100 -U);
Inertia (20);
Infinity Yeah (10);
inrainbowshoes (10);
InRevu (10 -U);
Insert Clever Pun Here (10);
InsideVandy (10);
Internal Rhyme of the Restless Mind (10);
Into the Void (25);
Intro [Germany] (50 -U);
Irish Times (10 x 10 -U);
Is This Music? (30 -U);
It's a Trap: 3 contributors (10 -U);
It's Pop (30 -U);
It's Raining Planes and Helicopters (50 -U);
It's Time to Play B-Sides (20 -U);
Its Easy to Get Buried in the Past (13; unranked, first post only);
Jason Shadrick (11);
Jason Toney (10+);
Jazz Wrap (10);
Jenesaispop [Spain] (50 -U);
JeremyFeistXXX (21);
Jim Plachy (10 -U);
jimcofer.com (10 -U);
Joe (5);
John Consterdine (25 -U);
JohnThrasher.net (10 -U);
Jonk Music (30);
Joshua Zamrycki's Weblog (10 -U);
JP's Music Blog (10);
JRM (Delmark): Josh Berman, RT Edwards, Chad Henderson, David Humphries, Kevin Johnson, Steve Marquette (10);
Junkie Pop: Ghibo, Giorgio, Grillo, Pistakulfi (10-20 -U);
Just Press Play: albums, compilations/reissues (18);
JustLeftOfTheMainstream (18);
JWC (10);
K Mag (20 -U);
K'Brocking Entertainment (10);
Kalporz [Italy] (30 -U);
KAMmentary (10);
Karmic Life (10);
Kata Rokkar (25 -U);
Katie Arbuthnot (20);
Kaylaporter (10);
kDamo (10);
Keep It Like a Secret (I: 11-20+);
Keep on Your Fashion Side (10);
Kickin' Out the Jams, Mofo!: archival (15);
Kids Like You and Me: Glen (10);
Kill Rock Music (10);
Kingblind (15);
Kleeb Versus the World (10 -U);
Knox Road (25);
KRJB's Music Blog (10);
LA Music Blog: Allan Stackhouse (10);
La Quenelle Culturelle (50);
LA Record: Poobah Record Shop (10 -U);
La Vie Musicale (10 -U);
La Villa Recordings (I: 10);
Largehearted Boy ();
Larry Koestler (10 -U);
Las Vegas Review-Journal (10);
last.fm: materialboi2606 (20-11), pamento (-U);
Late Night Wallflower (10+);
Laughing Is Loving (10);
laut.de [Germany] (30);
Le Monde [France] (10);
Leading Us Absurd (5);
Leave the Hall (10 -U);
Leaving the Silver City (10);
Lemons Is Lemons (6);
Les Inrockuptibles [France] (50 -U);
Letters Home from Camp: Annie, Abby Beeeee, Carl, Cassies, Chad, CJ, Matty B, Erv, Andrew G, Steven Hyden, Erin Heath, Jay, Maitre DK, Marshall, Andrew Meddaugh, Daniel Meddaugh, Mel, Andy Nelson, Matthew Phillip Mentele, Ryan Miller, Shanimal, George Soteropoulos, Jeff Tyree, RuPaul Von Smaxwill, Matthew Webber, Sarah V, Wolfman, Erin Wolf, Brian Wooldridge (10);
Lexington Herald-Leader: Rich Copley (10);
Lexrob.com (10);
Liberation [France] (9x3 -U);
Life Is Noise: Dave Cutbush (10);
Life Seems But a Quick Succession of Busy Nothings (10+);
Life, Faith, and Theology (5);
Light Sound Dimension (10);
Lightyears (I: 1-4);
Linden Pomeroy (20);
Liner Notes [Hypervocal]: J Freitag, Owen Milbury (20);
Listen Before You Buy (31);
Little Fascist Panties (10);
Little Flaming Cocktail (5);
Little White Earbuds (10);
Live to Hear (20);
LivingEars (30);
London Evening Standard: David Smyth (30);
Los Angeles Times: August Brown, Gerrick D Kennedy, Randy Lewis, Todd Martens, Ann Powers, Randall Roberts, Margaret Wappler, Jeff Weiss (10);
losanjealous (10);
Lost in LoC (10);
Lost in the Cloud (10+);
Louder Than War (80 -U);
Loudloop Press (10 -U);
Loudloop Press: Andy Kondrat (10 -U);
Loudouni (10);
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (10);
Lucid Culture (100 -U);
Luke Physioc (20 -U);
Lunar Boulevard (10);
Mac McCaughan [Portastatic] (18+8);
Macleans.ca (10 -U);
Magic [FR] (30 -U);
Magiska (40);
Man Descending (9+);
Mapsadaisical (20);
Mark Davison (10);
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Larry Applebaum,
Nancy Barell,
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Paul Blair,
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Marcela Breton,
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Thomas Conrad,
RJ DeLuke,
Laurence Donohue-Greene,
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Steve Feeney,
David Franklin,
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Ken Franckling,
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George Grella,
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Elzy Kolb,
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Helen_Keller_666 (25),
hotcrosser,
houdini,
HumbleGold,
interpolb,
isthismusic,
judeyamakawa,
justinstacy,
Kanyba,
Kodan,
kptknutsen (25),
Krautrick,
kyokoku,
Larvi (16),
lfilippi,
malkuth82,
mpugh3030,
Murgen,
muzzleofbees,
Nachkebia (41),
neutralmilkboo,
Nicanor,
no1sia,
oddmoon (25),
Okawoa,
ookunoki,
Orecchio_Assoluto,
paulsmith,
PepperMagik,
peturbeikon (25),
ReasonableHate,
second_skin,
shanks,
SonicPixies,
stalk3r,
sun_st (25),
Tampax,
teh1234,
themorningbell4,
thevagrant88,
timeoutofmind,
Tyler_Revolution,
ukkonen,
ulinvodnaar (25),
Un_ingorgo_recente,
wago,
yourhero34 (25) (-U).
Publications consulted for grades (inevitably hit and miss; some make
it more difficult than others depending on how easy they are to collect --
many are just scraped from Metacritic):
- All Music Guide [AM]: min [MC:80], monthly critics picks and/or ****(*)
- Absolute Punk [AP]: min [MC:80]
- AV Club (Onion) [AV]: min B+ [MC:83]
- Clash Music [CL]: min 8 [MC:80] - incomplete
- DJ [DJ]: 10/20/40
- Dot Music [DM]
- Downbeat [DB]: min 4 stars {3,5-6,8-12} or editor's choice {3-12+1}
- Drowned in Sound [DS]: min 8 [MC: 80] - incomplete
- Dusted [DU]: min [MC:80]
- Entertainment Weekly [EW]: min B+ [MC: 83] - incomplete
- Filter [FL]: min [MC:80] - incomplete
- Mojo [MJ]: min [MC:80] - incomplete
- musicOMH.com [MO]: min [MC:80] - incomplete
- NME [NME]: min 8 [MC:80] - incomplete
- NOW Magazine [NOW]: min [MC:80]
- No Ripchord [NR]: min 8 [MC:80]
- Paste [P]: min 80 [MC:80]
- Pitchfork [PF]: min 70 [MC:70] - incomplete
- Phoenix [PH]: min [MC:80] - incomplete
- PopMatters [PM]: min 8 [MC:80] - incomplete
- Prefix [PX]: min 8 [MC:80]
- Q Magazine [Q]: min [MC:80] - incomplete
- Rolling Stone [RS]: min ***(*) [MC:70]
- Slant [SL]: min [MC: 80] - incomplete
- Spin [SP]: min ***(*) [MC:70]
- Tiny Mix Tapes [TMT]: min [MC: 80] - incomplete
- Uncut [U]: min [MC:80] - incomplete
- Under the Radar [UR]: [MC: 80] - incomplete
- Urb [URB]: min **** [MC:80]
Other publications surveyed by Metacritic are counted [80+], although
they are very hard to access/evaluated except through Metacritic:
Alternative Press [AL], American Songwriter [AS], Austin Chronicle [AC],
BBC Music [BBC], Billboard.com [BB], Boston Globe [BG], Chicago Tribune [CT],
cokemachineglow [CMG], Delusions of Adequacy [DA], Guardian [G],
Hartford Courant [HC], Kerrang! [K], Hot Press [HP], Los Angeles Times [LAT],
Lost at Sea [LS], New York Times [NYT], Observer Music Monthly [OMM],
Phoenix [PH], RapReviews.com [RR], Revolver [RV], Rock Sound [RKS],
Sputnikmusic [SPK], Trouser Press [TP],
Village Voice [VV], The Wire [W], XLR8r [XLR],
XXL [XXL].
Then, some individual critics lists, and for Christgau and myself
grades.
- Robert Christgau [RC]: all grades noted, counted ≥ *
- Francis Davis [FD]: top 10 plus
- Stef Gijssels (Free Jazz) [SG]: **** up, to 01-01 [was 12-10]; + indicates EOY list
- Ian Mann (Jazz Mann: thejazzmann.com) [JM]: **** up
- Michaelangelo Matos [MM]: 10 from [AV]
- Chris Monsen [CM]: year-end list (in progress); also counted Dec. 21 jazz faves post
- Michael Tatum [MT]: downloader's diary (HM up)
- Tom Hull: A-list [TH]: all grades noted, counted ≥ **
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