Top 100 CD Releases of 2014
1) BILL FRISELL‐GUITAR IN THE SPACE AGE‐OKEH
2)HOUSTON PERSON‐THE MELODY LINGERS ON‐HIGH NOTE
3)NATHAN EAST‐NATHAN EAST‐YAMAHA
4) CHICK COREA TRIO‐TRIOLOGY‐CONCORD
5)TONY BENNETT‐LADY GAGA‐CHEEK TO CHEEK‐SONY
6) JIMMY GREENE‐BEAUTIFUL LIFE‐MACK AVE RECORDS
7) MONTY ALEXANDER‐KINGSTON HARLEM EXPRESS VOL 2‐MOTEMA
8)THE CLAYTON‐HAMILTON JAZZ ORCH‐THE LA PROJECT
9) DELFEAYO MARSALIS‐LAST OF THE SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN
10)FREDDY COLE‐SINGING THE BLUES‐HIGH NOTE
11)JOHN LABARBARA BIG BAND‐CARAVAN
12)ERIC ALEXANDER‐CHICAGO FIRE‐HIGHNOTE
13)FRED HERSCH‐FLOATING‐FRED HIRSCH MUSIC
14)HARVEY MASON‐CHAMELEON‐CONCORD
15)BARBARA MORRISON‐I LOVE YOU, YES I DO‐SAVANT
16)MACK AVE SUPERBAND‐LIVE AT THE 2013 DETROIT JAZZ FESTIVAL
17)JASON MORAN‐ALL RISE‐BLUE NOTE
18)MINDI ABAIR‐WILD AT HEART‐CONCORD
19)NANCY KELLY‐B THAT WAY‐SELF
20)OSCAR PETERSON/BEN WEBSTER‐DURING THIS TIME‐MIG
21)THE COOKERS‐TIME AND TIME AGAIN‐MOTEMA 22)VINCENT HERRING‐THE UPTOWN SHUFFLE‐SMOKE SESSIONS
23)THOM DOUVAN‐BROTHER, BROTHER‐SELF
24)SEAN JONES‐IM.PRO.VISE‐MACK AVE RECORDS
25) GERRY GIBBS TRASHER DREAM TRIO‐WE’RE BACK
26)HELEN SUNG‐ANTHEM FOR A NEW DAY‐CONCORD
27)CATHERINE RUSSELL‐BRING IT BACK‐HARMONIA MUNDI
28)AMBROSE AKINMURSIRE‐THE SAVIOR IS FAR EASIER TO PAINT‐BLUE NOTE
29)AZAR LAWERENCE‐THE SEEKER‐SUNNYSIDE
30)ANNIE LENNOX‐NOSTALGIA –BLUE NOTE
31)BRIAN BLADE AND THE FELLOWSHIP BAND‐BLUE NOTE
32)THE BAD PLUS‐INEVITABLE WESTERN‐OKEH
33)DAVE LIEBMAN‐A TRIBUTE TO WAYNE SHORTER‐ALMA
34)JIMMY HEATH BIG BAND‐TOGETHERNESS‐JLP
35)BILLY CHILDS‐MAP TO THE TREASURE‐THE LAURA NYRO PROJECT‐OKEH
36)KRIS BOWERS‐HEROES AND MISFITS‐CONCORD
37)ELAIS HASLANGER‐CHURCH ON MONDAY‐CHERRY
38)DAVE STRYKER‐8 TRACK‐SELF
39)AHMAD JAMAL/YUSEF LATEEF‐LIVE AT THE OLYMPIA‐JAZZ VILLAGE
40)MIKE LEDONNE‐I LOVE MUSIC‐HIGH NOTE
41) NICHOLAS PAYTON‐NUMBERS‐PAYTONE
42)NELS CLINE SINGERS‐MACROSCOPE‐MACK AVE RECORDS
43)SONNY ROLLINS‐ROAD SHOWS VOL.3‐
44)CHAMPIAN FULTON‐CHANGE PARTNERS‐CELLAR LIVE
45)DENA DEROSE‐WE WON’T FORGET YOU‐HIGH NOTE
46)SNARKY PUPPY‐WE LIKE IT HERE‐ROPE ADOPE 47)ORGANIC TRIO‐TIME REMEMBERED
48)AKIKO‐COMMENCEMENT‐SELF
49)ANN HAMPTON CALLOWAY‐FROM SASSY TO DIVINE‐SHANCHIE
50)MICHAEL DEASE‐RELENTLESS‐POSITONE
51)GRETCHEN PARLATO‐LIVE IN NYC‐OBLIQUSOUND
52)WAYNE ESCOFFREY‐LIVE AT FIREHOUSE 12
53)JACQUES LESURE‐WHEN SHE SMILES‐WJ3
54)TOWER OF POWER‐HIPPER THAN HIP‐REAL GONE MUSIC
55)ROSWELL RUDD‐TROMBONE FOR LOVERS‐SUNNYSIDE
56)AMY MCCONNELL AND WILLIAM SPERANDEI‐STEALING GENIUS‐Self
57)ARCHIE SHEPP & THE ATTICA BLUES ORCH‐I HEAR THE SOUND‐JAZZ VILLAGE
58)NICK WATERHOUSE‐HOLLY‐INNOVATIVE LESUIRE
59)JEREMY PELT‐FACE FORWARD, JEREMY‐HIGH NOTE
60)HENRY BUTLER‐STEVEN BERNSTEIN &THE HOT 9 VIPER’S DRAG‐IMPULSE
61)JONATHAN BLAKE‐GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN‐CRISS CROSS
62)RICK BRAUN‐CAN YOU FEEL IT‐MACK AVE
63)KEITH JARRETT/CHARLIE HADEN‐LAST DANCE‐ECM
64) BOB DOROUGH‐EULALIA‐SELF
65)JEFF BALLARD TRIO‐TIME’S TALES‐OKEH
66)NIKKI YANOFSKY‐LITTLE SECRET‐A440
67) FO MO DEEP‐THE GROOVY GOODNESS
68)CORY WEEDS‐LET’S GO‐CELLAR LIVE
69)GEORGE CABLES‐ICONS AND INFLUENCES‐HIGH NOTE
70)MARK ELF‐MARK ELF RETURNS‐JENBAY
71)DEE DANIELS‐INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS‐ORIGINS 72)GORDON GOODWIN’S BIG PHAT BAND‐LIFE IN THE BUBBLE‐TELARC
73)BILLY HART‐ONE IS THE OTHER‐ECM
74)CAMILLE THURMAN‐ORIGINS‐HOT TONE MUSIC
75)RUDY ROYSTON‐303‐GREENLEAF
76)TILDON WEBB F/DAVID FATHEAD NEWMAN‐CELLAR GROOVE‐CELLAR LIVE
77)CRAIG HANDY =CRAIG HANDY & THE SECOND LINE SMITH‐OKEH
78)ALAN BROADBENT & THE NDR BIG BAND‐AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL‐MATTHIES RECORDS
79)STANLEY CLARKE‐UP‐MACK AVE
80)BRUCE BARTH‐DAYBREAK‐HIGH NOTE
81) CINDY BRADLEY‐BLISS
82)REGINA CARTER‐SOUTHERN COMFORT‐OKEH
83)ULYSSES OWENS JR‐ONWARD AND UPWARD‐SELF
84)ANDREAS VARADY‐ANDREAS VARADY‐QUEST
85)DIVA‐A SWINGING LIFE‐MCG
86)MOSTLY OTHER PEOPLE DO THE KILLING‐BLUE‐HOT CUP
87)ORRIN EVANS‐LIBERATION BLUES‐SMOKE SESSIONS
88)MIMI JONES‐BALANCE‐HOT TONE
89)LOUIS HAYES & THE CANNONBALL ADDERELY LEGACY BAND‐LIVE AT THE CORY WEEDS CELLAR JAZZ CLUB‐CELLAR LIVE
90)CHARLIE HADEN‐JIM HALL‐CHARLIE HADEN‐JIM HALL‐IMPULSE
91)LES MCCANN LTD‐PLAYS THE SHAMPOO/LIVE AT THE VILLAGE GATE‐FRESH SOUNDS
92)STACEY KENT‐THE CHANGING LIGHTS‐WB
93)NATALIA M.KING‐SOULBLAZZ‐HARMONIA MUNDI
94)ERIC REED‐GROOVEWISE‐SMOKE SESSIONS
95) EUGE GROOVE‐GOT 2 B GROOVIN
96)KAHIL EL ZABAR RITUAL TRIO‐FOLLOW THE SUN‐DELMARK 97)JOE MAGNARELLI‐LOOKIN UP‐POSITONE
98)MEDESKI, SCOFIELD, MARTIN &WOOD‐JUICE‐INDIRECTO
99)JOHNNY O’NEAL‐LIVE AT SMALLS‐SMALLSLIVE
100)JOSHUA REDMAN‐TRIOS LIVE‐NONESUCH