• Entrance

• 2008 Top 10s
  • A–F   —>
    • David R. Adler
    • Nancy Barell
    • Paul Blair
    • Philip Booth
    • Christian Broecking
    • Stuart Broomer
    • Francis Davis
    • Philip DiPietro
    • Laurence Donohue-Greene
    • Ken Dryden
    • Alain Drouot
    • Steve Feeney
    • Mitchell Feldman
    • Ken Franckling
  • G–Z   —>
    • Andrew Gilbert
    • James Hale
    • Andrey Henkin
    • Geoffrey Himes
    • Lyn Horton
    • Elzy Kolb
    • Howard Mandel
    • Bill Milkowski
    • Dan Ouellette
    • Bob Protzman
    • Bob Putignano
    • Hank Shteamer
    • W. Royal Stokes

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Ken Franckling

The 10 best new jazz releases, listed alphabetically:

• Brian Blade, "Season of Changes" (Verve)
  
• Randy Brecker, "Randy in Brasil" (MAMA Records)
  
• Avishai Cohen Trio, "Gently Disturbed" (RazDaz)
  
• Donal Fox, "The Scarlatti Jazz Suite Project" (Leonellis Music)
  
• Melody Gardot, "Worrisome Heart" (Verve)
  
• Generations, "Tough Guys (ICA)
  
• The Roy Hargrove Quintet, "Earfood" (Groovin' High/EmArcy)
  
• Danilo Perez, "Across the Crystal Sea" (EmArcy)
  
• John Santos Quintet, "Perspectiva Fragmentada" (Machete)
  
• The Stein Brothers Quintet, "Quixotic" (Jazzed Media)
  

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The 10 best new songs of 2008, listed alphabetically:

• Brian Blade, "Stoner Hill" from "Season of Changes" (Verve)
• Jon Cowherd, "Return of the Prodigal Son" from Brian Blade Fellowship's "Season of Changes" (Verve)
• Taylor Eigsti, "Let It Come to You" (Concord Jazz)
• Tigran Hamasyan, "Leaving Paris" from "New Era" (Plus Loin)
• Virginia Mayhew, "Toe Tickler" from Duke Ellington Legacy's "Thank You, Uncle Edward" (Renma)
• Pete Malinverni, "Istanbul" from "Invisible Cities" (Reservoir)
• Dafnis Prieto, "Until the Last Minute" from "Taking the Soul for a Walk" (Dafnison Music)
• Marty Sheller, "The Route 40 Flyer" from "Why Deny" (PVR Records)
• Brooke Sofferman, "Da Bull Stops Here" from "Fine Whines" (Summit)
• Bobby Watson, "For Milt" from "From the Heart" (Palmetto)

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The best jazz boxed set or historic recordings of 2008, listed alphabetically:

• Dave Brubeck, "Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1958-2007" (Concord Jazz)
  
• Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, "Showtime at the Spotlite, 52nd Street, New York City, June 1946" (Uptown)
  
• Sonny Rollins, "Road Shows, Vol. 1" (Doxy)
  
• Horace Silver, "Live at Newport '58" (Blue Note)
  
• Nina Simone, "To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story" (Legacy Recordings)