• 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

• Past Top 10s
  • 2007
  • 2006
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003
  • 2002
  • 2001

W. Royal Stokes

WRoyalStokes.com & JazzHouse.org

ALL CHOICES ARE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY ARTIST

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10 BEST NEW RELEASES

• Carla Bley Big Band, Appearing Nightly (Watt Works/ECM)
  
• Evan Christopher, Django à la Créole (Lejazzetal/Classicjazz)
  
• Bill Frisell, History, Mystery (Nonesuch)
  
• Grace Kelly and Lee Konitz, Gracefullee (Pazz)
  
• Sherrie Maricle and Five Play, What the World Needs Now Is Love (Arbors)
  
• Microscopic Septet, Lobster Leaps In (Cuneiform)
  
• Nicholas Payton, Into the Blue (Nonesuch)
  
• McCoy Tyner, Guitars (CD/DVD) (Half Note)
  
• Harry Whitaker, One Who Sees All Things (Smalls)
  
• Cassandra Wilson, Loverly (Blue Note/EMI)
  

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10 BEST HISTORICAL

• Art Blakey and the Giants of Jazz, Live at the 1972 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival)
  
• Henry Butler, PiaNOLA Live (Basin Street)
  
• Woody Herman, Thundering Herd, 1960s (Mosaic Select)
  
• The Best of Lydia Mendoza: La Alondra de la Frontera (Arhoolie)
  
• Art Pepper, Unreleased Art, Vol. III: The Croydon Concert, May 14, 1981 (Widow's Taste)
  
• Sonny Rollins, Road Shows: Vol. 1 (Doxy)
  
• To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story (RCA/Legacy/Sony BMG Music)
  
• Art Tatum, Piano Starts Here: Live at the Shrine (Sony Classical)
  
• Various Artists, Boogie Woogie and Blues Piano (Mosaic Select)
  
• Lester Young With Count Basie (1936-1940): Classic Columbia, Okeh and Vocalion (Mosaic)
  

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5 BEST BLUES AND BEYOND RELEASES

• Eva Cassidy, Somewhere (Blix Street)
  
• Charlie Haden Family and Friends, Rambling Boy (Decca/Universal Music)
  
• Mitch Kashmar, Live at Labatt (Delta Groove)
  
• Kayhan Kalhor and Brooklyn Rider, Silent City (World Village/Harmonia Mundi)
  
• Carrie Rodriguez, She Ain't Me (Blue Note/EMI)