Here are the dozen CDs I listened to over and over this year. In no particular order:
- Lisa Sokolov, “Presence” (Laughing Horse)
- Carla Bley, “Lost Chord” (ECM)
- Kris Davis, “Lifespan” (Fresh Sound)
- Myra Melford, “The Tent” (Arabesque)
- Joan Stiles, “Love Call” (ZoHo)
- Geri Allen, The Life of a Song” (Telarc)
- Clark Terry, “Porgy & Bess” (A440)
- Marilyn Crispell, “Storyteller” (ECM)
- Enrico Rava, “Easy Living” (ECM)
- The Kit McClure Band, “The Sweethearts Project” (RedHot)
- Don Pullen, “Mosaic Select” (Mosaic)
- McCoy Tyner, “Illuminations” (Telarc)
Elzy Kolb is a freelance writer and editor in New York
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