Philip Booth

Down Beat, Jazziz, Bass Player, St. Petersburg Times, Las Vegas CityLife

Top 10

• Michael Brecker, Pilgrimage (Heads Up)
• Sonny Rollins, Sonny Please (Doxy)
• Terence Blanchard, A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina) (Blue Note)
• Joshua Redman, Back East (Nonesuch)
• Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau, Metheny Mehldau Quartet (Nonesuch)
• Joe Lovano and Hank Jones, Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Blue Note)
• Joe Zawinul, Brown Street (Heads Up)
• Jean-Michel Pilc, New Dreams (Dreyfus)
• Eddie Daniels, Homecoming: Live at the Iridium (IPO)
• Morrie Louden, Time Piece (MoSound)

+ 3:

• John Abercrombie: The Third Quartet (ECM)
• McCoy Tyner: Quartet (Half Note)
• Joel Harrison: Harbor (HighNote)

Reissue:

• Miles Davis, The Complete On the Corner Sessions (Sony Legacy)

Beyond (alphabetical):

• Ryan Adams, Easy Tiger (Lost Highway)
• Band of Horses, Cease to Begin (Sub Pop)
• Bonerama, Bringing It Home (Highsteppin')
• Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Once soundtrack (Canvasback/Columbia)
• Levon Helm, Dirt Farmer (Vanguard)
• Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, 100 Days, 100 Nights (Dap-Tone)
• Chuck Prophet, Soap and Water (Yep Roc)
• Various Artists, Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (Vanguard)