CRÍTICOS DA JAZZTIMES ESCOLHEM OS 50 MELHORES DISCOS DE 2015

A JazzTimes estabeleceu os 40 melhores novos lançamentos e as 10 melhores reedições de 2015, embasada na lista de final de ano dos seus críticos. Eles foram questionados sobre os 10 melhores álbuns recém-lançados e as 5 melhores edições históricas, no caso, música gravadas em 10 ou mais anos atrás. O período de análise estendeu-se de 5 de Novembro de 2014 a 3 de Novembro de 2015 .Segue a relação.

1. Kamasi Washington - The Epic (Brainfeeder) (na foto)
2. Maria Schneider Orchestra - The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare) [Resenhado neste blog em 23/08/2015]
3. Rudresh Mahanthappa - Bird Calls (ACT) [Resenhado neste blog em 10/08/2015)
4. Cécile McLorin Salvant - For One to Love (Mack Avenue)
5. Jack DeJohnette - Made in Chicago (ECM) [Resenhado neste blog em 15/11/2015]
6. John Scofield - Past Present (Impulse!/Universal Music Classics)
7. Charles Lloyd - Wild Man Dance (Blue Note) [Resenhado neste blog em 16/10/2015]
8. Steve Coleman & the Council of Balance -Synovial Joints (Pi)
9. Vijay Iyer Trio -Break Stuff (ECM)
10. Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra - Cuba: The Conversation Continues (Motéma)
11. Tim Berne’s - Snakeoil -You’ve Been Watching Me (ECM) [Resenhado neste blog em 01/01/2016]
12. Henry Threadgill - Zooid In for a Penny, In for a Pound (Pi)
13. The Bad Plus Joshua Redman - The Bad Plus Joshua Redman (Nonesuch)
14. José James - Yesterday I Had the Blues: The Music of Billie Holiday (Blue Note)
15. Cassandra Wilson - Coming Forth by Day (Legacy) [Resenhado neste blog em 21/09/2015]
16. Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap -The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern (RPM/Columbia)
17. Chris Lightcap’s Bigmouth - Epicenter (Clean Feed) [Resenhado neste blog em 19/10/2015]
18. Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet - Intents and Purposes (Enja)

19. Karrin Allyson - Many a New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein (Motéma)

20. Robert Glasper Covered: The Robert Glasper Trio Recorded Live at Capitol Studios (Blue Note)

21. Myra Melford - Snowy Egret (Enja)

22. Ryan Truesdell’s Gil Evans Project - Lines of Color: Live at Jazz Standard (Blue Note/ArtistShare)

23. Chris Potter Underground Orchestra - Imaginary Cities (ECM) [Resenhado neste blog em 31/08/2015)
24. Mike Reed’s People Places & Thing - A New Kind of Dance (482)

25. Dave Douglas Quintet - Brazen Heart (Greenleaf)

26. Matt Mitchell - Vista Accumulation (Pi)

27. Kurt Elling - Passion World (Concord Jazz)

28. Fred Hersch - Solo (Palmetto) [Resenhado neste blog em 10/09/2015]
29. James Brandon Lewis - Days of Freeman (OKeh)

30. Pérez Patitucci Blade - Children of the Light (Mack Avenue)

31. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah - Stretch Music (Introducing Elena Pinderhughes) (Ropeadope)

32. Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra - Blues for Tahrir (Hipnotic)

33. Sarah Elizabeth Charles - Inner Dialogue (Truth Revolution)

34. Aaron Diehl - Space Time Continuum (Mack Avenue)

35. Dave Stryker - Messin’ With Mister T (Strikezone) [Resenhado neste blog em 20/11/2015]
36. Christian McBride Trio - Live at the Village Vanguard (Mack Avenue)

37. Joe Locke - Love Is a Pendulum (Motéma)

38. Anat Cohen - Luminosa (Anzic) [Resenhado neste blog em 30/08/2015]
39. London, Meader, Pramuk & Ross - Royal Bopsters Project (Motéma)

40. Dafnis Prieto Sextet - Triangles and Circles (Dafnison)

Lançamentos Históricos:

1. Miles Davis - At Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4

2. Erroll Garner - The Complete Concert by the Sea (Octave/Legacy)
3. Wes Montgomery - In the Beginning (Resonance) [Resenhado neste blog em 18/12/2015]
4. Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian - Hamburg ’72 (ECM)
5. Red Garland Trio - Swingin’ on the Korner: Live at Keystone Korner (Elemental) [Resenhado neste blog em 24/08/2015].

6. David S. Ware/Apogee - Birth of a Being (AUM Fidelity)

7. The John Coltrane Quintet Featuring Eric Dolphy - So Many Things: The European Tour 1961 (Acrobat)

8. Thelonious Monk  - The Complete Riverside Recordings (Riverside/Concord)

9. Abbey Lincoln - Sophisticated Abbey: Live at the Keystone Korner (HighNote)

10. Duke Ellington & his Orchestra - The Conny Plank Session (Groenland)