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Best jazz either purchased or released in 2001

As the year ends, I was reviewing the jazz CDs and LPs I've acquired this year and deciding on my favorites. I realized that I could widely expand this list by asking other Audiogoners to contribute their listings too! What is (are) the best recordings you've bought this year? They can be old recordings you just discovered this year or recordings released in '01. For myself, for starters, Bill Frisell's Blues Dream; Shelley Manne at the Manne Hole vols. 1-5; and Paul Desmond, Best of, bought used at a used CD shop. Thanks for any and all contributions, and Happy New Year!
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musicslug
430 posts
 
Miles Davis "In A Silent Way Sessions" - it's even available on vinyl from mosaic (but be prepared for tape hiss from the masters..)
audibleguy
147 posts
 
Try Bill Cunliffe- Bill Plays Bud on the Naxos Jazz label #86024-2, Canadian Pressing, very musical and dynamic.
rcampbell
13 posts
 
Top five for 2001 in no particular order:
Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown, Emarcy Re-issue
Ken Vandermark: Acoustic Machine, Atavistic
Dave Holland: Not for Nothin', ECM
John Zorn: The Big Gundown (Reissue). Tzadik
Peter Brotzmann: Die Like a Dog Quartet "From Valley to Valley", Emerite.

Not your typical "audiophile" list, now is it?
finfinder
73 posts
 
Ella and Louis (Verve Master Edition) (2000) this 96/24 digital transfer was originally recorded in 1956! Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong demonstrate why they have become legend; Oscar Peterson on piano, Ray Brown on bass and Buddy Rich on drums... Fuggitaboutit!
subaruguru
1,369 posts
 
Hyperion with Higgins is Lloyd's latest, and less accessible to my ears than the wonderful Water is Wide.
I perhaps need to give it some time. The mix is definitely pushed up on Higgins' drumset.

Regina Carter with Kenny Barron (Freefall) is amazing.
Didier Lockwood's Tribute to Stephane Grapelli (2000) is still a recent favorite.
Charlie Haden's well-reviewed latest is also requiring several listenings for me to get it.
Sonny Rollins' This Is What I Do doesn't move me (anyone want it for a fiver?).
Happy New Year to all!
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