FAVE JAZZ CDS OF 2007

TERENCE BLANCHARD A Tale of God's Will (Blue Note)

ANDREW HILL Change (Blue Note)

CHARLES MINGUS SEXTET feat. ERIC DOLPHY Cornell 1964 (Blue Note)

CHRIS POTTER UNDERGROUND Follow The Red: Live at the Village Vanguard (Sunnyside)

The NELS CLINE SINGERS Draw Breath (Cryptogramophone)

JEWELS & BINOCULARS Ships With Tattooed Sails (Upshot)

DAVID MURRAY BLACK SAINT QUARTET Sacred Ground (Justin TIme)

DAVID TORN Prezens (ECM)

KENNY WERNER Lawn Chair Society (Blue Note)

JOE LOVANO & HANK JONES Kids: Duets Live At Dizzy's Club Coca Cola (Blue Note)

and fave box set of the year:

MILES DAVIS The Complete On The Corner Sessions (Sony/Legacy)

and fave live jazz shows of the year:

MOSTLY OTHERS DO THE KILLING The Rotunda, Philadelphia, PA

DAVE HOLLAND / ERIC HARLAND / CHRIS POTTER / GONZALO RUBALCABA Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA

TERENCE BLANCHARD QUINTET, Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA

BUFFALO COLLISION, Rose Hall, UPenn, Philadelphia, PA

BROTZMANN/PLIAKAS/WERTMULLER, Community Education Center, Philadelphia, PA

MIGUEL ZENON QUARTET, Iridium Jazz Club, New York, NY

PAT METHENY TRIO at the Grand Opera House, Wilmington, DE