Best Jazz of 2004? Please Participate


My top seven, in order:

1. Strange Liberation, Dave Douglas
2. The Out-of-Towners, Keith Jarrett
3. Lullabluebye, Frank Kimbrough
4. Storyteller, Marilyn Crispell
5. The Great Divide, Von Freeman
6. Life of a Song, Geri Allen
7. Suspended Night, Tomasz Stanko (2004 or 2003?)
jfz

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Thought that Strange Liberation (great disc) was a big improvement over Freak In. Haven't heard any of your other picks, but hope to fix that problem soon.

Could clear the room, (but great anyway):

Stuart Liebig/ Locustland
Michael Vlatkovich/ Queen Dynamo
Craig Taborn/ Junk Magic
Previte-Hunter/ Groundtruther Latitude
Big Satan, (Berne/Rainey/Ducret)/ Souls Saved Hear
Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant/ Sister Phantom Owl Fish
Falaise-Samworth-Tanguay-Van der Schyff/ The Unexpected One
Frank Gratkowski Quartet/ Facio
Nels Cline Singers/ The Giant Pin

Less likely to clear the room:

Stahls Bla/ Schlachtplatte
Tony Wilson Quintet/ Horseplay
Trio Derome, Guilbeault, Tanguay/ 10 Compositions
Bift, ( Excellent guit., Sax, Drums trio, you can get this new for $5 at cd Baby)

Really unlikely to clear the room:

Jon Balke/ Diverted Travels
Stuart Liebig/ Minim
Ned Rothenberg-Sync/ Harbinger
Pip Pyle's Bash/ Belle Illusion
Tony Malaby/ Adobe
Rathbun-Howard Quintet/ Days Before and After
Terminal 4/ When I'm Falling
Christian Jormin 3/ Sol Salutis

Your mother in law will not hate these, (still great and both are gorgeous recordings):

Steven Bernstein/ Diaspora Hollywood
Enrico Rava/ Easy Living