best recordings of 2001?

The reissues RVG (Rudy Van Gelder) of artists such as Milt Jackson, Dexter Gordon, J.J. Johnson and Lee Morgan are excellent. I believe all mastered with tube gear.

I know it's not jazz, but the Nickel Creek is maybe the recording of the year. Unbelievable detail and imaging.

I have to agree 100% with Eltic66 on Nickel Creek....it is bluegrass,is truly outstanding and the trio is soooo talanted...if you enjoy allison krauss, you'll really enjoy nickel creek. Has anyone here heard the Jazzsamba Xmas cd? I have it and it is wonderful. Webpage"www.jazzsamba.com. This jazz xmas cd was recorded & mixed at the "Cape House on the hill" near Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, home of the Bluenose. Recorded in 97 it is still one of my favourtie xmas cds....happy listening and joyous holidays everyone....Lloyd

For Jazz I must go with few choices;

Bill Charlap Trio-"Written in the stars"
Dave Holland-"Not for Nothin"
Kenny Barron-"Freefall"

I also heard that NEW CD from Jacky Tarrasson "Kindred"is very good too.

As for classical I would say that honor has to go to Reference Recordings "Symphonic Dances" ( I know it is not chamber music but I still recommend that due to extraordinary sonic and artistic values)

Enjoy it, Happy Holidays

Celtic66. Please accept my apologies. My fingers goofed.how could ,I with Scottish blood in me, spell celtic eltic???/duh......see thread above...also, the website I mentioned by Jazzsamba is no longer valid.....I had hoped for some more music from this group....oh well.....cheers, Bluenose

Gotta agree on the Rubalcaba and Holland recommendations. Here are a few other great ones:
-Eberhard Weber, Endless Days (ECM)
-Michael Blake, Drift (Intuition)
-Jack West and Curvature, Big Ideas (ABM (I think))
-Scott Amendola Band (Artofmyheart)
Not sure how outside you'd want to go, but if you want to scorch some new nerve endings w/ some pretty amazing stuff, try:
-Massacre, Meltdown (Tzadik)
-Louis Sclavis, L'Affrontement des Pretendents (ECM)
-Miriodor, Mekano (Cuneiform)