Top 20 Jazz Albums of 2009

1. Christian McBride and Inside Straight “Kind Of Brown” (Mack Avenue)

2. Jackie Ryan “Doozy” (Open Art)

3. The Stanley Clarke Trio “Jazz In The Garden” (Heads Up)

4. Sonny Rollins “Road Shows Vol 1” (Doxy)

5. Gerald Wilson “Detroit” (Mack Avenue)

6. Stefon Harris and Blackout “Urbanus” (Concord Jazz)

7. Roy Hargrove Big Band “Emergence” (Decca/Emarcy)

8. Jane Bunnett “Embracing Voices” (Sunnyside)

9. Burton,Metheny,Swallow,Sanchez “Quartet Live” (Concord Jazz)

10. Miguel Zenon “Esta Plena” (Marsalis Music)

11. Terence Blanchard “Choices” (Concord Jazz)

12. Kurt Elling “Dedicated To You” (Concord Jazz)

13. John McLaughlin/Chick Corea “Five Peace Band” (Concord Jazz)

14. Allen Toussaint “The Bright Mississippi” (Nonesuch)

15. Joshua Redman “Compass” (Nonesuch)

16. Charles Tolliver Big Band “Emperor March” (Half-Note)

17. Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Orchestra “Song For Chico” (Zoho)

18. Ravi Coltrane “Blending Times” (Savoy Jazz)

19. Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge “The Comet’s Tail” (Mama Records)

20. Lynne Arriale “Nuance” (Motema)

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