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Dave Sumner's Best Releases/Downloads of 2011

By Dave Sumner
December 25, 2011
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It's never easy compiling best of lists, but here are twelve albums for which my enthusiasm hasn't ebbed during the course of the year. A free download is available for each of them, except for the Avital (which I'm in the process of obtaining) and the Haarla (which I'll never get). Enjoy!

Tunnel Six band / ensemble / orchestra " data-original-title="" title="">Tunnel Six Lake Superior Origin/OA2	Kekko Fornarelli piano b.1978 " data-original-title="" title="">Kekko Fornarelli Room of Mirrors Auand	Paul Lieberman woodwinds " data-original-title="" title="">Paul Lieberman Ibeji Self Produced
Steven Lugerner woodwinds b.1988 " data-original-title="" title="">Steven Lugerner Narratives Armored Records	Joe Locke vibraphone b.1959 " data-original-title="" title="">Joe Locke VIA Origin/OA2	Rafal Sarnecki guitar b.1982 " data-original-title="" title="">Rafal Sarnecki The Madman Rambles Again Fresh Sound New Talent
Susana Santos Silva trumpet b.1979 " data-original-title="" title="">Susana Santos Silva Devil's Dress Toap Records	Omer Avital bass, acoustic " data-original-title="" title="">Omer Avital Free Forever Smalls Records	Iro Haarla piano " data-original-title="" title="">Iro Haarla Vespers ECM
Jean Lapouge guitar b.1953 " data-original-title="" title="">Jean Lapouge Temporare Musea	Will Collier bass, acoustic " data-original-title="" title="">Will Collier Those Who Wait F-ire	Jacob Karlzon piano b.1970 " data-original-title="" title="">Jacob Karlzon The Big Picture Challenge Records

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