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Mark Corroto's Top Ten (Ok Fifteen) of 2018

By Mark Corroto
December 14, 2018
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Another trip around the sun. In the AllAboutJazz universe, the stars were especially bright this year. Which is a good thing, unless you are like me, trying to pare down a huge list of favorites to just ten. At that task, I've failed once again. So here are my 15 favorite recordings of 2018 in no particular order.

Frank Kimbrough

piano
1956 - 2020

" data-original-title="" title="">Frank Kimbrough
Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk
Sunnyside Records

Jamie Saft

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Jamie Saft Quartet
Blue Dream
RareNoise Records

Ivo Perelman

saxophone, tenor
b.1961

" data-original-title="" title="">Ivo Perelman/

Matthew Shipp

piano
b.1960

" data-original-title="" title="">Matthew Shipp
Oneness
Leo Records

Steve Coleman

saxophone, alto
b.1956

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Coleman and Five Elements
Live at The Village Vanguard Vol. 1 (The Embedded Set)
Pi Recordings

Dan Weiss

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Dan Weiss
Starebaby
Pi Recordings

Miles Okazaki

guitar
b.1974

" data-original-title="" title="">Miles Okazaki
Work (Complete, Volumes 1-6)
Self Released

Jeff Lederer

woodwinds

" data-original-title="" title="">Jeff Lederer / Shakers n' Bakers
Heart Love
Little (i) Music

Daniel Carter

saxophone
b.1996

" data-original-title="" title="">Daniel Carter/

William Parker

bass
b.1952

" data-original-title="" title="">William Parker/

Matthew Shipp

piano
b.1960

" data-original-title="" title="">Matthew Shipp
Seraphic Light (Live At Tufts University)
AUM Fidelity

Mary Halvorson

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Mary Halvorson/

Michael Formanek

bass, acoustic
b.1958

" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Formanek/

Tomas Fujiwara

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Tomas Fujiwara/Thumbscrew
Theirs/Ours
Cuneiform Records

James Brandon Lewis

saxophone, tenor
b.1983

" data-original-title="" title="">James Brandon Lewis/

Chad Taylor

drums
b.1973

" data-original-title="" title="">Chad Taylor
Radiant Imprints
Off Record Label

Andy Biskin

clarinet

" data-original-title="" title="">Andy Biskin
16 Tons: Songs From The Alen Lomax Collection
Andorfin Records

Jeremiah Cymerman

clarinet
b.1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Jeremiah Cymerman
Decay of the Angel
5049 Records

Ross Hammond

guitar
b.1977

" data-original-title="" title="">Ross Hammond/Jay Nair
Songs Of Universal Peace
Prescott Records

Jon Irabagon

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Jon Irabagon Quartet
Dr. Quixotic's Traveling Exotics
Irrabagast Records

Bobby Naughton/

Wadada Leo Smith

trumpet
b.1941

" data-original-title="" title="">Wadada Leo Smith/Perry Robinson
The Haunt
NoBusiness Records

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