We’ll play back the entire Top 88 jazz releases of 2019 all day and night New Year’s Day. From Wynton Marsalis’ “Bolden (Original Soundtrack)” to Jennifer Wharton’s “Bonegasm” and everything in between. Starting at 6 a.m. January 1.
- Wynton Marsalis “Bolden (Original Soundtrack)” (Blue Engine)
- Monty Alexander “Wareika Hill (Rasatamonk Vibrations)” (Monty Alexander)
- Al Naylor “Friends” (Al Naylor)
- Cyrille Aimee “Move On: a Sondheim Adventure” (Mack Avenue)
- Scott Hamilton Quartet “Danish Ballads…and More” (Stunt)
- SFJazz Collective “Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim & Original Compositions” (SFJazz)
- Chick Corea “Antidote” (Concord)
- Ted Nash “Somewhere Else: West Side Story Songs” (Plastic Sax)
- Ryan Keberle & Catharsis “The Hope I Hold” (Greenleaf)
- Melissa Aldana “Visions” (Motema)
- Catherine Russell “Alone Together” (Dot Time)
- George Cables “I’m All Smiles” (High Note)
- Various Artists “A Day in the Life: Impressions of Pepper” (Impulse!)
- Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom “Glitter Wolf” (Royal Potato Family)
- Michel Camilo “Essence” (Resilience)
- Miguel Zenon “Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera” (Miel)
- Julian Lage “Love Hurts” (Mack Avenue)
- Joe Policastro Trio “Nothing Here Belongs” (Jeru Jazz)
- Veronica Swift “Confessions” (Mack Avenue)
- Antonio Adolfo “Samba Jazz Alley” (AAM)
- Richie Cole and Tony Monaco “The Keys of Cool” (RCP)
- Ralph Alessi “Imaginary Friends” (ECM)
- Joey DeFrancesco “In the Key of the Universe” (Mack Avenue)
- Oscar Hernandez & Alma Libre “Love the Moment” (Origin)
- Amina Figarova “Road to the Sun” (AmFi)
- Randy Brecker & NDR Big Band “Rocks” (Piloo)
- Claire Martin & Jim Mullen “Bumpin’: Celebrating Wes Montgomery” (Stunt)
- Etienne Charles “Carnival: The Sound of a People” (Culture Shock)
- Ellen Rowe Octet “Momentum: Portraits of Women in Motion” (Smokin’ Sleddog)
- Poncho Sanchez “Trane’s Delight” (Concord Picante)
- David Berkman Sextet “Six of One” (David Berkman)
- Ray Blue “Work” (Jazzheads)
- Chad Eby & Ariel Pocock “BFFs” (Chad Eby)
- Matthew Whitaker “Now Hear This” (Resilience)
- Jenna & the Charmers “Everyone I Love is Here” (Mamma Grace)
- Paul Combs “Unknown Dameron: Rare and Never Recorded Works of Tadd Dameron” (Summit)
- Tony Monaco “The Definition of Insanity” (Chicken Coup)
- Bill O’Connell and the Afro Caribbean Ensemble “Wind Off the Hudson” (Savant)
- Diego Rivera “Connections” (Posi-Tone)
- Marcus Shelby Orchestra “Transitions” (MSO)
- Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet “The Rhythm of Invention” (Patois)
- Mike LeDonne “Partners in Time” (Savant)
- New York Voices “Reminiscing in Tempo” (Origin)
- Hendrik Meurkens “Cobb’s Pocket” (In and Out)
- Michael Wolff “Swirl” (Sunnyside)
- George Colligan “Again With Attitude” (Iyouwe)
- Larry Koonse “New Jazz Standards Vol. 4 (Summit)
- Paul Lichty “Social Media Suite” (Paul Lichty)
- Dave Stryker “Eight Track III” (Strikezone)
- Holly Cole “Holly” (Shanachie)
- Anat Cohen Tentet “Triple Helix” (Anzic)
- Theo Croker “Star People Nation” (Masterworks)
- Steve Davis “Correlations” (Smoke Sessions)
- Al Foster “Inspirations & Dedication” (Smoke Sessions)
- Josh Lawrence “Triptych” (Posi-Tone)
- Iris Ornig “Storyteller” (IOM)
- Sara Gazarek “Thirsty Ghost” (Sara Gazarek)
- Ernie Watts “Home Light” (Flying Dolphin)
- Ben Wolfe “Fatherhood” (Resident Arts)
- Allison Au Quartet “Wander Wonder” (Allison Au)
- Chick Corea “Triology 2” (Concord)
- Nicolas Bearde “I Remember You: The Music of Nat King Cole” (Right Groove)
- Lioness “Pride and Joy” (Posi-Tone)
- Chuck Redd “Groove City” (Dalphine)
- Joshua Redman Quartet “Come What May” (Nonesuch)
- Something Blue “Maximum Enjoyment” (Posi-Tone)
- Mark Winkler “I’m With You: Mark Winkler Sings Bobby Troup” (Café Pacific)
- Mike Stern & Jeff Lorber Fusion “Eleven” (Concord)
- Alexa Tarantino “Winds of Change” (Posi-Tone)
- Verve Jazz Ensemble “Night Mode” (Verve Jazz Ensemble)
- Jazzmeia Horn “Love & Liberation” (Concord)
- Dave Zinno Unisphere “Stories Told” (Whaling City Sound)
- Jimmy Cobb “This I Dig of You” (Smoke Sessions)
- Emmet Cohen Trio “Dirty in Detroit” (Emmet Cohen)
- Roxy Coss “Quintet” (Outside In)
- Kait Dunton “Planet D’Earth” (Real & Imagined)
- Sarah McKenzie “Secrets of My Heart” (Normandy Lane)
- Andrew Lawrence “Trialogue” (Flood Music)
- Alfredo Rodriguez & Pedro Martinez “Duologue” (Mack Avenue)
- Vanessa Rubin “The Dream is You” (Nibur)
- Alan Broadbent “New York Notes” (Savant)
- Behn Gillece “Parallel Universe” (Posi-Tone)
- Tom Harrell “Infinity” (High Note)
- Al Hood & the H2 Jazztet “Jazz Muses” (Aquarian)
- Pearl Django “Live” (Modern Hot)
- “Swiss Jazz Orchestra and Guillermo Klein” (Sunnyside)
- Tierney Sutton “Screen Play” (BFM)
- Jennifer Wharton’s Bonegasm “Bonegasm” (Sunnyside)