Jazz Albums of the Year 2012

The Top 20 best jazz albums of the past year

Some great new music makes this another great year for innovative jazz.

1.             Keith Jarrett - Rio (ECM) 2CD

2.             Bill Frisell - All We Are Saying.... (Savoy Jazz)

3.             Tom Harrell - Time of the Sun (HighNote)

4.             Charles Lloyd - Athens Concert (ECM) 2CD

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Jazz New Releases - December 2011 / January 2012

New releases and re-releases for December 2011 and January 2012.

December 2011: Some key albums released ahead of the holiday - A 7CD restrospective of Brad Mehldau's The Art of Trio recordings heads the list. But uncharacteristically, many album releases are held over into January.

January 2012: The New Year kicks of with some strong releases - Chick Corea, Charlie Haden, Hank Jones,