My Favorite CDs of 2016
New Releases:
Andy Gonzalez "Entre Colegas" (Truth Revolution)
Jane Bunnett & Maqueque "Oddara" (Linus Entertainment)
Melissa Aldana "Back Home" (Wommusic)
Pedrito Martinez "Habana Dreams" (Motema)
Michael Spiro & Wayne Wallace & La Orquesta Sinfonietta "Canto America" (Patois)
Little Johnny Rivero "Music in Me" (Truth Revolution)
Lou Caputo & the Not So Big Band "Uh Oh!" (JazzCat 47)
Orbert Davis Chicago Jazz Philarmonic Chamber Ensemble "Havana Blue" (CD Baby)
Gregorio Uribe "Cumbia Universal" (Zoho)
Harold Lopez-Nussa "El Viaje" (Mack Avenue)
Champian Fulton "After Dark" (CD Baby)
Reissues:
Gato Barbieri "Fiesta Caliente Live 76" (Hi Hat)
John Coltrane "A Love Supreme : the Complete Masters" (Verve) (3 CDs)
Abbey Lincoln "Love Having You Around : Live at the Keystone Korner, v.2" (HighNote)
Various "Classic Savoy Be-bop Sessions 1945-49" (Mosaic) (10 CDs)
Various "Classic 1936-47 Count Basie & Lester Young Studio Sessions" (Mosaic) (8 CDs)