Sonny Rollins, Joe Lovano, Ambrose Akinmusire top JazzTimes’ critics picks for 2011
New releases from two veteran saxophonists and a fast-rising young trumpeter topped the list of JazzTimes‘ critics picks for 2011.
Sonny Rollins‘ Road Shows Vol. 2 (Doxy/Emarcy), the Joe Lovano Us Five‘s Bird Songs (Blue Note), and Ambrose Akinmusire‘s When the Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note) occupied the top three positions on the poll, as selected by 37 of the magazine’s contributors (including me; my list for the mag is here)
Also in the Top 10:
4 Lee Konitz/Brad Mehldau/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian, Live at Birdland (ECM)
5 Miguel Zenon, Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook (Marsalis)
6 Charles Lloyd/Maria Farantouri, Athens Concert (ECM)
7 JD Allen Trio, Victory (Sunnyside)
8 Craig Taborn, Avenging Angel (ECM)
9 Keith Jarrett, Rio (ECM)
10 Roy Haynes, Roy-alty (Dreyfus Jazz)
The complete list is here
