The music I most enjoyed in 2019

another year, another list ...

here's an alphabetical list of the releases of 2019 that I most enjoyed:

Whit Dickey - Tao Quartets (AUM Fidelity)

Dave Douglas - Devotion (Greenleaf Music)

Lafayette Gilchrist - Dark Matter (Lafayette Gilchrist Music) 

Iro Haarla/Ulf Krokfors/Barry Altschul - Around Again: The Music of Carla Bley (TUM)

Rich Halley - Terra Incognita (Pine Eagle)

Lapis Trio - The Travelers (Shifting Paradigm)

Matt Mitchell - Phalanx Ambassadors (Pi Recordings)

Miles Okazaki - The Sky Below (Pi Recordings)

William Parker/In Order To Survive - Live/Shapeshifter (AUM Fidelity)

Tomeka Reid Quartet - Old New (Cuneiform)

Steph Richards - Take The Neon Lights (Birdwatcher)

Adam Rudolph’s Go:Organic Orchestra/Brookyn Raga Massive - Ragmala (Meta/BRM)

Tyshawn Sorey/Marilyn Crispell - The Adornment Of Time (Pi Recordings)

Dan Weiss Trio Plus 1 - Utica Box (Sunnyside)

and let's not forget some reissues and historical releases:

John Coltrane - Blue World (Impulse!)

Eric Dolphy - Musical Prophet : Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions (Resonance)

Bill Evans - In London (Resonance)

Esbjørn Svensson Trio - e.s.t. Live In Gothenburg (ACT Music)

special thanks to all the labels, publicists, and musicians for 

persevering in such dark times