The music I most enjoyed in the plague year

 Yes, it was an awful year. I'm glad it's over. Here's some of the music that helped me through it:

JD Allen - Toys/Die Dreaming (Savant) 

Ran Blake & Frank Carlberg - Grey Moon (Red Piano)

Joe Fiedler’s Big Sackbut - Live In Graz (Multiphonics Music)

Bill Frisell - Valentine (Blue Note)

Gato Libre - Koneko (Libra)

Lafayette Gilchrist - Now (Lafayette Gilchrist Music)

Fred Hersch - Songs From Home (Palmetto)

Ray Mantilla - Rebirth (Savant)

Aruán Ortiz with Andrew Cyrille & Mauricio Herrera - Inside Rhythmic Falls (Intakt)

Jason Palmer - The Concert: 12 Musings for Isabella (Giant Step Arts)

Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp - Amalgam (Mahakala Music)

Jorge Roeder - El Suelo Mio (self-released)

Jim Snidero - Project-K (Savant)

Micah Thomas - Tide (self-released)

and, like every year, there was some special music unearthed 

Art Blakey - Just Coolin’ (Blue Note)

Paul Desmond - The Complete 1975 Toronto Recordings (Mosaic)

Hank Mobley - The Complete Blue Note Sessions 1963-1970 (Mosaic)

Sonny Rollins - Rollins In Holland (Resonance)

and heartfelt thanks to the publicists, labels, and musicians 

who persevered in spite of the obstacles

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