The Best of 2011: Jazz Times

1. Sonny Rollins – Road Shows Vol. 2 (Doxy/Emarcy)
2. Joe Lovano Us Five – Bird Songs (Blue Note)
3. Ambrose Akinmusire – When the Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note)
4. Konitz/Haden/Mehldau/Motian – Live at Birdland (ECM)
5. Miguel Zenón – Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook (Marsalis)
6. Charles Lloyd/Maria Farantouri – Athens Concert (ECM)
7. J.D. Allen Trio – Victory! (Sunnyside)
8. Craig Taborn – Avenging Angel (ECM)
9. Keith Jarrett – Rio (ECM)
10. Roy Haynes – Roy-alty (Dreyfus Jazz)
11. Rudresh Mahanthappa – Samdhi (ACT)
12. James Farm – James Farm (Nonesuch)
13. The New Gary Burton Quartet – Common Ground (Mack Avenue)
14. Terri Lyne Carrington – The Mosaic Project (Concord Jazz)
15. V.A. – Miles Español: New Sketches of Spain (eONE)
16. Gretchen Parlato – The Lost and Found (ObliqSound)
17. The Cookers – Cast the First Stone (Plus Loin)
18. Kenny Werner – Balloons (Half Note)
19. Kurt Elling – The Gate (Concord Jazz)
20. Brad Mehldau – Live in Marciac (Nonesuch)
21. The Claudio Quintet +1 feat. Kurt Elling and Theo Bleckmann – What Is the Beautiful? (Cuneiform)
22. John Scofield – A Moment’s Peace (Emarcy)
23. Matana Roberts –  COIN COIN Chapter One: Gens de couleur libres (Constellation)
24. Vijay Iyer with Prasanna & Nitin Mitta – Tirtha (ACT)
25. Rene Marie – Black Lace Freudian Slip (Motéma)
26. Stefon Harris/David Sanchez/Christian Scott – Ninety Miles (Concord Picante)
27. Matthew Shipp – Art of the Improviser (Thirsty Ear)
28. Lynne Arriale – Convergence (Motéma)
29. Terell Stafford – This Side of Strayhorn (MaxJazz)
30. David Murray Cuban Ensemble – Plays Nat King Cole En Español (Motéma)
31. Steve Coleman & Five Elements – The Mancy of Sound (Pi)
32. Captain Black Big Band – Captain Black Big Band (Posi-Tone)
33. Kenny Wheeler – One of Many (Cam Jazz)
34. Muhal Richard Abrams – SoundDance (Pi)
35. Branford Marsalis/Joey Calderazzo – Songs of Mirth and Melancholy (Marsalis)
36. Starlicker – Double Demon (Delmark)
37. Ben Allison – Action-Refraction (Palmetto)
38. Pilc Moutin Hoenig – Threedom (Motéma)
39. Julian Lage Group – Gladwell (Emarcy)
40. Chris Dingman – Waking Dreams (Between Worlds)

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