j-notes Best of the Best for 2002
Now that 2002 is winding down, here is my list of favorite CD's purchased this year. What is amazing to me is that I purchased over 200 CD's in 2002. My choices are an eclectic mixture of music styles so here we go in no particular order.
Patti Austin - "For Ella"
Natalie Cole - "Ask A Woman Who Knows"
Carla Cook - "Simply Natural"
Donnie - "The Colored Section"
India.Arie - "Voyage to India"
Cannonball Adderly - "Something Else"
Darius de Haas - "Day Dream - Variations on Strayhorn"
Miles Davis & The Modern Jazz Quartet - "Bag's Groove"
George Benson - "Anthology"
Ella Fitzgerald - "Like Someone In Love"
The Kissing Jessica Stein Movie Soundtrack
Body & Soul NYC - Volume 4
Masters At Work - "Our Time Is Coming"
Verve Remixed
The Original Salsoul Classics
Jonathan Butler - "Surrender"
Gerald Albright - "Groovology"
Count Basie - "April In Paris"
Donald Byrd - "A New Perspective - Donald Byrd Band & Voices"
Casino Lights - Live At Montreux (1982)
Casino Lights '99
Julie Dexter - "Peace of Mind - The EP"
Joe Sample - "Pecan Tree" (introducing Lizz Wright)
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - "Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway"
Aretha Franklin - "Precious Lord" (a 1956 recording)
Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday, and Carmen McRae at Newport
Kirk Whalum - "The Gospel According To Jazz - Chapter II"
Ledisi - "Feeling Orange But Sometimes Blue"
McCoy Tyner Trio - "Infinity"
Duke Ellington - "Duke Ellington's 70th Birthday Concert"
Duke Ellington/Coleman Hawkins - "Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins"
Marcus Roberts Trio - "Cole After Midnight"
Yolanda Adams - "Live In Washington"
Carla Cook - "All About Love"
The Best of the Jones Girls
Gladys Knight & The Pips - "Touch"
Carla Cook - "Dem Bones"
There is more to follow......
The Best of Hank Mobley
McCoy Tyner - "The Real McCoy"
Dee Dee Bridgewater - "This Is New"
Ann Nesby - "Love Is What We Need (The Dance Essentials)"
Ramsey Lewis/Nancy Wilson - "Meant to be"
Milt Jackson - "Wizard of the Vibes"
Frank McComb - "Love Stories"
Maysa - "Out of the Blue"
Duke Ellington - "Such Sweet Thunder"
Miles Davis - "Jazz Showcase"
Milt Jackson/Wes Montgomery - "Bags Meets Wes"
Inner Life - "I'm Caught Up (In A One Night Love Affair)"
Ahmad Jamal - "Olympia 2000"
Carmen McRae - "Dedicated To You" (Featuring The Shirley Horn Trio)
Bud Powell - "The Amazing Bud Powell"
Eric Reed - "Happiness"
René Marie - "Vertigo"
Miles Davis - "Miles Ahead"
Jubilant Sykes - "Wait For Me"
Pieces of a Dream - "Sensual Embrace: The Soul Ballads"
Jill Scott - Experience: Jill Scott 826+
Incognito - "Who Needs Love"
Mary Stallings - "Live at the Village Vanguard"
Sarah Vaughan - "Brazilian Romance"
Nancy Wilson - "The Essence of Nancy Wilson - Four Decades of Music"
Urban Knights - "The Chicago Project"
McCoy Tyner - "McCoy Tyner Plays John Coltrane"
Comments
Very good reading. Peace until next time.
WaltDe
Posted by: WaltDe | August 31, 2006 8:10 PM