Not a Top 10 - Eleven Albums for 2011

In no way should my best of the year be taken as anything other than a statement of my taste and the result of what music I managed to listen to and have the opportunity to write about this year.  I missed more than I caught, I’m sure.  But here, in alphabetical order by artist, are my top 11 jazz (for lack of a better term) albums of 2011.

Operation Long Leash, Dead Kenny G’s

That’s How We Roll, George Goodwin’s Big Phat Band

90 Miles, Stefon Harris, David Sanchez & Christian Scott

Tirtha,  Vijay Iyer with Prasanna and Nitin Mitta

Bird Songs, Joe Lovano Us Five

Unsung Heroes, Brian Lynch

The Lost and Found, Gretchen Parlato

The Dancing Monk, Eric Reed

Tito Puente Masterworks Live!!!, Bobby Sanabria and the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra

The Gathering, Diane Schurr

This Side of Strayhorn, Terrell Stafford

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