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Erroll Gorner

Horoce Silver

Jon Lundgren

orneile Colemon

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George Russell SexleilSeplel

Horry Allen/Jon Lundgren

Billie Holidoy

Al Gohn/Jimmy Rowles

Billie Holidoy

Morio Schneider

Verneri Pohjolo

Keilh Jorrell

Sonny Glork

Tino Brooks Quinlel

Chorlie Christion

Duke Ellinglon

Eberhqrd Weber

Bobby Wellins

Lesler Young

Brod Mehldou

Kenny Boker

Avishoi Cohen Trio

Complete Concert By The Seo

Best Of The Eorly Yeors, I 953-l 960

A Retrospective

Beouty ls A Rore Thing

Complete Decco/Riverside 1 9 60-1 9 62

Quietly There

Lody Doy

Heovy Love

Complete Commodore

The Thompson Fields

Bullhorn

Creotion

The Art 0f The Trio

Complete Recordings: Moster Tokes

Live Wiih The Benny Goodmon Sextet

Highlights 0f The Greol 1940-1942 Bond

Hommoge A Eberhord Weber

Culloden Moor Suite

Blue Lester: Complete Royol Roost

l0 Yeors Solo Live

Live At The BBC 1957

From Dorkness

Lobel

Columbio/Legocy

Documents

Fresh Sound

Rhino/Atlontic

Fresh Sound

Stunt

Columbio Legocy

Elementol

Essentiol Jozz Clossics

Ariist Shore

Ed ition

ECIVI

Phono

Phono

Phoenix

Avid Jozz

ECM

Sportocus

Solor

Nonesuch

Acrobot

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EDITON"S SUMMARY

Observont reoders will see there ore octuolly 22 entries obove - this is becouse in seeking the 20 highest scorers

we ron into equols, ond could hordly leove ony of them oui; reoders moy olso note thot this yeor ihe issue/reissue

distinction hos been obondoned (ond proboblywill not relurn), This lost-minute decision resulted from

inconsistency omong reviewers obout whot constitutes o reissue, So mony "reissues" these doys contoin

previously unissued moteriol thot the lines between old ond new hove become bluned. Also obsent ihis yeor is the

CD moster list, which wos toking too much spoce, Reviewers chose from the 900+ CDs covered in JJ in 20'l5 ond

their individuol lists ond comments ore ot leost os significont os the list of front runners obove.

SIMON ADAMSAvishoi Cohen & Triveni Dork Nighls (l 0); Joson Moron A// Rise: A Joyful

Elegy For Fots Waller (10); Verneri Pohlolo Bullhorn (1 0); Nils OklondBand Kjolvoln (10); Brod Mehldou l0Yeors Solo Live (10); Horoce Silver

Besl 0f The Eorly Yeors, 1953-60 (1 0); Vorious Jazz ln Polish Cinemo:

)ut 0f The Underground 1958-1967 (10); Jimmy Giuffre/Jim Holl

Complele Trio Recordings (10); Enoll Gorner Complele Concerl By The

Seo (1 0); Ahmod Jomol The Clossic I 958-62 Recordings (10).

As ever, q weolth of new issues to choose from, but I think myEuropeon ond Americon mix speoks for itself. As for reissues: l'vegone for the complete ond the collected. which is whot onydecent record lobel should curote from its orchives on o regulorbosis. Unfortunotely, most foil to do so, leoving the cheop ondcheerful scoop-up merchonts to do their work for them.

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JOHN ADCOCKBrod Mehldou I 0 Yeors Solo Live (1 5); IVotthios Eick MidWest (15);Romoin Collin Press Enler(10); Stuorl McCollum City(5): Elino Duni

Dollendyshe (5); Ar1 Pepper The Art 0f Pepper (1 5); Ston GeIz The

Steomer (10); Billie Holidoy Lody Doy (10); Oscor Peterson Plays The

George Gershwin Song Book (5): Ston Getz Al Lorge (5)

There I wos thinking it wos possible to enjoy o bolonced dietmode up exclusively of Europeon ond Scondinovion titles in201 5, when olong comes Brod Mehldou's mognificent solopiono releose to prove me otherwise. Art Pepper's Fot Tuesdoyrecording just missed the cut os well. Fovourite ortists continue todominote my reissue choices, o reminder of where jozz's postglories loy, but l'm convinced the Euro scene is where most ofthe best current music is being mode.

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