Listening Pleasures

(Favorite recordings released in 2009)

(R = Reissue) 

ARTIST                                                               TITLE                                                      LABEL

                

                  Rez Abbasi                                                      Things To Come                                         Sunnyside

 

       John Abercrombie Quartet                                   Wait Till You See Her                                        ECM

                     Beatles                                                 Original Studio Recordings (R)                             Apple

     

              Anouar Brahem                                        The Astounding Eyes Of Rita                                 ECM

     

                   Alex Cline                                                          Continuation                                      Cryptogramophone

 

                   Nels Cline                                                             Coward                                             Cryptogramophone

 

               Bruce Cockburn                                            Slice O Life - Live Solo                                      Rounder

 

                Shawn Colvin                                                            Live                                                        Nonesuch

 

       Chick Corea / John McLaughlin                         Five Peace Band - Live                                     Concord

          Ambrose Field / John Potter                                    Being Dufay                                                  ECM

 

                   Jan Garbarek                                                          Dresden                                                     ECM

 

                   Imogen Heap                                                          Ellipse                                                 Megaphonic

 

                    Jon Hassell                                    Last Night The Moon Came Dropping...                     ECM

 

                    Bert Jansch                                                 L.A. Turnaround (R)                                         Virgin

                    Bert Jansch                                               A Rare Conundrum (R)                                       Virgin

 

                    Keith Jarrett                                                       Testament                                                     ECM

 

                      Phil Kline                                                  John The Revelator                                       Cantaloupe

 

                    Chris Koch                                  Scenes From The Coastal Evacuation                  maintainorbit.com

 

                  Iron And Wine                                             Around The Well                                            Sub Pop

 

          Krantz / Carlock / Lefebvre                               Krantz / Carlock / Lefebvre                         Abstract Logix

 

                     Nguyen Le                                                            Saiyuki                                                       ACT

 

                 Tony McManus                                             The Maker's Mark                                 tonymcmanus.com

 

                Macmaster / Hay                                               Love and Reason                                          MDMC

 

               Nils Petter Molvaer                                                   Hamada                                                       Sula

 

                  Monkeyworks                                       Wailing Without A Harpoon                  monkeyworksmusic.com

 

                    Willy Porter                                                 How To Rob A Bank                                        Weasel

 

                    Brad Shepik                                                 Human Activity Suite                                     Songlines

                 Richard Shindell                                                   Not Far Now                                       Signature Sounds

            Tomasz Stanko Quintet                                             Dark Eyes                                                     ECM

 

                  David Sylvian                                                        Manafon                                              Samadisound

          Ralph Towner / Paulo Fresu                                     Chiaroscuro                                                   ECM

 

                       Wilco                                                               The Album                                                Nonesuch

 

                   David Wilcox                                                      Open Hand                                         davidwilcox.com