Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases of 2010

Dan Bilawsky

Senior Contributor since 2010

Jazz fan, music educator and writer.

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Published: December 21, 2010

As 2010 draws to a close, I am taking this opportunity to look back at some of the new, standout recordings I've encountered over the course of the year. Some of my new favorites—like Paul Motian Paul Motian
1931 - 2011
drums 's Lost In A Dream (ECM, 2010), the new three-disc collection from the SFJAZZ Collective SFJAZZ Collective

band/orchestra , and People Time: The Complete Recordings (Sunnyside, 2010), from Stan Getz Stan Getz
1927 - 1991
sax, tenor and Kenny Barron Kenny Barron
b.1943
piano —spent a good deal of time in my CD player, but never made it into my review pile. Other highly praised discs, like Vijay Iyer Vijay Iyer
b.1971
piano 's first solo piano disc and Charles Lloyd Charles Lloyd
b.1938
saxophone 's Mirror (ECM, 2010) are on my holiday wishlist, but haven't made it into my hands as of this writing. Over the course of this year, I had the opportunity to write 100+ reviews for All About Jazz and these were the nine discs that stood out: