Best Jazz Albums 2007-2011 (any genre)

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Abstract Logix have establshed themselves as a label issuing some excellent jazz fusion in the last 5 years - including a couple of great McLaughlin albums, at least one each from Alex Machacek, Gary Husband. Wayne Krantz's Krantz, Carlock Lefevbre (also Abstract) was my favourite jazz rock album the year of its release.  And who recorded that knock bassoon jazz fusion album on Abstract???? Elephant9's Dodo Voodoo was a most excellent  tribute to early jazz rockers and didn't come off my player for a very long time - although their more recent Walk The Nile didn't work so well for me. Many of those albums  (7?) based on a 43 minute drum solo track by Marcus Minnemann, worked e.g. Alex Machacek's, Mike Keneally's, John Czajkowski's, etc.. At least a couple of excellent world fusion albums were issued by Nguyen Le. Thumbs up for Art Metal - good to see the Johansson brothers doing jazzy things again - Jens IMHO is wasted doing metal prog . Talking of Swedish drum and keyboard players, mustn't forget Mats Morgan Band's issues  and reissues from Cuneform. And let's hear one for (John Czajkowski's) Hectic Watermelon's Great American Road Trip.  (Also loved Paul Anka's Rock Also Swings album).

 Have to say too little issued by Bugge Wesseltoff over this period. etc - for instance I would love to hear more collaboration with John Scofield. And about time we had more from Allan Holdsworth - although I  think Blues For Tony just about sneaks into the time slot.

Away from maninstream jazz rock fusion, Seb Rochford's Acoustic Ladyland and Polar Bear produced some excellent albums. 

Edited by Dick Heath - 31 Oct 2011 at 12:15pm