About 5 weeks to go means, time to start thinking about compiling top 10 lists. Here is everything I have from this year, for reference, and with my ten favorites thus far, noted.
The ten: Cameron Graves - Planetary Prince Alex Lofoco - Beyond Daniel Popialkiewicz - Nada Igor Willcox - #1 Jonathan Lundberg - Iterations MSM Schmidt - Life Hypersphere - s/t Simon Phillips - Protocol 4 Tohpati Bertiga - Faces Abraham Buchanan & Bryden Baird - Transition
The rest: Shob - Karma Obscur Panzerballett - Xmas Death Jazz Richard Hallebeek - One Voice Mike Stern - Trip Marutyri - Creation of the Invisible Eleventh House - Seven Secrets Wooten Chambers Franceschini - Trypnotyx Roberto Badoglio - Lapse of Worry Divje Jezero - Escape From the Maze Antoine Fafard - Proto Mundi Fernando Lamadrid - Aproximaciones Dean Watson - Sum of Parts Ian Alexander - Coming Home The Elba Triangle - Chapter One Haymo Doerk - On Twisty Tracks Tim Miller - Trio Vol. 3 Petros Klampanis - Chroma Marek Napiorkowski - WAW-NYC Jean Marc Belkadi - Toulouse/Los Angeles Pawel Orlow - To the Moon Tom Kennedy - Points of View Indro Hardjodikoro - Always There Bunny Brunel - Bass Ball Elec-tri-city - Depth of Focus Meddy Gerville - Tropical Rain Marius Preda - Mission Cimbalom Kneebody - Anti-Hero Chick Corea - The Musician John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension - Live at Ronnie Scott's
Thanks George it makes it a lot easier when you provide such a long list of examples. Here is my top ten in alphabetical order.
Eleventh House - Seven Secrets Antoine Fafard - Proto Mundi Jane Getter Premonition - On Tour Hypersphere - s/t Audric Jankauskas - Intrepid Spirits John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension - Live at Ronnie Scott's Tim Miller - Trio Vol. 3 Simon Phillips Protocol - 4 MSM Schmidt - Life Mike Stern - Trip