Top 50 jazz albums of 2006

Club D’Elf, "Now I Understand" (Accurate)
Carmen Lundy, "Live At The Madrid" (Afrasia)
Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project, "Simpatico" (Artist Share)
Cassandra Wilson, "Thunderbird" (Blue Note)
Patrica Barber, "Mythologies" (Blue Note)
Don Byron, "Do The Boomerang" (Blue Note)
Andrew Hill, "Time Loves" (Blue Note)
Jason Moran, "Artist In Residence" (Blue Note)
Stefon Harris, "African Tarantella" (Blue Note)
Diego Urcola, "Viva" (CamJazz)
Ben Riley, "Memories Of T" (Concord)
Taylor Eigsti, "Lucky To Be Me" (Concord)
Christian Scott, "Rewind That" (Concord)
Caribbean Jazz Project, "Mosaic" (Concord)
Karrin Allyson, "Footprints, (Concord)
Bennie Maupin, "Penumbra" (Cryptogramophone)
Sonny Rollins, "Sonny, Please" (Doxy)
Roy Haynes, "Whereas" (Dreyfus)
Manu Katche, "Neighbourhood" (ECM)
Tomaz Stanko, "Lontano" (ECM)
Dave Douglas, "Meaning And Mystery" (Greenleaf)
Yellowjackets, "Twenty Five" (Heads Up)
John Ellis, "By A Thread" (Hyena)
Skerik, "Husky" (Hyena)
MMW & John Scofield, "Out Louder" (Indirecto)
Chico Hamilton, "Believe/Heritage" (Joyous Shout)
Branford Marsalis, "Braggtown" (Marsalis Music)
Jimmy Cobb, "Marsalis Music Honors Jimmy Cobb" (Marsalis Music)
Donald Harrison, "Survivor" (Nagel Heyer)
Brad Mehldau/Pat Metheny, "Metheny/Mehldau" (Nonesuch)
Brad Mehldau, "House On Hill" (Nonesuch)
Dr. Lonnie Smith, "Jungle Soul" (Palmetto)
Ben Allison, "Cowboy Justice" (Palmetto)
Ted Nash, "In The Loop" (Palmetto)
Randy Weston, "Zep Tepi" (Random Chance)
Reuben Rogers, "The Thngs I Am" (Renwick)
Christian McBride, "Live At Tonic" (Ropeadope)
Madeleine Peyroux, "Half The Perfect World" (Rounder)
Ornette Coleman, "Sound Grammar" (Sound Grammar)
Steve Bernstein, "Millennial Territory Orch Vol. 1" (Sunnyside)
Chris Potter, "Underground" (Sunnyside)
Diego Urcola, "Viva" (Sunnyside)
Donny McCaslin, "Soar" (Sunnyside)
Stanton Moore, "III" (Telarc)
Monty Alexander, "Concrete Jungle: The Music Of Bob Marley" (Telarc)
Matthew Shipp, "One" (Thirsty Ear)
Roy Hargrove & RH Factor, "Distractions" (Verve)
Elvis Costello/Allen Toussaint, "River In Reverse" (Verve)
Gladys Knight, "Before Me" (Verve)
Edsel Gomez, "Cubist Music" (ZoHo)

Jazz with a World View

Moacir Santos, "Choros & Alegrias" (Adventure Music)
Daniel Santiago, "On The Way" (Adventure Music)
Phillipe Baden Powell, "Estrada De Terra" (Adventure Music)
Myra Casales, "Woman On Fire" (Afrasia)
Alex Garcia & Afromantra, "Uplifting Spirit" (Afro Mantra)
Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project, "Simpatico" (Artist Share)
Francisco Mela, "Melao" (Avya)
Jane Bunnett, "Radio Guantanamo" (Blue Note)
Tania Maria, "Intimidade" (Blue Note)
Ignacio Berroa, "Codes" (Blue Note)
Sergio Mendes, "Timeless" (Concord)
Nachito Herrera, "Live At The Dakota 2" (Dakota Live)
Los Amigos Invisibles, "Venezuela Super Pop" (Gozadera)
Vinicius Cantuaria, "Silva" (Hannibal)
Miguel Anga Diaz, "Echu Mingua" (Nonesuch)
Omar Sosa, "Live A FIP" (OTA)
Cheik Lo, "Lamp Fall" (World Circuit)
Harvie S, "Funky Cha" (Zoho)
Ray Barretto, "Standards Rican-ditioned" (Zoho)

Local View

Club D’Elf, "Now I Understand" (Accurate)
Esperanza Spaulding, "Junjo" (Avya)
Troglodytes, "Ria" (Floating Opera)
Dominique Eade/Jed Wilson, "Open" (Jazz Project)
Mike Tucker, "Collage" (MTO)
Mathias Lupri, "Metalix" (Summit)
Laszlo Gardony, "Natural Instinct" (Sunnyside)
John Stein, "Concerto Internacional De Jazz" (Whaling City)