W. Royal Stokes

All choices are in alphabetical order

Best CDs of 2007

A BAKER'S DOZEN PLUS ONE BEST NEW RELEASES OF 2007

• Dee Dee Bridgewater, Red Earth (DDB Records)
• Evan Christopher, Delta Bound (Arbors)
• Anat Cohen & The Anzic Orchestra, Noir (Anzic)
• Eldar, re-imagination (Masterworks Jazz/Sony BMG)
• Anat Fort, A Long Story (ECM)
• Steve Lacy – Roswell Rudd Quartet, Early and Late (Cuneiform)
• Bireli LaGrene Gypsy Project, Just the Way You Are (Dreyfus Jazz)
• Mike Markaverich, Reel Time Standards (Marktime)
• Pink Martini, Hey Eugene! (Heinz)
• Bill Mays, The Inventions Trio (Palmetto)
• Mark Murphy, Love Is What Stays (Verve)
• Cynthia Sayer, Attractions (Plunk Records)
• Maria Schneider Orchestra, Sky Blue (ArtistShare)
• Dino Saluzzi & Anja Lechner, Ojos Negros (ECM)
• Gerald Wilson Orchestra, Monterey Moods (Mack Avenue)

TOP FIVE BOX SET REISSUES OF 2007

• Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions (Mosaic)
• The Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions, 1937-1941 (Mosaic)
• Billie Holiday, Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles (Columbia Legacy)
• Frank Sinatra, A Voice in Time, 1939-1952 (Columbia Legacy)
• Various, City of Dreams: A Collection of New Orleans Music (Rounder)

TOP FIVE SINGLE CD REISSUES OF 2007

• Albert Ayler Quartet, The Hilversum Sessions (ESP)
• Andy Bey and the Bey Sisters, 'Round Midnight (Concord/Prestige)
• Jimmy Blythe, Messin' Around Blues (Delmark)
• Barbara Dane and the Chambers Brothers (Smithsonian Folkways)
• Jim Robinson, Economy Hall Breakdown (Delmark)

TOP FIVE LATIN, BLUES, AND BEYOND OF 2007

• Maria, Muldaur, Naughty Bawdy & Blue (Stony Plain)
• Luis Muñoz, Of Soul and Shadow (Pelin Music)
• Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Raising Sand (Rounder)
• Bruce Springsteen, Magic (Columbia)
• Papo Vazquez Pirates Troubadours, From the Badlands (Picaro)