The Best CDs of 2009
     
    George Benson
    Jesse Cook
    Bernie Williams
    Jessy J
    Euge Groove
     
    Cindy Bradley
    Walter Beasley
    East Bay Soul
    Pieces of a Dream
    Gregg Karukas
    CD Releases 2009
     
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    January 2009
     
    27   Walter Beasley

    Free Your Mind
    		 Heads Up
    27  

    Incognito

    More Takes Remixed

    		 Heads Up
    27   Chuck Loeb

    #1 Smooth Jazz Radio Hits    		 Shanachie
      Paul Jackson Jr.

    Lay It Back
     
     
    February 2009
     
    3 Boney James

    Send One Your Love    		 Concord
    10   Various Artists

    Hot Buttered Jazz: Celebrating the Genius of Issac Hayes    		 Shanachie
    17   Darren Rahn

    Talk of the Town    		 Nu Groove Records
    24   Pieces of a Dream

    Soul Intent    		 Heads Up
    24 Jeff Kashiwa

    Back in the Day
     
     
    March 2009
     
    3 Fourplay

    Live in Cape Town    		  
    10 > Rippingtons

    Modern Art    		 Heads Up
           
    10 Philippe Saisse

    At World's Edge    		 Koch Records
    10   Nat King Cole, Re: Generations

    Varius Artists    		 Capital
    17   Nils

    Up Close & Personal    		 Baja Records
    24 Chuck Loeb

    Between 2 Worlds    		 Heads Up
    24   Joe Sample & Randy Crawford

    No Regrets    		 Pra
           
    24 Diane Krall

    Quiet Nights    		 Verve
    24   Basia

    It's That Girl Again    		 Koch Records
    31
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    		 Gregg Karukas

    GK    		 Trippin & Rhythm
    31   Chris Botti

    Chris Botti In Boston (CD)    		 Columbia
    31   Chris Botti

    Chris Botti In Boston (CD/DVD)    		 Columbia
     
     
    April 2009
     
    7 Paul Brown & Marc Antoine

    Foreign Exchange    		 Peak Records
         
      Joyce Cooling

    Global Cooling    		 Group 2 Productions
           
    13   Bob James

    The Very Best of Bob James    		 Salvo
    14 Bernie Williams

    Moving Forward    		 REFORM RECORDS
    Rock Ridge Music
    21   Jackiem Joyner

    Lil' Man Soul
    		 Artistry Music
    21   Grant Geissman

    Cool Man Cool    		 Open All Nite
    Futurism Records
    21   Richard Elliot

    Rock Steady    		 Artizen
    21   Down to the Bone

    Future Boogie
    		 Shanachie
           
    28   Spyro Gyra

    Down the Wire    		 Heads Up
    28   Marion Meadows

    Secrets    		 Heads Up
    28  

    U-NAM

    Unanimity

    		 TRIPPIN & RHYTHM
    28   Jay Soto

    Mesmerized    		 Nu Groove Records
           
    28 Yellowjackets

    New Morning, The Paris Concert    		 Heads Up
           
    28 Melody Gardot

    My One and Only Thrill
    		 Verve
     
     
    May 2009
     
    12   Candy Dulfer

    Funked Up
    		 Heads Up
    12 Jazz in the Garden
    Stanley Clarke, Heromi, Lenny White

    		 Heads Up
    19 Craig Chaquico

    Follow the Sun    		 Schenachie
    19 Terri Lyne Carrington

    More To Say...    		 Koch Records
           
    25 Paul Hardcastle

    Collection 2009    		 TRIPPIN & RHYTHM
     
     
    June 2009
     
    2   Kyle Eastwood

    Metropolitan    		 Rendezous
           
    2 Four80East

    Roll On    		  
           
    16 Will Downing

    Classique    		 Peak Records
           
    23 Alexander Zonjic

    Doin' the D    		 Heads Up
           
    23   Cindy Bradley

    Bloom
    		  
     
     
    July 2009
     
    21   Paul Taylor
    Burnin'    		 Peak Records
    28   Rick Braun

    All It Takes    		 Artistry Music
     
     
    August 2009
     
    4 Jessy J

    True Love    		 Peak Records
    11 Mike Stern

    Big Neighborhood    		 Heads Up
           
    18 Hiroshima

    Legacy    		 Heads Up
    25 George Benson

    Songs & Stories    		 Heads Up
    25 Najee

    Mind Over Matter    		 Heads Up
           
    25   Jeff Golub

    I'll Play the Blues For You    		  
     
     
    September 2009
     
    6   Matt Marshak

    Family Funktion    		 Nuance
           
    8   Peter White

    Good Day    		  
           
    8 Spencer Day

    Vagabond     		Concord Jazz
           
    22   East Bay Soul

    East Bay Soul    		  
           
    29   Jesse Cook

    The Rumba Foundation
    		 Koch Records
           
    29   Sax Pack

    The Pack Is Back    		 Shanachie
           
    29 Melba Moore and Phil Perry

    The Gift of Love    		 Shanachie
           
    29 Michael McDonald

    This Christamas    		 Razor & Tie
     
     
    October 2009
     
    27   Euge Groove

    Sunday Morning    		 Shanachie
           
    27   Everette Harp

    First Love    		 Shanachie
           
    27   Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records Presents: The Very Best of Christmas
    Paul Hardcastle, Gregg Karukas, Jaared, Oli Silk, Tim Bowman,
    Cindy Bradley, U-Nam

    		TRIPPIN & RHYTHM
     
     
    November 2009
     
    10 Brian Culbertson

    Live From the Inside
    		 Verve
           
    17 Norah Jones

    The Fall    		 Blue Note
     
    December 2009
     
    1   Derek Frank

    Let the Games Begin    		  
     
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