My Sunday Times choices. Full details here [£].
1 JOHN BEASLEY: Presents Monk’estra, Vol 1 (Mack Avenue)
2 CHARLIE HUNTER: Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth (GroundUp)
3 MADELEINE PEYROUX: Secular Hymns (Impulse!)
4 THAD JONES/MEL LEWIS ORCHESTRA: All My Yesterdays (Resonance)
5 ALLAN HARRIS: Nobody’s Gonna Love You Better (Membran)
6 STU BROWN: Twisted Toons Vol 2: The Music of Carl Stalling, Scott Bradley & More (Cadiz Music)
7 JOHN ETHERIDGE & VIMALA ROWE: Out of the Sky (Dyad)
8 NORAH JONES: Day Breaks (Blue Note/Virgin EMI)
9 THE HOT SARDINES: French Fries & Champagne (Decca)
10 ALLEN TOUSSAINT: American Tunes (Nonesuch)