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Here are one writer's choices for the top jazz recordings and reissues of 2003.
The 10 best new jazz releases:
1. Lynne Arriale Trio, "Arise" (Motema)
2. Joel Harrison, "Free Country" (ACT)
3. The Bad Plus, "These are the Vistas" (Columbia)
4. Joey DeFrancesco featuring Joe Doggs, "Falling in Love Again" (Concord Jazz)
5. Jean-Michel Pilc, "Cardinal Points" (Dreyfus Jazz)
6. The Marsalis Family, "A Jazz Celebration" (Marsalis Music)
7. Abdullah Ibrahim, "African Magic" (Enja/Justin Time)
8. ScoLoHoFo, "Oh!" (Blue Note)
9. Project O, "Now As Then" (Jig Records/Justin Time)
10. Chucho Valdes, "New Conceptions" (Blue Note)
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The best jazz boxed sets or reissues:
1. Chick Corea, "Rendezvous in New York" (Stretch)
2. Count Basie and His Orchestra, "America's #1 Band" (Columbia Legacy)
3. Modern Jazz Quartet, "The Complete Modern Jazz Quartet Prestige and Pablo Recordings" (Prestige)
4. Miles Davis, "The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions" (Columbia Legacy)
5. Rosemary Clooney, "The Best of the Concord Years" (Concord Jazz)
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