More "Best of 2007" lists

A few more additions to the list of "Best of 2007" lists:

* About.com's "Best alternative jazz of 2007"
* AllAboutJazz.com's contributors' "Best of 2007" picks
* Avant Music News' best of 2007
* Associated Press Best Jazz of 2007 (via the Lansing State Journal)
* Blogcritics "Jazz Workshop" columnist Michael J. West's best of 2007
* New Republic music critic David Hajdu's "The Year in Jazz"
* Village Voice 2007 Jazz Poll overview and "best of 2007" list from Francis Davis
* Village Voice 2007 Jazz Poll results
* Village Voice 2007 Jazz Poll - "The Year in Skronk"
* Village Voice's Tom Hull's best of 2007
* Village Voice 2007 Jazz Poll individual critics' ballots A-O and P-Z

Rounding up the "Best of 2007" lists

Once again this year, and for pretty much the same reasons I cited last year, I'm declining the opportunity to post a personal "best jazz of the year" list. However, for those who like that sort of thing - and judging by the hits a similar post garnered at the end of 2006, there are quite a few of you - here's a roundup of links to a bunch of other year-end "best of 2007" jazz lists available on the Web:

* PopMatters best jazz of 2007
* AllAboutJazz.com reader forum thread on the best jazz of 2007
* Organissimo reader forum thread on the best jazz of 2007
* AllMusic.com's best jazz of 2007, part 1 (new releases) and part 2 (reissues)
* Boston Globe's best jazz of 2007
* Best jazz of 2007 lists from 35 members of the Jazz Journalists Association
(Scroll down for links to individual lists)
* Fred Kaplan's best jazz of 2007 list for Slate, plus his bonus lists for his blog at Stereophile
* NPR's best jazz of 2007
* NPR's best jazz box sets of 2007
* USA Today's best box sets of 2007 (covers multiple genres, including jazz)
* Rhapsody's best jazz of 2007
* Destination: Out's best of 2007
* About.com's best jazz recordings and best jazz box sets of 2007
* J.D. Considine'a best jazz of 2007 list for the Toronto Globe and Mail
* Howard Mandel's favorite jazz recordings of 2007, and his list of the year's noteworthy jazz events
* San Jose Mercury News' best jazz releases of 2007
* Another NPR best jazz of 2007 list, via Seattle's KPLU
* Philadelphia critic Stephen Adler's best jazz of 2007
* San Diego Union Tribune best jazz of 2007
* Hour (Canadian entertainment website) picks the best jazz of 2007
* San Francisco Chronicle's best records of 2007 (multiple genres, including some jazz releases)

Please feel free to use the comments to 1) post links to any other year-end jazz lists you've found that aren't listed here; or 2) tell the world about your own favorite jazz releases of 2007.

UPDATE - 1/6/08, 1:00p.m.: More "Best of 2007" lists here.

(Edited after posting to correct some formatting problems.)

RFT's "2007 Year in Music" essays now online

And speaking of newspapers and critics, the Riverfront Times has a special issue this week recapping the year 2007 in music and movies. A number of local contributors, including yr. humble editor, chipped in with short essays about theirs like and dislikes and the major events of 2007 in their particular areas of interest, and there's also material from writers for other papers owned by RFT parent Village Voice Media. The multi-page feature starts here, or you can skip ahead to my my take on some noteworthy local events in jazz and blues by going here.