Your favorite Jazz album - w/in last 5 years

James Carter - 'Chasin' the Gypsy'

Carter is my favorite youngish jazz musician. He has incredible chops and his albums are all quite different and wonderful. I like all of them, but especially this tribute to Django Reinhardt. It is beautiful and amazing, both musically and sonically.

Wynton Marsalis Septet - Live at the Village Vanguard

I predict this will stand the test of time. It is a definitive performance of the neo-traditional voice of Jazz at the turn of the century.

Night and the City, Kenny Barron and the Charlie Haden Quartet West. Stunning live recording from 1998.

If you mean a non-reissue in the last 5 years, then I would say either Wayne Shorter's Footprints or for an album that might just change jazz in the long-run...the Bad Plus "These Are the Vistas"

On the other hand...the best jazz released in the last 5 years are probably re-issues, oh well

"I'm Beginning To See the Light" by Martin Taylor and David Grisman on Acoustic Disc.

Absolutely supurb swinging jazz with great fidelity. Martin Taylor played guitar with Stephanne Grapelli for many years so it's got some of that Django Reinhardt feel, but the music is more modern and cool. Grisman is the master of jazz mandolin (and great recordings via his in home studio).

It's often filed under David Grisman and Martin Taylor. That is how Amazon lists it.