Jazzmatazz - Jazz CD Reviews

Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts - Wake Up!: (to what's happening) (Palmetto)
Jim Snidero - Up Close (Milestone)
Jamie Baum - Moving Forward Standing Still (OmniTone)
McCoy Tyner - Illuminations (Telarc)

The Beat Circus - Ringleader's Revolt (Innova)
Critters Buggin - Stampede (Ropeadope)

Dexter Gordon - The Complete Prestige Recordings (Prestige)

Patricia Barber - Live: A Fortnight In France (Blue Note)
Boy-Girl Band - Drop Your Leotards! (Synergy Music)
Paul Chambers - Mosaic Select (Mosaic)
Dapp Theory - Y'All Just Don't Know (Concord)
Miles Davis - Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis, 1963-64
— box set (Columbia/Legacy)

Duke Ellington - Blues in Orbit, Piano in the Foreground and Piano in the Background
(Columbia/Legacy)
Bill Evans - You Must Believe in Spring (Rhino/Warner Bros)
Don Friedman Trio - My Favorite Things (441 Records)

Stan Getz - Captain Marvel (Columbia/Legacy)
Carl Grubbs Quartet - Stepping Around the Giant (CIMP)
Charlie Hunter - Friends Seen & Unseen (Ropeadope)
Charlie Hunter & Bobby Previte's Groundtruther - Latitude (Thirsty Ear )
Abdullah Ibrahim - Cape Town Revisited & African Suite (Enja/Justin Time)
Jazz Jamaica All Stars - Massive (Dune Records)
Soweto Kinch - Conversations With The Unseen (Dune Records)

Tony Malaby Trio - Adobe (Sunnyside)
Branford Marsalis Quartet - Eternal (Marsalis Music)
Paul McCandless/Art Lande Quartet - Shapeshifter (Synergy Music)
Les McCann - Invitation to Openness (Water Records)
Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre - Morning Song (Delmark)
John McNeil - This Way Out (Omnitone)
Modern Jazz Quartet - The Complete Modern Jazz Quartet Prestige and Pablo Recordings (Pablo)
Oscar Peterson - Dimensions: A Compendium of the Pablo Years (Pablo)
Madeleine Peyroux - Careless Love (Rounder Sept 14 )

Larry Stabbins - Monadic (Emanem)

Grady Tate - All Love: Grady Tate Sings (441)
Clark Terry with Jeff Lindberg & the Chicago Jazz Orchestra
— George Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess" (Americana Music)
Patty Waters - You Thrill Me: A Musical Odyssey 1962-79 (Water Records)
Jeff "Tain" Watts - Detained at the Blue Note (Half Note Records)

Various Artists - Happy Birthday Newport! 50 Swinging Years - 3 CDs (Columbia/Legacy)
Various Artists - The Contemporary Records Story - 4 CDs (Contemporary)

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2004 Newsletters & capsule reviews

(159 - Jan 6 releases) ** (160 - Jan 13 releases) ** (161 - Jan 20 releases) ** (162 - Jan 27 releases)

(163 - Feb 3 releases) ** (164 - Feb 10 releases) ** (165 - Feb 17 releases) ** (166 - Feb 24 releases)

(167 - Mar 2 releases) ** (168 - Mar 9 releases) ** (169 - Mar 16 releases) ** (170 - Mar 23 releases) ** (171 - Mar 30 releases)

(172 - Apr 6 releases) ** (173 - Apr 13 releases) ** (174 - Apr 20 releases) ** (175 - Apr 27 releases)

(176 - May 4 releases) ** (177 - May 11 releases) ** (178 - May 18 releases) ** (179 - May 25 releases)

(180 - June 1 releases) ** (181 - June 8 releases) ** (182 - June 15 releases) ** (183 - June 22 releases) ** (184 - June 29 releases)

(185 - July 6 releases) ** (186 - July 13 releases) ** (187 - July 20 releases) ** (188 - July 27 releases)

(189 - Aug 3 releases) ** (190 - Aug 10 releases) ** (191 - Aug 17 releases) ** (192 - Aug 24 releases) ** (193 - Aug 31 releases)

(194 - Sept 7 releases) ** (195 - Sept 14 releases) ** (196 - Sept 21 releases) ** (197 - Sept 28 releases)

(198 - Oct 5 releases) ** (199 - Oct 12 releases) ** (200 - Oct 19 releases) ** (201 - Oct 26 releases)

(202 - Nov 2 releases) ** (203 - Nov 9 releases) ** (204 - Nov 16 releases) ** (205 - Nov 23 releases) ** (206 - Nov 30 releases)

(207 - Dec 7 releases) ** (208 - Dec 14 releases) ** (209 - Dec 21 & 28 releases)

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2003 Reviews

Ben Allison - Peace Pipe (Palmetto) 2002
Antipop Consortium - Antipop Vs. Matthew Shipp (Thirsty Ear)
Albert Ayler - Music is the Healing Force of the Universe (Impulse!) 1972/2003

Gary Bartz NTU Troop - I've Known Rivers and Other Bodies (Prestige) 1973/2003
Anthony Braxton - Two Compositions (Trio) 1998 (Leo)
Kenny Burrell - Moten Swing! (Euphoria/Columbia) 1961-62/2002 and Blue Muse (Concord Jazz)

Miles Davis - The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (Columbia/Legacy)
Don Friedman - Waltz for Debby (441 Records) and My Foolish Heart (SteepleChase)
Steve Kuhn - Oceans in the Sky (Sunnyside/Owl) 1989/2003
Nancy Harrow - Winter Dreams (Artists House)
Thelonius Monk - Criss-Cross, It's Monk's Time, Solo Monk & Underground (Columbia/Legacy)
Thelonius Monk - Monk in Paris (Hyena)

Sam Rivers - Crystals (Impulse) 1974/2002
John Szwed - So What: The Life of Miles Davis (Simon & Schuster)

Gary Bartz NTU Troop - I've Known Rivers and Other Bodies (Prestige) 1973/2003
Anthony Braxton - Two Compositions (Trio) 1998 (Leo)
Kenny Burrell - Moten Swing! (Euphoria/Columbia) 1961-62/2002 and Blue Muse (Concord Jazz)

Gary Bartz NTU Troop - I've Known Rivers and Other Bodies (Prestige) 1973/2003
B3 Bombers - Live at the Green Mill (Alltribe)
Joe Beck - Just Friends (Whaling City Sound)
David Borgo - Massanetta Springs (Circumvention)
Anthony Braxton - Four Compositions (GTM) 2000 (Delmark)
Anthony Braxton - Two Compositions (Trio) 1998 (Leo)
Peter Brotzmann - Die Like A Dog Quartet - Aoyama Crows (FMP) 1999/2002
Jane Bunnett - Cuban Odyssey (Blue Note)
Kenny Burrell - Moten Swing! (Euphoria/Columbia) 1961-62/2002 and Blue Muse (Concord Jazz)

Uri Caine Ensemble - Goldberg Variations (Winter & Winter) 2000
Ron Carter Nonet - Eight Plus (Dreyfus)
Sonny Clark - Sonny Clark Trio (Audio Fidelity/Time Records) 1959/2003
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme - Deluxe Edition (Impulse)
Carla Cook - Simply Natural (MaxJazz) 2002

Carlos Actis Dato's Actis Band - Garibaldi (Leo)
Jesse Davis - The Setup (Alltribe)
Miles Davis - Complete Live at the Black Hawk (Columbia/Legacy) 1961/2003
Miles Davis - The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (Columbia/Legacy)
Joey DeFrancesco with Joes Doggs - Falling in Love Again (Concord Jazz)
Dave Douglas - Freak In (RCA Bluebird)

Sonny Fortune/Billy Harper/Stanley Cowell/Reggie Workman/Billy Hart - Great Friends (Evidence)
Don Friedman - Waltz for Debby (441 Records) and My Foolish Heart (SteepleChase)
Jeff Gauthier Goatette - Mask (Cryptogramophone) 2002
Joe Giardullo - The Language of Swans (Drimala)
Slide Hampton & the World of Trombones - Spirit of the Horn (Manchester Crafstman Guild)
Nancy Harrow - Winter Dreams (Artists House)
Skip Heller - Homegoing (Innova)

Earl Hines - Once Upon A Time (Impulse!) 1966/2003
Milt Hinton - The Basement Tapes (Chiaroscuro)
Shirley Horn - May the Music Never End (Verve)
Javon Jackson - Easy Does It (Palmetto)
Khan Jamal Quintet - African Balafon (CIMP) 2002
Eric T. Johnson - Herbie Nichols Vol. 1 (Summit)
J.J. Johnson - Origins: The Savoy Sessions (Savoy Jazz) 1946-54/2002

Stacey Kent - In Love Again (Candid)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Compliments of the Mysterious Phantom (Hyena) 1974/2003
Jay Klum - Home Cookin' (Alltribe)
Toshinori Kondo - Nerve Tripper (DIW)
Lee Konitz with Alan Broadbent - Live-Lee (Milestone)
Lee Konitz/Matt Wilson - Gong with the Wind Suite (SteepleChase) 2002

Steve Kuhn & Gary McFarland - The October Suite (Impulse!) 1966/2003
Steve Kuhn - Oceans in the Sky (Sunnyside/Owl) 1989/2003

Byard Lancaster - It's Not Up To Us (Water/Vortex) 1968/2003
Doug Lawrence - Street Wise (Alltribe)
Joe Lovano Nonet - On This Day: At the Vanguard (Blue Note)
Jessica Lurie - Zipa Buka (Zipa) 2002

Pete Malinverni - Autumn in New York (Reservoir)
Virginia Mayhew - Phantoms (Renma)
Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound Ensemble - Snurdy McGurdy and Her Dancin' Shoes (Nessa)
Misha Mengelberg & the ICP Orchestra - Japan Japon (DIW)
Grachan Moncur III - Mosaic Select: Grachan Moncur III (Mosaic)
Thelonius Monk - Criss-Cross, It's Monk's Time, Solo Monk & Underground (Columbia/Legacy)
Thelonius Monk - Monk in Paris (Hyena)

Bob Moses - Love Animal (Amulet) 1967-68/2003

Larry Ochs & Drumming Core - The Neon Truth (Black Saint)
Orchestre National de Jazz - Charmediterraneen (ECM)
Greg Osby - St. Louis Shoes (Blue Note)

Charlie Parker - The Complete Savoy and Dial Master Takes (Savoy Jazz) 1944-48/2002
Jeff Parker - Like-Coping (Delmark)
William Parker Violin Trio - Scrapbook (Thirsty Ear)
Bruno Raberg - Ascensio (Orbis)
Dianne Reeves - A Little Moonlight (Blue Note)
Sam Rivers - Crystals (Impulse) 1974/2002
Aldo Romano & Joe Lovano - Ten Tales (Sunnyside/Owl) 1989/2003
Pee Wee Russell - Ask Me Now! (Impulse!) 1963/2003

Pharoah Sanders - Live (Evidence)
ScoLoHoFo (Scofield/Lovano/Holland/Foster) - Oh! (Blue Note)
Sex Mob - Sex Mob Does Bond (Ropeadope) 2001
Archie Shepp - Attica Blues (Impulse!) 1963/2003

Matthew Shipp - Equilibrium (Thirsty Ear)
Wayne Shorter - Alegria (Verve)
Wally Shoup Trio - Fusillades & Lamentations (Leo)
Sonny Stitt - The Last Sessions (Savoy Jazz) 1982/2003
John Surman/Jack DeJohnette & London Brass - Free and Equal (ECM)
John Szwed - So What: The Life of Miles Davis (Simon & Schuster)

John Taylor Trio - Rosslyn (ECM)
Steve Turre - One 4J (Telarc)
McCoy Tyner - Land of Giants (Telarc)
The Vandermark 5 - Airports for Light (Atavistic)
Cedar Walton - Naima (Savoy Jazz) 1973/2003
Matt Wilson - Humidity (Palmetto)
Jessica Williams - All Alone (MAXJAZZ)

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2003 Newsletters & capsule reviews

(108 - Jan 7 releases) ** (109 - Jan 14 releases) ** (110 - Jan 21 releases) ** (111 - Jan 28 releases)

(112 - Feb 4 releases) ** (113 - Feb 11 releases) ** (114 - capsule reviews & Feb 18 releases) ** (115 - capsule reviews & Feb 25 releases)

(116 - capsule reviews & March 4 releases) ** (117 - capsule reviews & March 11 releases) ** (118 - March 18 releases) ** (119 - March 25 releases)

(120 - April 1 releases) ** (121 - Whither Jazzmatazz?) ** (122 - April 8 releases) ** (123 - April 15 releases) ** (124 - April 22 releases) ** (125 - April 29 releases)

(126 - May 6 releases) ** (127 - May 13 releases) ** (128 - May 20 releases) ** (129 - May 27 releases)

(130 - June 3 releases) ** (131 - June 10 releases) ** (132 - June 17 releases) ** (133 - June 24 releases)

(134 - July 1 releases) ** (135 - July 8 releases) ** (136 - July 15 releases) ** (137 - July 22 releases) ** (138 - July 29 releases)

(139 - Aug 5 releases) ** (140 - Aug 12 releases) (141 - Aug 19 releases) ** (142 - Aug 26 releases)

(143 - Sept 2 releases) ** (144 - Sept 9 releases) ** (145 - Sept 16 releases) ** (146 - Sept 23 releases) ** (147 - Sept 30 releases)

(148 - Oct 7 releases) ** (149 - Oct 14 releases) ** (150 - Oct 21 releases) ** (151 - Oct 28 releases)

(152 - Nov 4 releases) ** (153 - Nov 11 releases) ** (154 - Nov 18 releases) ** (155 - Nov 25 releases)

(156 - Dec 2 releases) ** (157 - Dec 9 & Dec 16 releases) ** (158 - Dec 23 & Dec 30 releases)

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2002 Reviews

Cannonball Adderley - Radio Nights (Hyena/Night Records)
Karrin Allyson - In Blue (Concord)

Kenny Barron - Canta Brasil (Sunnyside)
Jerry Bergonzi - A Different Look (Double-Time)
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World - 2 CDs (Blue Note) 1960/2002
Ray Brown/Monty Alexander/Russell Malone - Ray Brown/Monty Alexander/Russell Malone (Telarc)
Anthony Braxton - Eight Compositions (Quintet) 2001 (CIMP)

Terri Lyne Carrington - Jazz Is A Spirit (ACT)
Charlie Christian - The Genius of the Electric Guitar (Columbia/Legacy)
Andrew Cyrille/Mark Dresser/Marty Ehrlich - C/D/E (Jazz Magnet)
Miles Davis - The Complete Miles Davis At Montreux (Columbia/Legacy)

Charles Earland Tribute Band - Keepers of the Flame (HighNote)
Either/Orchestra - Afro-cubism (Accurate Records)
Duke Ellington - At The Alhambra (Pablo) - 1958/2002
Duke Ellington - Memories of Duke - DVD (MVD/Quantum Leap) — 1968/2002
Kahil El'Zabar - Love Outside of Dreams (Delmark)
Bill Evans Trio - Consecration: The Final Recordings, Part 2 (Milestone) - 1980/2002
Bill Frisell - with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones (Nonesuch)

Dizzy Gillespie - Odyssey 1945-1952 (Savoy Jazz)
Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars - Things To Come (Telarc)
Dino Govoni - In The Library (Whaling City Sound)
Norman Granz' J.A.T.P. - Carnegie Hall 1949 (Pablo)
Sunna Gunnlaugs - Mindful (Sunny Sky)

Eddie Harris - A Tale of Two Cities (Hyena/Night Records)
Hampton Hawes with Don Asher - Raise Up Off Me: A Portrait of Hampton Hawes (Thunder's Mouth Press)
Andrew Hill Sextet in concert at the - Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia (8 Dec 2001)

Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette - Inside Out (ECM)
Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette - Always Let Me Go (ECM)
Etta Jones - The Best of Etta Jones: The Prestige Singles (Prestige) — 1960-63/2002
and Etta Jones Sings Lady Day (HighNote)

Bob Kaufman/Bruce Gertz/Jerry Bergonzi - The Line Between (Whaling City)
Stan Kenton - Stompin' At Newport (Pablo) - 1957/2002
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Man Who Cried Fire (Hyena/Night Records)

Butch Lacy - Solo, But Not Alone (Stunt)
Hubert Laws - Rite of Spring (Epic/Legacy-CTI) 1971/2002
Charles Lloyd - Lift Every Voice (ECM)
Matthias Lupri Group - Same Time Twice (Summit)

Mat Maneri featuring Joe Mcphee - Sustain (Thirsty Ear)
Andy McKee - One World (CAP)
The Brad Mehldau Trio - Progression (Warner Bros)
Dom Minasi - Goin' Out Again (CDM Records)
Misha Mengelberg - Four In One (Songlines)
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream, Monk and Live at Newport (Columbia/Legacy)

Red Norvo - The Modern Red Norvo (Savoy Jazz)
Charlie Parker - Best of the Complete Live Performances on Savoy (Savoy Jazz)
Alex Riel - Celebration (Stunt)
Renee Rosnes - Life on Earth (Blue Note)

Archie Shepp & the Full Moon Ensemble - Live in Antibes (Fuel 2000/BYG) — 1970/2002
Judi Silvano & Mal Waldron - Riding A Zephyr (Soul Note)
Jeremy Stark/Andrew Paulsen/Tom Abbs/Paul Corio - Indoor Record (Rent Control)
Tierney Sutton - Something Cool (Telarc)

Cecil Taylor - The Willisau Concert (Intakt) — 2000/2002
Henry Threadgill - Everybodys Mouth's A Book (Pi) and Up Popped the Two Lips (Pi)
Trio Aab - Wherever I Lay My Home That's My Hat (Omnitone)
Tunnels - Progressivity (Buckyball)

Cedar Walton - Latin Tinge (HighNote)
Weather Report - Mysterious Traveler, Tale Spinnin' and Black Market (Columbia Legay) — 1974-76/2002
Kenny Werner - Beat Degeneration (Sunnyside)

Various Artists - Jazz Memories (Gravity Limited/Innerhythmic)

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2002 Newsletters & capsule reviews

December — 104 105 106 107
November — 100 101 102 103
October — 97 98 99

July-Oct 2002
Jan-Jun 2002

Capsule Reviews 2002
January

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2001 Reviews

2001 Best-of-year by Jules Epstein
2001 Best-of-year by Alan Lankin

Eric Alexander - The Second Milestone (Milestone) 2001
Ben Allison & Medicine Wheel - Riding the Nuclear Tiger (Palmetto) 2001
Barry Altschul - You Can't Name Your Own Tune (32 Jazz/Muse) 1977/2000
Arild Anderson - Molde Concert (ECM) 1981/2001
Louis Armstrong - The Big Bands Recordings 1930-32 (JSP) 2000
Ray Anderson - Bonemeal (Raybone) 2000

Gregg Bendian's Interzone - Requiem For Jack Kirby (Atavistic)
Michael Blake - Drift (Intuition) 2001
Paul Bley - Basics (Justin Time) 2001
Jane Ira Bloom - Sometimes the Magic (Arabesque) 2001
Bik Bent Braam - 13 (BVHaast) 2000
George Braith - The Complete Blue Note Sessions (Blue Note) 1963-64/2001

Anthony Braxton - Nine Compositions (Hill) (2000) (CIMP)
Anthony Braxton/Scott Rosenberg - Compositions/Improvisations 2000 (Barely Auditable) 2001
Peter Brotzmann Group - F-ck De Boere (Atavistic UMS) 1968,1970/2001
The Ray Bryant Trio - North of the Border (Label M) 2001
Ray Bryant - Somewhere in France (Label M) 1993/2000
Jaki Byard - Sunshine of My Soul (Prestige)
Don Byron - A Fine Line: Arias and Lieder (Blue Note) 2000

Uri Caine/Christian McBride/Ahmir Thompson - The Philadelphia Experiment (Rope-a-Dope)
Roy Campbell - Ethnic Stew and Brew (Delmark) 2001
Baikida Carroll - Marionettes on a High Wire (Omnitone) 2001
Nels Cline - Destroy All Nels Cline (Atavistic) 2001
Bill Cole and the Untempered Ensemble - Solos and Duets, Vol. 1 (Boxholder Records) 2001
John Coltrane - The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording (Impulse)
John Coltrane - Live Trane: The European Tours (Pablo) 1961-63/2001
Marc Copland/Kenny Wheeler/John Abercrombie - at Chris' Jazz Cafe
— - review and photos of 12/7/2001 concert

Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool (Capitol Jazz RVG Edition) 1949-50/2001
Miles Davis - It's About That Time: Live at the Fillmore East, March 7, 1970 (Columbia/Legacy)
Miles Davis - The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions (Columbia/Legacy) 1968-69/2001
Ernest Dawkins's New Horizons Ensemble - Jo'burg Jump (Delmark) 2000
Elton Dean - QED (Jazzprint) 2000
Joey DeFrancesco - The Champ, Round 2 (High Note) 2000
Bill Dixon/Franz Koglmann/Steve Lacy - Opium (Between the Lines) 1973-76/2001

Duke Ellington - All-Star Bands Vols. 1 & 2 (Collectables) 1957+1964/2001
Kahil El'Zabar/Billy Bang - Spirits Entering (Delmark)
EZ Pour Spout - Don't Shave The Feeling (Love Slave)
Ella Fitzgerald - Sophisticated Lady (Pablo) 1975+83/2001

Renaud Garcia-Fons & Jean-Louis Matinier - Fuera (Enja) 2001
Stan Getz & Albert Dailey - Poetry (Blue Note) 1983/2001
Milford Graves - Stories (Tzadik) 2000
Benny Green - Green's Blues (Telarc) 2001
Don Grolnick - The London Concert (Fuzzy Music) 1995/2000

Andrew Hill - Lift Every Voice (Blue Note)
Earl Hines - At The Party (Delmark)
Billie Holiday - Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933-1944) (Columbia/Legacy)
Dave Holland Quintet - Not For Nothin' (ECM)
Freddie Hubbard - New Colors (Hip Bop) 2001
Freddie Hubbard/Jimmy Heath - Jam Gems (Label M) 1965/2001
— review #1
Freddie Hubbard/Jimmy Heath - Jam Gems (Label M) 1965/2001
— review #2
Freddie Hubbard - Fastball (Label M) 1967/2001

Stacey Kent - Dreamsville (Candid)
Stan Kenton - Easy Go (Capitol Jazz) 1950-52/2001
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Here Comes the Whistleman (Label M/Atlantic) 1965/2001
Lee Konitz - Parallels (Chesky)

Byard Lancaster & Odean Pope - Philadelphia Spirit in New York (CIMP)
Harold Land Quartet - Promised Land (Audiophoric) 2001
Prince Lasha Quintet Featuring Sonny Simmons - The Cry! (OJC/Contemporary) 1962/2001
John Lindberg Ensemble - The Catbird Sings (Soul Note) 2000
John Lindberg Ensemble - A Treefrog Tonality (between the lines) 2000
Joe Lovano - Trio Fascination (Blue Note) 2001

Pat Martino - Live at Yoshi's (Blue Note) 2001
Bill Mays Trio - Summer Sketches (Palmetto) 2001
Myra Melford/Marty Ehrlich - Yet Can Spring (Arabesque) 2001
Charles 'Baron' Mingus - West Coast: 1945-49 (Uptown) 2001
Charles Mingus - The Very Best of Charles Mingus (Atlantic) 1956-61/2001

The Modern Jazz Quartet - European Concert (Label M/Atlantic) 1960/2001
Thelonious Monk - The Columbia Years: 1962-68 (Columbia/Legacy) 2001
Thelonious Monk - Live in Tokyo (Columbia/Legcay) 1963/2001
Thelonious Monk - Live at the Jazz Workshop-Complete (Columbia/Legcay) 1964/2001

Paul Motian and the E.B.B.B. - Europe (Winter & Winter)
Gerry Mulligan - The Gerry Mulligan Quartets in Concert (Pablo) 1957+1962/2001
David Murray - Like A Kiss That Never Ends (Justin Time) 2001

Albert Nicholas with Art Hodes' All-Stars - Albert's Back In Town (Delmark) 1959/2001
The Herbie Nichols Project - Strange City (Palmetto)
Oregon - Oregon in Moscow (Intuition) 2000

Charlie Parker - The Washington Concerts (Blue Note) 1952-53/2001
Art Pepper - The Hollywood All-Star Sessions (Galaxy) 1979-82/2001
Ben Pollack - Vols. 2 & 3 (Jazz Oracle) 1928-29/2001
Chris Potter - Gratitude (Verve)
Don Preston - Transformation (Cryptogramophone) 2001
Don Pullen - Solo Piano Album (Sackville) 1975/2000

Hugh Ragin Trumpet Ensemble - Fanfare & Siesta (Justin Time)
Marc Ribot - Saints (Division One/Atlantic)
Gonzalo Rublacaba - Supernova (Blue Note)

The Sandole Brothers - And Guests (Fantasy) 1955/2000
School Days - Crossing Division (Okka Disk) 2000 (Ken Vandermark & Jeb Bishop)
John Scofield - Works For Me (Verve) 2001
Archie Shepp/Roswell Rudd - Live in New York (Verve)
Archie Shepp - St. Louis Blues (Jazz Magnet)
Matthew Shipp - New Orbit (Thirsty Ear) 2001

Harold E. Smith - In the Valley of Sacred Sound 2001
Jimmy Smith - Fourmost Return (Milestone) 1990/2001
Martial Solal - Dodecaband Plays Ellington (Dreyfus) 2001
Markus Stockhausen/Arild Anderson/Patrice Heral/Terje Rypdal - Karta (ECM) 2001
Sun Ra - Nuclear War (Atavistic Unheard Music Series) 1982/2001
John Surman - Coruscating (ECM) 2000

Malachi Thompson - Talking Horns (Delmark)
Ralph Towner - Anthem (ECM) 2001
Steve Turre - T N T (Trombone and Tenor) (Telarc)
Chucho Valdes - Solo (Live in New York) (Blue Note) 1998/2001

Eberhard Weber - Endless Days (ECM)
Don Wilkerson - The Complete Blue Note Sessions (Blue Note) 1962-63/2001
Matt Wilson - Arts and Crafts (Palmetto) 2001
World Saxophone Quartet - 25th Anniversary - The New Chapter (Justin Time) 2001
Bobby Zankel - Transcend and Triumph (CIMP)

Capsule Reviews 2001
March / April / May / June / July / August / September / October / November / December

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2000 Reviews

2000 Best-of-year by Jules Epstein
2000 Best-of-year by Alan Lankin

Muhal Richard Abrams - Things To Come From Those Now Gone (Delmark) 1972/2000
Alex Blake Quintet - Now Is The Time (Bubblecore) 2000 (featuring Pharoah Sanders)
Carla Bley - 4 x 4 (ECM) 2000

Joanne Brackeen - Popsicle Illusion (Arkadia Jazz) 2000
Anthony Braxton - For Alto (Delmark) 1969/2000 — review #1
Anthony Braxton - For Alto (Delmark) 1969/2000 — review #2
Ray Bryant - Somewhere In France (Label M) 1993/2000

Chicago Underground Trio - Flamethrower (Delmark) 2000
George Coleman Octet - Danger High Voltage (Two and Four) 2000

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin - Blues Up and Down (Milestone) 1960,1961/2000
Kenny Dorham - Whistle Stop (Blue Note) 1961/2000
Dave Douglas Charms of the Night Sky - A Thousand Evenings (RCA Victor) 2000
Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio - Africa N'da Blues (Delmark) 2000
Bill Evans Trio - The Last Waltz (Milestone) 1980/2000

Chuck Florence - Remembering Jim Pepper (Saxophile) 2000
Stan Getz - My Foolish Heart: Live at the Left Bank (Label M) 1975/2000
Grant Green - Alive (Blue Note) 1970/2000

Jim Hall - Grand Slam: Live at the Regattabar (Telarc) 2000
Chico Hamilton with Eric Dolphy - The Original Ellington Suite (Pacific Jazz) 1958/2000
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner (Blue Note) 1968/2000

Joe Henderson - Our Thing (Blue Note) 1963/2000
Johnny Hodges - The Complete Verve Johnny Hodges Small Group Sessions 1956-61 (Mosaic) 2000
Dave Holland Quintet - Prime Directive (ECM) 2000

Italian Instabile Orchestra - Litania Sibilante (Enja) 2000
Keith Jarrett - Whisper Not (ECM) 2000
The Jazz Tribe - The Next Step (Red Records) 2000

Steve Lacy - Hooky (Emanem) 1976/2000
Steve Lacy - Snips (Jazz Magnet) 1976/2000
Charles Lloyd - The Water is Wide (ECM) 2000
Joe Lovano - 52nd Street Themes (Blue Note) 2000

Kalaparusha Maurice Mcintyre - Humility In The Light Of Creation (Delmark) 1969/2000
John McLaughlin - The Heart of Things Live (Verve) 2000
John McLaughlin - The Believer (Verve) 2000
Jackie McLean - A Fickle Sonance (Blue Note) 1961/2000

Tony Malaby - Sabino (Arabesque) 2000
Mat Maneri Quartet - Blue Decco (Thirsty Ear) 2000
Virginia Mayhew - No Walls (Foxhaven) 2000
Brad Mehldau - Places (Warner) 2000

Palle Mikkelborg/Kenneth Knudson/Niels-Henning Ørsted Pederson - Imagine (Storyville) 1986/2000
M.O.B. Trio - Loose (Omnitone) 2000
Hank Mobley - The Turnaround (Blue Note) 1963,1965/2000
Hank Mobley - No Room For Squares (Blue Note) 1963/2000

Thelonious Monk - Complete Prestige Recordings 3-CD box (Prestige) 1952-54/2000
Tisziji Muñoz - Auspicious Healing (Anami) 2000

Oregon - Oregon in Moscow (Intuition) 2000
Greg Osby - Invisible Hand (Blue Note) 2000
Harold Ousley - Grit-Gittin' Feelin' (Delmark) 2000

Charlie Parker - The Complete Charlie Parker Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings (Savoy) 1944-48/2000
Annette Peacock - an acrobat's heart (ECM) 2000
Sonny Red - Red, Blue and Green (Milestone) 1961/2000
Rob Reddy Quttah - However Humble (Koch) 2000

Sonny Rollins - This Is What I Do (Milestone) 2000
Maria Schneider - Allegresse (Enja) 2000
Todd Selbert, ed. - The Art Pepper Companion (Cooper Square Press) 2000

Wayne Shorter - The All Seeing Eye (Blue Note) 1965/2000
Horace Silver - Six Pieces of Silver (Blue Note) 1957+1958/2000
Jimmy Smith - House Party (Blue Note) 1957-58/2000
Jimmy Smith - The Sermon (Blue Note) 1957+1958/2000

Dr. Lonnie Smith - The Turbanator (32 Jazz) 1991/2000
Heiner Stadler - Alchemy (Labor) 1975/2000
Sonny Stitt - Just The Way It Was: Live at the Left Bank (Label M) 1971/2000

Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra - When Angels Speak of Love (Evidence) 1963/2000
Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra - Pathways To Unknown Worlds/Friendly Love (Evidence) 1973/2000
Sun Ra and His Arkestra - The Great Lost Sun Ra Albums: Cymbals and Crystal Spears (Evidence) 1973/2000
Sun Ra and His Arkestra - Lanquidity (Evidence) 1978/2000
Sun Ra and His Arkestra - Greatest Hits: Easy Listening for Intergalactic Travel (Evidence) various/2000

UMO Jazz Orchestra with Kenny Wheeler and Norma Winstone - One More Time (A-Records) 2000
Cedar Walton - The Maestro (32 Jazz) various/2000
Randy Weston - Solo, Duo & Trio (Milestone/Riverside) 1954-55/2000

Mark Whitecage Trio - Fractured Again: Live on Tour in Tours Vol. 2 (Acoustic) 2000
Mark Whitecage Quartet - Fragments of a Dream (Acoustic) 2000
Mark Whitecage - Moon Blue Boogie, Fractured Standards & Fairy Tales and Turning Point (Acoustics) 2000

David X. Young - Jazz Loft 1954-65 (Jazz Magnet) 2000
Denny Zeitlin - As Long As There's Music (32 Jazz) 2000
John Zorn - Masada - Live in Sevilla 2000 (Tzadik) 2000

Various Artists - Ken Burns Jazz (Sony & Verve) 2000
Various Artists - Rhapsodies in Black: Voice and Music From The Harlem Renaissance (Rhino) 2000

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