Jazzmatazz - Upcoming 2006 Jazz Releases

Upcoming Jazz Releases

Last Update - 26 June 2006

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20 June 2006

Tom Lellis - Avenus of the Americas (Beamtide) June 13

NEW Ray Crawford - Smooth Groove (Candid Records) June 20
— Lucky Thompson (soprano & tenor saxophones); Martial Solal (piano); Peter Trunk (bass); Kenny Clarke (drums); recorded in Paris, France in 1960
NEW Harry "Sweets" Edison - Swing Summit (Candid Records) June 20
— Harry Edison (trumpet); Buddy Tate (saxophone, clarinet); Hugh Lawson (piano); Ray Drummond (bass); Bobby Durham (drums); 1990
NEW Lucky Thompson - Lord, Lord Am I Ever Gonna Know (Candid Records) June 20
— Ray Crawford (guitar), Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone), Johnny Coles (trumpet), Junior Mance (piano), Ben Tucker (bass), Frankie Dunlop (drums); 1961

NEW Buddy Greco - Route 66: A Personal Tribute To Nat King Cole (Choice) June 20

Glenn Tyree - 1947-52 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1420) June 20
Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra - 1952-54 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1421) June 20
Red Norvo - 1950-51 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1422) June 20
Errol Garner - 1953-54 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1423) June 20
Dizzy Gillespie - 1953-54 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1424) June 20

Fred Martin - Some Bridges (Concord Records) June 20

NEW Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble - The Messenger: Live at the Velvet Lounge (Delmark 569) June 20
NEW Deep Blue Organ Trio - Going To Town: Live At The Green Mill (Delmark 569) June 20
NEW Kansas City Frank Melrose - Bluesiana (Delmark) June 20

NEW Stan Kenton - Big Sounds From The Small Screen (Dynaflow) June 20

— compilation of audio soundtracks taken from 22 TV appearances - all tracks are previously unreleased; tracks from Stan's first televised encounter at the Hollywood Bowl in 1948 to his last European on-air concert in 1976
NEW Stan Kenton - Kenton For Collectors, Vol. 2 (Dynaflow) June 20

The Source - The Source (ECM Records 1966) June 20
— Øyvind Brække, Per Oddvar Johansen, Trygve Seim, Mats Eilertsen
Martin Speake/Bobo Stenson/Mick Hutton/Paul Motian - Change of Heart (ECM Records 1831)

— Martin Speake (alto sax), Bobo Stenson (piano), Mick Hutton (bass), Paul Motian (drums)

NEW Marc Moulin - Placebo Years, 1971-74 (EMI [England]) June 20
— with Philip Catherine

NEW Laurindo Almeida featuring Bud Shank - Brazillance Vol. 1 (Concert Creations For Guitar) (Five Four [England]) June 20

Hal Stein Quartet - Spirit! (Guide Tone Media) June 20

— Hal Stein (tenor saxophone); Lee Bloom (piano); John Wiitala (6-string bass); Danny Spencer (drums)

NEW Original Dixieland Jazz Band - The Return (Hep [England]) June 20

— 1936-38

NEW The Crosby Brothers - Bing & Bob - 2 CDs (Jasmine) June 20
— 48 tracks

NEW Dorsey Brothers - Volume 4 (Jazz Oracle 8051) June 20

NEW D.D. Jackson - Serenity Song (Justin Time) June 20
NEW World Saxophone Quartet - Political Blues (Justin Time) June 20

Phil Woods Quintet - American Songbook (Kind of Blue Records 10005) June 20
— Phil Woods (saxophone & clarinet), Bill Charlap (piano), Steve Gilmore (bass), Bill Goodwin (drums), Brian Lynch (trumpet); liner notes by Nat Hentoff

George Cables Trio - Polkadots and Moonbeams: A Letter To Dexter (Kind of Blue Records 10006) June 20

— George Cables (piano), Rufus Reid (bass), Victor Lewis (drums)
— tribute to Dexter Gordon from three alumni; tunes by and associated with Dexter Gordon

Gebhard Ullman/Chris Dahlgren/Jay Rosen - Cut It Out (Leo Records 457) June 20
— Gebhard Ullman (bass clarinet & bass flute), Chris Dahlgren (bass & electronics), Jay Rosen (drums & percussion)
Joelle Leandre - Joelle Leandre at the Le Mans Jazz Festival - 2 CDs (Leo Records 458/459) June 20
— with Maggie Nicols, Irene Schweitzer, William Parker, India Cooke, Mark Nauseef, Markus Stockhausen, Paul Lovens, Sebi Tramontana, Carlos Zingaro
— duos, trios & quartet pieces; recorded April-May, 2005; liner notes by Art Lange
Frank Gratkowski/Thomas Lehn/Melvyn Poore - Triskaidekaphonia (Leo Records 461) June 20
— Frank Gratkowski (clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet), Thomas Lehn (analogue synthesizer), Melvyn Poore (tuba, euphonium)
Actis Band - Allende (Leo Records 462) June 20
— Carlo Actis Dato (tenor & baritone saxes, bass clarinet), Massimo Rossi (alto & soprano saxes), Karsten Lipp (guitar), Federico Marchesano (electric & acoustic bass), Dario Bruna (drums)

NEW Toby Koenigsberg - Sense (Origin Records) June 20

non-jazz items of interest

Viviane Greene - 1947-55 (Chronological R&B Classics 5173) June 20
Earl King - 1953-54 (Chronological R&B Classics 5174) June 20

Various Artists - Roots of Mambo 1930-50 - 2 CDs (Fremeaux & Associes 5128) June 20

27 June 2006

Barry Guy - Folio (ECM Records 1931) June 27
— Maya Homburger (baroque violin), Muriel Cantoreggi (violin), Barry Guy (double-bass)
— the Münchener Kammerorchester, Christoph Poppen (conductor)

Thelonious Monk - Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings - 2 CDs (Fantasy Records) June 27

Bobby Lyle - TBA (Heads Up International) June 27
Pieces of a Dream - 30 Years DVD - DVD (Heads Up International) June

Freddy Cole - Because of You (HighNote Records 7156) June 27
Frank Morgan - Reflections (HighNote Records 7154) June 27
Wesla Whitfield - Livin' on Love (HighNote Records 7152) June 27

Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet - Husky (Hyena Records) June 27

Ada Rovatti - Airbop (Kindred Rhythm 1120) June 27

Michael Franks - Rendezvous In Rio (Koch) June 27

Bill Carrothers & Marc Copland - Standardized (Mimium Music [France] 004) June 27
— reimaginings of jazz standards for two pianos
— include two tunes each by Ornette Coleman and Miles Davis, one each by Wayne Shorter, Thelonious Monk, Ellington/Strayhorn, SchwartzDietz and Neil Young and one original

Tim Hodgkinson - Sketch of Now (Mode) June 27

Marc Cary - Focus (Motema Music) June 27 — trio

non-jazz items of interest

Richard Thompson - 1000 Years of Popular Music - DVD+CD (Cooking Vinyl) June 27
— live DVD & CD of two recent performances which span everything from 13th century Italian ballads to Hank Williams to Britney Spears

Robin Holcomb - John Brown's Body (Tzadik) June 27
Ayelet Rose Gottlieb - Mayim Rabim (Tzadik) June 27

NEW Alex DeGrassi - Pure Alex DeGrassi (Windham Hill Records/Legacy) June 27
NEW John Gorka - Pure John Gorka (Windham Hill Records/Legacy) June 27
NEW Michael Hedges - Pure Michael Hedges (Windham Hill Records/Legacy) June 27
NEW Nightnoise - Pure Nightnoise (Windham Hill Records/Legacy) June 27
NEW Liz Story - Pure Liz Story (Windham Hill Records/Legacy) June 27

June 2006

Mark-Anthony Turnage - Blood on the Floor - DVD (Arthaus Musik) June
— music for three jazz soloists and large ensemble; from the Frankfurt Alte Oper 1996
— John Scofield (guitar), Peter Erskine (drums), Martin Robertson (saxes), Ensemble Modern, Peter Rundel; 92 mins

Carr/Nord/Hofmann/Maddox - Biosphere (Leo Records 456)
— Richard Carr (violin, viola), Mike Nord (electric & acoustic guitars, electronics), Georg Hofmann (drums & percussion), Art Maddox (piano)

Dizzy Gillespie - The Verve & Phillips Dizzy Gillespie Small Group Sessions - 7 CDs (Mosaic Records 234) June
— Dizzy's small group recordings for Verve: his 1954 quintet with Hank Mobley, a 1957 octet with Gigi Gryce and Benny Golson, his 1959 quintet with Les Spann and Junior Mance and a 1961 live concert with Leo Wright
— signing with Phillips in 1962, he recorded six albums with his working bands featuring first Wright and Lalo Schifrin and later James Moody and Kenny Barron
— much of the material on set it on CD for the first time; includes 11 previously unissued tracks

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - Live at Umbria Jazz Festival - DVD (TDK) June
— Art Blakey (drums), David Schnitter (tenor sax), Bill Hardman (trumpet), Mickey Tucker (piano) Cameron Brown (bass)
— 60 minutes; 22 July 1976; stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1

Spring 2006

Allan Harris - Cross That River (ArtistShare) Feb

john butcher/aaron bennett/henry kaiser/danielle degruttola/damon smith/jerome bryerton - sextesence (Balance Point Acoustics 011)

Giovanni Mirabassi - Music Is Forever: The Music of Pianist Russ Freeman (Minium/Discograph)
— Giovanni Mirabassi (piano), Flavio Boltr (trumpet), Gildas Boclé (bass), Louis Moutin (drums)

The Cosmosamatics - Zetrons (Not Two Records 763)
— recorded live and in the studio while on tour in Eurupe: in Poland, Amsterdam's Bimhuis, and Vienna
— Sonny Simmons (alto sax & English horn), Michael Marcus (tenor sax & B-flat clarinet), Masa Kamaguchi (acoustic bass) and Jay Rosen (drums)
— includes an Eric Dolphy cover plus originals by Marcus (six tunes) and Simmons (two)

Steve Harris Zaum - Above Our Heads the Sky Splits Open (Slam Records [UK] 258)
— Steve Harris (drums), Cathy Stevens (6-string violectra & viola), Geoff Hearn (tenor & soprano saxes), Karen Wimhurst (clarinets), Udo Dzierzanowski & Matthew Olczak (guitars) and Adrian Newton (samples), plus the four Chrome Strings
Alex Von Schlippenbach - Vesuvius (Slam Records [UK] 262)
— Alex Von Schlippenbach (piano), Paul Dunmall (tenor saxophone), Tony Bianco (drums), Paul Rogers (7 string bass)
Tim Crowther/Steve Franklin/Tony Marsh drums - Amherst Dislodged (Slam Records [UK] 263)
— Tim Crowther (guitar, guitar synth) Steve Franklin (keyboards), Tony Marsh (drums)

Alberto Braida - Oued (Z-Rec [Italy] AB1)
— solo piano
Alberto Braida/Giancarlo Locatelli - Oued (Z-Rec [Italy] GLAB1)
— Alberto Braida (piano), Giancarlo Locatelli (Bb & bass clarinets)
Rara Ensemble - Ora! (Z-Rec [Italy] RARA1)
— Ginacarlo Locatelli (Bb, alto and bass clarinets), Alberto Braida (piano), Gianfranco Tedeschi (bass), Fabrizio Spera (drums)

Silvia Bolognesi - Introducing Open Combo (33 Jazz 130)
Hans Koller / Steve Lacy - London Ear (33 Jazz 131)

Ramon Valle - Piano Works 4: Memorias (ACT Music 97532)

La Campagnie des Musiques à Ouïr + - La Manivelle Magyare (Budapest Music Center Records 113)
— Denis Charolles - percussion, trombone, graviers, clairon, effects Frederic Gastard - bass, tenor and soprano saxophones, effects Christophe Monniot - alto, sopranino and baritone saxophones, effects; plus: Gábor Gadó - guitar; Béla Szakcsi - piano; Balázs Bujtor - violin
Gábor Gadó Quartet - Psyché (Budapest Music Center Records 120)
— Gabor Gado - guitar; Matthieu Donarier - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet; Sébastien Boisseau - double bass; Joe Quitzke - drums; plus others

Van Wissem - Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear: Solo Lute Palindromes, Airfield Recordings And Electronics
(BVhaast 0905)

Bud Shank Big Band - Live (Jazzed Media 1015) early 2006
Ira Nepus & Steve Moore - Another Time, Another Place (Jazzed Media 1016) early 2006

Anthony Braxton - Nine Compositions (DVD) 2003 - DVD (Rastascan BRD 060) 1Q2006
— GTM session recorded in Berkely CA in 2003
— 6.5 hours of audio (no video), featuring over a dozen musicians including Anthony Braxton, Taylor Ho Bynum, Greg Kelley, John Shiurba, Scott Rosenberg, Dan Plonsey, Gino Robair, Jay Rosen, Kyle Bruckmann, Liz Allbee, Justin Yang, Gino Robair, Sara Schoenbeck

Ron Kaplan - Saloon ()

John Shiurba - 5x5 1.2=A (Rastascan BRD 055) 2Q2006
— with Anthony Braxton, Morgan Guberman, Gino Robair and Greg Kelley
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Phil Minton/Roger Turner - AMMO (Leo Records/Golden Years of New Jazz 022)
— Phil Minton (singing), Roger Turner (percussion); first CD issue of 1984 recording

Various Artists - Ictus Records 30th Anniversary Collection - 12 CD box set (Ictus Records) Spring 2006
— 12 individual CDs; some are reissues with new material and some CDs are previously unissued
— musicians include Steve Lacy, Anthony Coleman, Evan Parker, John Zorn, Tom Cora, John Carter, Gianluigi Trovesi, Derek Bailey, Andrea Centazzo, the Rova Saxophone Quartet and others

Woody Shaw - Live from the Maintenance Shop () Spring 2006

July 2006

Charles Mingus - Mingus Quintet Meets Cat Anderson (Fruit Tree 860) July 4
— Joe Gardner (trumpet), Hamiet Bluiett (baritone sax), John Foster (piano), Charles Mingus (bass), Roy Brooks (drums, musical saw) and Cat Anderson (second trumpet); recorded on Nov. 5, 1972, at Philharmonie, Berlin
Charlie Mingus - These Foolish Things [Live In Stuttgart 1964, Vol. 1] (Fruit Tree) July 4
— Charles Mingus (bass), Eric Dolphy (alto sax, bass clarinet and flute), Clifford Jordan (tenor sax), Jaki Byard (piano) and Dannie Richmond (drums); 4/28/1964
Thelonious Monk - Ruby My Dear [Quartet & Octet In Europe] (Fruit Tree) July 4
— Thelonious Monk (piano), Charlie Rouse (tenor), Larry Gales (bass), Ben Riley (drums), plus Clark Terry (trumpet), Ray Copeland (trumpet), Johnny Griffin (tenor), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone), Phil Woods (alto sax); 1967
Sonny Rollins - Live in Europe (Fruit Tree 861) July 4
— Sonny Rollins (tenor sax), Don Cherry (cornet), Henry Grimes (bass), Billy Higgins (drums); 1963

Duke Ellington - The Private Collection - 10 CD box set (Castle Music [UK]) July 7
— excellent, budget-priced ten CD set from Duke's "stockpile"; 1956-71; 141 tracks

DJ Logic - Zen of Logic (Ropeadope Records) July 11
— guests include John Medeski, Charlie Hunter, Antibalas, Melvin Gibbs, Sub-Con, a.o.

David Bixler - Call It A Good Deal (Zoho Music) July 11
— David Bixler (alto sax), Scott Wendholt (trumpet), John Hart (guitar), Ugonna Ugekwo (bass), Andy Watson (drums); liner notes by Arturo O'Farrill

Free Range Rat - Nut Club (Clean Feed 053) July 11
— John Carlson (trumpet, pocket trumpet & flugelhorn), Eric Hipp (tenor saxophone), Shawn McGloin (bass), George Schuller (drums, bells & rattly kinds-of-things); with special guest Douglas Yates (clarinet & bass clarinet)
— group improvisations, plus originals by Sun Ra, James Blood Ulmer & Bob Marley; recorded in Brooklyn, 3/12/99

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August 2006

Fats Waller - "If You Got to Ask, You Ain't Got It" - 3 CDs (Columbia/Legacy) Aug 15
— compilation with three themed CDs
— disc one: Fats Waller Sings and Plays Fats Waller
— disc two: Strictly Instrumental (mostly solo keyboard or small-band performances)
— disc three: Fats Sings and Plays Around with Tin Pan Alley
— 66 tracks; recorded from 1926-43; includes essay by jazz scholar Dan Morgenstern

Ray Barretto - Standards Rican-ditioned (Zoho) Aug 15
— recorded in December 2005, this is the last recording by the legendary percussionist Ray Barretto, who passed away on 2/17/2006 at the age of 76
— program of standards that Barretto heard as a young musician in the late 1940s
— with Hilton Ruiz on piano, David Sanchez on tenor sax, Papo Vazquez on trombone, John Benitez on bass, Adam Cruz on drums; plus Chris Barretto on alto sax or congas on several tracks

Doc Powell - TBA (Heads Up International) Aug 22
Mike Stern - TBA (Heads Up International) Aug 22

Maria Muldaur - Love Songs of Bob Dylan (Telarc) Aug 22

Donald Byrd - Royal Flush (Blue Note RVG Edition) Aug
Kenny Dorham - Trompeta Toccata (Blue Note RVG Edition) Aug
Johnny Griffin - The Congregation (Blue Note RVG Edition) Aug
— includes bonus track
Hank Mobley - Another Workout (Blue Note RVG Edition) Aug
— includes bonus track
Ike Quebec - It Might As Well Be Spring (Blue Note RVG Edition) Aug
Lee Morgan - The Cooker (Blue Note RVG Edition) Aug

Summer 2006

David Murray - 3-D Family (Hatology 608) Summer — remastered
Cecil Taylor Unit - The Eighth (Hatology 622) Summer — remastered
Efzog - Krom (Hatology 623) Summer — new release
Daniel Levin Quartet - Some Trees (Hatology 632) Summer — new release

Dave Burrell - TBD (High Two) Summer
— Dave Burrell (piano), Michael Formanek (bass) and Guillermo Brown (drums)

Fall 2006

Donald Byrd - Off to the Races (Blue Note RVG Edition) Sept
Freddie Hubbard - Here To Stay (Blue Note RVG Edition) Sept
Bobby Hutcherson - Happenings (Blue Note RVG Edition) Sept
Jackie McLean - Demon's Dance (Blue Note RVG Edition) Sept
Lee Morgan - City Lights (Blue Note RVG Edition) Sept
Horace Silver - Doin' The Thing At The Village Gate (Blue Note RVG Edition) Sept
— includes bonus tracks

Soft Machine - TBD (Cuneiform Records) Sept
— recorded live at Middle Earth, 10/1967

Keith Jarrett - TBD - 2 CDs (ECM Records 1989/90) Sept
— solo piano; recorded live at Carnegie Hall, Sept. 2005

Jacques Loussier - The Brandenburg Concertos (Telarc) Oct 24
— improvisational jazz take on Bach
— Jacques Loussier (piano), Benoit Dunoyer (bass) and Andre Arpino (drums)

Nils Petter Molvaer - ER (Thirsty Ear) Sept

Medeski Martin & Wood and John Scofield - TBD (TBA) Fall

2006 & beyond

Peter Brotzmann/Michael Zerang - Live in Beirut (Al Maslakh 03)

Sorgen/Rust/Stevens - Decade (Not Two Records 762)
— Harvey Sorgen (drums), Steve Rust (bass), Michael Jefry Stevens (piano)
James Finn - Great Spirit (Not Two Records 764)
— James Finn (tenor saxophone), Deanna Witkowski (piano), Leon Lee Dorsey (double bass), Klaus Kugel (drums)
Mike Pride - Scrambler (Not Two Records 766)
— Mike Pride (drums, percussion, vocals), Tony Malaby (tenor sax), Charlie Looker (guitar), William Parker (bass)

Keith Jarrett - Concerts (Bregenz/München) - 2 CDs (ECM Records) 2006
— 1981 solo piano recordings; booklet includes liner notes by Jarrett, an essay by Peter Rüedi, and poetry by Michael Krüger

Jake Langley - TBD (Alma Records) — with Joey DeFrancesco and Byron Landham
Hilario Duran - TBD (Alma Records) — big band recording

Slava Ganelin / Ned Rothenberg - Falling into Place - Live in Jaffa (Auris Media Records [Israel] 007)
— Slava Ganelin (grand piano, synthesizer, percussion), Ned Rothenberg (clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, shakuhachi); 2004

Frode Gjerstad Trio with William Parker and Hamid Drake - The Other Side (Ayler Records 019)

Jacky Terrason - Solo (Blue Note)

Freddie Hubbard - Here to Stay (Blue Note)

Miles Davis - Juan Le Pins Sessions (Columbia) - 2 CDs – 2005
— July 1969 concerts with Shorter, Corea, Holland, and DeJohnette. The second concert is unissued.

Nancy Harrow - The Cat Who Went To Heaven (Artists House)

Brötzmann/Sharrock - TBD (Atavistic UMS 257)
Fred Anderson - Neighbors (Atavistic Unheard Music Series) ?
Rüdiger Carl Inc. - King Alcohol (Atavistic Unheard Music Series)
John Corbett & Heavy Friends - The Professional Thief (Atavistic) ?
Fred Anderson - Milwaukee Tapes Vol. 2 (Atavistic Unheard Music Series) ?
Sound in Action Trio - TBD (Atavistic)
— Ken Vandermark, Robert Barry, Tim Daisy

Christy Doran's New Bag - Perspectives (Between the Lines 71204)
— Bruno Amstad on vocals & words, Christy Doran on electric & acoustic guitars, Hans-Peter Pfammatter on keyboards & electronics, Wolfgang Zwiauer on el. bass and Fabian Kuratli on drums

Mike Garrick - Troppo (BGO)
Joe Harriott/Amancio D'Silva - Hum Dono (BGO)
Mike Taylor - Trio (BGO)

Les McCann with The Jazz Crusaders - Jazz Waltz (Blue Note) 2006 — reissue of 1964 Pacific Jazz LP

John Coltrane Quartet - TBD - DVD (Blue Note) — 1965 performance (8/1/1965 at Comblain-La-Tour, Belgium?)

John Taylor - Songs and Variations (CAM Jazz 77722)
— solo piano
John Taylor - Angel of the Presence (CAM Jazz 77782)
— John Taylor (piano), Palle Danielsson on bass and Martin France on drums)

Spectrum Saxophone Quartet - (Circumvention)
Jason Robinson/Stephanie Robinson - TBD (Circumvention) — duo release

Bucky Pizzarelli, Johnny Frigo, Michael Moore and Howard Alden - TBD (Chesky)
— a tribute to Django Reinhardt
Clark Terry - TBD (Chesky)

Adam Lane Full Throttle Orchestra - New Magical Kingdom (Clean Feed 052)
George Schuller Free Range Rat - Nut Club (Clean Feed 053)
Steve Adams/Ken Filiano Duo - TBD (Clean Feed) — sax/bass duets
Dennis Gonzalez Boston Project - No Photograph Available (Clean Feed 056)

Laurent Filipe Quartet + 1 - TBD (Clean Feed)
— Laurent Filipe: trumpet, Rodrigo Gonçalves: piano, Nelson Cascais: double bass, Alexandre Frazão: drums + Mário Delgado: guitar
Julius Hemphill Sextet - TBD (Clean Feed)
— Marty Ehrlich: alto and soprano saxophones, Sam Furnace: alto saxophone, Andrew White: tenor saxophone, Alex Harding: baritone saxophone, Andy Laster: alto saxophone, Aaron Stewart tenor saxophone

Anthony Braxton/Joe Fonda - Duets (Clean Feed) early 2006

Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame & Mahavishnu Orchestra: Live in Cleveland 1972 - 2 CDs (Columbia/Legacy)
— with bonus live disc of 1972 recording

Tony Bennett - Live At The Sahara: The Moment Of Truth (Columbia/Legacy)
— previously unreleased live concert from 1959
Tony Bennett - When Lights Are Low (Columbia/Legacy)
— Expanded edition of 1964 album includes three previously unreleased bonus tracks recorded in '64 with the Ralph Sharon Trio
Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Volumes 1 & 2 - 2-CD set (Columbia/Legacy)
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness and Eternity (Columbia/Legacy)

The Nels Cline Singers - TBD (Cryptogramophone)
— tribute to Andrew Hill
— with Bobby Bradford, Andrea Parkins, and Ben Goldberg
Myra Melford - TBD (Cryptogramophone)
— with Cuong Vu

Ron Carter - Blues Farm (CTI/Epic/Legacy) 2005?

Various Artists - 156 Strings Goes Electric (Cuneiform Records)
— curated by Henry Kaiser

Chad Taylor - TBD (Delmark) — with Jemeel Moondoc
Kalaparush & the Light - TBD (Delmark)
Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio with Billy Bang - Big M, A Tribute to Malachi Favors (Delmark)

John Pastin - 2 Bass, a Face and a Little Skin (Dreambox Media)

Dominic Duval/Steve Swell - Rules of Engagement, Vol. 3 (Drimala) — duets
Trio KGQ (David Kosiarkiewicz/Joe Giardullo/Bartek Qzniak) - As In Conspires (Drimala)

Jazz Jamaica - Motown Reloaded (Dune 012)
— 'skazz' covers of Motown classics
— with Gary Crosby, Denys Baptiste and Soweto Kinch

Alan Cohen - Ellington's Black Brown & Beige/ Paul Whiteman's Running Wild - 2 CDs (Dutton Vocalion [UK] LK4252)
— musicians include Kenny Wheeler, Harry Beckett & Henry Lowther on trumpets; Malcolm Griffiths & Mike Gibbs on trombones; Alan Skidmore, Art Themen & John Warren on saxes; Brian Priestley on piano, Alan Jackson on drums and Norma Winstone on vocals; two large ensembles from the early 1970s
Tony Kinsey Quintet with Joe Harriott/Don Rendell - Introducing The Tony Kinsey Quintet/"Jazz at the Flamingo" Session - 2 CDs (Dutton Vocalion [UK] LK4213)
— musicians include Kenny Wheeler, Harry Beckett & Henry Lowther on trumpets; Malcolm Griffiths & Mike Gibbs on trombones; Alan Skidmore, Art Themen & John Warren on saxes; Brian Priestley on piano, Alan Jackson on drums and Norma Winstone on vocals; two large ensembles from the early 1970s
— 'Introducing' (1956) with Don Rendell on tenor sax, Ronnie Ross on bari sax, Bill Le Sage on piano & vibes, Pete Blannin on bass and Tony Kinsey on drums
— 'Jazz at the Flamingo' (1957) session with Joe Harriott on alto sax and Bob Efford on tenor sax plus Le Sage, Blannin & Kinsey

Miki N'Doye - Dunya (ECM Records 1971)
Manu Katche - TBD (ECM 1896) early 2006
Howard Riley - Two Is One (Emanem [England]) — 2005
Spontaneous Music Ensemble & Orchestra - Trio & Triangle (Emanem [England]) — 1978/1981; includes bonus material
Various Artists - Freedom of the City 2005 (Emanem [England])

Miles Davis - Dig (Fantasy) — 20-bit K2 remastered
Coleman Hawkins - Soul (Fantasy) — 20-bit K2 remastered
John Coltrane - Standard Coltrane (Fantasy) — 20-bit K2 remastered
Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds (Fantasy) — 20-bit K2 remastered

Bill Evans - Best of the Secret Sessions (Fantasy)

Daniel Carter - TBD (577 Records 06)
— with Matt Lavelle, Francois Grillot, Federico Ughi

Frank Collett - All God's Chillun Got Rhythm: The Film Music of Bronislaw Kaper (Fresh Sound 5024)
— Frank Collett (p); Tom Warrington (b); Joe La Barbera (d); recorded in Hollywood in 2004

Conrad Herwig - Sketches of Spain Plus Seven: The Latin Side of Miles, Vol. 2 (Half Note Records)

Isham Jones & His Orchestra - 1933-36 (Hep Jazz Records)

Ganelin Trio - TBD (Leo Records)

Fujii/Tamura/Sharp/Kato - In The Tank (Libra 104-011)
— Satoko Fujii (piano), Natsuki Tamura (trumpet), Elliot Sharp (guitar, soprano sax), Takayuki Kato (guitar); recorded in Japan on 3/20/2001

Sarah Moule - Something's Gotta Give (Linn Records)

Terell Stafford - TBD (MaxJazz)

McCoy Tyner - Mosaic Select - 3 CDs (Mosaic Select)
— all six sessions recorded by Tyner for Blue Note between August 1968 and September 1970 — "Expansions," "Extensions," "Asante" and the three sessions released at a later time as the double LP, "Cosmos"
Tony Williams - Mosaic Select - 3 CDs (Mosaic Select)
— includes "Foreign Intrigue," his 1985 return to Blue Note, with Wallace Roney, Donald Harrison, Bobby Hutcherson, Mulgrew Miller and Ron Carter as well as all four studio albums by the acoustic quintet that Williams led from 1986 to 1991 with Roney, Bill Pierce, Miller and a variety of bassists
Bobby Hutcherson - Mosaic Select - 3 CDs (Mosaic Select) Sept?
— 1970s albums for Blue Note

Chu Berry - TBD - 7 CDs (Mosaic Records) 2007
— includes small group studio sessions with Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Red Allen, Teddy Wilson, Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa and Wingy Manone as well as sides when he was a member of the Fletcher Henderson and Cab Calloway big bands (all from labels now owned by Sony/BMG)

Benny Goodman - Columbia Records - nn CDs (Mosaic) — time period TBD
Boswell Sisters/Connie Boswell - TBD - xx CDs (Mosaic) — early 1940s tracks for Columbia and OKeh

Various Artists - The Complete Felsted Jazz Recordings - 7 CDs (Mosaic) [cancelled due to unlocatable source material]
— "nine albums produced by Stanley Dance and released in 1958 and 1959 that concentrated on mainstream jazz artists, many who had began recording in the early 1930s and had fine-tuned their craft. Many of the dates have a small group Basie-flavor to them and sidemen include Buck Clayton, Jo Jones, Vic Dickenson and Earle Warren. The session leaders included Rex Stewart (in a session that included Willie The Lion Smith), Earl Hines, Cozy Cole, Buster Bailey, Buddy Tate, Coleman Hawkins, Dicky Wells, under-rated tenorman Budd Johnson (w/Charlie Shavers), trayhorn (w/Johnny Hodges) and Dicky Wells"

Carnival Skin - TBD (Nemu Records)
— Perry Robinson - clarinets; Peter Evans - trumpet, piccolo trumpet, slide trumpet; Bruce Eisenbeil - acoustic and electric guitars; Hill Greene - double bass; Klaus Kugel - drums, percussions

Marc Copland with Randy Brecker - TBD (Nagel Heyer)
Kep Peplowski - TBD (Nagel Heyer)
Wycliffe Gordon - Standards (Nagel Heyer)

Stan Kenton - The Complete MacGregor Transcriptions, Vol 4 (Naxos)

Anthony Braxton - Chris Dahlgren - ABCD (Not Two Records)

The Norfolk Jazz Quartet - 1921-1940 (Origin Jazz Library)
Various Artists - Bix Restored, Volume 5: The Bix Beiderbecke Influence (Origin Jazz)

Lee Konitz/Ohad Talmor - TBD (Palmetto)

Anna Homler/Steuart Liebig - kelpland serenades (pfMentum 029)
— Anna Homler: voice, toys, found objects; Steuart Liebig: Eb contrabassguitars, preparations, electronics, live looping

Sonny Stitt - Stitt's Bits: The Bebop Recordings, 1949-1952 - 3 CDs (Prestige)

Evan Parker Octet - TBD (Psi 06.02) — studio recording from May 2, 2005
Evan Parker - Tracks (Psi) — with Barry Guy & Paul Lytton; reissue; 1983
Evan Parker - Hook, Drift & Shuffle (Psi) — with George Lewis, Barry Guy & Paul Lytton; reissue; 1983
Evan Parker / Steve Beresford / John Edwards / Louis Moholo-Moholo - Naan Tso (Psi) — 2004

Jaki Byard & Elvin Jones - Jaki Byard & Elvin Jones - DVD (Quantum Leap)
Lee Konitz - Lee Konitz - DVD (Quantum Leap)
Wynton Marsalis - TBD - DVD (Quantum Leap)
Ernie Watts Quartet - Live - DVD (Quantum Leap)

Mills Blue Rhythm Band - Mills Blue Rhythm Band - 1933-36 - 2 CDs (Retrieval Recordings 79045)

Neil Swainson - 49th Parallel (Roadhouse/Concord)
— 1978 with Woody Shaw, Joe Henderson, Gary Williamson and Jerry Fuller

Steve Bernstein - Millennial Territory Orchestra (Ropeadope)

John Tilbury - Barcelona piano solo (Rossbin 021)
Laura Andel's Electric Percussive Orchestra - In::tension (Rossbin 022)
— Laura Andel (composer, director and conductor) with Kenta Nagai, Joel Harrison & Khabu Young on guitars, Carl Maguire & Ursel Schlicht on pianos & accordion, Kyoko Kitamura on vocals & electronics, Taylor Ho Bynum on trumpet, David Simons on theremin, and Andrew Drury & Harvey Wirht on drums & percussion; recorded live in NYC in Dec. 2004

Clare Teal - TBD (Sony)

Duke Ellington - Cotton Club Broadcasts 1938 - 2 CDs (Storyville Records/Jazz Unlimited)
— remastered double-set with all the surviving 1938 Cotton Club airchecks; includes previously unissed bonus tracks

Paris Washboard - 15 Years Fresh (Stomp)

Nils Petter Molvaer - Streamer (Thirsty Ear)
— live album

Slide Hampton - Inclusion (Twinz)
— with Renee Rosnes, Ray Drummond, Andrew Williams and Billy Drummond
Jay Hoggard Quartet - Something 'Bout Believing (Twinz)
— Duke Ellington's Sacred Music
— with James Weidman, Belden Bullock and Pheeroan Aklaff

Kato Hideki - Fatal Arrhythmia (Tzadik)
— with Ikue Mori & Fred Frith; the theme of the recording is pollution

Various Artists - Detroit Jazz Before Motown, 1945-53 (Uptown)
— rare and previously unissued recordings featuring Wardell Gray, Frank Foster, Barry Harris, Tommy Flanagan, Kenny Burrell, Willie Anderson, Yusef Lateef, Charlie Parker and others; compiled by Jim Gallert and Lars Bjorn, authors of Before Motown: A History of Jazz in Detroit, 1920-1960 (University of Michigan Press)

Herbie Hancock - TBD (Verve Records)
— live album
Roy Hargrove - TBD (Verve Records)
Rhett Miller - TBD (Verve Records)
Mark Scholtez - TBD (Verve Records)
Ella Fitzgerald - Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 2 (Verve Records)

Jimmy Smith - Bluesmith (Verve) TBD
— Jimmy Smith (organ), Teddy Edwards (tenor sax), Ray Crawford (guitar), Leroy Vinnegar (bass), Donald Dean (drums), Victor Pantoja (conga); 1972

James Moody - The James Moody Story (Verve LPR)
Ramsey Lewis - The In Crowd (Verve VME) postponed (was Aug) — with bonus material

Bugge Wesseltoft - Moving (Jazzland/Verve)

Woody Herman - Complete Philips - (Verve) 2004/5?

Buddy DeFranco - Plays Benny Goodman (Verve) 2004/5?

Count Basie - April in Paris - SACD (Verve)

Bernie Williams - TBD (Verve Records)
Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band - Hot, Heat and Sweat Groove (Water Records)
— 1967 Warner Bros. release

Rufus Harley - Sustain (Zao)
Monnette Sudler - Meeting of the Spirits (Zao)
Khan Jamal - Return From Exile (Zao)
Byard Lancaster - A Heavenly Sweetness (Zao)
— Byard Lancaster (alto & soprano saxophones, flutes, voice, percussion), Georges-Edouard Nouel (Fender Rhodes, percussion), Roger Raspail (percussion), Anne Wirz (voice)

Ornette Coleman - Live At Carnegie Hall, 2003 (tba)

Jackie King - Star Dreams ()
— Marian McPartland and her trio guest on four tracks

Pierre Favre/Maya Homburger/Barry Guy - TBD ()

Satoko Fujii Junk Box Trio - TBD (TBD) — with Natsuki Tamura and John Hollenbeck; 2004 studio recording

Duke Ellington - A Drum is a Woman (Columbia/Legacy) 2005?

Various Artists - Mosaic Select: Pacific Jazz Trio Sessions (Mosaic) 2005
— trio sessions by Clare Fischer, Jimmy Rowles, Russ Freeman and Richard Twardzik

Deodato-Airto - In Concert (CTI/Epic/Legacy) TBD
— with two previously unreleased bonus tracks
Astrud Gilberto with Stanley Turrentine - Astrud Gilberto with Stanley Turrentine (CTI/Epic/Legacy) TBD
— with two previously unreleased bonus tracks
Idris Muhammad - House Of The Rising Sun (CTI/Epic/Legacy) TBD
— with two previously unreleased bonus tracks
Nina Simone - Baltimore (CTI/Epic/Legacy) TBD
Gabor Szabo - Macho (CTI/Epic/Legacy) TBD
— with three previously unreleased bonus tracks
Stanely Turrentine - Don't Mess With Mister T. (CTI/Epic/Legacy) TBD
— with three previously unreleased bonus tracks
Various Artists - CTI: The Soul Jazz Legacy - 2 CDs (CTI/Epic/Legacy) TBD
— compilation of tracks hand-picked by DJ Peter Young of London's The Soul Cellar

Patti Austin - Body Language (CTI/Epic/Legacy) TBD
Paul Desmond - Pure Desmond (CTI/Epic/Legacy) TBD
— with five bonus tracks, two previously unreleased
Freddie Hubbard - First Light (CTI/Epic/Legacy) TBD
— one bonus track
Yusef Lateef - Autophysiopsychic (CTI/Epic/Legacy) TBD
Esther Phillips - Black-Eyed Blues (CTI/Epic/Legacy) TBD
— one previously unreleased bonus track

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