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9 May 2006
NEW
Sao Paulo Underground -
Sauna: Um Dois Tres (Aesthetics Records 038) May 9
NEW
Gloria Lynn/Stanley Turrentine -
Flipped Out On Love (Aim Records) May 9
NEW
Rossano Sportiello -
Heart and Soul: Arbors Piano Series Vol. 14 (Arbors Records 19321) May 9
NEW
Jeff Barnhart -
In My Solitude: Arbors Piano Series Vol. 16 (Arbors Records 19324) May 9
Roy Nathanson -
Sotto Voce (AUM Fidelity 037) May 9
— Roy Nathanson (alto+soprano sax, voice),
Curtis Fowlkes (trombone, singing),
Sam Bardfeld (violin, vocals),
Tim Kiah (bass, vocals),
Napoleon Maddox (human beatbox, vocals)
NEW
Moca -
Tempomat (Blue Flame) May 9
— Christian Becker, vintage keys, synths, vibraphone, programming/Martin Becker,
guitar/Ralf Eichenbauer, synths, percussion/Christoph Kloppenburg, guitar/
Peykan Razani, percussion/Ingrid Campbell, vocals
NEW
Bennie Maupin -
Penumbra (Cryptogramophone) May 9
NEW
Jeff Gauthier -
One And The Same (Cryptogramophone) May 9
— featuring Nels and Alex Cline
Susi Hyldgaard -
Blush (Enja Justin Time) May 9
NEW
Charlie Barnet -
Live at Basin Street East (Hep Jazz 2005) May 9
— live recording of Charlie Barnet's greatest big band
at NYC's Basin Street East in December 1966
— soloists include Clark Terry, Willie Smith, Richie Kamuca,
Jimmy Cleveland and Nat Pierce
— arrangements by Billy Byers and Bill Holman
NEW
Isham Jones & His Orchestra -
Blue Room: 1933–36 (Hep Jazz 1083) May 9
John Ellis -
By A Thread (Hyena Records) May 9
— John Ellis (soprano and tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, ocarina),
Aaron Goldberg (piano), Mike Moreno (guitar), Reuben Rogers (bass) and Terreon Gully (drums)
Eddie Daniels Quartet -
Mean What You Say (IPO Recordings) May 9
— Eddie Daniels (clarinet and tenor sax), Hank Jones (piano), Richard Davis (bass), Kenny Washington (drums)
— album of standards and one original; liner notes by Ira Gitler
— Daniels, Jones and Davis were charter members of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
John Stetch -
Bruxin (Justin Time Records) May 9
NEW
Russ Lorenson -
A Little Travelin' Music (LML Music 196) May 9
— Russ Lorenson (vocals),
Kelly Park, piano/Reid Whatley, bass/Jack Dorsey, drums/Tony Malfatti, sax, clarinet, flute/Jeff Mcnish, guitar/Igor Abuladze, guitar
NEW
Nancy King -
Live at Jazz Standard (MaxJazz Records) May 9
— Nancy King (vocals), Fred Hersch (piano)
NEW
Eric Reed -
Here (MaxJazz)
— Eric Reed (piano); Rodney Whitaker (double bass); Willie Jones III (drums)
Soft Machine Legacy -
The Soft Machine Legacy (MoonJune Records) May 9
— Elton Dean (sax), John Etheridge (guitar), Hugh Hopper (bass) & John Marshall (drums)
— new studio album
Pat Metheny -
We Live Here (Nonesuch) May 9
— Pat Metheny (guitar, guitar synthesizer); David Blamires (vocals); Mark Ledford (vocals, whistles, flugelhorn, trumpet); Lyle Mays (piano, keyboards); Steve Rodby (acoustic & electric basses); Paul Wertico (drums); Luis Conte (percussion); plus: Dave Samuels (cymbals); Sammy Merendino (drum programming)
— remastered reissue of 1994 Geffen album
Pat Metheny -
Quartet (Nonesuch) May 9
— Pat Metheny (acoustic, electric & 12-string guitars, 42-string pikasso guitar, e-bow, slide, soprano & fretless guitars, synthesizer); Lyle Mays (piano, spinet piano, celeste, pedal harmonium, autoharp, electric piano, Clavinet); Steve Rodby (acoustic bass, piccolo bass); Paul Wertico (drums, percussion)
— remastered reissue of 1996 Geffen album; liner notes by Pat Metheny
NEW
Julien Kasper Band -
New Imperial (Nugene Records) May 9
— Boston guitarist
NEW
Pete McCann -
Most Folks (OmniTone 15213) May 9
— Pete McCann, electric & acoustic guitar/John O'Gallagher, alto & soprano
saxes/John Hebert, bass/Mark Ferber, drums, percussion/Mike Holober, piano
NEW
Gary Giddins -
Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century (Oxford University Press) May 12
— paperback; 464 pages
— 146 essays, articles and reviews from 1990-2993, most of them written for his Weather Bird column in the Village Voice
NEW
Michael Dregni -
Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend (Oxford University Press) May 12
— paperback; 344 pages
NEW
Liberty Ellman -
Ophiuchus Butterfly (Pi Recordings 016) May 9
NEW
Martin Taylor -
The Best of Martin Taylor - 2 CDs (P3 Music 014) May 9
— Martin Taylor, guitar/Stephane Grappelli, violin/Kirk Whalum, sax/
Claire Martin, vocals
NEW
Jabbo Smith and His Rhythm Aces -
1929-38 (Retreival Records 79013) May 9
NEW
Ted Weems -
The Essential Ted Weems 1923-1930 - 2 CDs (Retreival Records 79034) May 9
NEW
Chris Byars Octet -
Night Owls (Smalls Records 013) May 9
— Chris Byars, tenor sax/John Mosca, trombone/Gary Pribek, alto sax/Mark
Lopeman, baritone sax/Richie Vitale, trumpet/Sacha Perry, piano/Neal Miner,
bass/Andy Watson, drums
Harry Connick, Jr. -
Harry's Broadway, Vol. 1 (Sony) May 9
NEW
Chris Standring -
Soul Express (V2 Records) May 9
NEW
Jiggs Whigham & Wolfgang Köhler -
Two — Too (Summit Records 452) May 9
— Jiggs Whigham (trombone); Wolfgang Kohler (piano)
NEW
Scott Neumann -
Scott Neumann and Osage County (Summit Records/Chicken Coup Records 7002) May 9
— Scott Neumann, drums/David Berkman, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, organ/
Sam Newsome, soprano sax/Don Falzone, Fender electric bass/Memo Acevedo,
percussion/Tony Scherr, guitar
NEW
Benny Goodman -
Swiss Radio Days Vol. 14/Lausanne 1950 - 2 CDs (TCB 2142) May 9
— Benny Goodman,clarinet/Roy Eldridge, trumpet, vocals/Zoot Sims, tenor sax/Dick Hyman, piano/Jean 'Toots' Thielemans, guitar,
harmonica/Charlie Short, bass/Ed Shaughnessy, drums/Nancy Reed, vocals
NEW
Various Artists -
The Royal Dan: A Tribute To The Genius Of Steely Dan (Tone Center) May 9
NEW
Tineke Postma -
Tineke Postma - DVD (215 Records) May 9
Toots Thielemans -
One More For The Road (Verve) May 9
NEW
Aaron Goldberg -
Worlds (Warner) May 9
NEW
Deidre Rodman -
Twin Falls (Warner) May 9
— Deidre Rodman (piano); Steve Swallow (electric bass)
NEW
Ramona Borthwick -
A New Leaf (Whaling City Sound 030) May 9
— Ramona Borthwick, piano, vocals/Noel Borthwick, guitar/Phil Grenadier,
trumpet/Fernando Huergo, bass/Ziv Ravitz, drums/Esperanza Spalding,
vocals
NEW
Gerry Gibbs and the Thrasher Big Band -
Live at Luna (Whaling City Sound 033) May 9
— Gerry Gibbs, drums, cuica drums/Adrian Ruiz, conductor, trumpet,
tambourine/Andy Langham, acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, Moog
synthesizer, clavinet/Hamilton Price, acoustic bass/Rob Hardt, lead alto,
soprano sax, alto flute, piccolo, bass clarinet/Justin Vasquez, alto & soprano
saxes, flute, acoustic piano/Morgan King, tenor & alto saxes, clarinet,
flute/Ricky Sweum, tenor & soprano saxes, flute/Eric Hargett, baritone &
tenor saxes, bass clarinet/David Guide, tenor sax, flute/Freddie Mendoza,
trombone/Gil Garza, trombone/Ron Wilkins, bass trombone, tuba/Rick
Horn, trumpet/ Al Gomez,trumpet,flugelhorn/Jason Jones, trumpet,
flugelhorn/Curtis Calderon,trumpet,flugelhorn/Pat Murray, trumpet,
cymbals/Joan Carroll, vocals
NEW
Marcus Monteiro Quartet -
Mm4 (Whaling City Sound 032) May 9
— Marcus Monteiro, alto sax/Jim Robitaille, electric guitar/Andy McWain,
keyboard/Jude Kingston, keyboard/Mike Jupin, electric bass/Sean Farias,
electric bass/Pete Antunes, drums
NEW
John Stein -
Concerto Internacional de Jazz (Whaling City Sound 031) May 9
— John Stein, guitar/Frank Herzberg, bass/Zé Eduardo Nazario, drums/
Alexandre Zamith, piano/Bocato, trombone/Teco Cardoso, flute, bass
— collaboration between the North American jazz guitarist and several Brazilian jazz
NEW
Theo Bleckmann & Fumio Yasuda -
Las Vegas Rhapsody (Winter & Winter 116) May 9
— Theo Bleckmann, vocals/Fumio Yasuda, orchestration, piano/Kammerorchester Basel/Bernd Ruf, conductor
NEW
Dafnis Prieto -
Absolute Quintet (Zoho Music 200606) May 9
— Dafnis Prieto (vocals, drums, bells); Jason Lindner (vocals, organ, keyboards); Christian Howes (violin, bass violin); Dana Leong (cello); Yosvany Terry (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Henry Threadgill (alto saxophone)
Japanese imports
Globe Unity Orchestra -
Compositions (JAPO / Universal Japan UCCE-9072) May 9
— all are LP style paper sleeve edition, 24bit 96kHz digital remastering
16 May 2006
Eddie Gomez & Mark Kramer -
The Art of the Heart (Art of Life Records 019) May 16
— Eddie Gomez (bass) and Mark Kramer (bass) duo perform program of standards
NEW
Alistair Cooke -
Alistair Cooke's Jazz Letter From America (Avid [England] 855) May 16
— two 1938 jam sessions with Sidney Bechet, Bud Freeman,
Tommy Dorsey, Jack Teagarden, Mezz Mezzrow, Harry James, Teddy Wilson, Hot Lips Page, Red McKenzie, Lee Wiley, a.o.
Johnny Dankworth/Cleo Laine -
Spread A Little Happiness - 2 CDs (Avid [England]) May 16
— 50 tracks featuring the musicians both separately and together
Bill Evans -
Soul Bop Band Live (Bhm) May 16
Ignacio Berroa -
Codes (Blue Note Records) May 16
— featuring David Sanchez, Gonzalo Rubalcaba
NEW
Cannonball Adderley -
Why Am I Treated So Bad? (Blue Note Records) May 16
NEW
Serge Chaloff -
Boston Blow Up (Blue Note Records) May 16
NEW
The Jazz Crusaders -
The Jazz Crusaders at the Lighthouse (Blue Note Records) May 16
— reissue of 1962 Pacific Jazz LP
NEW
Stan Kenton -
Sophisticated Approach (Blue Note Records) May 16
Tunnels -
Natural Selection (Buckyball Records 018) May 16
— Marc Wagnon (vibes), Percy Jones (bass), John O'Reilly Jr. (drums)
Ricky Ford -
Manhattan Blues (Candid Records) May 16
— Ricky Ford (tenor sax), Jaki Byard (piano), Milt Hinton (bass), Ben Riley (drums)
Geoff Gascoyne -
Keep It To Yourself (Candid Records) May 16
Blue Mitchell -
Stablemates (Candid Records) May 16
— Blue Mitchell (trumept), Dick Spencer (sax), Victor Feldman (piano), John Heard (bass), Dick Berk (drums)
NEW
Thelonious Monk -
The Classic Quartet (Candid Records) May 16
— Charlie Rouse (sax), Thelonious Monk (piano), Butch Warren (bass), Frankie Dunlop (drums)
Cecil Taylor & Buell Neidlinger -
Cell Walk For Celeste (Candid Records) May 16
— with Archie Shepp; 1961
Larry Vuckovich -
Street Scene (Tetrachord Music 684) May 16
— Larry Vuckovich (piano), Larry Grenadier (bass) and Akira Tana (drums)
Joe Gilman -
Vol. 1-View So Tender: Wonder Revisited (Capri Records 74076) May 16
— improvisations of Stevie Wonder tunes
Beryl Booker -
1946-1952 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1415) May 16
Coleman Hawkins -
1953-54 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1416) May 16
— includes the material Hawkins recorded for Al Benson's Parrot label in Chicago
Mary Lou Williams -
1953-54 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1417) May 16
— several sessions, including recording in Paris with Don Byas, trio LP for Blue Star,
and a hard-to-finde session for the 'Club français
du disque' label, which includes several tracks with former Ellingtonian Nelson 'Cadillac'
Williams and tenor Ray Lawrence
Benny Goodman -
1947-48 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1418) May 16
— sextet and big band; Wardell Grey, Mary Lou Williams, Peggy Lee, etc.
Buddy Rich -
1950-54 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1419) May 16
— includes live trio performance recorded at Carnegie Hall;
also his first studio session; with Harry Sweets Edison, Willie Smith, etc.
Wycliffe Gordon Quintet -
Cone's Coup (Criss Cross Records 1278) May 16
— Wycliffe Gordon (trombone), Stacy Dillard (tenor sax),
Johnny O'Neal (piano), Reginald Veal (bass) and Herlin Riley (drums)
Jimmy Greene Quartet -
True Life Stories (Criss Cross Records 1279) May 16
— Jimmy Greene (tenor sax), Jeremy Pelt (trumpet),
Xavier Davis (piano), Reuben Rogers (bass) and Eric Harland (drums);
originals and standards
Joe Magnarelli Quartet -
Hoop Dreams (Criss Cross Records 1280) May 16
— Joe Magnarelli (trumpet), Gary Versace (piano), Paul Gill (bass and
Anthony Reedus (drums); plus Peter Bernstein (guitar) on one track;
set includes Thelonious Monk tunes
Danny Grissett Trio -
Promise (Criss Cross Records 1281) May 16
— recording debut for Los Angeles-born pianist Danny Grissett;
with Vicente Archer (bass) and Kendrick Scott (drums)
Steve Davis -
Update (Criss Cross Records 1282) May 16
— Roy Hargrove (trumpet), Steve Davis (trombone), Peter Bernstein (guitar),
Anthony Wonsey (piano) Nat Reeves (bass) and Joe Farnsworth (drums)
— tunes by Wayne Shorter,
Dexter Gordon, Jackie McLean, Herbie Hancock, Ellington/Strayhorn, Henri Mancini and Ray Drummond, along
with a new original dedicated to special guest Roy Hargrove
Bill Evans -
Very Early, Vol. 1 - 1943-49 (E3 Records 008) May 16
NEW
Various Artists -
New Orleans Revival 1940-54 - 2 CDs (Fremeaux & Associes 5135) May 16
— musicians include Sidney Bechet, Bunk Johnson, Kid Ory, George Lewis, Louis Armstrong, Albert Nicholas, a.o.
— ragtime, blues, marches, dance music, lighter tunes and religious hymns
— booklet with photos, discography, essays in French and English
— sequel of sorts of Fremaux's earlier two-CD release,
Jazz New Orleans 1918-44
Chick Corea Akoustic Band -
Rendezvous in New York - DVD
(Image Entertainment) May 16
— Chick Corea (pianos), John Patitucci (bass), Dave Weckl (drums)
— 48 minutes; widescreen; DTS Sound
Mark Kleinhaut Trio -
Holding the Center (Invisible Music) May 16
— Mark Kleinhaut (guitar)
Jerry Fielding and His Orchestra -
Faintly Reminiscent - 2 CDs (Jasmine [UK] 647) May 16
NEW
Richie Cole & Art Pepper -
Richie Cole Meets Art Pepper: A Piece of Jazz History (Jazz Excursion 102) May 16
— the is the only recorded meeting of Richie Cole (alto, tenor & baritone saxes) & Art Pepper (alto sax & clarinet)
— recorded San Francisco in 1982,
and originally released on Palo Alto Records vinyl as 'Return to
Alto Acres'
Mark Elf -
Liftoff (Jen Bay 011) May 16
— Mark Elf (guitar), David Hazeltine (piano), Peter Washington (bass)
NEW
Maucha Adnet -
The Jobim Songbook (Kind of Blue Records 10004) May 16
— Joe Lovano (saxophone),
Randy Brecker, Claudio Roditi (flugelhorn),
Jay Ashby (trombone),
Mario Adnet, Romero Lumambo (acoustic guitar),
Helio Alves, Alfredo Cardim (piano),
Nilson Matta (acoustic bass),
Duduka Da Fonseca (drums)
Classical Jazz Quartet -
Play Rachmaninov (Kind of Blue Records 10004) May 16
— Kenny Barron (piano), Ron Carter (bass), Stefon Harris (vibes), Lewis Nash (drums)
— arrangements by Bob Belden; features the 'Piano Concerto #2 in C Minor'
Francois Carrier -
Happening - 2 CDs (Leo Records 451/452) May 16
— Francois Carrier (alto and soprano saxes), Mat Maneri (viola), Uwe Neumann (sitar, sanza, ektara &
anandolohori [Indian talking drum]), Pierre Cote (double bass), Michel Lambert (drums);
recorded live in Montreal on April 8, 2005
Anthony Braxton with the Creative Jazz Orchestra -
Compositions 175 & 126 - 2 CDs (Leo Records 453/454) May 16
— Compositions no. 175: for two vocalists, creative orchestra and constructed environment
— Compositions no. 126: Trillium-Dialogues M - Joreo's vision of forward motion for
four vocalists, creative orchestra and constructed environment
— recorded live in London, May 15, 1994
Ivo Perelman -
Introspection (Leo Records 455) May 16
— Ivo Perelman (tenor sax), Rosie Hertein (violin and vocals), Dominic Duval (acoustic bass),
Newman Baker (drums)
Sun Ra and His Space Arkestra -
What Planet Is This? - 2 CDs (Leo Records/Golden Years of New Jazz 024/025) May 16
— recorded live at Carnegie Hall, NYC, July 6, 1973; recording from the Waitawhile Sun Ra Archive, Vol. 1
— Sun Ra (piano, mini-moog, organ, declamation), John Gilmore (tenor sax, percussion, voice),
Marshall Allen (alto sax, oboe, flute, percussion, cowbell, voice), Danny Davis (alto sax, flute,
percussion, voice), Larry Northington (alto sax, percussion, voice), Larry Northington (alto sax, percussion, voice),
Eloe Omoe [Leroy Taylor] (bass clarinet, bassoon, percussion, voice),
Danny Ray Thompson (baritone sax, flute, percussion, voice), Pat Patrick (baritone sax, voice),
James Jacson (bassoon, flute, percussion, voice), Akh Tal Ebah [Douglas E. Williams] (trumpet,
flugelhorn, megaphone, percussion, voice), Kwame Hadi [Lamont F. Williams] (trumpet, percussion, voice),
Dick Griffin (trombone, percussion, voice), Charles Stephens (trombone, percussion, voice),
Hakim Jami (tuba, percussion), Alzo Wright (cello, percussion), Ronie Boykins (bass),
Lex Humphries (drums), Aye Aton [Robert Underwood] (drums), Atakatune [Stanley Morgan] (congas, tympani),
Odun [Russell Branch] (congas), Harry Richards (percussion), June Tyson (vocal, declamation, percussion, dance),
Judith Holton, Ruth Wright, Cheryl Banks (vocals, dance)
NEW
Dizzy Gillespie -
Kusch (LRC Ltd) May 16
Leo Smith/Adam Rudolph -
Compassion (Meta Records 010) May 16
— Leo Smith (trumpet), Adam Rudolph (percussion)
Linda Presgrave -
Journey (Metropolitan) May 16
— pianist Pregrave's arrangements by Alice Coltrane, Melba Liston, Marian McPartland, Ann Ronell, Shirley Scott, Mary Lou Williams, as well as
five originals by Presgrave; solo, trio, quartet and quintet settings
Tied & Tickled Trio -
A.R.C. (Morr Music) May 16
NEW
Diana Ross -
Blue (Motown/UMe) May 16
— previously unissued album of jazz standards recorded by Diana Ross in 1971-72 after the filming of her
Oscar-nominated performance in "Lady Sings The Blues"
NEW
Ernie Watts -
The Ernie Watts Quartet Live - DVD (Music Video Distributors) May 16
— 1986
NEW
Herb Ellis -
Live - DVD (Music Video Distributors) May 16
— 1981; 60 minutes
NEW
Louis Armstrong -
King of Jazz - DVD (Music Video Distributors) May 16
— 60 minutes
NEW
John Coltrane -
John Coltrane: A True Innovator - DVD (Music Video Distributors) May 16
— 1963 performance; 130 minutes
NEW
Various Artists -
Jazz Shots From The East Coast, Vol. 1 - DVD (Music Video Distributors) May 16
— Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal, Phil Woods, Thelonious Monk,
Johnny Griffin, Oscar Peterson, Duke Ellington, Keith Jarrett,
Jimmy Smith, Roland Kirk;
92 minutes
NEW
Various Artists -
Jazz Shots From The West Coast, Vol. 1 - DVD (Music Video Distributors) May 16
— Art Pepper, Zoot Sims, Chet Baker, Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big
Band, Wes Montgomery, Shelly Manne w/ Conte Candoli, Phineas Newborn;
60 minutes
NEW
Various Artists -
Jazz Voice: The Ladies Sing Jazz, Vol. 1 - DVD (Music Video Distributors) May 16
— Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Ethel Waters, Anita O'Day, Dinah Washington;
60 minutes
NEW
Various Artists -
Jazz Voice: The Ladies Sing Jazz, Vol. 2 - DVD (Music Video Distributors) May 16
— Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, June Christy, Peggy Lee, Lena Horne, Helen Humes;
60 minutes
NEW
Randy Sabien -
Live in Minneapolis - DVD (Music Video Distributors) May 16
— 1986 performance; 82 minutes
Andy Snitzer -
Some Quiet Place (Native Language Music) May 16
Brian Owen -
Unmei (Oa2 Records 22026) May 16
— Brian Owen (trumpet), Jay Thomas (saxophone), John Hansen (piano), Jon Hamar (bass) and Phil Parisot (drums)
John Moulder -
Trinity (Origin Records 82459) May 16
— with Lawrence Hobgood, Paul Wertico and Paul McCandless, a.o.
Sonando -
Tres (Origin Records 82460) May 16
— Bay Area octet with percussionist Michael Spiro that compbines Afro-Cuban music with modern jazz
Jessica Williams -
Billy's Theme: Tribute To Dr. Billy Taylor (Origin Records 82461) May 16
— solo piano
Frank Kimbrough -
Play (Palmetto Records) May 16
— Frank Kimbrough (piano), Masa Kamaguchi (bass) and Paul Motian (drums)
Gus Arnheim and His Orchestra -
In Hollywood - 2 CDs (Renovation) May 16
Valery Ponomarev -
Beyond The Obvious (Reservoir Records 186) May 16
— Valery Ponomarev (trumpet), Don Braden (tenor sax), Martin Zenker (bass), Jerome Jennings (drums)
Gary Smulyan -
Hidden Treasures (Reservoir Records 185) May 16
— Gary Smulyan (baritone sax), Christian McBride (bass), Billy Drummond (bass)
— ten obscure tunes written
by well known jazz musicians that are based on the chord changes of standards and jazz classics
Bob Barnard/John Sheridan/Don Vickery -
New Orleans - That's Our Home (Sackville) May 16
— Bob Barnard (cornet), John Sheridan (piano), Don Vickery (drums)
Planet Jazz -
In Orbit (Sharp Nine 1036) May 16
NEW
Various Artists -
CD Sampler Pt. 1: The Story Of Solo Art Records (Solo Art 78000) May 16
— budget-priced sample with a track from each of the 20 Solo Art records released from 1989-1995
— musicians include Jelly Roll Morton, Butch Thompkins Trio, Ralph Sutton, Eddie Higgins, Jimmy Yancey,
Max Morath, Wally Rose, Don Ewell, a.o.
NEW
Tex Beneke leading The Glenn Miller Orchestra -
Somebody Loves Me (Sounds of Yesteryear 701) May 16
NEW
Al Bowlly with Ray Noble & His Orchestra -
My Song Goes Around The World (Sounds of Yesteryear 703) May 16
Benny Carter & His Orchestra -
Somebody Loves Me (Sounds of Yesteryear 702) May 16
— music recorded live for four Jubilee radio shows (nos. 126, 129, 131 & 203) from 1945 & 1947
NEW
Ed Wiley, Jr. -
About the Soul (Swing Records 02) May 16
— Ed Wiley, Jr. (tenor sax), Kenny Barron and John Hicks on piano; Keter Betts on
bass; Jimmy Ponder and Kevin McNeal on guitar; and Ben Riley and Mickey Roker on drums
NEW
Ed Wiley, Jr. -
In Remembrance (Swing Records 03) May 16
— Ed Wiley, Jr. (tenor & alto sax), Milt
Hinton on bass; Shirley Scott on piano; Micky Roker and Bobby Durham on drums; Terell Stafford on
trumpet; Wycliffe Gordon on trombone; arrangements
by Ed Wiley, Jr. and Shirley Scott
NEW
Ed Wiley, Jr. -
Sassy (Swing Records 02) May 16
— Ed Wiley, Jr. (tenor sax), Sir Roland Hanna,
piano; Nicholas Payton, trumpet; Joey DeFrancesco, B-3 organ; Al Grey, trombone; Donald
Harrison, alto sax; Mark Whitfield, guitar; Paul Bollenback, guitar; Charles Fambrough, bass; Carl
Allen, drums; Ben Riley, drums
non-jazz items of interest
Big Jay McNeely -
1953-1955 (Chronological R&B Classics 5170) May 16
Sunnyland Slim -
1952-1955 (Chronological R&B Classics 5171) May 16
— includes previously unissued
1953 Vee Jay session with the all-star band including Snooky Pryor, Floyd Jones and Eddie Taylor;
plus recordings for the Ebony, Chance, Blue Lake, JOB labels
Johnny Guitar Watson -
1952-1955 (Chronological R&B Classics 5172) May 16
— includes the vocal sides cut with the Chuck Higgins band in 1951-52, as well as all the Federal
recordings from 1953-54 and the first RPM releases from 1954-55
NEW
Amalia Rodrigues -
The Spirit of Fado - DVD (Music Video Distributors) May 16
— 65 minutes
23 May 2006
NEW
Lalo Schifrin -
Letters From Argentina - DualDisc (Aleph 035) May 23
Jackie Allen -
Tangled (Blue Note Records) May 23
NEW
Diego Urcola -
Viva (CamJazz 5015) May 23
Mujician -
There's No Going Back Now (Cuneiform Records) May 23
— Paul Dunmall, Tony Levin, Paul Rogers, Keith Tippett
Ed Palermo Big Band -
Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (Cuneiform Records 20225) May 23
Soft Machine -
Grides - CD+DVD (Cuneiform Records 20230) May 23
— CD: live in Amsterdam 10/25/70
— DVD: live Bremen, Germany 3/21/71, from the original master video tapes, 20'
Bobby Lyle -
TBA (Heads Up International) May 23
Count Basie -
Big Band in Boston (Koch Entertainment) May 23
Chet Baker -
Chet Baker With Len Mercer & His Orchestra (Koch Entertainment) May 23
Everette Harp -
In The Moment (Koch Entertainment) May 23
Billie Holiday -
Lady Day Live (Koch Entertainment) May 23
NEW
Thad Jones -
Live On Tour - Switzerland (LRC Ltd) May 16
NEW
Mike Longo -
900 Shares of the Blues (LRC Ltd) May 16
NEW
Jimmy McGriff -
Groove Grease (LRC Ltd) May 16
Miles Davis Quintet featuring John Coltrane -
The Legendary Quintet Sessions, 1956 - 3 CD box set (Prestige) May 23
— the 1955-56 recordings with John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones
— originally released as "The New Miles Davis Quintet," "Cookin'," "Relaxin',"
"Workin'," and "Steamin'"
— sequenced in order recorded; 32 tracks; 24-bit remastered
Bobby Previte -
Coalition of the Willing (Ropeadope Records 070) May 23
— Bobby Previte (drums), Charlie Hunter (Fender Telecaster guitar and Fender bass), Steven Bernstein (trumpet),
Skerik (sax), Stanton Moore (drums), Jamie Saft (organs, guitar, bass) and Stew Cutler (harmonica)
NEW
Jerry Bergonzi -
Tenor of the Times (Savant 2074) May 23
NEW
Ray Mantilla -
Good Vibrations (Savant 2073) May 23
NEW
Melvin Sparks -
Groove on Up (Savant 2073) May 23
NEW
Vijay Iyer with Rudresh Mahanthappa -
Raw Materials (Savoy Jazz) May 23
NEW
Avishai Cohen -
Continuo (Sunnyside 4603) May 23
NEW
Laszlo Gardony -
Natural Instinct (Sunnyside 4003) May 23
Ann Hampton Callaway -
Blues in the Night (Telarc) May 23
— with the DIVA Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Sherrie Maricle,
Ted Rosenthal, Christian McBride, Lewis Nash and Rodney Jones
— standards and several originals
Liquid Soul -
One-Two Punch (Telarc) May 23
— eight-piece jazz/hip-hop/funk/hard-bop group led by Chicagoan Mars Williams
NEW
Tuck & Patti -
Pure Tuck & Patti (Windham Hill Records) May 23
30 May 2006
Eric Dolphy Quintet with Herbie Hancock -
Left Alone (Fruit Tree 856) May 30
— recorded Oct. 7, 1962 at the Gaslight, New York;
Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute), Ed Armour (trumpet), Herbie Hancock (piano), Richard Davis (bass), Edgar Bateman (drums), Joe Carrol (vocals on
one track)
Marilyn Scott -
Innocent of Nothing (Prana Entertainment) May 30
Jazz Books
NEW
Frank Driggs, Chuck Haddix -
Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop—A History (Oxford University Press) May 30
— hardcover; 472 pages; discography of all of Satchmo's known recordings, both studio and live performances,
from professionally made commercial releases, to amateur and unissued recording
NEW
Todd S. Jenkins -
I Know What I Know: The Music of Charles Mingus (Praeger Publishers) May 30
— hardcover; listener's guide to all of Mingus's recordings
NEW
Jos Willems -
All of Me: The Complete Discography of Louis Armstrong [Studies in Jazz, No. 51] (Scarecrow Press) May 30
— hardcover; 472 pages; discography of all of Satchmo's known recordings, both studio and live performances,
from professionally made commercial releases, to amateur and unissued recording
NEW
Frank Buchmann-Moller -
Someone to Watch Over Me: The Life and Music of Ben Webster (University of Michigan Press) May 28
— hardcover; 392 pages
NEW
Ron Forbes-Roberts -
One Long Tune: The Life And Music of Lenny Breau (University of North Texas Press) May 30
— hardcover; 336 pages; foreward by Gene Lees
May 2006
Kidd Jordan/William Parker/Hamid Drake -
TBA (AUM Fidelity 038) May
— recorded in Brooklyn three months after Katrina
Harry Miller's Isipingo -
Which Way Live (Cuneiform Records) May
— live in Bremen 11/75
— Harry Miller, Louis Moholo, Keith Tippett, Mike Osborne, Nick Evans, Mongezi Feza
Keith Jarrett -
Tokyo Solo 2002 - DVD (ECM) May?
— solo piano, 30th Oct 2002; complete concert; Jarrett's 150th
Japanese performance
Terry Day -
Interruptions: multi-tracks, solos and whims (Emanem [England] 4125) May
— 1978-1981
Steve Lacy/Brion Gysin -
Songs (Hatology 625) May
— Steve Lacy (soprano sax, compositions), Steve Potts (alto & soprano sax), Bobby Few (piano),
Irene Aebi (violin & voice), Jean-Jacques Avenel (double bass), Oliver Johnson (drums),
Brion Gyson (words, voice on two pieces)
— 1981, Paris; liner notes by Art Lange
Russ Lossing -
All Things Arise (Hatology 620) May
— Russ Lossing (solo piano)
performing Alabama Song by Kurt Weil, Azure by Duke Ellington, Kathelin
Gray by Ornette Coleman,
Pent-Up House by Sonny Rollins and his own compositions; new release
Yellowjackets -
26 - CD+DVD (Heads Up International) May
— includes bonus DVD of recent concert shot in Italy, plus other
extras such as backstage footage with the Yellowjackets, interviews with former group members, photos and more
Ernesto Diaz-Infante, Marcos Fernandes, Robert Montoya, Rent Romus -
Reverberations From Spring Past (Pax Recordings)
Rudi Mahall -
Solo (Psi Records [England] 06.01) May
— Rudi Mahall (bass clarinet); 2005
Evan Parker Octet -
Crossing the River (Psi Records [England] 06.02) May
— Neil Metcalfe (flute), John Rangecroft (clarinet), Evan Parker (tenor saxophone),
Philipp Wachsmann (violin), Marcio Mattos (cello), John Edwards (bass), John Russell (guitar), Agusti Fernandez (piano)
— recorded 2 May 2005, Gateway Studios, London
Emily Hay/Marcos Fernandes -
Play (Public Eyesore 097)
— Emily Hay (voice, flute, piccolo and piano), Marcos Fernandes (percussion and samples)
— several tracks feature guests: Lisle Ellis (bass), Ellen Weller (winds), Al Scholl (guitar)
6 June 2006
NEW
Hiram Bullock -
Too Funky 2 Ignore (BHM Productions) June 6
NEW
Antonio Carlos Jobim -
The Unknown Antonio Carlos Jobim (Drg Records) June 6
Soft Machine Legacy -
New Morning: The Paris Concert - DVD (In-Akustik) June 6
— Elton Dean (sax), John Etheridge (guitar), Hugh Hopper (bass) & John Marshall (drums)
— recorded live at New Morning, Paris, 12/12/2005 in Dolby Digital 5.1; 116 minutes
NEW
Roberta Gambarini -
Easy To Love (Kindred Rhythm 1122) June 6
NEW
Jon Faddis -
Teranga (Koch) June 6
NEW
Bob James -
Heads (Koch) June 6
NEW
Bob James -
Lucky Seven (Koch) June 6
NEW
Perry Joslin -
Perry Joslin Project (Vrt) June 6
Milton Nascimento -
Milagre DOS Peixes (Water Music 172) June 6
— 1974 album; with Nana Vasconcellos
Milton Nascimento -
Minas (Water Music 173) June 6
— from 1976
13 June 2006
NEW
John Coltrane -
Soultrane (Prestige Records) June 6
— John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Red Garland (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Art Taylor (drums);
recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in 1958; liner notes by Ira Gitler
NEW
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis -
Cookbook, Vol. 1 (Prestige Records) June 6
NEW
Miles Davis -
Walkin' (Prestige Records) June 6
NEW
Etta Jones -
Don't Go To Strangers (Prestige Records) June 6
— Etta Jones (vocals); Frank Wess (tenor saxophone, flute); Robert Wyands (piano); Skeeter Best (guitar); George Duvivier (bass); Roy Haynes (drums);
recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in 1960
NEW
Jack McDuff -
Honeydripper (Prestige Records) June 6
— Jack McDuff (organ); Jimmy Forrest (tenor saxophone); Grant Green (guitar); Ben Dixon (drums); 1961
non-jazz items of interest
D.A. Pennebaker -
Monterey Pop - DVD
(The Critereon Collection 1623) June 13
— Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, the Who, Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds, a.o.; 1967; 78 minutes
Jimmy Hendrix/Shake Otis -
Jimi Plays Monterey/Shake! Otis at Monterey - DVD
(The Critereon Collection 1624) June 13
— 1968; 68 minutes
20 June 2006
NEW
Glenn Tyree -
1947-52 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1420) June 20
NEW
Jimmy Hodges & His Orchestra -
1952-54 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1421) June 20
NEW
Red Norvo -
1950-51 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1422) June 20
NEW
Errol Garner -
1953-54 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1423) June 20
NEW
Dizzy Gillespie -
1953-54 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1424) June 20
NEW
Fred Martin -
Some Bridges (Concord Records) June 20
NEW
Hal Stein Quartet -
Spirit! (Guidetone Media) June 20
NEW
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)
NEW
George Cables Trio -
Letter To Dexter (Kind of Blue Records 10006) June 20
— George Cables (piano),
Rufus Reid (bass),
Victor Lewis (drums)
non-jazz items of interest
NEW
Viviane Greene -
1947-55 (Chronological R&B Classics 5173) June 20
NEW
Earl King -
1953-54 (Chronological R&B Classics 5174) June 20
NEW
Various Artists -
Roots of Mambo 1930-50 - 2 CDs (Fremeaux & Associes 5128) June 20
27 June 2006
Pieces of a Dream -
30 Years DVD - DVD (Heads Up International) June
Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet -
Husky (Hyena Records) June 27
NEW
Ada Rovatti -
Airbop (Kindred Rhythm 1120) June 27
NEW
Michael Franks -
Rendezvous In Rio (Koch) June 27
NEW
Tim Hodgkinson -
Sketch of Now (Mode) June 27
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
June 2006
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
DJ Logic -
Zen of Logic (Ropeadope Recorsd) June
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint -
River in Reverse (Verve) June
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)
Tunnels -
TBD (Buckyball Records)
Ramon Valle -
Piano Works 4: Memorias (ACT Music 97532)
La Campagnie des Musiques ŕ Ouďr + -
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
—
Kidd Jordan/William Parker/Hamid Drake -
TBD (AUM Fidelity) Spring
— tentative title: "The Jazz Triangle"
The Source -
The Source (ECM Records 1966)
— Řyvind Brćkke, Per Oddvar Johansen, Trygve Seim, Mats Eilertsen
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
~~~
Summer 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
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
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
NEW
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)
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.
Platypus Ensemble -
Satsang (Alba Records 212)
— Sid Hille, piano, melodica & various additional sounds; Manuel Dunkel, tenor & soprano saxophones; Ari-Pekka Anttila, bass; Teppo Mäkynen, drums & percussion & Teemu Viinikainen, guitar
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 Frazăo: 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
Susanne Abbuehl -
Compass (ECM Records 1906)
— Susanne Abbuehl (vocals) with small group
— Abbuehl sets music to text by James Joyce and William Carlos Williams,
covers folk songs and a jazz standard, and writes lyrics to tunes by Chick Corea and Sun Ra
DeJohnette/Scofield/Goldings Trio -
Beyond - 2 CDs (ECM Records 1972/73)
— tribute to the life, work and memory of Tony Williams
— compositions by John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Larry Young, John McLaughlin and Tony Williams
— Jack DeJohnette (drums), John Scofield (guitar) and Larry Goldings (keyboards)
Miki N'Doye -
Dunya (ECM Records 1971)
Barry Guy -
Stoa (ECM Records 1931)
— Maya Homburger (baroque violin),
Muriel Cantoreggi (violin),
Barry Guy (double-bass)
— the Münchener Kammerorchester,
Christoph Poppen (conductor)
Manu Katche -
TBD (ECM 1896) early 2006
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)
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)
Marion Meadows -
I Believe I Can Fly (Heads Up International) Mar
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), Billy Strayhorn (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)
Donald Harrison featuring Mullgrew Miller -
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
Chris Byars Octet -
Night Owls (Smalls Records)
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)
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)
Ted Heath & his Music -
Decca Singles and Rarities, Vol. 3 (Dutton Vocalion 4312)
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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