David Fulmer/Christopher Otto (Violin)/Pauline Kim: John Zorn: Lemma1 CD / Tzadik Records / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Apophthegms: First Set. No. 1; Apophthegms: First Set. No. 2; Apophthegms: First Set. No. 3; Apophthegms: First Set. No. 4; Apophthegms: First Set. No. 5; Apophthegms: First Set. No. 6; Apophthegms: ...Artists: David Fulmer/Christopher Otto (Violin)/Pauline Kim Zorn's virtuosic string music is legendary and this CD focuses on his compositions for violin. Two major new works for solo violin - Passage (based...continue... Audio Mixer: Marc Urselli. Liner Note Author: John Zorn . Recording information: Eastside Sound Studio, New York, NY....continue... ![]() Giacomo Gates: Miles TonesCD / Savant / 2013-02-26 Tracks: All Blues; Be-Bop Lives (Boplicity); Four; 'Round Midnight; I Fall in Love Too Easily; 'Long Come Tutu; Milestones; You're My Everything; So What; Walkin'Artists: Giacomo Gates Personnel: Giacomo Gates (vocals); Dave Stryker (guitar); Freddie Hendrix (trumpet); John Di Martino (piano); Vincent Ector (drums). Liner Note Author: Neil Tesser. Recording information...continue... ![]() Eric Alexander (Saxophone): Touching *CD / High Note / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Touching; Gone Too Soon; Way She Makes Me Feel, The; Dinner for One Please, James; Central Park West; I'm Glad There Is You; September of My Years, The; Oh GirlArtists: Eric Alexander (Saxophone) Downbeat.com Eric Alexander can play the tenor saxophone - never doubt that. He has the chops, power and passion that make him one of the most...continue... Personnel: Eric Alexander (tenor saxophone); Harold Mabern (piano). Audio Mixer: Rudy Van Gelder. Liner Note Author: Mark Keresman. Recording information: Van Gelder Recording Stu...continue... ![]() ![]() Roland Kirk/Roy Haynes: Domino/Out of the Afternoon [Bonus Track] [Remastered]CD / American Jazz Classics / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Domino; Meeting On Termini's Corner; Time; Lament; Stritch In Time, A; 3-In-1 Without the Oil; Get Out of Town; Rolando; I Believe In You; E.D.; Domino [Alternate Version]; Moon Ray - (featuring Henr...Artists: Roland Kirk/Roy Haynes Personnel: Roland Kirk (stritch, manzello, tenor saxophone). Liner Note Authors: Joe Segal; Alan Guntry; Stanley Dance. Recording information: Chicago, IL (04/17/1962-04/18/1962); Englew...continue... ![]() Sonny Rollins: Bridge [Bonus Tracks] [Remastered]CD / Poll Winners Records / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Without a Song; Where Are You?; John S.; Bridge, The; God Bless the Child; You Do Something to Me; If Ever I Would Leave You; Night Has a Thousand Eyes, The; Bridge [Alternate Version], The; God Bles...Artists: Sonny Rollins Personnel: Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone); Jim Hall (guitar); Bob Cranshaw (bass); Ben Riley, Harry T. Saunders (drums). Recorded at RCA Victor Studios, New York, New York on January 30 & Febr...continue... ![]() Stéphane Grappelli Quartet/Stéphane Grappelli: Django [Bonus Tracks] [Remastered]CD / American Jazz Classics / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Django; Nuages; Alabamy Bound; You Better Go Now; Tien, Le; Like Someone in Love; Minor Swing; Daphné; Soft Winds; Makin' Whoopee; How About You?; Pent-Up House; Swing 39; Belleville; Manoir de ...Artists: Stéphane Grappelli Quartet/Stéphane Grappelli Personnel: Pierre Cavalli (guitar); Stéphane Grappelli (violin); Daniel Humair (drums). Liner Note Authors: Frank Ténot; Melba Ritz. Recording information: Paris, France (03/07...continue... ![]() Oscar Peterson: West Side Story/Affinity [Bonus Track] [Remastered]CD / Poll Winners Records / 2013-02-26 Artists: Oscar Peterson![]() John Coltrane: Coltrane/Giant Steps [Remastered]CD / Essential Jazz Classics / 2013-02-26 Artists: John Coltrane![]() Thelonious Monk/Thelonious Monk Quartet: Monk's Dream [Bonus Tracks] [Remastered]CD / Poll Winners Records / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Monk's Dream; Body and Soul; Bright Mississippi; Five Spot Blues; Blue Bolivar Blues (Ba-Lue-Bolivar-Ba-Lues-Are); Just a Gigolo; Bye-Ya; Sweet and Lovely; Monk's Dream [Original Trio Vresion]; Blue ...Artists: Thelonious Monk/Thelonious Monk Quartet Personnel: Thelonious Monk (piano); Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone); John Ore (bass); Frankie Dunlop (drums). Recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, New York in 1963. Includes liner notes by P...continue... ![]() Charles Mingus: 1962 Town Hall Concert [Bonus Track]CD / Phoenix Jazz / 2013-02-26 Artists: Charles MingusThe concert, which was billed as an open recording session with audience, was a shambles, with copyists seated on stage working feverishly even as the performance was going on. The record is pretty mu...continue... ![]() Dexter Gordon: Go/A Swingin Affair [Remastered]CD / Poll Winners Records / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Cheese Cake; I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry; Second Balcony Jump; Love For Sale; Where Are You?; Three O'Clock In the Morning; Soy Califa; Don't Explain; You Stepped Out of a Dream; Backbone, ...Artists: Dexter Gordon Personnel: Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone); Billy Higgins (drums). Liner Note Author: Arnold Marcus. Recording information: Englewood Cliffs, NJ (08/27/1962); Englewood Cliffs, NJ (08/29...continue... ![]() Paul Motian/Chuck Israels/Bill Evans (Piano): Complete Recordings [Remastered]CD / Essential Jazz Classics / 2013-02-26 Artists: Paul Motian/Chuck Israels/Bill Evans (Piano)![]() Duke Ellington: Money Jungle [Bonus Tracks] [Remastered]CD / Poll Winners Records / 2013-02-26 Artists: Duke Ellington/Max Roach/Charles Mingus. Personnel: Duke Ellington (piano); Charles Mingus (bass); Max Roach (drums). Recorded at Sound Makers, New York, New York on September 17, 1962. Originally rel...continue... ![]() ![]() Antonio Sanchez (Drums): New Life *1 CD / CAM Jazz / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Uprisings and Revolutions; Minotauro; New Life; Nighttime Story; Medusa; Real McDaddy, The; Air; Family TiesArtists: Antonio Sanchez (Drums) Audiophile Audition Sanchez is a storyteller and there is a tale behind most of his latest tunes. Sanchez says "New Life" signifies his new life as...continue... Personnel: Antonio Sanchez (vocals, keyboards, drums); David Binney (alto saxophone); Donny McCaslin (tenor saxophone); John Escreet (piano, Fender Rhodes piano); Matt Grewer (electric bass). A...continue... ![]() Benny Green (Piano): Magic Beans [Digipak] *1 CD / Sunnyside Communications / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Benny's Crib; Kenny Drew; Flying Saucer; Jackie McLean; Vanished; Harold Land; Magic Beans; Paraphrase; Portuguesa, La; Further AwayArtists: Benny Green (Piano) Personnel: Benny Green (piano); Kenny Washington (drums). Audio Mixers: Jim Czak; Bill Moss ; Kenny Washington; Benny Green . Liner Note Author: Benny Green . Recording informatio...continue... ![]() Bill Frisell: Silent Comedy1 CD / Tzadik Records / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Bagatelle; John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!; Babbitt; Silent Comedy; Lake Superior; Proof; Road, The; Leprechaun; Ice Cave; Big Fish; LullabyArtists: Bill Frisell Personnel: Bill Frisell (electric guitar). Audio Mixer: Marc Urselli. Recording information: EastSide Sound, NYC (12/02/2012). For all the self-generated hype that Tzadik releases...continue... ![]() Marion Meadows: Whisper [Digipak] *1 CD / Shanachie / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Visitor, The; Whisper; Black Pearl; Timeless; Curves; Magic Life; Bottoms Up; Golden Curtain; Marcosinho; Sky Dive; Wild Thing; Turn Up the QuietArtists: Marion Meadows Photographer: Hassan Kareem. Soprano saxophonist Marion Meadows plays what has to be called smooth jazz, but he stretches the template a bit by incorporating subtly nuanced Latin, Eastern, and ...continue... ![]() Alex Sipiagin: Overlooking MomentsCD / Criss Cross / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Expectation; Cho Tofu; Chronicle; Mississippi Waltz; Flash; Once...; First Step; SavoirArtists: Alex Sipiagin Personnel: Alex Sipiagin (trumpet, flugelhorn); Chris Potter (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Eric Harland (drums). Audio Mixer: Michael Marciano. Liner Note Author: C. Andrew Hovan...continue... ![]() Michael Rodriguez: ReverenceCD / Criss Cross / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Small Feats; Enchanted; Reverence; Wishful Thinking; Like Joe; Portrait of Jennie; You DidArtists: Michael Rodriguez Personnel: Michael Rodriguez (trumpet, flugelhorn); Chris Cheek (tenor saxophone); Gerald Clayton (piano); Rodney Green (drums). Audio Mixer: Michael Marciano. Liner Note Author: Ted Pan...continue... ![]() Wycliffe Gordon Quintet/Wycliffe Gordon: The Intimate Ellington: Ballads & BluesCD / Criss Cross / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Pie Eye's Blues; Jeep's Blues; I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good; Creole Love Call; Stevie; Intimacy of the Blues, The; Lotus Blossom; Something Sexual; Sophisticated Lady; CaravanArtists: Wycliffe Gordon Quintet/Wycliffe Gordon MusicWeb International He plays Sophisticated Ladyfairly straight and with sincere feeling. Wycliffe's growls and flutters conjure up memories of the playing by trumpeter Bubber Miley...continue... Personnel: Wycliffe Gordon (vocals, trumpet, trombone, soprano trombone); Dee Daniels (vocals); Zach Brock (violin); Adrian Cunningham (clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Aaron Diehl (pian...continue... ![]() Jason Moran/Charles Lloyd: Hagar's SongCD / ECM Records (USA) / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Pretty Girl; Mood Indigo; Bess, You Is My Woman Now; All About Ronnie; Pictogram; You've Changed; Hagar Suite: Journey Up River; Hagar Suite: Dreams of White Bluff; Hagar Suite: Alone; Hagar Suite: B...Artists: Jason Moran/Charles Lloyd Hagar's Song, the newest release from longtime ECM luminary Charles Lloyd, is an interactive duo recording with Jason Moran, the star pianist who has been...continue... Personnel: Jason Moran (piano, tambourine); Charles Lloyd (alto flute, bass flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone). Recording information: Santa Barbara Sound Design (04/2012). Photogra...continue... ![]() Tim Warfield/Tim Warfield Quintet: Eye of the BeholderCD / Criss Cross / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Blues for Mr. Bill; Undaunted, The; Tide a Dish I; I Remember You; Backwards Step, The; Tide a Dish II; Ramona's Heart; Second Thoughts; Forever, One Day At a TimeArtists: Tim Warfield/Tim Warfield Quintet Personnel: Tim Warfield (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Nicholas Payton (trumpet); Cyrus Chestnut (piano); Clarence Penn (drums). Audio Mixer: Michael Marciano. Liner Note Author: ...continue... ![]() ![]() Various Artists: Bossa Nova RomanceCD / Green Hill / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Wave - Beegie Adair; Corcovado - Lori Mechem; Blue Bossa - Jack Jezzro - (featuring Leif Shires); Once I Loved - Jack Jezzro; Girl from Ipanema, The - Beegie Adair; Miranda - Jack Jezzro; How Insensi...Artists: Various Artists Bossa Nova Romance is a fine sampling of the artists on the Green Hill Records roster. These 14 tracks include cover versions of "The Girl from Ipanema," "You and the Night and the Music," "Nature Boy...continue... ![]() Ingebrigt Håker Flaten New York Quartet: Now is [Digipak]CD / Clean Feed Records / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Port; Times; Pent; Knicks; Giants; As If; Rangers; PostArtists: Ingebrigt Håker Flaten New York Quartet Personnel: Joe Morris (guitar); Nate Wooley (trumpet). Audio Mixer: Joe Marciano. Liner Note Author: Clifford Allen. Recording information: Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY (07/12/2011)....continue... ![]() Flume: Flume *CD / Transgressive Records / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Sintra; Holdin' On; Left Alone; Sleepless - (featuring Jezzabell Doran); On Top - (featuring T. Shirt); Stay Close; Insane - (featuring Moon Holiday); Change; Ezra; More Than You Thought; Space Cadet...Artists: Flume The debut album from Australian electronic musician/producer Flume, aka Harley Streten, Flume is an atmospheric, experimental mix of electronic dance-oriented sounds that touches upon aspects of R&B, ...continue... ![]() ![]() Paul Lytton/Nate Wooley: The Nows [Digipak]CD / Clean Feed Records / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Free Will, Free Won't; Abstractions and Replications; Berlyne's Law; Men Caught Staring; Information Bomb, The; Automatic; Destructive To Our Proper Business; Ripple Effect, TheArtists: Paul Lytton/Nate Wooley Audio Mixer: Bojan Vuletic. Recording information: The Hideout, Chicago, IL (03/02/2011); The Stone, New York, NY (03/02/2011); The Hideout, Chicago, IL (03/16/2011); The Stone, New York, NY (0...continue... ![]() Angelica Sanchez: Wires & Moss [Digipak]CD / Clean Feed Records / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Loomed; Feathered Light; Soaring Piasa; Dare; Wires & Moss; BushidoArtists: Angelica Sanchez Personnel: Angelica Sanchez (piano); Marc Ducret (guitar); Tony Malaby (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Drew Gress (double bass); Tom Rainey (drums). Recording information: Systems Two Stu...continue... ![]() Scott Fields: Five Frozen Eggs [Digipak]CD / Clean Feed Records / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Nada Que Ver, Juàrez; Laogai; Archaeopteryx and the Manatees, The; Little Soldiers For Science; Teaching Rats To Swim; When It Comes Time To Hang the Capitalists, They Shall Be Found Bidding On ...Artists: Scott Fields Personnel: Scott Fields (guitar); Marilyn Crispell (piano); Hans Sturm (double bass); Hamid Drake (drums). Audio Mixer: Mark Haines . Recording information: Smart Studios, Madison, WI (0...continue... ![]() Michaël Attias: Spun Tree [Digipak]CD / Clean Feed Records / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Bad Lucid; Question Eight; No's No; Calendar Song; Subway Fish Knit; Arc-En-Ciel; Ghost Practice; Spun TreeArtists: Michaël Attias Personnel: Michaël Attias (alto saxophone); Ralph Alessi (trumpet); Matt Mitchell (piano); Sean Conly (double bass); Tom Rainey (drums). Audio Mixer: Joe Branciforte. Liner Note Aut...continue... ![]() Sara Serpa/Ran Blake: Aurora [Digipak]CD / Clean Feed Records / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Saturday; When Autumn Sings; Dr. Mabuse; Cansaço; Moonride; Strange Fruit; Mahler Noir; Band Played On, The; Love Lament; Wende; Fine and Dandy; Last Night When We Were YoungArtists: Sara Serpa/Ran Blake Personnel: Sara Serpa (vocals); Ran Blake (piano). Audio Mixer: Luis Delgado . Recording information: Auditório da Culturgest, Lisboa, Portugal (05/10/2012-05/11/2012). Photo...continue... ![]() Paradoxical Frog: Union [Digipak]CD / Clean Feed Records / 2013-02-26 Tracks: An Intermittent Procession; First Strike; Fear the Fairy Dust; Second Strike; Figment; Union; Masterisk; Repose; Third Strike, You're OutArtists: Paradoxical Frog Personnel: Tyshawn Sorey (melodica, trombone, drums); Ingrid Laubrock (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Kris Davis (piano). Audio Mixer: Joe Branciforte. Recording information: Syste...continue... ![]() ![]() ![]() Old Time Musketry: Different TimesCD / Steeplechase Lookout / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Star Insignia; Parade; Different Times; Cadets; Hope For Something More; Anger Dance; Highly Questionable; Underwater Volcano; Floating VisionArtists: Old Time Musketry Personnel: JP Schlegelmilch (accordion, piano, Wurlitzer organ, synthesizer, glockenspiel); Max Goldman (melodica, drums); Adam Schneit (clarinet, saxophone). Audio Mixer: Michael Perez-Cisnero...continue... ![]() ![]() The Next Collective: Cover ArtCD / Concord / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Twice; No Church in the Wild - (featuring Christian Scott); Africa; Fly or Die; Oceans; Refractions in the Plastic Pulse; Marvins Room - (featuring Christian Scott); Come Smoke My Herb; Perth; Thank ...Artists: The Next Collective Downbeat.com These players (all born in the 1980s) have grown up musically in previous configurations with one another, and their latest project certainly benefits from those...continue... Personnel: Matthew Stevens (guitar); Christian aTunde Adjuah (trumpet); Gerald Clayton (piano); Jamire Williams (drums). Audio Mixer: Seth Presant. Recording information: Sear Sound (02/...continue... ![]() Candido (Percussion): Dancin' and Prancin'CD / BBR / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Dancin' & Prancin'; Jingo; Thousand Finger Man; Rock & Shuffle (Ah-Ha); Jingo [Original 12" Version]; Thousand Finger Man [12" Extended Version] - (remix); Jingo [A Shep Pettibone Mix] - (remix); Tho...Artists: Candido (Percussion) Audio Mixers: David Rodriguez Jr.; Bob Blank. Liner Note Author: Thomas Del Pozo. Recording information: Blank Tapes, Inc., New York, NY; Power Station, New York, NY; R.P.M. Studios, New...continue... ![]() George Schuller: Listen Both Ways [Digipak] *CD / Playscape Recordings / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Could This Be the Year?; Store Without a Name; Better Than Prozac; Edwin; Jesus Maria; Map Would Help, A; Newtoon; Bed HeadArtists: George Schuller Personnel: Brad Shepik (guitar); Peter Apfelbaum (melodica, tenor saxophone); Tom Beckham (vibraphone); George Schuller (drums, bells). Audio Mixer: George Schuller. Liner Note Author: G...continue... ![]() Igor Lumpert Trio: Innertextures Live [Digipak]
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