Last Update -
10 April 2001
A selective list of recently issued or reissued jazz releases
I think might be interesting.
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We also have listings of earlier
1999
and Fall 1998 releases.
12 December 2000
Various Artists
Finding Forrester Original Soundtrack (Columbia/Legacy) Dec 26
— Soundtrack to new film starring Sean Connery, directed by Gus Van Sant.
Features music by Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman and Bill Frisell.
Todd Selbert, ed.
The Art Pepper Companion (Cooper Square Press) Dec 6
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Rajesh Mehta
Reconfigurations (Between the Lines) Dec 12
— The former Anthony Braxton student plays Indian-music influenced "hybrid trumpet"
Charlie Parker
At the Open Door (Ember-UK) Dec 12
Gary Lucas
Level the Playing Field (Last Call-France) Dec 12
Max Roach
The Complete Mercury Max Roach Plus Four Sessions
7 CDs (Mosaic) Dec 15
— his post-Clifford Brown recordings
Mildred Bailey
The Complete Columbia Mildred Bailey Sessions
(Mosaic) Dec 12
Joe Gordon
Lookin' Good (OJC Ltd/Contemporary) Dec 12
Lennie Niehaus
Quintets Vol. 1 (OJC Ltd/Contemporary) Dec 12
— from 1954/56 with Jack Montrose, Red Mitchell, and
Shelly Manne
Philly Joe Jones
Philly Mignon (OJC Ltd/Galaxy) Dec 12
— from 1977 with Nat Adderley, Ira Sullivan, Dexter Gordon, George Cables, and
Ron Carter
Teddy Charles, Mal Waldron,Addison Farmer, Jerry Segal
The Prestige Jazz Quartet (OJC Ltd/Prestige)
— from 1957
Ray Draper
Tuba Sounds (OJC Ltd/Prestige) Dec 12 — with Jackie McLean; from 1957
Curtis Fuller & Hampton Hawes
With French Horns (OJC Ltd/Prestige/New Jazz) Dec 12 — from 1957
Carmell Jones
Jay Hawk Talk (OJC Ltd/Prestige) Dec 12
— from 1965 with Jimmy Heath and Barry Harris
Duke Pearson/Freddie Hubbard/Pepper Adams
Dedication! (OJC Ltd/Prestige) Dec 12
— from 1961; with Freddie Hubbard and Pepper Adams
Johnny Griffin
Grab This! (OJC Ltd/Riverside) Dec 12
— from 1962 with Joe Pass and organist Paul Bryant
Mundell Lowe
Grand Night for Swingin' (OJC Ltd/Riverside) Dec 12 — from 1957
Joe McPhee/Hamid Drake
Emancipation Proclamation: A Real Statement of Freedom (Okkadisk) Dec
School Days
Crossing Division (Okkadisk) Dec
— Ken Vandermark,
Jeb Bishop,
Ingelbigt Haker-Flaten and
Paal Nissen-Love
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Karl Berger & Dave Holland
All Kinds of Time
(Sackville) Dec
TBD 2000
Various Artists
Suite for Sampler, Selected Signs II (ECM) Fall
Change of Time
TBD (OmniTone) 2000/2001
Jim McNeely Tentet
TBD (OmniTone) 2000/2001
Christophe Schweizer Normal Garden
TBD (OmniTone) 2000/2001
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5 December 2000
Mark Dresser
Marinade (Tzadik) Dec 5
Frank London
Invocations (Tzadik) Dec 5
John Zorn
Cartoon/S&M 2 CDs (Tzadik) Dec 5
John Zorn
Filmworks IX (Tzadik) Dec 5
28 November 2000
Coleman Hawkins
Body & Soul of the Saxophone (ASV Living Era) Nov 28
Bill Henderson
Please Send Me Someone To Love (Collectables) Nov 28
David Murray Quartet
Love & Sorrow (DIW) Nov 28
Carla White
Sweetest Sound (DIW) Nov 28
Victor Feldman
Departure Dates (Jasmine-UK) Nov 28
Tubby Hayes
Vol. 1 - Swinging Giant (Jasmine) Nov 28
Tubby Hayes
Eight Wonder (Jasmine) Nov 28
Louis Armstrong
The Big Band Recordings 1930-32 (JSP) Nov 28
— Another fine budget-priced set from JSP.
Remastered by John R.T. Davies.
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Eddie Harris
For Bird & Bags (Koch Jazz/Vee Jay) Nov 28
Walter Perkins
MJT+III (Koch Jazz/Vee Jay) Nov 28
— the first album by this Chicago group. With Frank Strozier,
Harold Mabern, Bob Cranshaw, Willie Thomas and Perkins.
Frank Strozier
Fantastic (Koch Jazz/Vee Jay) Nov 28
— with Booker Little, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb
Wayne Shorter
Wayning Moments (Koch Jazz/Vee Jay) Nov 28 — with Freddie Hubbard
John Pizzarelli
Let There Be Love (Telarc) Nov 28
Oregon/Elvin Jones
Together (Universe) Nov 28
21 November 2000
Pat Metheny
The Pat Metheny Trio Live 2-CD (Warner) Nov 21
Tito Puente
Complete RCA Recordings 6 CD set (RCA Victor) Nov 21
— bargain-priced set.
Paul Desmond
Live (Verve/A&M) Nov 21
— Includes one bonus track.
14 November 2000
Lou Donaldson
Live on the QE2 (Chiaroscuro) Nov 14
John Eaton
Live at Steinway Hall (Chiaroscuro) Nov 14
Henry Johnson
An Evening at Sea Jazz (Chiaroscuro) Nov 14
Dick Wellstood
Live at Hanrattty's (Chiaroscuro) Nov 14
Stan Getz
1946-49 (Classics) Nov 14
— with Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Hank Jones, Al Haig, Duke Jordan, Max Roach, etc.
Woody Herman
1939 (Classics) Nov 14
Howard McGhee
1945-46 (Classics) Nov 14
— with Charlie Parker (3 tracks), Charles Mingus (1 track), Snooky Young
New Orleans Rhythm Kings
1922-23 (Classics) Nov 14
— with Jelly Roll Morton on 5 tracks
Artie Shaw
1940 (Classics) Nov 14
Benny Goodman
Arrangements by Eddie Sauter / Arrangements by Fletcher Henderson (Collectables) Nov 14
Benny Goodman
Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing DVD (Columbia/Legacy) Nov 14
Lin Halliday
Airgen (Delmark) Nov 14
Von Freeman and Frank Catalano
You Talkin' To Me? (Delmark)
Nov 14
Ernest Dawkins New Horizon Ensemble
Jo'burg Jump (Delmark)
Nov 14
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Sir Charles Thompson
Robbins Nest: Live at the Jazz Showcase
(Delmark) Nov 14
Albert Ammons
1936-46 (Document) Nov 14
Kid Ory
1922-47 (Document) Nov 14
Don Grolnick Group
The London Concert (Fuzzy Music) Nov 14
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Bill Henderson
His Complete Vee Jay Recordings, Vol. 2 (Koch Jazz/Vee Jay) Nov 14
— with the Count Basie Orchestra, Tommy Flanagan, Elvin Jones, etc.
Lee Morgan
Expoobident (Koch Jazz/Vee Jay) Nov 14
— with Clifford Jordan and Art Blakey
Red Norvo/Mavis Rivers
We Remember Mildred Bailey
(Koch Jazz/Vee Jay) Nov 14
— with Sweets Edison, Bill Harris, etc.
Michel Portal
Dockings (Label Bleu) Nov 14
Anthony Braxton
Knitting Factory 1994 - Vol. 2 2 CDs (Leo) Nov 14
— with Marty Ehrlich, Joe Fonda and Pheeroan AkLaff and Braxton on piano
Joe Fonda/Michael J. Stevens Group
Live at the Bunker (Leo) Nov 14
— with Paul Smoker and Harvey Sorgen
Joe McPhee/Dominic Duval/John Heward
Undersound (Leo) Nov 14
Martin Taylor
Stepping Stones (Linn) Nov 14
Andy McCloud's Gentlemen of Jazz
Blues For Bighead (Mapleshade) Nov 14
— with Joe Ford and Steve Nelson
Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter
The Complete Vee-Jay Sessions 6 CDs (Mosaic) 14 Nov
The Four Freshman
The Complete Capitol Four Freshman Sessions 1950-1960 (Mosaic) Nov
Pete McCann
You Remind Me of Someone (Palmetto) Nov 14
Mildred Bailey
Me & the Blues (Savoy/Atlantic) Nov 14
Charles Mingus
Jazz Composers Workshop (Savoy/Atlantic) Nov 14
Boyd Raeburn & Orchestra
Boyd Meets Stravinsky (Savoy/Atlantic)
Cain/Kral
Jackie & Roy (Savoy/Atlnatic) Nov 14
Wess/Newman/Burrell
Jazz For Playboys (Savoy/Atlantic) Nov 14
Bob Ostertag
Sooner or Later (Seeland) Nov 28 — featuring Fred Frith
Papa Blue's Viking Jazzband
Live at Mosebacke, Stockholm (Storyville) Nov 14 — Swedish New Orleans jazz
Earl 'Fatha' Hines
Live at Ratso's (Storyville) Nov 14 — live set from 1976
Harry James
Hotel Astor Roof, 1942 (Storyville) Nov 14
Vincent Nilsson Quartet
Jazz Trombone Spirituals (Storyville) Nov 14
Cam Newton
Short Films (Summit) Nov 14
Denny Zeitlen Trio
As Long As There's Music (32 Jazz) Nov 14
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Billy Childs Trio
Bedtime Stories (32 Jazz) Nov 14
Sam Jones
Something In Common (32 Jazz) Nov 14
— with George Mraz and Billy Hart.
Roland Kirk
Domino (Verve Master Edition) Nov 14
— includes eight previously unissued alternate takes from the 1962 sessions
Ella Fitzgerald
Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook 2 CD set (Verve Master Edition) Nov 14
Carmen McCrae
Blue Moon (Verve Master Edition) Nov 14
Jimmy Smith
Organ Grinders Swing (Verve Master Edition) Nov 14
Lyle Mays/Marc Johnson/Jack DeJohnette
Fictionary (Warner) Nov 14
Kevin Mahogany
Portrait of Kevin Mahogany (Warner) Nov 14
7 November 2000
Don Byron
A Fine Line: Arias and Lieder (Blue Note) Nov 7
Bill Charlap
Written in the Stars (Blue Note) Nov 7
Kenny Burrell with Grover Washington Jr.
Togethering (Blue Note)
— remastered with bonus tracks
Grant Green
Alive (Blue Note) Nov 7
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— Remastered with additional material found since it was first reissued.
Pieces of a Dream
Joyride (Blue Note) Nov 7
— remastered
Louis Armstrong
Hello Dolly (MCA) Nov 7
Al Cohn/Zoot Sims
Easy As Pie: Live at the Left Bank (Label M) Nov 7
Rufus Harley
The Pied Piper of Jazz (Label M) Nov 7 — retrospective
Les McCann
Invitation to Openness (Label M) Nov 7 — reissue
David "Fathead" Newman
Captain Buckles (Label M) Nov 7 — reissue
Mario Pavone/Michael Musillami
Motion Poetry (Playscape) Nov 10
Various Artists
Rhapsodies in Black: Voice and Music From The Harlem Renaissance (Rhino)
— Book and 4 CD box
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Booker Little
and Friend (Rhino/Bethlehem) Nov 7
Joe Roland
Joe Roland (Rhino/Bethlehem) Nov 7
Ken Burns Jazz: Various Artists
Ken Burns Jazz 5 CD set (Sony) Nov 7
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Ken Burns Jazz: Various Artists
Best of Ken Burns Jazz (Sony) Nov 7
Ken Burns Jazz compilations by
Louis Armstrong,
Sidney Bechet,
Dave Brubeck,
Ornette Coleman,
Miles Davis,
Duke Ellington,
Benny Goodman,
Herbie Hancock,
Fletcher Henderson,
Charles Mingus and
Thelonious Monk
(Columbia/Legacy)
Ken Burns Jazz compilations by
Count Basie,
Art Blakey,
John Coltrane,
Ella Fitzgerald,
Dizzy Gillespie,
Coleman Hawkins,
Billie Holiday,
Charlie Parker,
Sonny Rollins,
Sarah Vaughan,
Lester Young,
(Verve)
31 October 2000
Tisziji Munoz
Auspicious Healing (Anami Music) Oct 31
— with Henry Kaiser, Marilyn Crispell, Mark Dresser and Lukas Ligeti.
(available from
downtownmusicgallery)
—
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John Lindberg Ensemble
A Tree Frog Tonality (Between the Lines) Oct 31
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John Surman
Coruscating (ECM) Oct 31
— Surman compositions for saxes, clarinets and
string quartet
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Roberta Picket
Speak, Memory (Fresh Sound/New Talent) Oct
Kenny Colman
Straight Ahead (Justin Time) Oct 31
Rob Mcconnell
Tentet (Justin Time) Oct 31
Deep Rumba
A Calm In The Fire Of Dances (Justin Time) Oct 31
Venuti/Romano
Never Before...Never Again (Justin Time) Oct 31
Cedar Walton
Three Sundays in the Seventies (Live at the Left Bank) (Label M) Oct 31
Joe Williams
A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry (Label M) Oct 31
— Roulette orchestral album from 1957.
Dexter Gordon
Cabu Collection 2 CDs (Maters of Jazz) Oct 31
Coleman Hawkins
Cabu Collection 2 CDs (Maters of Jazz) Oct 31
Andrew Cyrille/Mark Dresser/Marty Ehrlich
C.D.E. (Pao) Oct 31
(available from
downtownmusicgallery)
Oliver Lake Quintet
Talkin' Stick (Passin' Thru) Oct 25
— with Geri Allen, Jay Hoggard, Belden Bullock and Cecil Brooks III
Ray Anderson Quartet
Bonemeal/Live at Jean's Supper Club (Raybone) Oct 31
— with Mark Helias, Steve Salerno and Matt Wilson.
(available from
downtownmusicgallery)
—
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Don Pullen
Solo Piano Rrecord
(Sackville) Oct
—
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Robben Ford
Blues Connnotation (West Wind) Oct 31
— with Ralph Towner, Jerry Granelli, Julian Priester, Charlie Haden,
Anthony Cox, Bill Frisell and Kenny Garrett
24 October 2000
Medeski, Martin and Wood
The Dropper (Blue Note) Oct 24
— electric record
Bob Dorough and Dave Frishberg
Who's On First (Blue Note) Oct 24
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (Candid) Oct 24
Clark Terry
Color Changes (Candid) Oct 24
James Williams
Classic Encounters (DIW) Oct 24
Dan Wall
On The Inside Looking In (Double-Time) Oct 24
Sonny Rollins
This Is What I Do (Milestone) Oct 24
— new release
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Eddie Allen
Summer Days (Enja) Oct 24
Benny Bailey
The Satchmo Legacy (Enja) Oct 24
Bob Moses
Nishoma (Grapeshot) Oct 24
Johnny Hodges
The Complete Verve Johnny Hodges Sessions Small Group 1956-61
(Mosaic) Oct 24
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John Kruth
Everywhere You've Never Been (Smiling Fez/Label M) Oct 24
Charlie Parker
The Complete Charlie Parker Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings (1944-48)
8 CDs (Savoy/Atlantic) Oct 24
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McCoy Tyner
Jazz Roots: McCoy Tyner Honors 20th Century Piano Players (Telarc) Oct 24
Al Di Meola
The Grande Passion (Telarc) Oct 24
Oscar Peterson and Michel Legrand
Trail of Dreams: A Canadian Suite (Telarc) Oct 24
Milford Graves
Stories (Tzadik) Oct 24
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Abbey Lincoln
Over the Years (Verve) Oct 24
Gary Lucas
Street of Lost Brothers (Tzadik) Oct 24
Les McCann
Live at Montreaux (Wounded Bird) Oct 24
17 October 2000
Tony Malaby
Sabino (Arabesque) Oct 17
— with Marc Ducret, Michael Formanek and Tom Rainey
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Coe/Kellaway
British-American Blue (Between the Lines-Ger.) Oct 17
Franz Koglmann
An Affair With Strauss (Between the Lines-Ger.) Oct 17
Jim Ferguson
Deep Summer Music (Challenge) Oct 17
— with Chris Potter
Hendrik Meurkens
New York Nights (Challenge) Oct 17
— with Eric Alexander and Jimmy Cobb
Babs Gonzales
1947-49 (Classics) Oct 17
— with Wynton Kelly, Tadd Dameron, Sonny Rollins, James Moody, Art Pepper, J.J. Johnson,
Bennie Green, Roy Haynes
Earl Hines and his Orchestra
1947-49 (Classics) Oct 17
— with Charles Mingus, Buck Clayton, Barny Bigard, etc.
Bob Howard and his Orchestra
1935-36 (Classics) Oct 17
— with Bunny Berrigan, Artie Shaw, Bennie Morton, etc
Red Norvo
1936-37 (Classics) Oct 17
— with Mildred Bailey and Eddie Sauter
Valaida Snow
1937-40 (Classics) Oct 17
Wilbur De Paris
New Orleans/Plays Cole Porter (Collectables) Oct 17
Freddie Hubbard/Nat Adderly
Soul Experiment/Autobiography (Collectables) Oct 17
Wynton Kelly
Kelly Great (Collectables) Oct 17
Wynton Kelly
Someday My Prince Will Come (Collectables) Oct 17
Wynton Kelly
Wynton Kelly! (Collectables) Oct 17
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
Coast to Coast (Concord) Oct 17
George Shearing
Lullaby Of Birdland (Concord) Oct 17
Orrin Evans
Listen to the Band (Criss Cross) Oct 15
Wycliffe Gordon Sextet
Gospel Truth (Criss Cross) Oct 15
Conrad Herwig Sextet
Unseen Universe (Criss Cross) Oct 15
One For All
Long Hall (Criss Cross) Oct 15
Mark Murphy
The Latin Porter (Go Jazz) Oct 17
— with Tom Harrell
Bobby Hackett
1951-Back Stage With Bobby Hackett (Jasmine-UK) Oct 17
Les Paul
Blowing the Smoke Away... (Jasmine-UK) Oct 17
Dave Young
Tale of the Fingers (Justin Time) Oct 17
John Stetch
Heavens Of A Hundred Days (Justin Time) Oct 17
Mal Waldron
Left Alone (Dedicated to Billie Holiday) (Avenue Jazz/Bethlehem) Oct 17
Zoot Sims
Down Home (Avenue Jazz/Bethlehem) Oct 17
Walter Booker Sextet
Bookie's Cookbook (Mapleshade) Oct 17
Frank Morgan Allstars
Reflections (OJC/Contemporary) Oct 17
— with Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Mulgrew Miller,
Ron Carter and Al Foster. Excellent date from 1988.
Ron Carter
Parade (OJC/Milestone) Oct 17 — with Joe Henderson, Chick Corea and Tony Williams, 1979
Hank Crawford
Roadhouse Symphony (OJC/Milestone) Oct 17 — with Dr. John, 1985
Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass
Fitgerald & Pass...Again (OJC/Pablo) Oct 17 — 1976
Joe Turner with the Basie Orchestra
Flip, Flop and Fly (OJC/Pablo) Oct 17
Sonny Criss
The Beat Goes On! (OJC/Prestige) Oct 17 — with Cedar Walton, Bob Cranshaw and Alan Dawson, 1968
Paul Quinichette
Basie Reunion (OJC/Prestige) Oct 17 — 1958
Shirley Scott
Blue Seven (OJC/Prestige) Oct 17 — with Oliver Nelson and Joe Newman, 1961
Charlie Byrd
Byrd's Word (OJC/Riverside) Oct 17 — 1958
Mel Rhyne Sextet
Organ-Izing (OJC/Riverside) Oct 17 — with Blue Mitchell and Johnny Griffin
Glen Velez
Breathing Rhythms (Sounds True) Oct 17
Chris Speed
Emit (Songlines) Oct 17
Talking Pictures with Jerrit Dijkstra
Humming (Songlines) Oct 17
John Lindberg
Catbird Sings (Soul Note) Oct 17
— with Leo Smith, Larry Ochs and Andrew Cyrille
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
Vol. 2-Round About Midnight (Starburst-UK) Oct 10
Wallace Roney
No Room For Argument (Stretch) Oct 17
Dave Weckl Band
Transition (Stretch) Oct 17
Pederson/Mikkelborg/Knudson
Imagine (Storyville) Oct 17 — re-release of 1986's "Heart to Heart"
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Teddy Wilson
The Teddy Wilson Trio (Storyville) Oct 17
Bronx Horns
Silver in the Bronx (32 Records) Oct 17
Bobby Hutcherson/Tommy Flanagan
Mirage (32 Jazz/Landmark) Oct 17
Ruth Cameron
Roadhouse (Verve) Oct 17
David Friesen/Uwe Kropinski
Made in Berlin (West Wind) Oct 17
Jim Black
Axisnoaxis (Winter & Winter) Oct 17
10 October 2000
Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette
Whisper Not 2 CDs (ECM) Oct 10
— live concert recorded in Paris, July 1999
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Mark Whitecage Quartet
Fragments of a Dream (Acoustics) Oct 10
— live
Sweetnighter concert in Philadelphia with
Sabir Mateen, Dominic Duval and Jay Rosen
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Mark Whitecage Trio
Live on Tour in Tours, Vol. 2: Fractured Again (Acoustics) Oct 10
— live with Dominic Duval and Jay Rosen
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Jenny Scheinman
Live at Yoshi's (Avant) Oct 10
Harriet Tubman
Treasure Hunt For The Prototype (Avant) Oct 10
Kenny Dorham
Whistle Stop (Blue Note RVG edition) Oct 10
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Joe Henderson
Our Thing (Blue Note RVG edition) Oct 10
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Herbie Hancock
The Prisoner (Blue Note RVG edition) Oct 10
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Hank Mobley
The Turnaround (Blue Note RVG edition) [LP sequence] Oct 10
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Jimmy Smith
Houseparty (Blue Note RVG edition) [LP sequence] Oct 10
— With one bonus track - "Confirmation"
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Daniel Schnyder
Words Within Music (Enja) Oct 10
David X. Young's
Jazz Loft 1954-64 (Jazz Magnet) Oct 10
— Two-CD set and book documenting jazz at Young's artist's loft in NYC.
The CDs is compiled from private recordings and includes musicians
such as Pepper Adams, Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall, Jimmy Raney,
Hal Overton, Zoot Sims, Steve Swallow and others.
—
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Rob Reddy's Quttah
However Humble (Koch Jazz) Oct 10
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Frank Vignola and Frank Wess
Without a Doubt (Koch Jazz) Oct 10
Hank Crawford
Low Flame, Hight Heat (Label M) Oct 10
— ballads and blues collection from his 1961-66 Atlantic Records releases
Les McCann & Eddie Harris
Second Movement (Label M) Oct 10 — reissue
Francois Carrier Trio Plus One
Compassion (Naxos) Oct 10
Mark Isaacs
Closer (Naxos) Oct 10
M.O.B. Trio
Loose (OmniTone) Oct 10
— new release
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Mike Lee
My Backyard (OmniTone) Oct 10
Steve Slagle
New New York (Omnitone) Oct 10
Dave Douglas Charms of the Night Sky
A Thousand Evenings (RCA Victor) Oct 10
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Mark Whitfield
Raw (Transparent) Oct 10
John Zorn
Xu Feng (Tzadik) Oct 10
3 October 2000
Sven-Ake Johannson
Schlingerland 1972 (Atavistic-Unheard Music) Oct 3
Alexander Von Schlippenbach Quartet
Hunting the Snake 1975 (Atavistic-Unheard Music) Oct 3
— with Evan Parker, Peter Kowald and Paul Lovens
Irene Schweizer/John Tchicai Quartet
Willi the Pig 1975 (Atavistic-Unheard Music) Oct 3
Tim Hagans and Bob Belden
Re-Animation Live (Blue Note) Oct 3
Kahil El'Zabar with David Murray
One World Family (CIMP) Oct 3
Phil Haynes - Herb Robertson Quintet
Brooklyn—Berlin (CIMP) Oct 3
— with Ned Rothenberg, Vinny Golia and Ken Filiano
The Resonance Impeders: Briggan Krauss, Chris Dahlgren, Jay Rosen
At All Costs Unknown (CIMP) Oct 3
Ken Simon Quartet
Another Side (CIMP) Oct 3
— with Jorge Sylvester, and Greg Maker and marking the return to
recording of drum master Barry Altschul
Paul Smoker/Bob Magnuson/Ken Filiano/Lou Grassi
Large Music I (CIMP) Oct 3
Ran Blake
Horace Is Blue: A Silver Noir (hatOLOGY) Oct?
Ned Rothenberg
Crux: Selected Solo Wind Works 1989-92 (Leo Records) Oct 3
Ruben Gonzalez
Chanchullo (Nonesuch) Oct 3
John McLaughlin
The Heart of Things Live (Verve) Oct 3
— 1998 date includes Gary Thomas and Matthew Garrison.
— read the
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John McLaughlin
The Believer (Verve) Oct 3
— 1999 date with "Remember Shakti," jazz-Indian fusion.
— read the
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Carla Bley
4X4 (Watt/ECM) Oct 3
— read the
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Quincy Jones
Basie and Beyond (Warner Bros/Quest) Oct 3
26 September 2000
Harry Red Allen
Ride Red Ride (ASV Living Era) Sept 26
Richard Leo Johnson
Language (Blue Note/Premonition) Sept 26
Patricia Barber
Nightclub (Blue Note/Premonition) Sept 26
John Scofield
Steady Groovin' (Blue Note/Premonition) Sept 26
Frank Sinatra
Concepts (Capitol) Sept 26 —
— box set with all 16 Capitol concepts albums, digitally remastered, with a 96-page booklet.
Paul Chambers
1st Baseman (Collectables) Sept 26
Gillespie/Parker/Getz
In Concert...Carnegie Hall (Collectables) Sept 26
Slide Hampton
Jazz With A Twist (Collectables) Sept 26
Eddie Harris
Excursions (Collectables) Sept 26
Irene Kral
Kral Space (Collectables) Sept 26
David Newman
Lonely Avenue/Newmanism (Collectables) Sept 26
Sonny Sharrock/Wayne Henderson
Black Woman/Freedom Sounds (Collectables) Sept 26
Various Artists
The Sound of Jazz (Columbia) Sept 26
-- original soundtrack
Rosemary Clooney
The Songbook Collection 6 CDs (Concord) Sept 26
Arturo Sandoval, David Sanchez, Chick Corea and Pete Escovedo
Jam Miami (Concord) Sept 26
Diane Schuur
Friends for Schuur (Concord) Sept 26
Jerry Bergonzi
Wiggy (Double-Time) Sept 29
Don Cherry
Cool (Dressed to Kill-UK) Sept 26
Annette Peacock
An Acrobat's Heart (ECM) Sept 26
— read the
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Phillip Greenlief
Russian Notebooks (Evander Music) Sept 26
— With Vinny Golia, Nels Cline and G.E. Stinson.
Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra
When Angels Speak of Love (Evidence) Sept 26
— 1963 recording.
— read the
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Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra
Pathways To Unknown Worlds/Friendly Love (Evidence) Sept 26
— combines the Impulse issue "Pathways" with the unissued "Friendly Love"
— read the
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Sun Ra and His Arkestra
The Great Lost Sun Ra Albums: Cymbals and Crystal Spears 2 CDs (Evidence) Sept 26
— two Impulse 1970s albums that were never released
— read the
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Sun Ra and His Arkestra
Lanquidity (Evidence) Sept 26
— reissue of the rare 1978 Philly Jazz title from the master tapes.
— read the
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Sun Ra and His Arkestra
Greatest Hits: Easy Listening for Intergalactic Travel (Evidence) Sept 26
— read the
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Bill Evans Trio
The Last Waltz
(Fantasy/Milestone) Sept 26
—
8 CD box of previously unreleased material from
Evans's very last recordings, taped between August 31 and September 7, 1980 at Keystone
Korner, San Francisco, with Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera.
—
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Joe Pass
Resonance (Fantasy/Pablo) Sept 26
— previously
unreleased 1982 concert
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin
Blues Up and Down (Fantasy/Milestone) Sept 27
— reissue of the 1960-61 Jazzland albums "Blues Up and
Down" and "Griff & Lock"
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Randy Weston featuring Art Blakey
Solo/Duo/Trio (Milestone/Riverside) Sept 27
—contains the pianist's 1954
recording debut "Cole Porter in a Modern Mood" (with bassist Sam Gill) plus
"Trio and Solo" (with Gill and Art Blakey). . .
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Sonny Red with Blue Mitchell and Grant Green
Red, Blue and Green (Fantasy/Milestone)
This fine new Milestone two-on-one reissue consists of two
Sonny Red
bop sessions from 1961 that were originally released on two Jazzland releases, The Mode and Images. This is a welcome blues and standards hard bop reissue. (The album gets its title from altoist
Sonny
Red, and excellent sidemen trumpeter
Blue Mitchell and guitarist
Grant Green.)
Sonny Red and Grant Green sound especially nice together on Green's five tracks.
The rhythm section consists of Cedar Walton, Barry Haris and Jimmy Cobb.
— Alan Lankin, December 2000
Matthew Shipp Trio
Prism (hatOLOGY) Sept 26
Cuong Vu
Pure (Knitting Factory Works) Sept 26
Garrison Fewell
Hearing Things: Live at Birdland (Koch Jazz) Sept 26
Magali Souriau Orchestra
Live at Birdland (Koch Jazz) Sept 26
Jill Seifers/Michael Kanan
Live at Birdland (Koch Jazz) Sept 26
Ray Bryant
Somewhere in France (Label M) Sept 26
— unreleased 1993 solo date
— read the
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review #1
review #2
Stan Getz
My Foolish Heart (Label M) Sept 26
— with Richie Beirach, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette.
— read the
JAZZMATAZZ
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Sonny Stitt
Just the Way it Was (Label M) Sept 26
— 1971 trio set with Stitt on electric Varitone sax from the Left Bank.
— read the
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review
Morgana King
The Complete Reprise years (Label M) Sept 26
Heiner Stadler
Jazz Alchemy (Labor Records) Sept 26
— read the
JAZZMATAZZ
review
Andy Summers
Peggy's Blue Skylight (RCA Victor) Sept 26
Chick Corea/Origin
Originations (Stretch) Sept 26
Jim Hall with Joe Lovano, George Mraz and Lewis Nash
Grand Slam: Live at the Regattabar (Telarc) Sept 26
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Ray Brown
Some Of My Best Friends Are...The Trumpet Players (Telarc) Sept 29
— with Blanchard, Faddis, Payton, Hargrove, Morrison, Terry
Ernest Ranglin
Modern Answers to Old Problems (Telarc) Sept 26
Regina Carter
Motor City Moments (Verve) Sept 26
19 September 2000
Richard Davis
Forest Flowers (32 Jazz) Sept 19 — anthology from 1970s Muse titles
The Keystone Quartet
A Love Story (32 Jazz) Sept 19
— with Eric Alexander,
Lewis Nash, George Mraz and Cyrus Chestnut
Lonnie Smith
The Turbanator (32 Jazz) Sept 19
— unreleased session from 1991 with
Jimmy Ponder, Houston Person, Buster Williams and Buddy Williams
— read the
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David Lahm
More Jazz Takes on Joni Mitchell (Arkadia) Sept 19
David Liebman
Liebman Plays Puccini: A Walk in the Clouds (Arkadia) Sept 19
Chris Conner
Lullabies of Birdland (Avenue Jazz) Sept 19
Alex Blake Quintet featuring Pharoah Sanders
Now Is The Time (Live at the Knitting Factory) (Bubblecore) Sept 19 — with John Hicks.
— read the
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Gilgamesh
Arriving Twice (Cuneiform) Sept 19
Chico O'Farrill
Carambola (Fantasy/Milestone) Sept 20
Andy Bey
and the Bey Sisters (Fantasy/Prestige) Sept 19
Jackie Byard
Solos/Strings (Fantasy/Prestige) Sept 19
Willis Jackson
At Large (Fantasy/Prestige) Sept 19
Jack McDuff
Silken Soul (Fantasy/Prestige) Sept 19
Dave Pike
Carnavals (Fantasy/Prestige) Sept 19
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
The Soulful Blues (Fantasy/Prestige) Sept 19
Frank Wess
The Long Road (Fantasy/Prestige) Sept 19
John Coltrane
Coltrane Plays the Blues (Rhino/Atlantic) Sept 19 — remastered
John Coltrane
Olé Coltrane (Rhino/Atlantic) Sept 19 — remasterd
Mat Maneri Quartet
Blue Decco (Thirsty Ear) Sept 19
— read the
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Danilo Perez
Motherland (Verve) Sept 19
George Russell
At the Five Spot (Verve Elite Edition) Sep 19
George Duke
Cool (Warner) Sept 19
12 September 2000
Donny McCaslin
Seen From Above (Arabesque) Sept 12
Franz Koglmann
Make Believe (Between the Lines-Ger.) Sept 12
Michael Moore
Monitor (Between the Lines-Ger.) Sept 12
Michael Wintsch
Road Movie (Between the Lines-Ger.) Sept 12
Hank Mobley
No Room For Squares (Blue Note RVG Edition) [LP SEQUENCE]
— with 2 bonus tracks.
— read the
JAZZMATAZZ
review
Jackie McLean
A Fickle Sonance (Blue Note RVG Edition) Sept 12
— read the
JAZZMATAZZ
review
Wayne Shorter
The All Seeing Eye (Blue Note RVG Edition) Sept 12
— read the
JAZZMATAZZ
review
Horace Silver
Six Pieces of Silver (Blue Note RVG Edition) Sept 12
— read the
JAZZMATAZZ
review
Jimmy Smith
The Sermon (Blue Note RVG Edition) [LP sequence]
— read the
JAZZMATAZZ
review
UMO Jazz Orchestra with Kenny Wheeler and Norma Winstone
One More Time (Challenge) Sept 12
— all Wheeler originals
— read the
JAZZMATAZZ
review
Tommy Dorsey
1938 (Jazz Chronological Classics) Sept 12
Duke Ellington
1947-48 (Jazz Chronological Classics) Sept 12
Buddy Johnson
1947-49 (Jazz Chronological Classics) Sept 12
Thelonious Monk
1947-48 (Jazz Chronological Classics) Sept 12
James Moody
1948-49 (Jazz Chronological Classics) Sept 12
Paul Desmond
Desmond Blue/Take Ten (Collectables) Sept 12
Eddie Harris
Bad Luck Is All I Have/How Can (Collectables) Sept 12
John Lewis
Original Sin/Essence (Collectables) Sept 12
Joshua Breakstone
Music of Bud Powell (Double-Time) Sept 12
Richard Galliano
Boxed Set-Concerts Inedits 3 CD box (Dreyfus) Sept 12
— solo, duo (with NHOP) and trio discs.
Michel Petrucciani
Boxed Set-Concerts Inedits 3 CD box (Dreyfus) Sept 12
— solo, duo (with Michel Portal) and trio (with Daniel Humair & J.F. Jenny-Clark) discs.
Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra
Allegresse (Enja) Sept 12
— read the
JAZZMATAZZ
review
Italian Instabile Orchestra
Litania Sibilante (Enja) Sept 12
— Led by Pino Minafra with Giorgio Gaslini and Gianluigi Trovesi
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Errol Garner
No Ballad 1945-49 (EPM-France) Sept 12
Bud Powell
Bud's Bubble 1944/1947 (EPM-France) Sept 12
Oregon
Oregon in Moscow 2 CD set (Intuition) Sept 12
— recorded with an orchestra.
—
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Vital Information
Live Around the World - 1998-99 2 CD set (Intuition) Sept 12
Jelly Roll Morton
As Artist 5-CD set (JSP) Sept 12
— a great deal - 5 CDs for $22.49!
Ronald Shannon Jackson
Red Warrior (Knit Classics) Sept 12
Wilson/Street
What Would It Be Without You (Knit Classics) Sept 12
Tommy Smith
Azure (Linn) Sept 12
— with Kenny Wheeler, Lars Danielson and Jon Christensen
Duke Ellington
Live At The Zanzibar Club (Magnum-UK) Sept 12
Billie Holiday
Vol. 16-Dec. 1946 To Dec. 1948 (Masters of Jazz) Sept 12
Anita O'Day
Vol. 4 - 1944 (Masters of Jazz) Sept 12
Michael Bisio
Undulations (OmniTone) Sep 6
Oscar Noriega's Play Party
Luciano's Dream (OmniTone) Sep 6
—with Cuong Vu, Brad Shepik, Tom
Rainey
Lynn Seaton
Solo Flights (OmniTone) Sep 5
Larry Coryell
Barefoot Boy (One Way) Sept 12
Lee Konitz & the Axis String Quartet
Play French Impressionist Music (Palmetto) Sept 12
