Jazzmatazz - 2003 Jazz Releases

2003 Jazz Releases

Last Update - 10 April 2005

A selective list of recently issued or reissued jazz releases I think might be interesting.

Clicking on the album title will link to the CD Universe site,
which includes sound samples (indicated by ) and additional information for many of the CDs.

Recent releases are listed on our New Jazz Releases page.

Future releases are listed on our Upcoming Jazz Releases page. We also have listings of 2004 2002 and 2001 releases.

30 December 2003

Fess Williams - 1926-30 - 2 CDs (Jazz Oracle 41) Dec 30

William S. Fischer - Circles (Water/Embryo) Dec 30 — from 1971

23 December 2003

Audiology II - 11 Groups Live in Berlin (a/l/l 006)
— recorded at Total Music Meeting 2002
— many musicians, including Evan Parker, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Wu Wei, Xu Fengxia, Conny Bauer, Uwe Kropinski, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton, Wolfgang Fuchs, Paul Lovens and others

Charlie Kohlhase Quintet - Play Free or Die/Live - 2 CDs (Boxholder 036/037) Dec
— Kohlhase on alto, tenor & bari saxes, Matt Langley on tenor sax, John Carlson on trumpet, John Turner on bass and Eric Rosenthal on drums
Ivo Perelman Double Trio - Suite for Helen F. - 2 CDs (Boxholder 038/039) Dec
— Mark Dresser & Dominic Duval (bass) and Gerry Hemingway & Jay Rosen (drums)

Archie Shepp - Yasmina, A Black Woman/Poem for Malcolm (Charly/Actuel) Dec
— two-fer; 1969

William Gagliardi - NHLAHLA (CIMP 291) Dec
— Gagliardi (tenor saxophone, thumbpiano) - John Carlson (trumpet) - Ken Wessel (guitar) - Dave Hofstra (bass) - Lou Grassi (drums)
Steve Swell - Suite for Players, Listeners and other Dreamers (CIMP 292) Dec
— Swell (trombone) - Will Connell (alto sax, flute, bass clarinet) - Roy Campbell (trumpet, flute) - Charles Burnham (violin) - Francois Grillot (bass) - Kevin Norton (percussion)
Ernie Krivda - Plays Ernie Krivda (CIMP 293) Dec
— Krivda (tenor saxophone) - Dominick Farinacci (trumpet) - Bob Fraser (guitar) - Kurt Kotheimer (bass) - Carmen Intorre (drums)
Odean Pope/Khan Jamal - Nothing Is Wrong (CIMP 294) Dec
— Pope (tenor saxophone) - Khan Jamal (vibraphone) - Arthur Harper (bass) - Allen Nelson (drums)
Mark Dresser/Ray Anderson - Nine Songs Together (CIMP 295) Dec
— Dresser (bass) - Anderson (trombone)

Peter Kowald - Duos2/Europa America Japan (FMP 124) Dec
— reissue of three LPs
— duets with duets with Derek Bailey, Conrad Bauer, Andrew Cyrille, Floros Floridis, Fred Frith, Diamanda Galas, Junko Handa, Julius Hemphill, Toshinori Kondo, Mashiko Kono, Jeanne Lee, Seizan Matsuda, Marilyn Mazur, Butch Morris, Evan Parker, Michihiro Sato and Yoshisaburo Toyozumi

Steve Cardenas - Panoramic (Fresh Sound New Talent 171) Dec
— Cardenas on guitar, Tony Malaby on tenor sax, Larry Grenadier on bass and Kenny Wollesen on drums

The BSC - Good (Grob 543) Dec
— chamber orchestra from Boston led by Bhob Rainey, with Greg Kelley (trumpet), James Coleman (theremin), Howard Stelzer (tapes), Liz Tonne (voice), Vic Rawlings (cello, electronics), Mike Bullock (bass), and Chris Cooper (prepared guitar), with guests Axel Dörner (trumpet) and Andrea Neumann (inside piano)
Kevin Drumm/Fred Lonberg-Holm/Weasel Walter - Eruption (Grob 546) Dec
Martin Brandlmayer/Werner Dafeldecker/Stefan Nemeth/Martin Siewert - The Instability of Symmetry (Grob 547) Dec

Dusan Bogdanovic - Early to Rise (Quicksilver/Palo Alto) Dec 23
— with Charlie Haden; 1984
Elvin Jones - Brother John (Quicksilver) Dec 23
Gene Krupa - Hot Drums (Quicksilver) Dec 23
Arnie Lawrence - Renewal (Quicksilver/Palo Alto) Dec 23 — from 1982
Larry Vuckovich - City Sounds, Village Voices (Quicksilver/Palo Alto) Dec 23
— sextet with Tom Harrell (tpt), Jerome Richardson (reeds), and Charles McPherson (sax); Ray Drummond (b); Eddie Marshall (dr); 1982

16 December 2003

Kid Thomas - Kid Thomas Band With Raymond Burke (American Music) Dec 16 — from 1960

Eddie Miller - The Eddie Miller Quartet Plays Mostly Ellington (Audiophile Records) Dec 16

E.S.T. - Seven Days Of Falling (BMG) Dec 16
E.S.T. - Live in Stockholm - DVD (BMG) Dec 16

Enrico Pieranunzi - Fellini Jazz (CAM Jazz) Dec 16
— with trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, saxist Chris Potter, bassist Charlie Haden & drummer Paul Motian
— play the music of Nino Rota

buy: You Came A Long Way From Saint Louis

Johnny Hartman - You Came A Long Way From Saint Louis (Definitive) Dec 16
— the complete Savoy & Musicor sessions

Johnny Hartman - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head (Definitive) Dec 16 — two-fer of his Perception sessions, "Today" (1972) and "I've Been There" (1975)

Bessie Smith - Complete Recordings, Vol. 6 (Frog 45)
— new series remastered by John R.T. Davies
Clarence Williams - Volume 2 - QRS Recordings (Frog 49)

Oluyemi Thomas - Before the Beginning/High Zero Festival, 2002 (Recorded 011) Dec

Alan Blaylock - Two Seconds To Midnight (Sea Breeze) Dec 16
Bruce Lofgren Jazz Orchestra - Red Shift (Sea Breeze) Dec 16

9 December 2003

Bobby Bradford/Francis Wong/William Roper - Purple Gums (Asian Improv 64) Dec 9

Jozef Van Wissem - Simulacrum (BVHaast 0104) Dec 9

Continuum - Mad About Tadd: The Compositions Of Tadd Dameron (Collectables) Dec 9
— Slide Hampton, Jimmy Heath, Kenny Barron, Ron Carter and Art Taylor; from 1982

Les Paul Trio - California Melodies (Collectors' Choice) Dec 9 — 1944 AFRS recordings

Miya Masaoka Trio - Monk’s Japanese Folk Song (Dizim/Germany 4104) Dec 2
— Miya Masaoka, koto; Andrew Cyrille, drums; Reggie Workman, contrabass, saw
— Thelonious Monk compositions and some originals; recorded in Germany, 1998

Paul Dunmall/Bruce Coates - 19 Years Later (Duns 035) Dec
Paul Dunmall/Tony Irving - Cocteau's Ghost (Duns 034) Dec

Vassilis Tsabropoulos - Akroasis (ECM 1737) 2003 — solo piano
Jane Monheit - Live at the Rainbow Room (Encoded) Dec 9

Charlotte Hug & Chantale LaPlante - Brilliant Days (For 4 Ears) Dec 9
— Charlotte Hug, viola, electronics; Chantale LaPlante, laptop

Irene Schweizer/Pierre Favre - Ulrichsberg (Intakt 84) Dec 9

Bozan Z Trio - Transpacifik (Label Bleu) — with Scott Colley and Nasheet Waits

Dan DeChellis & Aaron Ali Shaikh - Under Careful Watch the Spoken Words Fly (Sachimay 9362) Dec 9

Ivar Grydeland Tonny Kluften & Paul Lovens - These Six (Sofa 512) Dec 9
— Ivar Grydeland, guitar, banjo; Tonny Kluften, double bass; Paul Lovens, selected and unselected drums and percussion
No Spaghetti Edition - Real Time Satellite Data (Sofa 513) Dec 9
— Axel Dörner, trumpet, electronics; Michel Doneda, sax; Xavier Charles, clarinet, harmonica; Rhodri Davies, harp; Andrea Neumann, inside piano, electronics; Ivar Grydeland, banjo, guitar; Tonny Kluften, double bass; Ingar Zach, percussion

Anthony Braxton - Anthony Braxton (Sunspots/BYG Actuel) Dec 9
— with Leo Smith (trumpet), Leroy Jenkins (violin) and Steve McCall (drums); 1969

Art Ensemble of Chicago - Reese And The Smooth Ones (Sunspots/BYG Actuel) Dec 9
— Roscoe Mitchell, Lester Bowie, Malachi Favors and Joseph Jarman; 1969

Mia Miata - Urban Arias (Tha) Dec 9

Ab Baars Trio - Party at the Bimhuis (10 Years Ab Baars Trio) (Wig 09) Dec 9
— Ab Baars, clarinet, tenor sax; Wilbert de Joode, double bass; Martin van Duynhoven, drums
— with guests: Ig Henneman, viola; Misha Mengelberg, piano; Guus Janssen, piano; Mariëtte Rouppe van der Voort, alto sax, flutes
— recorded live at the Bimhuis, Netherlands, January 17, 2003

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non-jazz items of interest

Charles Brown - A Life in the Blues - DVD+CD (Rounder) Dec 9

— includes 1990 concert performance on both CD & DVD
— DVD includes two rare 1944 "Soundies" of Brown with Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
— CD includes extensive discography as printable PDF file
— booklet includes rare photos, notes by Chip Deffaa and an appreciation by Bonnie Raitt

Mark Applebaum - Catfish (Tzadik) Dec 9
Davka - Golem (Tzadik) Dec 9
— Paul Hanson, Daniel Hoffman, Kevin Mummey, Moses Sedler
Hoahio - Peek-Ara-Boo (Tzadik) Dec 9
Anton Fier - Dreamspeed/Blindlight 1992-1994 - 2 CDs (Tzadik) Dec 9
— Bill Laswell, Matt Stein, Bootsy Collins, Phew, Buckethead, Makino Kazu, Nicky Skopelitis, Knox Chandle, Aiyb Dieng, Lori Carson, Lydia Kavanagh

2 December 2003

Norah Jones - Turn Me On - CD-single (Blue Note) Dec 2

Nina Simone - Legends - 3 CDs (Camden) Dec 2

Convergence - Modern Man (Capri) Dec 2

Stan Getz & Jimmy Raney - Complete Studio Sessions - 2 CDs (Definitive) Dec 2

NEW Stan Getz - Live In London, Vol. 1 (Harkit [UK]) Dec 2
— recorded in the spring of 1964 at Ronnie Scott's club; 70 minutes

Freddie Hubbard - Live at the Village Vanguard - DVD (Immortal) Dec 2
— with Ron Carter on bass, Cedar Walton on piano, and Lenny White on drums

Various Artists - The 1962 Newport Jazz Festival (MVD) Dec 2
— Roland Kirk, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson, Joe Williams, and Pee Wee Russell
— 60 minutes; questionable audio quality

Armen Donelian - Quartet Language (Playscape) Dec 2
— Donielian, piano/composer; Thomas Chapin, alto saxophone; Calvin Hill, bass; Jeff Williams, drums
— recorded in May 1992 and dedicate to the late Thomas Chapin
Michael Musillami - Those Times (Playscape) Dec 2
— Musillami, composer/guitar; Ted Rosenthal, piano; Dave Shapiro, bass; George Schuller, drums
George Schuller Quintet - Round'bout Now (Playscape) Dec 2
— Schuller, drums and percussion/composer; Donny McCaslin, soprano/tenor saxophones and alto flute; Ingrid Jensen, trumpet and flugelhorn; Tom Beckham, vibes/composer; Dave Ambrosio, bass; with special guests: Matt Darriau, kaval and bass clarinet; Pete McCann, guitar; and Sonny Barbato, accordion

New England Jazz Ensemble - Wishes You A Cookin' Christmas (Sea Breeze) Dec 2

Last Poets - Last Poets (Sunspots) Dec 2

Oregon - Music Of Another Present Era (Universe/Vanguard) Dec 2
Oregon - Distant Hills (Universe/Vanguard) Dec 2

25 November 2003

Marcos Fernandes - Hybrid Vigor (Accretions 027)
Donkey - Big Sur (Accretions 028) — Hans Fjellestad/Damon Holzborn
Marcelo Radulovich - Hello (Accretions 029)

Cat Anderson - Cat Speaks (Black & Blue) Nov 25
Dumoustier Stompers - Champs (Black & Blue) Nov 25
Philippe Lejeune - Blues Emotion (Black & Blue) Nov 25
Joe Newman - I Love My Baby (Black & Blue) Nov 25
Philippe Petit - Back to the Beat (Black & Blue) Nov 25

Adamo Rafferty - Three Souls (CAP) Nov 25
Sean Sullivan - Ready (CAP) Nov 25 — with David "Fathead" Newman

Don Cherry - Orient/Blue Lake - 2 CDs (Charly/BYG Actuel) Nov 25
— four LPs from 1969 on two CDs
— musicians include Cherry, Johnny Dyani, Okay Temiz, Han Bennink

Grachan Moncur III - New Africa & Aco Dei De Madrugada (Charly/BYG Actuel) Nov 25
— two-fer from 1969
— New Africa features Moncur on trombone, Roscoe Mitchell on alto sax & flute, Archie Shepp on tenor sax, Dave Burrell on piano, Alan Silva on bass and Andrew Cyrille on drums
— Aco Dei De Madrugada [One Morning I Woke Up Very Early] features Moncur on trombone, Fernando Martins on piano & vocals, Beb Guerin on bass and Nelson Serra de Castro on drums

buy: Yasmina, A Black Woman & Poem For Malcolm

Archie Shepp - Yasmina, A Black Woman & Poem For Malcolm - 2 CDs (Charly/BYG Actuel) Nov 25
— two-fer from 1969
— musicians include Shepp, Roscoe Mitchell, Arthur Jones & Hank Mobley on saxes, Clifford Thorton on cornet, Lester Bowie on trumpet, Dave Burrell on piano, Malachi Favors & Earl Freeman on basses and Sunny Murray, Philly Joe Jones & Art Taylor on drums

John Pizzarelli - My Blue Heaven - SACD hybrid (Chesky) Nov 25

Bud Freeman - Jazz Meeting in Holland (Circle) Nov 25

Grey Ghost - How to Create Music (482 Music 1022) Nov 25
— Aram Shelton & Johnathan Crawford

Bill McHenry Quartet - featuring Paul Motian (Fresh Sound New Talent 160)
— with Ben Monder and Reid Anderson
Avishai Cohen - The Trumpet Player (Fresh Sound New Talent 161)
— Avishai: trumpet, Joel Frahm: tenor sax, John Sullivan: bass and Jeff Ballard: drums
Hans Glawischnig - Common Ground (Fresh Sound New Talent 162)
Loren Stillman - Gin Bon (Fresh Sound New Talent 163)
— with Stillman on alto sax, Russ Lossing on piano, Scott Lee on bass, Jeff Hirschfield on drums and special guest John Abercrombie on guitar
Oscar Penas - Astronautus (Fresh Sound New Talent 164)
Erik Jekabson - Intersection (Fresh Sound New Talent 165)
Felipe Salles - Mind Motions (Fresh Sound New Talent 166)
Frank Carlberg - In the Land of Art (Fresh Sound New Talent 167)
Phil Stockli - Third Eye (Fresh Sound New Talent 168)
Helen Sung - Push (Fresh Sound New Talent 169)
Eli Degibri - In the Beginning (Fresh Sound New Talent 170)

Lionel Ferbos - Place of my Dreams (GHB) Nov 25
Papa Joe's All Stars - Papa's Dip (GHB) Nov 25
Kid Thomas - Last Session At San Jacinto Hall (GHB) Nov 25

Bill Evans Trio - Live In London (Harkit [UK]) Nov 25
— previously unreleased live recording made at Ronnie Scott's club in March 1965
— includes a backstage interview

Jimmy Giuffre/Paul Bley/Steve Swallow Emphasis & Flight 1961 - 2 CDs (Hatology 595)

Rolf Kuhn - Internal Eyes (Inuition) Nov 25
— with Martial Solal, Bob Mintzer, Frank Chastenier, Peter Erskine, Chuck Loeb
Nicolas Simion - Balkan Jazz (Intuition) Nov 25

Lee Konitz - The Complete 1953 Haig Performances (Jazz Factory) Nov 25

Collective 4tet - Synopsis (Leo 380) Nov 25
— Heinz Geisser, percussion; Mark Hennen, piano; Jeff Hoyer, trombone; William Parker, bass
Olaf Ton - Olaf Ton (Leo) Nov 25
— Richard Koch, trumpet; Benjamin Weidekamp, alto sax, clarinet; Jerome Bugnon, trombone; Michael Haves, double bass; Christian Harlen, drums
Pago Libre - Phoenix: Live In Salzburg & Zurich (Leo 377) Nov 25
— Tscho Theissing, violin, voice; Arkady Shilkloper, horn, flugelhorn, alphorn, alperidoo, voice; John Wolf Brennan, piano, arcopiano, prepared piano, voice; Daniele Patumi, bass, voice
Evan Parker & September Winds - Alder Brook (Leo 379) Nov 25
— Peter A Schmid, bass & contrabass clarinet, contrabass sax (tubax), taragot; Evan Parker, soprano, tenor & contrabass sax (tubax); Hans Anliker, trombone; Jürg Solothurnmann, alto & soprano sax; Reto Senn, clarinet, bass clarinet, taragot

Patricia Barber - Companion - SACD hybrid (Mobile Fidelity/Blue Note) Nov 25

Neil Anderson - C'Est Si Bon (Modern Hot) Nov 25
Pearl Django - Swing 48 (Modern Hot) Nov 25

Roy Eldridge - The Complete Roy Eldridge Verve Studio Sessions - 7 CDs (Mosaic) Nov

Curtis Amy - Mosaic Select - 3 CDs (Mosaic Select)
Duke Pearson - Mosaic Select - 3 CDs (Mosaic Select) late Nov
— will contain "The Phantom," "Merry Ole Soul," "It Could Happen Only With You," "How Insensitve" and "I Don't Care Who Knows It," recorded 1968-70

Roy Powell - Solace (Nagel Heyer) Nov 25
Pete York - Live & Swinging (Nagel Heyer) Nov 25

Denman Maroney - Fluxations (New World) Nov 25
— with Ned Rothenberg (Bass Clarinet), Dave Ballou (Trumpet), Kevin Norton (Drums), Denman Maroney (Piano), Mark Dresser (Double Bass)

Erroll Garner - Enjoys Rodgers & Hart (Ocium 39) Nov 25
Lucky Thompson - Lucky Moments (Ocium 38) Nov 25

The Hot Club of San Francisco - Swing This (Panda) Nov 25
— Sylvia Herrold (vocals, guitar); Steven Strauss (vocals, ukelele, acoustic bass); Paul Mehling (guitar, viola); Julian Smedley, Jeremey Cohen (violin, baritone violin); Jenny Scheinman (violin); Rob Burger (accordion)
Roy Patterson - On a Cloud (Panda) Nov 25
— Roy Patterson (guitar); Ingrid Jensen (trumpet, flugelhorn); Brian Dickinson (piano); Jim Vivian (bass); Ted Warren (drums)
Nancy Walker - Luminosity (Panda) Nov 25

Francois Houle & Catriona Strang - The Clamourous Alphabet (Periplum 050) Nov

Carmen Leggio - Smile/Tarrytown Tenor (Progressive Int'l) Nov 25
— two-fer; with Milt Hilton, Derek Smith, George Duvivier, Ronnie Bedford, John Bunch, Butch Miles

Duke Ellington - The Duke: The Complete Works 1924-47 - 40 CDs (Proper) Nov 25 — 763 tracks

John Taylor - Insight (Sketch 035) — solo piano
Giovanni Mirabassi - Air (Sketch 036)
Bruno Angelini - Empreintes (Sketch 037)
Marc Ducret - Qui Parle? (Sketch 038) Nov

Nina Simone - The Nina Simone Story - 3 CDs (Snapper) Nov 25

Roberto Colombo - Stringology (String Jazz) Nov 25

Johnny Desmond & Glenn Miller Service Orchestra - Soldier & a Song (Sounds of Yesteryear) Nov 25
Stan Kenton - In Paris September 1953 (Sounds of Yesteryear) Nov 25

Stan Kenton - Horns of Plenty, Vol. 3 (Tantara Records) Nov 25

Polysoft with Hugh Hopper & Elton Dean - Tribute to Soft Machine: Live at Le Triton (Le Triton 3506) Nov
— Francois Merville drums, Serge Adams trumpet and flugelhorn, Jean-Remy Guedon on tenor sax and flute, and Pierre-Olivier Govin on baritone sax and saxello; joined by Hugh Hopper on fuzz bass, Elton Dean on alto and saxello and Emmanuel Bex on Hammond organ

Tribute to Charlie Parker - Vol. 1 - DVD (Storyville Films) Nov 25
Tribute to Charlie Parker - Vol. 2 - DVD (Storyville Films) Nov 25
— The All Stars and The Phil Woods Quartet pay homage to Bird at the Palais des Festivals Cannes. The All Stars are: Frank Morgan (alto), Red Rodney (trumpet), Monty Alexander (piano), Rufus Reid (bass), and Roy Haynes (drums). The Phil Woods Quartet is: Phil Woods (alto), Hal Garper (piano), Steve Gilmore (bass), and Bill Goodwin (drums)

Peter Furlan - Spy Glass Hill (Twinz) Nov 25
Fernando Otero - Plan (Twinz) Nov 25
Jiro Yoshida - My Beating Heart (Twinz) Nov 25

Hugh Hopper - Improvisation/Mind In The Trees (Voiceprint/UK) Nov 25
— two-fer; includes original booklets

non-jazz items of interest

John Mayall and Friends - Along for the Ride - SACD hybrid (Audio Fidelity) Nov 25 — with bonus track

John Potter - The Dowland Project - Care-charming Sleep (ECM New Series 1803) Nov 25
— with John Surman, Stephen Stubbs, Maya Homburger, Barry Guy
Leonidas Kavakos/Péter Nagy/George Enescu - Maurice Ravel: Sonate posthume, etc. (ECM New Series 1824)

Lil Green - Romance in the Dark (Fabulous) Nov 25
— 16 of her Chicago recordings with Big Bill Broonzy

Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey - A Journey to Music's Heart & Soul - DVD (Image Entertainment) Nov 25
— 120 minutes

Johnny Cash - Unearthed - 5 CDs (Lost Highway) Nov 25

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November 2003

Joanne Brackeen - Friday - Live at the Jazz Standard (Arkadia) Nov?
— with Ravi Coltrane, Ira Coleman & Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez
Mary Pearson - (Arkadia) Nov? — with Harvie S
TK Blue - The Tide of Love (Arkadia) Nov?
— with Stefon Harris, James Weidman, Gavin Fallow & Lenny Robinson
Uli Lenz - The Berlin Concert (Arkadia) Nov?
— with Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez

Nathan Hubbard - Skeleton Key Orchestra (Circumvention 039A-B) Nov
Jason Robinson - TBD (Circumvention 041) 2003 — solo album

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18 November 2003

Lenny Breau - The Hallmark Sessions (Art of Life) Nov 18

— Breau's previously unreleased first recording session from 1961
— six solo guitar tracks, plus seven trio tracks recorded with Rick Danko and Levon Helm

Franz Koglmann - Fear Death By Water (between the lines 034) Nov 14
— A "Beach Opera" inspired by T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land'
— live recording, with music performed by the Monoblue Quartet (Tony Coe/Franz Koglmann/Martin Siewert/Peter Herbert) & Morenike Fadayomi, Wolfgang Reisinger, Birgit Doll, Alexander Waechter, Nikolaus Kinsky and the chamber orchestra exxj

Untinted - Sources For Madlib's Shades Of Blue (Blue Note) Nov 18

Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars (CBC) Nov 18

Duke Ellington - 1952 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1320) Nov 18
Dizzy Gillespie - 1952 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1321) Nov 18
Georgie Auld - 1940-45 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1322) Nov 18
Oscar Peterson - 1950-52 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1323) Nov 18
Benny Goodman - 1942 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1324) Nov 18

Lowell Fulson - 1947-48 (Chronological R&B Classics) Nov 18
Lil Green - 1940-41 (Chronological R&B Classics) Nov 18
Big Jim Wynn - 1947-49 (Chronological R&B Classics) Nov 18

Various Artists - Chicago's Avant Today! (Delmark) Nov 18
— performers include Chicago Underground, Ken Vandermark, Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio, Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble, Malachi Thompson, NRG Ensemble, Jeff Parker
Various Artists - Chicago Jazz (Delmark) Nov 18

Warren Bernhardt with Jay Anderson and Peter Erskine - So Real - SACD hybrid (DMP) Nov 18

Pat Metheny - Speaking of Now: Live in Concert - DVD (Eagle Vision) Nov 18

William Parker - Fractured Dimensions (FMP 122)
— with Roy Campbell, Daniel Carter and Alan Silva
— recorded at 1999's Total Music Meeting, Berlin

Bob Crosby - 1939 Camel Caravan Shows (Harlequin) Nov 18

Stanley Jordan - Live in Montreal - DVD (Image Entertainment) Nov 18 — 59 minutes

Mark Kleinhaut Trio with Bobby Watson - A Balance of Light (Invisible Music) Nov 18

Gerry Mulligan - Nights at the Turntable (Jasmine) Nov 18

Artie Shaw - The Complete Rhythm Makers, Vol. 1 - 1937-38 - 2 CDs (Jazz Band) Nov 18

Frank Winegar - Edison Hot Dance Obscurities Vol. 1 (Jazz Oracle) Nov 18

George Van Eps - The George Van Eps, Eddie Miller & Stanley Wrightsman Trio (Jump) Nov 18

Rob McConnell - Music of the Twenties (Justin Time) Nov 18

Art Pepper - Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section - XRCD (JVC) Nov 18
Sonny Rollins - Way Out West - XRCD (JVC) Nov 18

Rodolphe Raffalli - Gypsy Swing Guitar (La Lichere) Nov 18

Elmer Gibson - Elmer Gibson Trio Live (Lifeforce) Nov 18
Dawan Muhammad - Smoke Signal (Lifeforce) Nov 18

The Marsalis Family - A Jazz Celebration - CD+DVD combo (Marsalis Music) Nov 18

Yusef Lateef & Adam Rudolph and the Go: Organic Orchestra - In The Garden
— 2 CDs (Meta Records & YAL Records) Nov 18

Dan Barrett - Harlem 2000 (Nagel Heyer) Nov 18

Byron Stripling - If I Could Be With You: Byron Stripling and Friends Play Louis Armstrong (Nagel Heyer) Nov 18

— from 2000; with Randy Sandke; Greg Cohen; Joel Helleny; Kenny Davern; Joe Ascione

Django Reinhardt - Swing Guitars 1936-1937 Vol. 3 (Naxos) Nov 18
Fats Waller - Transcriptions, Vol. 2 (Naxos) Nov 18

Mark Buselli/Claude Sifferlen - Take The Mitsu (OA2) Nov 18
— flugelhorn & piano duets
George Cotsirilos - Silenciosa (OA2) Nov 18

Clay Giberson - Aiming True, Vol. 1 (Origin Arts) Nov 18
Phil Kelly and the Northwest Prevailing Winds - Convergence Zone (Origin Arts) Fall

Sonny Stitt - Sax O' Bebop - 4 CDs (Proper Box) Nov 18

Janice Borla - Agents of Change (Rhombus) Nov 18
Bruce Forman - Dedication (Rhombus) Nov 18

Mark Weinstein - Tudo De Bom (String Jazz) Nov 18

Alan Silva - Alan Silva & The Celestial Communication Orchestra - 2 CDs (Sunspots/BYG Actuel) Nov 18 — 1970

Stan Kenton - Horns of Plenty, Vol. 1 (Tantara Records) Nov 18
Stan Kenton - Horns of Plenty, Vol. 2 (Tantara Records) Nov 18

Bill Cunliffe Septet - How My Heart Sings: Music Of Earl Zindars (Torii) Nov 18

— Cunliffe (piano); Bob Sheppard (soprano, alto & tenor saxophones, flute, clarinet); Bobby Shew (trumpet, flugelhorn); Justin Ray (flugelhorn); Bruce Paulson (trombone); Jeff D'Angelo (bass); Joe La Barbera (drums)

Diana Krall - Look of Love - DVD-Audio (Verve) Nov 18
Diana Krall - When I Look in Your Eyes - DVD-Audio (Verve) Nov 18

Joanne Grauer - Trio (VSOP) Nov 18

hear/buh: A Night at the Magic Mirror Tent

Cabaret Modern - A Night at the Magic Mirror Tent (Winter & Winter 101) Nov 18

— with Noel Akchote (vocals, guitar); Charlie O (vocals, piano, harmonium); Jean-Louis Costes (vocals, piano); John Greaves (vocals, electric bass); Giovanna Cacciola (vocals)

European releases

John McLaughlin - The John McLaughlin Montreux Concerts 1974-2003
— 17-CD box set (Warner Bros/UK) Nov 17

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non-jazz items of interest

Al Green - I Can't Stop (Blue Note) Nov 18

— all new originals songs; secular album produced by Willie Mitchell and recorded in Memphis

The Beatles - Let It Be...Naked (EMI/Apple) Nov 18
— overdub-free version of The Beatles' 1969 recording

John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers & Friends - 70th Birthday: Live at Liverpool - CD+DVD (Spitfire) Nov 18

Bukka White - Revisited (Fuel 2000) Nov 18 — remastered

Petra Haden & Bill Frisell - Petra Haden & Bill Frisell (Universal Int'l) Nov 18

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11 November 2003

Tristan Honsinger - this, that and the other/sketches of probability (AIAI/ReR 009) Nov
— Sean Bergin on alto sax & flute, Tobias Delius on tenor sax, Augusto Forti on clarinet, Tristan Honsinger on cello & voice, Joe Williamson on contrabass, Alan Purves on drums plus Peggy Larson & Rick Parets on voices

Gene Ludwig - Hands On (Blues Leaf) Nov 11

Erik Friedlander - Maldoror (Brassland) Nov 11 — solo cello

Gustavo Aguilar's Get Libre Collective - Destinations (Circumvention 040) Nov
— Aguilar, drums; Todd Sickafoose, bass; Eric Crystal, saxes, flax, melodica; Chris Garcia, udu, tabla; Robert Reigle, tenor sax
Pat O'Keefe/Jason Stanyek/Scott Walton/Glen Whitehead - Tunnel (Circumvention 038) Nov
— clarinet, guitars, bass/piano, trumpets

James Carter - Gardenias for Lady Day - SACD hybrid (Columbia) Nov 11

— orchestral album

Chet Baker - 'Round Midnight (Dynamic) Nov 11
— recorded live in Pueblo, Colorado in 1966

Cindy Blackman/Santi DeBriano/Dave Fiuczynski - Trio + Two (Free Lance 0304) Nov
— plus Greg Osby and Jerry Gonzalez on several tracks
Tony Malaby Trio - Adobe (Free Lance 0305) Nov
— with Drew Gress and Paul Motian
Mal Waldron/Marion Brown - Songs of Love and Regret (Free Lance 0302)
— reissue of 1986 recording

Cooper-Moore, Tom Abbs & Chad Taylor - Triptych Myth (Hopscotch 14) Nov
Cooper-Moore & Assif Tsahar - Come Sunday (Hopscotch 24) Nov
Assif Tsahar & Tatsuya Nakatani - America (Hopscotch 21) Nov
Assif Tsahar, Matt Maneri & Jim Black - Jam (Hopscotch 18) Nov

Duke Ellington - Live at Tivoli Gardens: Parts 1 & 2 - DVD (Image Entertainment) Nov 11
— 140 minutes

Chick Corea - A Very Special Concert - DVD (Image Entertainment) Nov 11
— with Joe Henderson, Stanley Clarke and Lennie White; from 1982

Peter Brotzmann/Shoji Hano - Funny Rat (IMJ) Nov

Ken Field's Revolutionary Snake Ensemble - Year Of The Snake (Innova 599) Nov 11

João Donato - A Bossa Muito Moderna de Donato (Dubas Musica) Nov 11

Kevin Uehlinger - Alchemusic (Newsonic 35) Nov

Cockpit Music - Solitude in Borderline (Ninth World Music 026) Nov
— Thorsten Hoeg, alto, soprano & tenor sax; Soren Tarding, guitar, bass; P.O. Jorgens, drums, marimba, steel drums, gongs, glockenspiel, metal, stone, wood, percussion
Dane T.S. Hawk & his Great Mongo Dilmuns - Dream Blues (Ninth World Music 022) Nov
— T.S. Hoeg, alto sax; Jakob Dinesen, tenor sax; Christian Kyhl, baritone sax; Kasper Tranberg, cornet; Mads Hyhne, trombone; Soren Tarding, guitar; Merete Dithmer, guitar; Morten E.J. Nielsen, bass; Henrik Kjelin, accordion, Moog; Folke Friedrichsen, drums; Andreas Hauer-Jensen, drums
The Wild Mans Band - The Darkest River (Ninth World Music 027) Nov
— Peter Brötzmann, tarogato, alto & tenor Saxes; Peter Ole Jorgensen, drums, percussion; Peter Friis Nielsen, bass and guest Pierre Dorge, guitar

Randy Scott - Words Unspoken (Orpheus) Nov 11

Mark Weaver's Brassum - Warning Lights (Plutonium Records 03) Nov
— Dan Clucas, cornet, flute; Michael Vlatkovich, trombone; Mark Weaver, tuba; Harris Eisenstadt, drums

Michael Bates - Outside Sources (Pommerac Records) Nov
— Quinsin Nachoff, sax, clarinet; Michael Bates, double bass; Mark Timmermans, drums

Kyle Bruckmann - Wrack (Red Toucan 9323)
— Bruckmann on oboe, English horn & compositions, Jeb Bishop on trombone, Jen Clare Paulson on viola, Kurt Johnson on bass and Tim Daisy on drums

Bob Miles - Ancestral Spirits (Sheets of Sound) Nov 11

Mike Hansen & Tomasz Krakowiak - Relay (Spool 304)

Dexter Gordon - Wee Dot/My Melancholy Baby (SteepleChase) Nov
— Dexter Gordon (ts), Atli Bjorn (pno), Benny Nielsen (bass), and Finn Frederiksen (drums)
— live at Montmartre Jazzhus, Copenhagen, June 10, 1965. 24 bit, 96KHz remastering
Various Artists - Jam Session, Vol. 7 (SteepleChase) Nov
— Louis Smith (trumpet), Mark Turner (tenor sax), Billy Mitchell (tenor sax), Andy LaVerne (piano), Jay Anderson (bass), and Billy Drummond (drums); recorded in Sept 1997; re-unites Smith and Mitchell for the first time since the early 50's when the younger Smith used to sit in with Mitchell, Tommy Flannigan, Thad and Elvin Jones at various clubs in Detroit; Mitchell's last recording before he passed away in 2001.
Various Artists - Jam Session, Vol. 9 (SteepleChase) Nov
— Ryan Kisor (trumpet), Jimmy Greene (tenor sax), Jim Pugh (trombone), Andy LaVerne (piano), Jay Anderson (bass) and Billy Drummond (drums); recorded in Sept 1997; with interpretations of Wayne Shorter's "ESP" and "Footprints", Eddie Harris' "Freedom Jazz Dance", a ballad medley featuring each soloist ("Never Let Me Go" - Greene, "I'm Old Fashioned" - Kisor, "Body and Soul" - Pugh), a LaVerne original entitled "Blue Cycle", Freddie Hubbard's "Up Jumped Spring" and Victor Feldman's "Seven Steps To Heaven"

Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan - SACD (Verve) Nov 11
Dinah Washington - What a Diff'rence a Day Makes - SACD (Verve) Nov 11

Free Fall - Furnace (Wobbly Rail 13) Nov
— Ken Vandermark: clarinets, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten: bass and Havard Wiik: piano
Susie Ibarra/Mark Dresser - Tone Time (Wobbly Rail 14) Nov — reissue of 1986 recording

Kurt Heyl & Ben Wright - West Coast Tour 2003 (Zerx 026)

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non-jazz items of interest

Ronald Isley - Here I Am: Ronald Isley Meets...Burt Bacharach (DreamWorks) Nov 11

— recorded in Hollywood in July, with Isley singing before a 40+ piece orchestra conducted by Bacharach during sessions in Capitol Records Studios A and B

Wolfgang Mitterer - Radio Fractal/Beat Music - 2 CDs (Hatology 606)
— Max Nagl; Patrick Pulsinger; Erdem Tunakan; John Schroder; dieb 13 and Herbert Reisinger

Grateful Dead - The Closing of Winterland - 2 DVDs (Monterey Video) Nov 11
— 25th anniversary of the New Year's Eve 1978 concert
— the concert had guest appearances by Bill guest appearances by Graham, John Cipollina, Lee Oskar, Matt Kelly, Ken Kesey, Greg Errico, and John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as the Blues Brothers
— includes interviews with Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, & Ken Kesey; 400 minutes

Mark O'Conner - Thirty Year Retrospective - 2 CDs (OMAC) Nov 11

— recorded live at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee on July 3-5, 2002
— O'Connor (violin); Bryan Sutton (guitar); Chris Thile (mandolin); Byron House (double bass)

Dwayne R. Mason - Glory! Glory! (The Sirens) Nov 11
— Chicago gospel piano player with roots in boogie, blues and jazz

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4 November 2003

Benjamin Herman - Plays Jaki Byard - SACD hybrid (A Records) Nov 4

The Bone Bird & the Dock Flock Brass - Wingin' It (Alanna) Nov 4

Alan Broadbent - You and the Night and the Music (A440) Nov 4
— with Brian Bromberg and Joe LaBarbara

Billy Martin - For No One In Particular (Amulet) Nov 4
— with DJ Logic and Grant Calvin Weston

Kenny Davern Quartet - At the Mill House Playhouse (Arbors) Nov 4

Bob Wilber & the Tuxedo Big Band - More Never Recorded Arrangements for Benny Goodman, Vol. 2 (Arbors) Nov 4

Jeff Parker/Kevin Drumm/Michael Zerang - Out Trios, Vol. Two (Atavistic 147) Nov 4

Baby Dodds - Talking & Drum Solos + Country Brass Bands (Atavistic Unheard Music Series 241) Nov 4
— the first recorded album of drum solos - Dodds’ rare 1946 Folkways Records 10"
— plus twenty bonus tracks from Folkways Records’ "Country Brass Bands of the South, Vol. 1"
— liner notes by Kevin Whitehead

Sun Ra - Spaceship Lullaby: The Vocal Groups, featuring Nu Sounds, The Lintels & the Cosmic Rays: Chicago 1954-60 (Atavistic Unheard Music Series 243) Nov 4

— 37 tracks

Gerard Badini - Night At The Popcorn-Geneva (Black & Blue)
Pierre Christophe Trio - Byard by Us (Black & Blue)
"Wild" Bill Davis with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - In Chateauneuf Du Pape (Black & Blue)
Earl Hines - Live in Orange (Black & Blue)

Various Artists - One Night With Blue Note: An Historic All Star Reunion Concert - DVD (Blue Note) Nov 4
— the historic 1985 Town Hall concert
— newly edited with four performances not previously released on video; includes a surround mix
— with Art Blakey, Kenny Burrell, Ron Carter, Lou Donaldson, Johnny Griffin, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Jackie McLean, Jimmy Smith, Stanley Turrentine, Cecil Taylor, McCoy Tyner & Tony Williams

Nat King Cole - The Classic Singles - 4 CDs (Capital) Nov 4
— 100 singles; 24-bit remastered; with detailed discography, color photos and liner notes by Lynell George

Marta Topferova - Sueno Verde (Green Dreams) (Circular Moves) Nov 4

— with Enrique Lopez (guitar, requinto, background vocals); Jenny Scheinman (violin); Erik Friedlander (cello); Connie Grossman (flute); Erik Jekabson (flugelhorn); Chris Korner (French horn); Jason Jackson (trombone); Ira Coleman (acoustic bass); Adam Cruz (snare drum, tambora, congas, cymbals, bells)

Kenny Ball - The Pye Jazz Albums - 6 CDs (Castle) Nov 4

Joe Beck & Ali Ryerson - Django - SACD hybrid (DMP) Nov 4

— guitar & flute duets

Herb Pilhofer Jazz Quartet - Full Circle - SACD hybrid (DMP) Nov 4

Lol Coxhill/Torsten Müller/Paul Rutherford - Milwaukee 2002 (Emanem 4097)
— solos, duos and a trio

Bobby Bradford - Love's Dream (Emanem 4096)
— with Trevor Watts, Kent Carter & John Stevens
— reissue of 1973 recording with three bonus tracks (two previously unissued)

Phil Minton & Roger Turner - Drainage - 2 CDs (Emanem 4211)
— disc one: 2002-03 studio recordings
— disc two: concert performances: from the 2002 freedom of the city festival in London, and Les Instants Chavirés near Paris in 1998

Elliot Sharp - Velocity of Hue (2003) (Emanem 4098)
— solo acoustic guitar; liner notes by Marc Ribot

Allen/Drake/Jordan/Parker/Silva - The All-Star Game (Eremite 44) Nov 4
— Marshall Allen, Hamid Drake, Kidd Jordan, William Parker and Alan Silva
— recorded in Boston in Dec, 2000

Hamid Drake/Sabir Mateen - Brothers Together (Eremite 35) Nov 4

Peter Brotzmann/Hamid Drake/William Parker - Never Too Late But Always Too Early - 2 CDs (Eremite 37) Nov 4

Peter Brotzmann Die Like a Dog Quartet - From Valley To Valley (Eremite 18) Nov 4

Jemeel Moondoc & William Parker with Hamid Drake - New World Pygmies, Vol. 2 - 2 CDs (Eremite 30) Nov 4

Jemeel Moondoc with Dennis Charles - We Don't (Eremite 43) Nov 4 — previously unreleased 1981 duets

Jemeel Moondoc with Dennis Charles - Revolt of the Negro Lawn Jockeys (Eremite 43) Nov 4

— with Nathan Breedlove (trumpet); Khan Jamal (vibraphone); John Voigt (bass); Codaryl Moffett (drums)

hear/buy: Through Acceptance Of The Mystery Peace

William Parker - Through Acceptance Of The Mystery Peace (Eremite 12) Nov 4

— Parker (bass); Daniel Carter (alto & tenor saxophones, trumpet, flute); Will Connell, Jr. (alto saxophone, flute); Jemeel Moondoc (alto saxophone); Charles Brackeen, John Hagan (tenor saxophone); Arthur Williams (trumpet); Toshinori Kondo (alto horn); Peter Kuhn, Rozanne Levine, Henry Warner (clarinet); Billy Bang, Ramsey Ameen, Jason Kao Hwang, Polly Bradfield (violin); Tristan Honsinger (cello); Roger Baird, Denis Charles (drums). Recorded between 1974 & 1979

William Parker Clarinet Trio - Bob's Pink Cadillac - 2 CDs (Eremite 32) Nov 4

— with Perry Robinson and Walter Perkins

Sunny Murray with Sabir Mateen - We Are Not at the Opera (Eremite 14) Nov 4

Bing Crosby - Trilogy - 3 CD set (Feinery) Nov 4
— set of previously unreleased radio tracks, including a full disc of duets with Rosemary Clooney

Georgie Fame - Anthology - DVD+CD (Go Jazz) Nov 4
— with Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano and Marc Johnson
Ben Sidran - Anthology - DVD+CD (Go Jazz) Nov 4
Phil Upchurch - Anthology - DVD+CD (Go Jazz) Nov 4

Amanda Monaco - Amanda Monaco Quartet (Genevieve)
— Monaco on guitar, Jason Gillenwater on tenor sax, Fraser Hollins on acoustic bass and Jeff Davis on drums

Onaje Allan Gumbs - Return to Form: Live at the Blue Note (Half Note) Nov 4
— Gumbs (piano); Rene McLean (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Marcus McLaurine (bass); Payton Crossley (drums); Gary Fritz (percussion)

Miri Ben-Ari - The Temple Of The Beautiful (Half Note) Nov 4
— Ben-Ari (violin); David Kikoski (piano); Ron Afiff (guitar); Matthew Parrish (bass); Steve Hass (drums)

Ben E. King - Person to Person: Live at the Blue Note (Half Note) Nov 4

Emmanuel Bex - Jazz(z) (Naive) Nov 4
BFG - Here and Now! (Naive) Nov 4
— Emmanuel Bex, Glen Ferris and Simon Goubert

Baptiste Trotignon - Sightseeing (Naive) Nov 4
Baptiste Trotignon - Solo (Naive) Nov 4

Kevin Uehlinger - Alchemusic (Newsonic 35)

Oscar Peterson - Dimensions: A Compendium of the Pablo Years - 4 CDs (Pablo) Nov 4

— 46 tracks recorded between 1953 and 1986
— live and studio recordings
— 36-page booklet with photographs by Herman Leonard, Jan Persson, Ted Williams, and Paul Hoeffler
— includes an essay by Ernie Rideout, editor of Keyboard magazine
— read the JAZZMATAZZ review

Art Tatum - The Bast of the Pablo Solo Masterpieces (Pablo) Nov 4

Alexander Von Schlippenbach - Broomriding (Psi 03.05)
— with Rudi Mahall, Tristan Honsinger and Paul Lovens
— compositions by Schlippenbach, Honsinger & Eric Dolphy; recorded in 2002

Evan Parker - The Snake Decides (Psi 03.06)
— soprano saxophone solos recorded in 1986 in St. Paul's Church, Oxford
— reissue of Incus LP 049

Richard "Groove" Holmes - On Basie's Bandstand (Prestige) Nov 4
— previously unreleased tracks from 4/22/1966 appearance at Count Basie's Lounge in NYC

Jaki Byard Quartet with Joe Farrell - The Last From Lennie's (Prestige) Nov 4
— previously unreleased tracks from April 1965

Donald Lambert - Recorded 1959-61 (Storyville) Nov 4

— solo piano in the stride style; previously unreleased
Fessor’s Big City Band - Time Out For Blues (Storyville) Nov 4
Zoot Sims - At E.J’s, Atlanta, Georgia (Storyville) Nov 4
— previously unreleased 1981 club performances

Martirio - Flor de Piel (Sunnyside) Nov 4

Daniel Schnyder/Kenny Drew, Jr. Quartet - Da Skale (TCB) Nov 4

Christophe Schweizer - Full Circle Rainbow (TCB) Nov 4
— with Ohad Talmor, Jason Moran, George Colligan and Billy Hart

Allan Holdsworth - Truth in Shredding (Tone Center) Nov 4

Matthew Shipp - The Blue Series Continuum Sorcerer Sessions (Thirsty Ear) Nov 4

— William Parker, Gerald Cleaver, Evan Ziporyn, Daniel Bernard Roumain and FLAM

Fred Frith/Nicolas Humbert/Werner Penzel - Middle of the Moment - DVD (Winter & Winter) Nov 4
— a cinepoem about nomadic life by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel with music by Fred Frith
— produced in the years 1991 through 1995
— includes two previously unreleased bonus tracks: "Fragments d'ici" with Johann le Guillerm and "My Eye Your Eye" with Robert Lax

Robin Eubanks - Karma (Winter & Winter/JMT 044) Nov 4

— Kevin Eubanks, Renee Rosnes, Earl Gardner, Greg Osby, Branford Marsalis and Cassandra Wilson

Miniature - I Can't Put My Finger On It (Winter & Winter/JMT 045) Nov 4 — Joey Baron, Hank Roberts, Tim Berne

Paul Motian - Bill Evans (Winter & Winter/JMT 043) Nov 4

— with Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano and Marc Johnson

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non-jazz items of interest

Howlin' Wolf - The Howlin' Wolf Story - DVD (Bluebird) Nov 4
— includes never-before-seen footage
— "When the Sun Goes Down—The Secret History of Rock and Roll"

John Lee Hooker - Face to Face, Vol. 1 (Eagle) Nov 4

— mostly unreleased recordings

J.B. Lenoir - The Parrot Sessions (E2) Nov 4 — expanded edition

Bukka White - Mississippi Blues Giant (EPM Musique) Nov 4

— complete 1930-40 recordings

Various Artists - Amplify 2002: Balance - 7 CDs + 1 DVD box set (Erstwhile 033-040) Nov 1

Memphis Minnie - Queen of Country Blues - 5 CDs (JSP 7716) Nov 4

— 124 tracks

Peter Green - The Robert Johnson Songbook (Snapper) Nov 4 — from 1997

Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - Chicago Blues Festival 1964 (Stardust/Cleopatra) Nov 4

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28 October 2003

Famoudou Don Moye's Sun Percussion Summit - For Bobo/Oscar Brown III (AECO) Oct 28
— with Joel Brandon, Ari Brown, Herb Walker, Calvin Brunson, Enoch Williamson, Meshach Silas, Selah Allen & Babu Atiba

Peter Herbert - You're My Thrill (Between the Lines 032) Oct 28
— homage to Billie Holiday
Giorgio Occhipinti's Global Music Nonetto - Histoire (Between the Lines 033) Oct 28

Gene Ludwig - Hands On (Blues Leaf) Oct 28

Horace Silver - Rockin' with Rachmaninoff (Bop City) Oct 28

Steve Tyrell - This Guy's in Love (Columbia) Oct 28

Dominic Duval/Mark Whitecage - Rules of Engagement, Vol. 1 (Drimala) Oct

— duets

Paul Giger - Vindonissa (ECM 1836) — with Robert Dick and Satoshi Takeishi

Erik Truffaz - Bending New Corners (EMI Canada/Blue Note France) Oct 28 — from 1999

Nat King Cole - Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days Of Summer/My Fair Lady (EMI/England) Oct 27 — two-fer
Nancy Wilson - Like In Love/Something Wonderful (EMI/England) Oct 27 — two-fer

Matt Bauder - Weary Already of the Way (482 Music 1025) Oct 28
— with Aram Shelton, Jeb Bishop, Todd Margasak, Rob Mazurek, Fred Lonberg-Holm and Jason Roebke

Various Artists - Jazzactuel, Vol. 1 (Fuel 2000) Oct 28
— with Sun Ra, the Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Paul Bley, Cecil Taylor, Dewey Redman, Archie Shepp and Don Cherry

Count Basie - Wild and Swingin' (Fuel 2000) Oct 28 — with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

Barb Jungr - Waterloo Sunset (Linn)

Luc Houtkamp/Cor Fuhler/Martin Blume - 2nd Outlet (nuscope 1015) Oct 28
— electroacoustic trio recorded at LOFT, in Köln, in 2003
— Houtkamp (tenor sax/electronics); Fuhler (prepared piano); Blume (percussion)

Sun Ra - Space Is The Place: 30th anniversary director's cut - DVD (Plexifilm) Oct 28
— restored to its original theatrical release length with 20 minutes of footage added
— other bonus material includes 10 minutes of never-before-seen Arkestra home movies from his 1972 trip to Egypt, video interviews with director John Coney and producer James Newman, liner notes by Ra biographer John F. Szwed, written introduction by Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, essay by director John Cone

Tertiary Trio - Title Goes Here - CDR (Rent Control Records 009) Oct

— Andy Haas, Don Fiorino, Paul Corio

William Parker & the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra - Spontaneous (Splasch 855)
— recorded live at the May, 2002 Vision Fest
— with Rob Brown, Ori Kaplan, Sabir Mateen, Darryl Foster, Dave Sewelson & Charles Waters on reeds; Lewis Barnes, Roy Campbell & Matt Lavelle on trumpets; Dick Griffin, Masahiko Kono, Alex Lodico & Steve Swell on trombones; Dave Hofstra on tuba, William Parker on bass and Andrew Barker & Guillermo E. Brown on drums

Lennie Tristano - Intuition - 4 CDs (Proper Box) Oct 28

Bix Beiderbecke - Story - 4 CDs (Proper Box) Oct 28

Juhani Aaltonen Trio - Mother Tongue (Tum 002) Oct 28
Suhkan Uhka - Suhka (Tum 001) Oct 28
— twelve piece Finnish ensemble; includes Juhani Aaltonen

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non-jazz items of interest

The Persuassions - A Cappella Dreams (Chesky) Oct 28

Scott Rosenberg - Creative Orchestra Music Chicago 2001 (New World) Oct 28
— musicians include Jeb Bishop, Jason Roebke, Jim Baker and Tim Daisy

Captain Beefheart - Dichotomy (Ozit) Oct 28
— includes 23 previously unreleased tracks; recorded in the 1960's & 1970's; booklet includes previously unpublished photo

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21 October 2003

Henry Johnson with Nancy Wilson - Organic (A440) Oct 21
Richard Smith - Soulidified (A440) Oct 21

Vijay Iyer - Blood Sutra (Artists House) Oct 21
— with Iyer (piano); Rudresh Mahanthappa (alto saxophone); Stephen Crump (bass); Tyshawn Sorey (drums)

Kami Lyle - Somersault (Artists House) Oct 21

Peter Herbert & Koehne Quartet
— Musique Humaine/Music for Strings (Aziza Music 1004) Oct 21

Van Morrison - What's Wrong With This Picture? (Blue Note) Oct 21

Bob Brookmeyer & Michael Stephans - Stay Out of the Sun (Challenge) Oct 21

Jackalope - Saltier than Ever! (Challenge) Oct 21
— Loren Stillman, John Abercrombie and Bob Meyer

Don Byas - 1951-52 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1315) Oct 21
Mildred Bailey - 1943-45 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1316) Oct 21
Django Reinhardt - 1947-51 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1317) Oct 21
Charlie Barnet - 1940 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1318) Oct 21
Gene Krupa - 1947-49 (Chronological Jazz Classics 1319) Oct 21

Mabel Scott - 1946-50 (Chronological R&B Classics 5068) Oct 21
Lloyd Glenn - 1951-52 (Chronological R&B Classics 5069) Oct 21

Benny Goodman - Let's Dance - 3 CDs (Collectables) Oct 21 — six LPs on three CDs
Les Elgart - Sophisticated Swing - 3 CDs (Collectables) Oct 21 — six LPs on three CDs - 1953-61
Harry James - Crazy Rhythm - 3 CDs (Collectables) Oct 21 — six LPs on three CDs - 1950-55

Tania Maria - Outrageously Wild - 2 CDs (Concord Picanto) Oct 21
— two-fer of "The Real Tania Maria: Wild! Live at the Great American Music Hall" and "Outrageous"

Cal Tjader - Cool Fire - 2 CDs (Concord Picanto) Oct 21
— two-fer of "A Fuego Vivo" and "Good Vibes"

Karrin Allyson - Sweet Home Cookin' - SACD hybrid (Concord Jazz) Oct 21 — from 1994
Pete Escovedo - Mister E - SACD hybrid (Concord Jazz) Oct 21 — from 1990
Nnenna Freelon - Shaking Free - SACD hybrid (Concord Jazz) Oct 21 — from 1996
Scott Hamilton - Scott Hamilton with Strings - SACD hybrid (Concord Jazz) Oct 21
— from 1993; conducted by Alan Broadbent
Marian McPartland - Silent Pool - SACD hybrid (Concord Jazz) Oct 21
— from 1996; with string section arranged and conducted by Alan Broadbent

Benny Carter - Jazz Giant (Contemporary) Oct 21

— with Ben Webster; Andre Previn; Jimmy Rowles; Barney Kessel; Leroy Vinnegar; Shelly Manne
— 20-bit K2 remastered; from 1958

Riley Bandy Quartet - Out of the Darkness (CTA) Oct 21 — plus Greg Tardey

Josh Abrams - Cipher (Delmark 546) Oct 21

— with Guillermo Gregorio, Jeff Parker, Axel Dorner and others

Fred Anderson - Back at the Velvet Lounge (Delmark 549) Oct 21

— with Maurice Brown, Jeff Parker, Chad Taylor, Tatsu Aoki and Harrison Bankhead

Active Ingredients - Titration (Delmark 547) Oct 21

— Chad Taylor, Jemeel Moondoc, Steve Swell, Tom Abbs plus guests Rob Mazurek and David Boykin

Malachi Thompson & Africa Brass - Blue Jazz (Delmark 548) Oct 21

— with Billy Harper, Gary Bartz, Ari Brown, etc

Jackie McLean - The Jackie Mac Attack Live (Dreyfus) Oct 21

— Jackie McLean (alto saxophone); Hotep Idris Galeta (piano); Nat Reeves (bass); Carl Allen (drums)
— recorded live at Hnita Hoeve Jazz Club, Belgium on April 2, 1991; reissue

Peggy Lee - Natural Woman (EMI Int'l) Oct 21 — two-fer; 25 tracks

Josh Roseman - Treats for the Nightwalker (Enja/Justin Time) Oct 21
Marty Ehrlich - The Long View (Enja/Justin Time) Oct 27
— six movement suite
— with Mark Feldman, Bobby Previte, Pheeroan AkLaff, Ray Anderson, Wayne Horvitz, Erik Friedlander, Mark Helias, Marcus Rojas, Ned Rothenberg, Mark Dresser, Andy Laster, Michael Sarin, James Zollar, J D Parran, Eddie Bobe, Ralph Farris, Eddie Allen, Sam Furnace, John Clark, Clark Gayton, and Robert DeBellis

Django Reinhardt - The Complete Vol. 18: 1949-50 - I'll Never Be The Same (Fremaux) Oct 21

Andy Kirk & his Twelve Clouds of Joy - Lotta Sax Appeal: 1929-30 (Frog 54) Oct 21

Ronnie Laws - The Ronnie Laws Collections - 2 CDs (Fuel 2000) Oct 21

Benny Carter - Live at the Smithsonian - DVD (Immortal) Oct 21
— with Joe Kennedy, Kenny Barron, George Duvmer, and Ronnie Beckford; from 1982

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Live at the Smithsonian - DVD (Immortal) Oct 21
— with Wynton & Branford Marsalis

buy: Solo Piano Recital - Teatro La Fenice

Anthony Braxton - Solo (Milano) 1979 (Golden Years of New Jazz 20)

Ganelin/Chekasin/Tarsov - Golden Years Of The Soviet New Jazz, Vol. IV - 4 CD box set (Golden Years of New Jazz 413/416)

Sun Ra - Solo Piano Recital - Teatro La Fenice - Venezia (Golden Years of New Jazz 21)

Dan Faehnle - Ohio Lunch (Heavywood) Oct 21

Artie Shaw - The Complete Rhythm Makers Sessions 1937-38 (Jazz Band) Oct 21

Joe LaBarbara Qartet - Mark Time (Jazz Compass) Oct 21

— with Bill Cunliffe; Bob Sheppard; Tom Warrington and Clay Jenkins

Larry Koonse - Dialogues of the Heart (Jazz Compass) Oct 21

Carmen Lundy - Something to Believe In (Justin Time) Oct 21
— with pianist Anthony Wonsey, bassist Curtis Lundy, and drummer Victor Lewis plus guests, percussionist Mayra Casales, saxophonist Mark Shim and violinist Regina Carter

Joe Fonda/Joe McPhee/Cliff White/Ben Karetnick - Heat Suite (Konnex) Oct 21
Peter Kowald/Andre Goudbeek/Peter Jacquemyn/Jeffrey Morgan - Dubbel Duo (Konnex 5111) Oct 21
— duos & quartet pieces
Herb Robertson/Mack Goldsbury/Ernst Beir/Matt Batzel - A-Live at A-Trane (Konnex 5130) Oct 21

The Ganelin Trio - 15-Year Reunion: Live at the Frankfurt Book Fair (Leo Records 375)

Gaël Mevel Trio - Danses Paralleles (Leo Records 376)
— with Jean-Jacques Avenel on bass and Thierry Waziniak

Simon Nabatov/Han Bennink - Chat Room (Leo Records 378)
— piano & drum duets
— artwork by Han Bennink; liner notes by Kevin Whitehead

Sauter-Finegan Orchestra - Deed I Do (Magic) Oct 21

Babatunde Lea - Level of Intent (Motema) Oct 21
— with Kenny Barron, Hilton Ruiz, Tommy James, Carnett Moffett, Santi Debriano, John Faddis, Frank Lacy, John Purcell, Frank Colon & Marvin Horn

George Cables - Looking for the Light (Musefx) Oct 21

— with Gary Bartz; Peter Washington; Victor Lewis

Azure McCall - The Gift (Musefx) Oct 21

Dylan Cramer - Bumpin' On Sunset (Nagel Heyer) Oct 21
Sarah Partridge - Blame It On My Youth (Nagel Heyer) Oct 21
— with Frank Wess; Terry Clark; Bucky Pizzarelli; Karl Schloz; Gene Bertoncini; Allen Farnham; Sherrie Maricle
Roy Powell - North by Northwest (Nagel Heyer) Oct 21

Randy Sandke - Cliffhanger (Nagel Heyer) Oct 21
— with Harry Allen, Mulgrew Miller; Peter Washington; Kenny Washington; plus Wycliffe Gordon on one track

Jeff Baker - Baker Sings Chet (OA2) Oct 21

George Mitchell - Play Zone (OA2) Oct 21

Cameron Brown & the Hear and Now - Here and How! (OmniTone) Oct 21
— with Sheila Jordan, Dewey Redman, Dave Ballou and Leon Parker

Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra - Refractions (Origin Records) Oct 21

— Glay Gibberson, Jeff Leonard and Charlie Doggett
Upper Left Trio - Cycling (Origin Records) Oct 21

— Glay Gibberson, Jeff Leonard and Charlie Doggett

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Abraca Jobim (Pablo) Oct 21
— with Zoot Sims; Clark Terry; Toots Thielemans; Joe Pass;
— 20-bit K2 remastered; from 1981

Liberty Ellman - Tactiles (Pi Records 08) Oct 21
— with Gregy Osby, Mark Shim, Stephan Crump and Eric Harland
Vijay Iyer/Mike Ladd - In What Language? (Pi Records 09) Oct 21

— with Rudesh Mahanthappa, Liberty Ellman

Frederic Blondy/Le Quan Ninh - Exaltatio utriusque mundi (Potlatch 203)