All these albums are reviewed in the June 2012 issue of Jazzwise - to read them all click here to subscribe here and get a FREE CD. 

CD Reviews: New Releases

John Abercrombie Quartet – Within a Song – ECM

Arild Andersen/the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra/Tommy Smith – Celebration – ECM

Brian Auger – Language of the Heart – brianauger.com

Ketil Bjørnstad – Songs From the Alder Thicket – ECM

Paul Booth – Trilateral Pathway – PBCD

Bruning/Griener/ Petrowsky/Prins – Ornette Et Cetera – Jazzwerkstatt

Euan Burton – Occurrences – Whirlwind Recordings

Cakewalk – Wired – Hubro

Marc Copland – Some More Love Songs – Pirouet PIT

George Crowley Quartet – Paper Universe – Whirlwind

Jack Davies’ Flea Circus – Jack Davies’ Flea Circus – V&V Music

The Jack Davies Big Band – The Jack Davis Big Band – V&V Music

Eh Joe – Is Love the Word? – F-IRE

Manu Dibango – Past Present Future – Border Blaster

Ergo – If Not Inertia – Cuneiform Rune

Adam Fairhall – The Imaginary Delta – SLAM SLAMCD

Lorenzo Feliciati – Frequent Flyer – Rare Noise

Fripp, Keeling, Singleton – The Wine Of Silence – DGM/Panegyric

Bill Frisell – Floratone II – Savoy Jazz

Fly – Year of the Snake – ECM

Devin Gray/Ellery Eskelin/Dave Ballou/ Michael Formanek – Dirgo Rataplan – Skirl

Mary Halvorson Quintet – Bending Bridges – Firehouse

Joel Harrison/Lorenzo Feliciati – Holy Abyss – Cunieform Records Rune

Alex Hutton Trio – Legentis – F-IRE

Henrik Jensen and Peter Ehwald – Jensen Ehwald – Music Chamber

Darius Jones Quartet – Book Of Mae’ Bul – AUM Fidelity

Angélique Kidjo – Spirit Rising – Wrasse Records

Steve Lehman Trio – Dialect Fluorescent – Pi

Leverton Fox – The Human Arm – Not Applicable

Kate McGarry – Girl Talk – Palmetto Records

Dominic Miller – 5th House – Q-Rious Music

Steve Noble and Stephen O’Malley – St. Francis Duo – Bo’Weavil

Aaron Novik – Secrets Of Secrets – Tzadik

Piero Odorici – Cedar Walton presents Piero Odorici – Savant

Eivind Opsvik – Overseas IV – Loyal Label

Oriole – Every New Day – F-IRE

Ulysses Owens Jr. – Unanimous – Criss Cross Jazz

Jeff Parker Trio – Bright Light In Winter – Delmark

Southbound – Southbound – V&V Music

Zhenya Strigalev – Smiling Organizm – Whirlwind

John Surman – Saltash Bells – ECM

Susanna – Wild Dog – Rune Grammofon

John Taylor – Giulia’s Thursdays – CamJazz

TG Collective – Release The Penguins – Palmetto Records

TrioVD – Maze – NaimNaim

Troyka – Moxxy – EditionRecords

Usonic – Diversion – Groove4dayz

Short Cuts: New Releases

Ray Butcher – War on the Saints – Tune Records

The Chonto/Tamura – Sonic Insurgency – This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Mitch Dalton and the Studio Kings – Meet… – Regius

Kate Dimbleby and Nadia Sheriff – Beware of Young Girls – No label

The Filthy Six – The Fox – Acid Jazz

Kevin Hays – Variations – Pirouet

Kepa Junkera – Ultramarinos & Coloniales – Warner Music Spain

Masabumi Kikuchi Trio – Sunrise – ECM

George King – Into The Light – ASC Records

Hannah Köpf – Flying Free – GLM

Jessica Lauren – Four – Freestyle

Massimorganti Quartet – Musiplano – Neuklang

Ole Matthiessen – Past and Present – Stunt

Hakon Storm – Zinober – Norcd

Catherine Sykes – Something Wonderful – No label

Ulrik/Koppel/Balke/Danielsson/Riel – The Adventures of a Polar Expedition – Cowbell Music

Joanna Wallfisch – Wild Swan – www.joannawallfisch.com

Jan Wouter Oostenrijk – Sharqi Blues – www.jwo.nu

Eri Yamamoto Trio – The Next Page – Aum Fidelity

Pete Zimmer – Prime of Life – Tippin’ Records

Reissues Archive

Cannonball Adderley Quintet – Legends Liv/Liederhalle, Stuttgart – Jazzhouse

Cannonball Adderley – Know What I Mean? – Essential Jazz Classics

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers – Legends Liv/Sangerhalle, Unterturkheim – Jazzhouse Swr Music

Dave Brubeck Quartet – Their Last Time Out – Columbia/Legacy

Colosseum II – Strange New Flesh – Esoteric

Hank Crawford – More Soul/The Soul Clinic – Poll Winners

Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis and Johnny Griffin Quintet – Live at Minton’s Playhouse NYC – Fresh Sound Records

Miles Davis – Miles Davis – Storyville

Duke Ellington Orchestra – Big Bands Live – Jazzhaus

Herb Ellis – Softly But With That Feeling/Thank You Charlie Christian – Fresh Sound

Jerry Fielding – The Gauntlet (original soundtrack) – Perseverance

Stan Getz – Stan Getz At Large – Storyville

Michael Gibbs and the NDR Big Band – Back In The Days – Cuneiform Rune

Shirley Horn – Embers And Ashes/Where Are You Going – American Jazz Classics

Milt Jackson – Plenty, Plenty Soul – Poll Winners

Fela Kuti – Live In Detroit 1986 – Strut

Thelonious Monk – Thelonious Alone in San Francisco – Poll Winners

Wes Montgomery – Echoes of Indiana Avenue – Resonance Records

Gerry Mulligan Sextet – Legends Live/Liederhalle, Stuttgart Jazzhous – SWR music

Charles Persip and the Jazz Statesmen – Charles Persip and the Jazz Statesmen – Fresh Sound

Loose Tubes – Säd Afrika – Lost Marbles

Sonny Red – Quartet, Quintet & Sextet (2-CDs) – Fresh Sound

Nino Rota – Collector – Milan CD

Frank Sinatra – Ring-a-ding-ding and I Remember Tommy – Poll Winners Records

Frank Sinatra and Count Basie – The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings – Universal

Frank Sinatra – The Concert Sinatra – Universal

Various Artists – The Leopard Lounge Original Album Series – Rhino

Short Cuts: Reissues

Laurindo Almeida/Bud Shank – Brazilliance Vols 1 and 2 – Poll Winners

Evans Bradshaw/Roosevelt Wardell – Look Out / Pieces of Eighty Eight / The Revelation – Fresh Sound

John Cameron – Cover Lover/Warm and Gentle – Vocalion

Carmen McRae – Carmen for Cool Ones/Mad About The Man – Fresh Sound

Esther Phillips – Performance – CTI Masterworks

Eugene Delouche – Del’s Jazz – Beguine

Paul Quinichette/Charlie Rouse – The Chase Is On – Fresh Sound

Duke Ellington/Count Basie – Battle Royal – Essential Jazz Classics

Pete Jolly – Duo and Trio – Fresh Sound

Lee Konitz – Very Cool/Tranquility – Phoenix

John Lewis/Bill Perkins – 2 Degrees East, 3 Degrees West – Poll Winners

Shorty Rogers – The Swinging Mr Rogers – Poll Winners

Shorty Rogers – Four Classic Albums – Avid

Various Artists – Jazzmen Detroit – Fresh Sound

Various Artists – Voices in Modern – El