August CD Reviews

New Releases A-Z

Céline Bonacina Trio – Inviting Nguyên Lê (ACT)

Anthony Braxton – 19 Standards (Quartet) 2003 (Leo CD)

Anthony Braxton/Ann Rhodes – GTM (Syntax) 2003 (Leo CD)

Anhony Braxton – GTM (Outpost) 2003 (Leo CD)

Jakob Bro – Balladeering (Loveland)

Kenny Burrell – Be Yourself (HighNote)

Steve Coleman and Five Elements – Harvesting Semblances And Affinities (Pi33)

Compassionate Dictatorship – Cash Cows (FMR Records)

Marc Copland Trio – Haunted Heart (Hatology)

Hamid Drake and Bindu – Reggaeology (Rogue Art)

Bela Flack, Zakir Hussain And Edgar Meyer – The Melody of Rhythm (E1 Entertainment)

Nnenna Freelon – Homefree (Concord Records)

John Goldsby – Space For The Bass (Bass Lion)

Dana Hall – Into the Light (Origin)

Herbie Hancock – The Imagine Project (Sony)

John Hicks and Frank Morgan – Twogether (HighNote)

Dave Holland and Pepe Habichuela – Hands (EmArcy)

Jon Irabagon – The Observer (Concord Jazz)

Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis featuring Paco de Lucia – Vitoria Suite (EmArcy)

Justin Janer – Following Signs (Janer Music)

Chiekh Lô – Jamm (World Circuit)

Mark Lomax Trio – The State of Black America (Inarhyme)

Brian Lynch Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra – Bolero Nights for Billie Holiday (Venus)

Tania Maria – It’s Only Love (BHM)

Maria Markesini – Kosmo (Etcetera)

Market Rasen – Max Nagl, Ceimens Wenger, Herbert Pirker (Hanse)

Rale Micic – 3 (CTA)

James Moody – 4B (IPO)

Mop Meuchiine – Plays Robert Wyatt (Le Chant Du Monde)

New York Trio and Ken Peplowski – Stardust (Venus)

One For All – Incorrigible (Jazz Legacy Productions)

Ivo Perelman – The Stream of Life (Leo)

Ivo Perelman – The Apple in The Dark (Leo)

Phronesis – Alive (Edition Records)

Puma – Half Nelson Courtship (Rune Grammofon)

Shez Raja Collective – Mystic Radikal (33 Records)

Pamela Rose – Wild Women of Song (Three Handed Records)

Dino Saluzzi – El Encuentro (ECM)

Speak – Speak (Origin)

Spin Marvel – Spin Marvel 2: The Reluctantly Politicised Mr James (Edition)

Terell Stafford Quintet – Taking Chances: Live at the Dakota (MaxJazz)

3ology – With Ron Miles (Tapestry)

Erik Truffaz – Rendez-Vous (Blue Note)

Dan Weiss Trio – Timshel (Sunnyside Communications)

Stian Westerhus – Pitch Black Star Spangled (Rune Grammofon)

Hindi Zahra – Handmade (EMI/Blue Note)

New Short Cuts

Frederic Borey – Lines (Fresh Sound New Talent)

Barbara Bürkle – Everything Allowed (NeuKlang)

Ad Colen Quartet – Free (Sweet Briar Music)

Jon Eberson Trio – Born To Be Slow (NorCD)

Fummq – Baden Verboten (NeuKlang)

Tobias Gebb And Unit 7 – Free At Last (Yummy House)

Graser Trio – Graser Trio (Meta)

Line Horneland – Horneland (NorCD)

Hot Club of Detroit – It’s About That Time (Mack Avenue)

Inclusion Principle – The Leaf Factory Fallback (Discus)

Max Nagl – Big Four/Sortileges (Rude Noises)

Max Nagl – Boulazac (Rude Noises)

Aruan Ortiz Quartet – Alameda (Fresh Sound New Talent)

David Prez Quartet – New Life (Paris Jazz Underground)

Parry Ray – The Way I’m Wired (ParryRay.com)

Rova and Nels Cline Singers – The Celestial Septet (New World)

Saravah Soul – Cultura Impura (Tru Thoughts)

Steve Swell’s Slammin’ The Infinite – 5000 Poems (NotTwo)

Trondheim Jazz Orchestra And Kim Mayr – Stems and Cages (MNJ)

Peter Van Huffel Quartet – Like the Rusted Key (Fresh Sound New Talent)

Reissues Archive A-Z

Chet Baker – Chet Baker And Crew (Jazz Plaza Music)

Chet Baker – Chet Baker Sings: It Could Happen To You (Jazz Plaza Music)

Bob Brookmayer – Zoot Sims Quintet – Tonite’s Music (Poll Winners)

The Rich Corpolongo Quartet Plus Two – Just Found Joy (Delmark)

Embryo – 40 (Trikont US)

Red Garland Trio – Groovy (Poll Winners Records)

Michael Garrick Quartet – Silhouette (Gearbox LP)

The Dizzy Gillespie Octet – The Greatest Trumpet of Them All (Fresh Sound)

Dizzy Gillespie Quintet with Junior Mance and Les Spann – Complete Studio Recordings (American Jazz Classics)

Dizzy Gillespie and The Big Band – The New Continent (Jazz Collectors)

Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra – Perdido (Fresh Sounds)

Johnny Hodges and The Ellington Men – 1956-1957 (Fresh Sounds)

Johnny Hodges and The Ellington Men – Not So Dukish (Fresh Sounds)

Johnny Hodges and The Ellington Men – The Big Sound (Poll Winners Records)

Gene Krupa – Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements/The Complete Studio Recordings (American Jazz Classics)

Steve Lacy – November (Intakt)

Abbey Lincoln – Abbey Is Blue/It’s Magic (Poll Winners Records)

Gerry Mulligan, Paul Desmond and The Dave Brubeck Trio – The Complete 1972 Berlin Concert (JazzRow)

Miriam Makeba – South Africa’s Skylark (Nascente)

Letta Mbulu – Naturally (BGP)

Gerry Mulligan and Johnny Hodges – Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges (American Jazz Classics)

Sunny Murray/The Untouchable Factor – Charred Earth (Kharma)

Anita O’Day – Sings For Oscar (Poll Winners Records)

Anita O’Day – Cool Heat – Anita O’Day Sings Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements (American Jazz Classics)

Oscar Peterson Trio – At The Stratford Shakespearean Festival (Poll Winners)

Art Pepper – Meets The Rhythm Section (Contemporary/Original Jazz Classic OJC Remasters)

Art Pepper – Among Friends (Jazz Lips)

Art Pepper + 11 – Modern Jazz Classics Arranged By Marty Paich  (Poll Winners Records)

Sonny Rollins – Way Out West (OJC Remasters)

Zbigniew Seifert – Man Of The Light (Promising Music/MPS)

Sonny Simmons – Staying on the Watch (ESP-Disk)

Sun Ra – College Tour Vol 1: The Complete Nothing Is… (ESP-Disk)

Various Artists – Cedar Chest – the Cedar Walton Songbook (High Note)

Various Artists – Next Stop Soweto (Strut)

Various Artists – Sound of the World presents…Anywhere On This Road (Warner Classics)

Frank Walton – Reality (Delmark)

Short Cuts – Reissues

Count Baise – Basie in London (Fresh Sound)

Count Basie – Hall of Fame (Fresh Sound)

Sidney Bechet/Martial Solal – Complete Quartet Recordings (Essential Jazz Classics)

Oscar Brown Jr. – Between Heaven and Hell (Superbird)

Dave Brubeck – Gone with the Wind (Poll Winners)

Buckwheat Zydeco – Let the Good Time Roll (Rounder)

Miles Davis – Cookin’/Steamin’ (Poll Winners)

Terry Gibbs – Swing Is Here (Fresh Sound)

Lars Gillin – After Eight pm. [1954/56 Vol. 11] (Dragon)

Bobby Hackett – Quartet (Jazz Plaza)

Lionel Hampton – Air Mail Special (ITM)

Bernard Hermann – Hitchcock Masterpieces (El/Cherry Red)

Richie Kamuca – Tenor Ahead (Fresh Sound)

Henry Mancini – The Mancini Touch (Blue Moon)

Phineas Newborn, Jr. – Piano Portraits (Fresh Sound)

Herb Pomeroy – Band in Boston (Fresh Sound)

Michel Portal – Turbulence (Chant du Monde)

Jimmy Smith – Eighth Wonder of the World (El/Cherry Red)

Various Artists – South African Funk Experience (Nascente)