The following is a list of albums reviewed in the May 2011 issue of Jazzwise - click here to Subscribe and read them in full

New Releases

Monty Alexander - Uplift - JazzLegacy

Azymuth - Aurora - FarOut

Billy Bang/Bill Cole -  Billy Bang/Bill Cole - Shadrack

BANN - As You Like It - Jazz Eyes

Ralph Bowen - Power Play - Posi-Tone

Filomena Campus - Quartet Jester Of Jazz - EGEA

Katja Cruz - Y Los Aires Mi corazón - Leo Records

Cyminology - Saburi - ECM

Ernest Dawkins New Horizons Ensemble - The Prairie Prophet - Delmark

Avishai Cohen - Seven Seas - Blue Note

Sussan Deyhim - City of Leaves - Venus Rising

Earth - Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light 1 - Southern Lord

Orrin Evans - Captain Black Big Band -  Posi-Tone

Savina Yannatou / Barry Guy - Attikos - Maya Recordings

Trilok Gurtu with Simon Phillips and the NDR Big Band - 21 Spices - Art Of Groove/Birdja

Fred Hersch - Alone At The Vanguard - Palmetto

Al Di Meola And World Symphonia - Pursuit Of The Radical Rhapsody - Telarc

Jakszyk, Fripp, Collins-  A Scarcity of Miracles - DGM

James Farm -  James Farm  - Nonesuch

Klang - Other Doors - Allos Documents

Oliver Lake / Christian Weber / Dieter Ulrich - For a Little Dancin’ - Intakt

Brian Landrus - Traverse- Blue Land Records

Eric Legnini & The Afro Jazz Beat - The Vox - Discograph

René Marie - Voice Of My Beautiful Country - Motema

Delfeayo Marsalis - Sweet Thunder -  Troubador Jass

Jonathan Mayer - Out of Genre -  First Hand Records

Marcus Miller Tutu Revisited featuring Christian Scott - Dreyfus Jazz - FDM

Bob Mintzer, Dado Moroni, Riccardo Fioravanti, Joe La Barbera - La Vita é Bella - Abeat for Jazz

Motif - Facienda - Jazzland

Orchestre National de Jazz/Daniel Yvinec/John Hollenbeck - Shut Up And Dance - Bee Jazz

Orkestra del Sol - Lung Capacity - Sol Music Recordings

Marcus Shelby - Soul Of The Movement: Meditations On Dr Martin Luther King Jr - Porto Franco

Tommy Smith - Karma - Sparctacus

Richard Spaven - Spaven’s 5ive - Jazzre:freshed

Tommaso Starace Quartet - Blood and Champagne - Alessio Brocca

Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges - Constellation

Clare Teal - Hey Ho - MUD Records

Andreas Varady and David Lyttle - Questions - Lyte

Kenny Wheeler (with John Taylor & Steve Swallow) - One Of Many - CamJazz

World Saxophone Quartet - Yes, We Can - Jazzwerkstatt

The Yellowjackets - Timeline - MackAvenue

Short Cuts New Releases

Sophie Bancroft - Bird of Paradise - Lisaleo Records

Carsten Dahl Effata - Solo Piano - Storyville

Chris Dahlgren - Mystic Maze & Lexicon - Jazzwerkstatt

The Dorf - Le Record - Leo

Andy Haas - Paradise of Ashes - Resonant Music

Luther Hughes & CCP - Things Are Getting Better - Primrose Lane

Alexey Lapin - Parallels - Leo

London Horns - Don’t Look Down - LHC

Rakalam Bob Moses - Ecstatic Weanderings - Jazzwerkstatt

Wolfgang Muthspiel - Drumfree - Material records

Nordic Connect - Spirals - Artistshare

Mikkel Nordsø - Five Steps 2 Heaven - Stunt

Hubert Nuss - The Book of Colours - Pirouet

Sid Peacock & Surge - La Fête Peacock - Angell Records

Phaedra - The Sea - Rune Grammofon

Robin Phillips - Old Street New Groove - HepMusic

The Remote Viewers - To the North - RV8

Pete Roth Meridian - MGP - Records

Samo Salamon Trio - Almost Almond - Sanje

Reissues

Chris Barber - Memories Of My Trip - Proper

George Benson - It’s Uptown Columbia - Legacy

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Changes - Columbia Legacy

Stanley Clarke - School Days - Columbia Legacy

Miles Davis - Cookin’ at the Plugged Nickel - Columbia/Legacy

Duke Ellington - Black, Brown and Beige - Sony Legacy

Nick Evans’ Dreamtime - Double Trouble - Reel

Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman feat. Peggy Lee - Sony Legacy

Herbie Hancock - Headhunters- Columbia/Legacy

Karin Krog - Folkways - Meantime Records

Wynton Marsalis - Hot House Flowers - Sony Legacy

Charles Mingus Trio - Mingus Three - Poll Winners Records

Wes Montgomery - With Cannonball Adderley and the Poll Winners - EssentialJazzClassics

The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of - Poll Winners Records

The Montgomery Brothers - EssentialJazzClassics

Lee Morgan - The Legendary Quartet Sessions- AmericanJazzClassics

Ojos de Brujo - Corriente Vital - Warmer Music Spain

Howard Roberts - Antelope Freeway - Impulse!

Howard Riley - The Complete Short Stories 1998-2010 - NoBusiness

Annie Ross - Four Classic Albums - Plus Avid

George Russell - Jazz In The Space Age - American Jazz Classics

Henry Threadgill - Complete Novus and Columbia - Recordings Mosaic

Various Artists - California Concert - Masterworks Jazz

Reissues - Short Cuts

Benny Carter - Jazz Giant: Complete Sessions - Fresh Sound

Ray Charles - Dedicated to You - Jackpot

Bing Crosby / Louis Armstrong - Bing and Satchmo - Essential Jazz Classics

Abbey Lincoln - Melancholy - JazzCAT

Oscar Peterson - Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson/ Plays Porgy and Bess - Essential Jazz Classics

Gene Quill - 3 Bones and a Quill - Fresh Sound

Duke Ellington (Featuring Louis Armstrong) - Paris Blues - Jazz Soundtrack

Stan Hasselgard - California Sessions - Dragon

Coleman Hawkins - The 195960 Studio Sessions - Essential Jazz Classics

Django Reinhardt - Complete Solo Guitar And Duet Recordings - Essential Jazz Classics

Jimmy Rushing - Rushing Lullabies / Brubeck and Rushing - Poll Winners

Bobby Timmons - This Here is Bobby Timmons / Soul - Time Groove

Wynton Kelly - Live at the Left Bank Jazz Society Baltimore 1967 - Fresh Sound

Wynton Kelly Live at the Left Bank Jazz Society Baltimore 1968 Fresh Sound

Charles Tyler - Eastern Man Alone - ESP-Disk

Various Artists - They Give a Voice to the Saxes 1923-57 - Fremeau