This is a full list of all the albums reviewed in the February 2012 Issue of Jazzwise - to read them all click here to subscribe and get a FREE CD

New Releases

JD Allen Trio – Victory (Sunnyside)

Fabian Almazan Trio – Personalities (Biophillia Records)

Josh Arcoleo - Beginnings (Edition)

Alan Barnes / David Newton – Inside Out (Woodville)

Tim Berne – Snakeoil (ECM)

Nat Birchall – Sacred Dimension (Gondwana)

Matthew Bourne – Montauk Variations (Leaf)

James Carter Organ Trio – At The Crossroads (Universal)

Freddy Cole – Talk To Me (HighNote)

Tim Collins – Castles and Hilltops (Alhenia Media)

Neil Cowley Trio – The Face of Mount Molehill

John Escreet – Exception to the Rule (Criss Cross)

Jonathan Gee Trio – Dragonfly (ASC)

Robert Glasper – Black Radio (Blue Note)

Roy Haynes – Roy-alty (Dreyfus)

Hession/Wilkinson/Fell – Two Falls & A Submission (Bo’ Weavil)

John Horler Quartet – Not A Cloud In The Sky (Diving Duck)

Mike Gibbs with the NDR Big Band and Norma Winstone – Here’s A Song For You (Fuzzy Moon)

Ahmad Jamal - Blue Moon (Jazz Village)

Joachim Kühn and the hr-Bigband – Out of the Desert Live at JazzFest Berlin (ACT)

The Landrus Kaleidoscope – Capsule (BlueLand)

Christian McBride – Conversations With Christian McBride (Mack Avenue)

Ibrahim Maalouf – Diagnostic (M’ister/Harmonia Mundi)

Nicole Mitchell – Awakening (Delmark)

Partikel – Cohesion (Whirlwind Recordings)

Nicholas Payton – Bitches (In + Out)

Nigel Price Organ Trio – Heads and Tales (Woodville)

Nikki Isles – Hush (Basho Recordings)

Radio.string.quartet.viennea –  Radiodream (ACT)

Red Kite – Red Kite (F-IRE)

The Remote Viewers – Nerve Cure (theremoteviewers.com)

Poncho Sanchez and Terence Blanchard – Chano y Dizzy! (Concord Picante)

The Esmond Selwyn Hammond Organ Trio – The Middle Half (Slam)

Andy Sheppard, Michel Benita, Sebastian Rochford – Trio Libero (ECM)

Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra – Emergence (Spartacus Records)

Aki Takase/Han Bennick – 2 For 2

Martin Taylor and Alan Barnes – Two for the Road (Woodville)

Trio VD – X (Naim Edge)

Usonic – Evolution (Groove4Dayz)

Various Artists - Giles Peterson Presents… Havana Cultura: The Search Continues (Brownswood)

David Weiss and Point Of Departure – Snuck Out (Sunnyside)

Veyran Weston – Different Tessellations (Emanem)

JJ Wheeler Quintet – Unconventional (Mongrel)

Ben Williams – State of Art (Concord)

New Releases, Short Cuts

Jason Adasiewicz’s Sun Rooms – Spacer (Delmark)

Andy Aitchison Quartet – You Ain’t Never (Lejazzetal)

Dan Blake – The Aquarian Suite (BJU)

Samuel Blasser Quartet – Boundless (Hatology)

Jacob Bro – Time (Loveland)

Greg Burk Trio – The Path Here (482 Music)

Michael Cain – Solo (Native Drum Music)

Eddie Daniels Roger Kellaway – Live at the Library of Congress (IPO)

Sinne Eeg – Don’t Be So Blue (Red Dot Music)

Satoko Fujii Min Yoh Ensemble – Watershed (Libra)

Satoko Fujii Orchestra – New York (ETO)

Rob Garcia 4 – The Drop and the Ocean (BJU)

Girls In Airports – Migration (Mawimusic)

Etta James – The Dreamer (Decca)

Jeff Lorber Fusion – Galaxy (Heads Up)

Melody Players – Songs from our Memories (Bonsa Music)

Lisa Mezzacappa and Nightshade - Cosmic Riff (Leo)

Nabatov, Reijseger, Schubert – Square Down (Leo)

Jochen Rueckert – Somewhere Meeting Nobody (Pirouet)

Tierney Sutton Band – American Road (BFM Jazz)

Dan Tepfer – Goldberg Variations/Variations (Sunnyside)

Pete Thomas – Midnight in the Naked City (Mermaid)

Trio M – The Guest House (Enja Yellow Bird)

Wellstone Conspiracy – Humble Origins (Origin)

Anthony Wilson – Seasons (Coat Hill Recordings)

Debroah Winter – Lovers After All (Jazzeed Media)

Reissues

Albert Ayler – Stockholm, Berlin 1966 (hatOLOGY)

Albert Ayler – Love Cry/The Last Album (Impulse! 2-On1)

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers – Quitessence 1947 – 1959 (Fremeaux & Associates), The Jazz Messengers!!!!/A Jazz Message (Impulse!)

Marion Brown – Geechee Recollections/Sweet Earth Flying (Impulse!)

Graham Collier – The Day Of the Dead plus October Ferry Symphony of Scorpions and Forest Path To The Spring

Alice Coltrane – Universal Consciousness/Lord of Lords (Impulse! 2-On1)

Sonny Criss – The Joy of Sax/Warn and Sonny (Impluse!)

Grateful Dead – Europe ’72 Vol. 2 (Grateful Dead Productions)

Jim Hall – Three Classic Albums Plus (Avid Jazz)

Chico Hamilton – El Chico/The Further Adventures Of El Chico (Impulse!)

Coleman Hawkins – Today And Now/Desafinado (Impulse!)

Charles Mingus – The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady/Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (Impulse!)

Sonny Rollins – And The Big Brass, Trio and Quintet (Fresh Sound)

Sonny Rollins – On Impulse!/There Will Never Be Another You (Impulse!)

Sonny Rollins – Live in Munich 1965 (Domino)

Pharoah Sanders – Village Of the Pharoahs/Wisdom Through Music (Impulse!)

Ravi Shankar – Nine Decades: Vol. I 1967 -68 (East Meet West Music)

Ravi Shankar - Nine Decades: Vol. II Reminiscence of North Vista (East Meet West Music)

Ravi Shankar - Nine Decades: Vol. III Orchestral Experimentations (East Meet West Music)

Archie Shepp – For Losers/Kwanza (Impulse!)

Zoot Sims Quartet – Live in Loiseville 1968 (Gambit Records)

Sonny Stitt – Now!Salt and Pepper (Impulse!)

Gabor Szabo – The Sorcerer/More Sorcery (Impulse!)

McCoy Tyner Trio – Inception/Reaching Fourth (Impulse!)

Various Artists – The Complete Felsted Mainstream Collection (Solar)

Howlin’ Wolf – Smokestack Lighting: The Complete Chess Masters 1951 – 1960 (Hip-O-Select/Geffen)

Reissues, Short Cuts

Ray Bryant Trio – Con Alma and Little Susie (Fresh Sound)

Benny Carter-Earl Hines Quartet – Swingin’ The 20s (Essential Jazz Classics)

Hank Crawford – Don’t You Worry About A Thing (Sony/CTI)

Gary Crosby – Belts The Blues And The Happy Butcher (Fresh Sound)

Paul Desmond Canadian Quartet – Audrey Live In Toronto 1975 (Domino)

Duke Ellington – Meets Coleman Hawkins/And John Coltrane (Impulse!)

Curtis Fuller – Soul Trombone/Cabin in The Sky (Impulse!)

Stan Getz Quintet – Interpretations 2 (Poll Winners)

Dizzy Gillespsie, Roy Eldridge – Roy and Diz (Poll Winners)

Tiny Grimes – Blues Groove 1958-1959 (Fresh Sound)

John Handy – Hard Work/Carnival (Impulse!)

Fletcher Henderson – A Study In Frustration (Essential Jazz Classics)

Ernie Henry with Kenny Dorham – Presenting Ernie Henry with Kenny Dorham (Fresh Sound)

Woody Herman – The 3 Herds (Poll Winners)

Earl Hines – Earl’s Pearls (American Jazz Classics)

Johnny Hodges – Second Set (Avid)

Bill Holman – The Fabulous Bill Holman (Poll Winners)

Mahalia Jackson – The World’s Greatest Gospel Singe (Poll Winners)

Chuck Manglone – Journey To A Rainbow and Eyes Of The Veiled Temptress (Superbird)

 Sergio Mendes – Original Albums Series (Atlantic/Warner)

Charles Mingus - Presents Charles Mingus (Essential Jazz Classics)

Thelonious Monk Orchestra – At Town Hall (Essential Jazz Classics)

Oliver Nelson and Friends – Happenings/Soulful Brass (Impulse!)

Oscar Peterson Trio – Plays My Fair Lady, Porgy and Bess and Fiorello! (Fresh Sound)

Frank Morgan Allstars – Reflections (Original Jazz Classics)

Oscar Peterson – Unmistakable (Zenph)