Jazz

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, May 2009: Diego Barber, Calima (Sunnyside) Nathan Eklund, Trip to the Casbah (Jazz Excursion) Julian Lage, Sounding Point (Decca/Emarcy) Joe Lovano’s US Five, Folk Art (Blue Note) Akiko Pavolka & House of Illusion, Trust Aqua (Tone of a Pitch) Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse, Cries from Tha

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In case you missed the last one… Gypsy Schaeffer, New Album (PeaceTime) Jay Epstein (with Anthony Cox & Bill Carrothers), Long Ago (Igmod) Sean Jones, The Search Within (Mack Avenue) Paul Dunmall Sun Quartet, Ancient and Future Airs (Clean Feed) Scott Reeves Quintet, Shape Shifter: Live at Cecil’s (Miles High) Miles Okazaki, Generations (Sunnyside)

In case you missed the last one… One for All, Return of the Lineup (Sharp Nine) Denman Maroney Quintet, Udentity (Clean Feed) Ton Trio, The Way (Singlespeed) John Hollenbeck, Rainbow Jimmies (GPE) Alex Sipiagin, Mirages (Criss Cross) The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings (Fantasy/Concord)

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, April 2009: Michael Blake & Kresten Osgood, Control This (Clean Feed) Seamus Blake Quartet, Live in Italy (Jazz eyes) Fareed Haque & The Flat Earth Ensemble, Flat Planet (Owl Studios) Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra, Muse (Creative Nation) Ben Wendel, Simple Song (Sunnyside) Michael Wolff, Joe’s Strut (Wrong)

In case you missed the last one… Eddie Daniels & Roger Kellaway, A Duet of One: Live at the Bakery (IPO) Theo Bleckmann/John Hollenbeck/Gary Versace, Refuge Trio (Winter & Winter) Sound Assembly, Edge of the Mind (Beauport Jazz) Fat Cat Big Band, Angels Praying for Freedom (Smalls) Julian Argüelles, Inner Voices (Tone of a Pitch) Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York,

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In case you missed the last one… David Binney, Third Occasion (Mythology) Gilad Hekselman, Words Unspoken (LateSet Records) Leonardo Cioglia, Contos (Quizamba) Abdullah Ibrahim, Senzo (WDR/Sunnyside) Denny Zeitlin, The Columbia Studio Trio Sessions (Mosaic Select) Martial Solal, Live at the Village Vanguard (Cam Jazz)

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, March 2009: Nels Cline, Coward (Cryptogramophone) Charles Evans, The King of All Instruments (Hot Cup) Tom Harrell, Prana Dance (HighNote) Jeremy Manasia, After Dark (Posi-Tone) Jason Rigby, The Sage (Fresh Sound New Talent) David S. Ware, Shakti (Aum Fidelity)

In case you missed the last one… Gerry Hemingway & Thomas Lehn, Tom & Gerry: Kinetics (Auricle) Tom Warrington Trio, The Mountain (Jazz Compass) John O’Gallagher Trio, Dirty Hands (Clean Feed) Alex Cline, Continuation (Cryptogramophone) Gerald Cleaver/William Parker/Craig Taborn, Farmers By Nature (Aum Fidelity) The October Trio + Brad Turner, Looks Like It’s Going to Snow (Songlines)