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My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, December 2011: Rez Abbasi’s Invocation, Suno Suno (Enja) Greg Burk Trio, The Path Here (482 Music) Michael Cain, Solo (Native Drum) Kevin Hays, Variations (Pirouet) Dan Tepfer, Goldberg Variations/Variations (Sunnyside) Anthony Wilson, Seasons: Live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Goat Hill)

In recent print issues of Stereophile magazine, my reviews of Ben Allison’s Action-Refraction and Sonny Rollins’s Road Shows, Vol. 2.

I’ve just gotten around to posting PDFs of my JazzTimes features on Donny McCaslin and Nicholas Payton. In other news, looking forward to end of semester, when I hope to start posting more often on this blog.

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, November 2011: The Claudia Quintet + 1, What Is the Beautiful? (Cuneiform) Amir ElSaffar, Inana (Pi) Joel Frahm Quartet, Live at Smalls (Smalls Live) Brad Mehldau, Kevin Hays & Patrick Zimmerli, Modern Music (Nonesuch) Ted Rosenthal Trio, Out of This World (Playscape) Tony Malaby’s Novela (Clean Feed)

I made these tracks at home in 2000 and left them on the shelf. Since I’m happier with them than I thought I’d be, figured why not post ’em. “Lakes,” from Pat Metheny’s album Watercolors, and “Love Dance” by Ivan Lins. 03 Lakes 05 Love Dance

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, October 2011: Uri Caine Trio, Siren (Winter & Winter) Harris Eisenstadt, September Trio (Clean Feed) Greenleaf Portable Series, Vol. 2: Orange Afternoons (Greenleaf) Clay Jenkins Quartet, Good Signs (Jazz Compass) Francisco Mela & Cuban Safari, Tree of Life (Half Note) Tyshawn Sorey, Oblique – I (Pi)

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, September 2011: Jimmy Amadie Trio, Something Special (TPR) Armen Donelian, Leapfrog (Sunnyside) John Escreet, The Age We Live In (Mythology) Jeff Fairbanks’ Project Hansori, Mulberry Street (BJU) Dave King Trucking Company, Good Old Light (Sunnyside) Nelson Veras, Rouge Sur Blanc (BEE Jazz)

This review appears in the September 2011 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Caramoor Jazz Festival Katonah, New York August 5-7, 2011 By David R. Adler On paper, this year’s Caramoor Jazz Festival stood up nicely against the more extensive offerings the same weekend at Newport. Friday evening belonged to one group only, pianist Renee Rosnes and

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