Six Picks

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, September 2014. NOTE: This is the last Six Picks to appear in the paper. From here on I’ll be posting a monthly Top Ten in this space. Jorrit Dijkstra, Music for Reeds and Electronics: Oakland (Driff) Orrin Evans, Liberation Blues (Smoke Sessions) Eric Harland’s Voyager, Vipassana (GSI)

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My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, August 2014: Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio (Concord) Peter Brendler, Outside the Line (Posi-Tone) Wolfgang Muthspiel/Larry Grenadier/Brian Blade, Driftwood (ECM) Felix Peikli, Royal Flush (Rex) Andrew Rathbun Quartet, Numbers & Letters (SteepleChase) Tamarindo, Somos Agua (Clean Feed)

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, July 2014: Oran Etkin, Gathering Light (Motéma) Rob Garcia 4, The Passion of Color (BJU) Frank Lacy & The Smalls Legacy Band, Live at Smalls (SmallsLive) Mark Alban Lotz, Solo Flutes (LopLop) Ulf Wakenius, Momento Magico (ACT) Mark Weinstein, Latin Jazz Underground (Zoho)

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, June 2014: Jeff Denson & Joshua White, I’ll Fly Away (pfMENTUM) John Ellis & Andy Bragen, MOBRO (Parade Light) Orrin Evans’ Captain Black Big Band, Mother’s Touch (Posi-Tone) Ideal Bread, Beating the Teens: Songs of Steve Lacy (Cuneiform) Anne Mette Iversen’s Double Life, So Many Roads

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My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, May 2014: The Bad Plus, The Rite of Spring (Sony Masterworks) Amy Cervini, Jazz Country (Anzic) Brian Charette, Square One (Posi-Tone) Kris Davis Trio, Waiting for You to Grow (Clean Feed) Rufus Reid, Quiet Pride: The Elizabeth Catlett Project (Motéma) Matt Slocum, Black Elk’s Dream (Chandra)

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, April 2014: Diego Barber & Craig Taborn, Tales (Sunnyside) Digital Primitives, Lipsomuch (Hopscotch) Billy Hart Quartet, One Is the Other (ECM) Tom Rainey, Obbligato (Intakt) Pete Robbins, Pyramid (Hate Laugh) Ton Trio II, On and On (Singlespeed)

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, March 2014: Steve Cardenas, Melody in a Dream (Sunnyside) Eli Degibri, Twelve (Plus Loin) Jozef Dumoulin, A Fender Rhodes Solo (BEE Jazz) Vijay Iyer, Mutations (ECM) Mehliana, Taming the Dragon (Nonesuch) Catherine Russell, Bring It Back (Jazz Village)

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, February 2014: Scott Feiner & Pandeiro Jazz, A View from Below (s/r) Mary Halvorson/Michael Formanek/Tomas Fujiwara, Thumbscrew (Cuneiform) Jeremy Pelt, Face Forward, Jeremy (HighNote) Danilo Pérez, Panama 500 (Mack Avenue) Brandon Ross & Stomu Takeishi, Revealing Essence (Sunnyside) Helen Sung, Anthem for a New Day (Concord)