Six Picks

Happy New Year! My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, January 2014: Marty Ehrlich Large Ensemble, A Trumpet in the Morning (New World) John Hébert Trio, Floodstage (Clean Feed) Gary Husband & Alex Machacek, Now (Abstract Logix) Earl MacDonald, Mirror of the Mind (Death Defying) Now vs. Now, Earth Analog (s/r) Jorn Swart, A

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My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, December 2013: Ben Allison, The Stars Look Very Different Today (Sonic Camera) Jamie Baum Septet +, In This Life (Sunnyside) Marco Cappelli Acoustic Trio, Le Stagioni Del Commissario Ricciardi (Tzadik) Myra Melford, Life Carries Me This Way (Firehouse 12) Billy Mintz, Mintz Quartet (Thirteenth Note) Colin

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My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, November 2013: Amir ElSaffar, Alchemy (Pi) Dave King Trucking Company, Adopted Highway (Sunnyside) Ghost Train Orchestra, Book of Rhapsodies (Accurate) Mike McGinnis + 9, Road*Trip (RKM) Aaron Parks, Arborescence (ECM) Michele Rosewoman’s New Yor-Uba, A Musical Celebration of Cuba in America (Advance Dance)

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, October 2013: Ralph Alessi, Baida (ECM) Geri Allen, Grand River Crossings: Motown & Motor City Inspirations (Motéma) Samuel Blaser Consort In Motion, A Mirror to Machaut (Songlines) Linda Oh, Sun Pictures (Greenleaf) Mario Pavone, Arc Trio (Playscape) Leron Thomas, Whatever (ind.)

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, September 2013: The New Gary Burton Quartet, Guided Tour (Mack Avenue) Leo Genovese, Seeds (Palmetto) Guillermo Gregorio/Steve Swell/Pandelis Karayorgis, Window and Doorway (Driff) Hamilton De Holanda & André Mehmari, Gismontipascoal (Adventure) Ben Monder, Hydra (Sunnyside) Mike Wofford, It’s Personal (Capri)

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, August 2013: Jim Black, Antiheroes (Winter & Winter) Drew Gress, The Sky Inside (Pirouet) Geoffrey Keezer, Heart of the Piano (Motéma) Chris Morrissey, North Hero (Sunnyside) Gary Peacock & Marilyn Crispell, Azure (ECM) Eric Revis, City of Asylum (Clean Feed)

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, July 2013: David Ake, Bridges (Posi-Tone) Terence Blanchard, Magnetic (Blue Note) Gerald Cleaver’s Black Host, Life in the Sugar Candle Mines (Northern Spy) Michel Gentile/Daniel Kelly/Rob Garcia, Works (Connection Works) Steven Lugerner, For We Have Heard (NoBusiness) Peter Madsen with Alfred Vogel, Soul of the Underground

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My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, June 2013: Secret Keeper (Stephan Crump & Mary Halvorson), Super Eight (Intakt) Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense, Moment & The Message (Pi) Will Martina, Modular Living By Design (ind.) Sean Moran Small Elephant Band, Tusk (NCM East) Cécile McLorin Salvant, WomanChild (Mack Avenue) Craig Taborn Trio,

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