Six Picks

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, May 2013: JD Allen, Grace (Savant) Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Functional Arrhythmias (Pi) Kris Davis, Capricorn Climber (Clean Feed) Jason Mears Electric Quintet, Book of Changes: Part I (Prefecture) O’Farrill Brothers Band, Sensing Light (Zoho) Thiefs (Melanine Harmonique)

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, April 2013: Ches Smith and These Arches, Hammered (Clean Feed) Benoît Delbecq & Fred Hersch Double Trio, Fun House (Songlines) Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran, Hagar’s Song (ECM) Nicholas Payton, #BAM Live at Bohemian Caverns (BMF) Kendrick Scott Oracle, Conviction (Concord) Ben Wendel & Dan Tepfer,

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My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, March 2013: Barry Altschul, The 3dom Factor (TUM) Ben Goldberg, Subatomic Particle Homesick Blues (BAG) Eric Hofbauer, American Grace (Creative Nation) Jonathan Kreisberg, One (New For Now) Jeremy Manasia, Green Dream (Cellar Live) David Weiss & Point of Departure, Venture Inward (Posi-Tone)

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, February 2013: Gregg August, Four By Six (Iacuessa) Ryan Blotnick, Solo, Volume 1 (ind.) Ken Hatfield Sextet, For Langston (Arthur Circle) Rudresh Mahanathappa, Gamak (ACT) Eric Revis, Parallax (Clean Feed) Wayne Shorter Quartet, Without a Net (Blue Note)

Happy New Year! My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, January 2013: Michaël Attias, Spun Tree (Clean Feed) Avishai Cohen, Triveni II (Anzic) Hal Galper Trio, Airegin Revisited (Origin) Jon Irabagon’s Outright!, Unhinged (Irabbagast) Reggie Quinerly, Music Inspired by Freedmantown (Redefinition) Sonic Liberation Front, Jetway Confidential (High Two)

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, December 2012: Jeff Davis, Leaf House (Fresh Sound New Talent) David Gilmore, Numerology: Live at Jazz Standard (Evolutionary Music) Frank Kimbrough Trio, Live at Kitano (Palmetto) Bill McHenry, La Peur du Vide (Sunnyside) Kurt Rosenwinkel, Star of Jupiter (Wommusic) Jacques Schwarz-Bart Quartet, The Art of Dreaming

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My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, November 2012: Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin, Live (ECM) Michael Blake, In the Grand Scheme of Things (Songlines) Dan Block, Duality (Miles High) George Cables, My Muse (HighNote) Dave King, I’ve Been Ringing You (Sunnyside) Angelica Sanchez Quintet, Wires & Moss (Clean Feed)

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, October 2012: Josh Berman and His Gang, There Now (Delmark) Raynald Colom, Rise (harmonia mundi/Jazz Village) Joe Fiedler’s Big Sackbut (Yellow Sound) Roman Filiu, Musae (Dafnison Music) Michael Formanek Quartet, Small Places (ECM) Sean Wayland, Click Track Jazz (Seed Music)