Six Picks
Six Picks: May 2011
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, May 2011: Ben Allison, Action-Refraction (Palmetto) Brian Carpenter’s Ghost Train Orchestra, Hothouse Stomp (Accurate) Joe Fiedler Trio, Sacred Chrome Orb (Yellow Sound) Peter Paulsen Quintet, Goes Without Saying… (SquarePegWorks) Ralph Peterson’s Unity Project, Outer Reaches (Onyx) Kenny Werner, Balloons (Half Note)
Six Picks: April 2011
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, April 2011: Ambrose Akinmusire, When the Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note) Ralph Bowen, Power Play (Posi-Tone) Adam Cruz, Milestone (Sunnyside) Alexis Cuadrado, Noneto Ibérico (BJU) Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra, Treelines (Justin Time) Terell Stafford, This Side of Strayhorn (Max Jazz)
Six Picks: March 2011
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record (formerly All About Jazz-New York), March 2011: David Cook, Pathway (BJU) Carlo De Rosa’s Cross-Fade, Brain Dance (Cuneiform) David Liebman Trio, Lieb Plays the Blues A La Trane (Challenge) Joe Lovano, Bird Songs (Blue Note) Daniel Peterson’s Truth & Consequence, October (ind.) Eric Reed, The Dancing
Six Picks: February 2011
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, February 2011: Jane Ira Bloom, Wingwalker (Outline) Joel Harrison, String Choir (Sunnyside) Jonathan Kreisberg, Shadowless (New For Now) Frank Portolese, Plectrum Jazz Guitar Solos (ind.) Noah Preminger, Before the Rain (Palmetto) Ben Wolfe Quintet, Live at Smalls (Smalls Live)
Six Picks: January 2011
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, January 2011: Helio Alves, Música (Jazz Legacy) Dan Block Plays the Music of Duke Ellington: From His World to Mine (Miles High) Clayton Brothers, The New Song and Dance (ArtistShare) Gerald Cleaver, Be It As I See It (Fresh Sound) Scott Feiner & Pandeiro Jazz, Accents (Zoho) Eddie
Six Picks: December 2010
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, December 2010: Luis Bonilla, Twilight (Planet Arts) Avishai Cohen, Introducing Triveni (Anzic) Patrick Cornelius, Fierce (Whirlwind) Benoît Delbecq, Circles and Calligrams (Songlines) Herculaneum, Olives and Orchids (EF) SFJazz Collective, Live 2010: The Works of Horace Silver (SFJazz)
Six Picks: November 2010
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, November 2010: Jason Adasiewicz, Sun Rooms (Delmark) I Never Meta Guitar: Solo Guitars for the 21st Century (Clean Feed) John McNeil & Bill McHenry, Chill Morn He Climb Jenny (Sunnyside) Marc Ribot, Silent Movies (Pi) Tarbaby, The End of Fear (Posi-Tone) Chucho Valdés & The Afro-Cuban Messengers, Chucho’s
Six Picks: October 2010
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, October 2010: Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet, Natural Selection (Sunnyside) Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin, Llyria (ECM) Kirk Knuffke, Chew Your Food (NoBusiness) Metropole Orkest/John Scofield/Vince Mendoza, 54 (Emarcy) Florian Ross, Mechanism (Pirouet) David S. Ware, Onecept (Aum Fidelity)