Six Picks

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, May 2009: Diego Barber, Calima (Sunnyside) Nathan Eklund, Trip to the Casbah (Jazz Excursion) Julian Lage, Sounding Point (Decca/Emarcy) Joe Lovano’s US Five, Folk Art (Blue Note) Akiko Pavolka & House of Illusion, Trust Aqua (Tone of a Pitch) Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse, Cries from Tha

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My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, April 2009: Michael Blake & Kresten Osgood, Control This (Clean Feed) Seamus Blake Quartet, Live in Italy (Jazz eyes) Fareed Haque & The Flat Earth Ensemble, Flat Planet (Owl Studios) Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra, Muse (Creative Nation) Ben Wendel, Simple Song (Sunnyside) Michael Wolff, Joe’s Strut (Wrong)

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, March 2009: Nels Cline, Coward (Cryptogramophone) Charles Evans, The King of All Instruments (Hot Cup) Tom Harrell, Prana Dance (HighNote) Jeremy Manasia, After Dark (Posi-Tone) Jason Rigby, The Sage (Fresh Sound New Talent) David S. Ware, Shakti (Aum Fidelity)

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, February 2009: Lotte Anker/Craig Taborn/Gerald Cleaver, Live at the Loft (ILK) Ravi Coltrane, Blending Times (Savoy) The Flatlands Collective, Maatjes (Clean Feed) Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition, Apti (Innova) Jen Shyu, Jade Tongue (ind.) Tar Baby (Imani)

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, January 2009: Interplay, Apology to the Atonists/Tritone Suite (Porter) Jim McAuley, The Ultimate Frog (Drip Audio) Tony Malaby, Cello Trio (Songlines) Chico Pinheiro & Anthony Wilson, Nova (Goat Hill) Ben Schachter, Omnibus (ind.) Mark Sherman Quartet, Live at the Bird’s Eye (Miles High)