the week on disc

19
Apr

The week on disc (70)

In case you missed the last one… Samuel Blaser, Solo Bone (SLAM, 2009) Adam Rudolph & Ralph Jones, Yèyí: A Wordless Psalm of Prototypical Vibrations (Meta) John Blake, Jr. Quartet, Motherless Child (ARC) Earl MacDonald, Re:Visions: Works for Jazz Orchestra (Death Defying) Harris Simon, The Mastery of Passion (Resonance) Nick Hempton Band (ind.)

10
Apr

The week on disc (69)

In case you missed the last one… Scott Fields Ensemble, Fugu (Clean Feed) Sei Miguel, Esfíngico: Suite for a Jazz Combo (Clean Feed) Torben Waldorff, American Rock Beauty (ArtistShare) Aaron Goldberg, Home (Sunnyside) David Liebman Trio with Jesse van Ruller, Lieb Plays Weill (Challenge, 2009) Emilio Solla & The Tango Jazz Conspiracy, Bien Sur! (Fresh Sound-World Jazz)

22
Mar

The week on disc (68)

In case you missed the last one… Jason Adasiewicz, Varmint (Cuneiform, 2009) Swallow/Talmor/Nussbaum, Playing In Traffic (Auand) Tin Hat, Foreign Legion (BAG) David Binney, Aliso (Criss Cross) Vinson Valega Group, Biophilia (Consilience) Sheryl Bailey, A New Promise (MCG Jazz)

12
Mar

The week on disc (67)

In case you missed the last one… Holly Hofmann & Bill Cunliffe, Three’s Company (Capri) André Matos, Quare (Inner Circle) Juhani Aaltonen Quartet, Conclusions (TUM) Scott DuBois, Black Hawk Dance (Sunnyside) Brian Landrus, Forward (Cadence) Kyle Brenders, Ways (Porter)

24
Feb

The week on disc (66)

In case you missed the last one… Mike Olson, Incidental (Henceforth) Ralph Bowen, Due Reverence (Posi-Tone) Paul Kikuchi & Alexander Vittum, Tide Tables: Lost Birdsongs (Prefecture) Roberto Fonseca, Akokan (Justin Time) Michael Janisch, Purpose Built (Whirlwind) The Norrbotten Big Band, The Avatar Sessions: The Music of Tim Hagans (Fuzzy Music)

15
Feb

The week on disc (65)

In case you missed the last one… Alex Hargreaves, Prelude (Adventure Music) Ian Carey Quintet, Contexualizin’ (Kabocha) Mario Adnet & Philippe Baden Powell, Afrosamba Jazz: The Music of Baden Powell (Adventure Music, 2009) Chris Icasiano & Neil Welch, Bad Luck (Belle) Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord, Accomplish Jazz (Hot Cup) Frank Vignola, 100 Years of Django (Azica)

5
Feb

The week on disc (64)

In case you missed the last one… Philly Joe Jones’ Dameronia, Look, Stop and Listen (Uptown) Empirical, Out ’n’ In (NAIM) Mort Weiss, Raising the Bar: Solo Jazz Clarinet (SMS) Marion Brown, Why Not? (ESP-Disk’) Myron Walden’s In This World, What We Share (Demi Sound) Jason Lindner Gives You Now vs. Now (Anzic)

24
Jan

The week on disc (63)

In case you missed the last one… Dave Rempis & Frank Rosaly, Cyrillic (482 Music) Tigran Hamasyan, Red Hail (Plus Loin, 2009) Soren Moller & Dick Oatts, The Clouds Above (Audial, out February 9) Jerry Bergonzi, Three for All (Savant) Nilson Matta’s Brazilian Voyage, Copacabana (Zoho, out February 10) John Funkhouser Trio, Time (ind.)