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