My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, September 2013: The New Gary Burton Quartet, Guided Tour (Mack Avenue) Leo Genovese, Seeds (Palmetto) Guillermo Gregorio/Steve Swell/Pandelis Karayorgis, Window and Doorway (Driff) Hamilton De Holanda & André Mehmari, Gismontipascoal (Adventure) Ben Monder, Hydra (Sunnyside) Mike Wofford, It’s Personal (Capri)
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, August 2011: Gary Burton New Quartet, Common Ground (Mack Avenue) Norman David and The Eleventet, At This Time (CoolCraft) Anne Mette Iversen Quartet, Milo Songs (BJU) Nicole Mitchell, Awakening (Delmark) Edward Simon/Stephen Keogh/Philip Donkin, Danny Boy (ind.) Turtleboy, Smart Matter (Songlines)
Gary Burton’s New Quartet (with Julian Lage, Scott Colley and Antonio Sanchez) is at the Blue Note, October 19-24. My preview is in the new issue of Time Out New York.