Dec 07/Jan 08 CD Reviews - Jazz And Beyond

Guildhall Big Band/ John Taylor - Pure And Simple (CamJazz), Tardo Hammer - Look, Stop & Listen (Sharp Nine), David Hazeltine Trio - The Jobim Songbook in New York (Chesky), Keith Jarrett - My Foolish Heart (ECM), Shanti Paul Jayasinha - Round Trip (Candid), Joyce and Tutty Moreno - Samba Jazz & Outras Bossas (Far Out), Géraldine Laurent - Time Out Trio (Dreyfus Jazz), Raymond McDonald/Gunther Baby Sommer - Delphinius And Lyra (Clean Feed), Minghe Morte - Minghe Morte (Minghe Morte), Ivo Neame Trio - Swirls And Eddies (LOOP Records), Josh Nelson - Let it Go (Native Language), Steve Nelson - Sound-Effect (HighNote Records), Ojos de Brujo - Techari Live (Pias), Porpoise Corpus - Porpoise Corpus (F-IRE), Portico Quartet - Knee Deep In The North Sea (Babel Vortex), Steve Reid - Daxaar (Domino), Enrico Rava and Stefano Bollani - The Third Man (ECM), Sacks/Maneri/Opsvik/Motian - Two Miles A Day (Loyal Label), Sevara - Sen (Real World), Mark Sherman - Family First (MHP/City Hall Records), Simak Dialog - Patahan (Moonjune), Sina Sinayoko – Boula (Wanda Records), Sonicphonics - Six (Tone Industria), Marcus Strickland - Open Reel Deck (Strick Muzik), Supersilent – 8 (Rune Grammofon), Aki Takase-Silke Eberhard - Ornette Coleman Anthology (Intakt), Omar Faruk Tekbilek - Tree of Patience (Alfa Music), Sylvia Rae Tracey - Up From The Skies (Tentoten Records), Ultralyd - Conditions for a Piece of Music (Rune Grammofon), Various Artists - Magic Nordic Voices (ACT), Andrea Vicari - Mango Tango (33 Records), Trevor Watts and Jamie Harris - Ancestry (Entropy), Mike Westbrook And The Village Band - Waxeywork Show (Jazzprint), Dhafer Youssef and Wolfgang Muthspiel – Glow (Material), Jacob Young - Sideways (ECM).

Reissues

Tony Allen - AfroDisco Beat (Vampisoul), Chet Baker - Chet (Riverside), Bitter Funeral Beer Band with Don Cherry and K Sridhar - Live in Frankfurt 82 (Country & Eastern), Donald Byrd/Kenny Burrell - All Night Long/ All Day Long (Lonehill Jazz), Paul Chambers - Bass On Top (Blue Note), Nat King Cole - Welcome to the Club/Tell Me All About Yourself (Collectors’ Choice Music), Nat King Cole - Penthouse Serenade/The Piano Style of Nat King Cole (Collectors’ Choice Music), Ella Fitzgerald - The Very Best of the Irving Berlin Song Book (Verve), Ella Fitzgerald - The Very Best of the Harold Arlen Song Book (Verve), Ella Fitzgerald - At Newport (Verve), Ella Fitzgerald - Ella in Hamburg  (Verve), Red Garland - Soul Junction (Prestige), Charles Gayle - Blue Shadows (Silkheart), Dizzy Gillespie - At Newport (Verve), Steve Grossman - Born at the Same Time (Owl), Herbie Hancock - Takin’ Off (Blue Note/RVG), Thad Jones - The Magnificent Thad Jones (Blue Note), Duke Jordan - Flight to Jordan (Blue Note), Abbey Lincoln - Straight Ahead (Candid), Jimmy Lyons - The Box Set (Ayler Records), Albert Mangelsdorff - Folk Mond and Flower Dream  (Nektar), Lee Morgan - Indeed! (Volume 1) (Blue Note), Lee Morgan - Volume Two: Sextet (Blue), Lee Morgan - Volume Three (Blue Note), Lee Morgan – Candy (Blue Note), Lee Morgan – Delightfulee (Blue Note), Van Morrison - Still On Top – The Greatest Hits (Exile/Polydor), Sunny Murray - Sunny Murray (ESP 4037), Max Roach - We Insist! Freedom Now Suite – (Candid)