Jazzwise June Issue 2011 CD Reviews

Aethenor – En Form Bla – VHF

Eric Alexander – Don’t Follow The Crowd – HighNote

Aurelio – Laru Beya – Real World Records

Cyro Baptista’s Banquet of the Spirits – Caym: Book of Angels Vol. 17 – Tzadik

Liane Carroll – Up and Down –Quietmoney Productions

Marc Cary Focus Trio – Live 2009 – Motema

The Quentin Collins/ Brandon Allen Quartet – What’s It Gonna Be? –Sunlightsquare Records

Alexis Cuadrado – Noneto Iberico – Brooklyn Jazz Underground

Corea, Clarke & White – Forever – Concord

Wolfgang Dauner  – Tribute to the Past  – HGBS

Kyle Eastwood – Songs From The Chateau – Candid

‘Papa’ John DeFranceso – A Philadelphia Story

Savant – Stacy Dillard – Good and Bad Memories

Criss Cross Jazzwise – Benjamin Drazen – Inner Flights

Posi-Tone – Kevin Figes Quartet – Hometime

Pig Records – Ingebrigt Haker Flaten Hakon Kornstad, Jon Christensen, Mitt Hjerte Altid Vanker – 1 Live at the OSLO jazz Festival – Compunctio

Flow Trio – Set Theory – Live at The Store – Ayler

Fred Frith – Clearing Customs – Intakt

Jared Gold – All Wrapped Up – Posi-Tone

Jimmy Greene Quartet – Live At Smalls – Smalls Live

Noah Haidu – Slipstream – Posi-Tone

Ari Hoeing Punkbop – Live at Smalls – Smalls LIVE

Human Element – Human Element – Abstract Logix

The Impossible Gentlemen – The Impossible Gentlemen – Basho Records

Jae – Balls and Kittens, Draught and Strangling Rain – Hubro

Goran Kafjes – X/Y – Headspin Recordings

Steve Khan – Parting Shot – ESC Records

Carol Kidd And Nigel Clark – Tell Me Once Again  – Linn

Ryan Kisor Quintet – Live at Smalls – Smalls Live

Kontiz/Mehldau/Haden/Motian – Live at Birdland – ECM

Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80 – From Africa With Fury: Rise –Because Music Because

Joelle Leandre – Live at the Ulrichsberger Kaleidophon – Leo

Helge Lien Trio – Natsukahii – Ozella

Mahavishnu Re-Defined II – A Tribute to John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra – ESC Records

Branford Marsalis & Joey Calderazzo – Songs of Mirth and Melancholy – Marsalis Music

The Marsalis Family – Music Redeems – Marsalis Music

Alexander McCabe – Quiz – CAP

Neil Metcalfe and Olie Brice –Brackish –FMR

David Murray Cuban Ensemble –Plays Nat King Cole En Espanol –Universal/3D Family

Willlie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis –Here We Go Again: Celebrating The Genius Of Ray Charles – Blue Note Records

Marius Neset –Golden Xplosion –Edition

Dave O’Higgins & Eric Alexander – The Devil’s Interval – JVL

Ivo Perelman Quartet – The Home Of The Star – Leo

Nailah Porter – ConJazzNess – Emarcy

Omara Portuondo and Chucho Valdes – Omara and Chucho – World Village

Tineka Postma – The Dawn of Light – Challenge Records

Jim Rattigan – Shuzzed – Pavillon

Reeds And Deeds – Tenor Time – Criss Cross Jazz

Mr Rencore and Tim Berne – Intollerant– Auand

Matana Roberts – Coin Coin Chapter One: Les Gens De Couleur Libres – Constellation

Terry Seabrook’s Milestones – Sketches of Miles – TSM

Shankilid – Nedaye Asemani – MuziekPublique

The Shift – Songs from Aipotu – Leo

Neal Smith Quintet – Live at Smalls – Smalls Live

Dr Jyotsna Srikanth – Carnatic Jazz – Swathi Soft Solutions

Craig Taborn – Avenging Angel – ECM

Tarbaby – The End of Fear – Posi-Tone

John Taylor – Requiem For A Dreamer – CamJazz

Marcin Wasilewski Trio – Faithful – ECM

Randy Weston & His African Rhythms Sextet – The Storyteller: Live At Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola – Motema

Short Cuts// New Releases

Bad Ass Brass – Bad Ass Brass –Bad Ass Records

Caravan Palace – Caravan Palace  – Wrasse Records

Mike Collins Trio – Suite Gorgeous – www.mikecollinstrio.com

Chris Corocran Trio – The Getaway –Corky’s Records

Gaia Cuatro – Haruka – A Beat for Jazz

Tony Guerrero – Blue Room – Charleston Square Recordings

Atsuko Hashimoto  – …Until the Sun Comes Up – Capri

Lleuwen – Tan – Gwymon

Ann Malcolm – The Crystal Paperweight – A Beat for Jazz

Ian McMilan Orchestra – Homing On – Taith Records

 Nicita Di Rosa Setet – Unquiet Serenade – A Beat for jazz

Boris Salvodelli – Biocosmopolitan –Moonjune Records

Jane Stuart – Don’t Look Back – www.janestuartmusic.com

Wahid – Inside Silence – ADW

Geoff Warren – Flute Fables – Tutu Records

Jah Wobble and the Modern Jazz Ensemble – 7 – 30 Hertz

Various – Disney Jazz Vol 1 Everybody Wants to Be a Cat –Walt Disney

Reissues/Archive

Cannonball Adderley –  ‘Dis Here’ – Properbox

Three Classic Albums Plus –Avid

Paul Chambers – Chambers Music – Fresh Sound

Miles Davis Quintet – The Unissued Japanese Concerts: Tokyo, July 12, 1964 & Kyoto, July 15, 1964. – Domino Records

Stanton Davis’ Ghetto/Mysticism – Brighter Days – Culture Of Soul

Curro Fuentes And The Big Band – Cumbia and Descarga Sound of Colombia 1962-72: Cartegena! – Soundway

Grateful Deas – Road Trips, Vol. 4 No.1 – Grateful Dead Productions

Vince Guaraldi Trio – Jazz Impressions Of Black Orpheus – Fantasy/Original Jazz Classics Remsters

Ahmad Jamal Trio – The Legendary 1958 Pershing Lounge & Spotlite Club Performances – Solar Records

Steve Lacy Five – Blinks… Zurich Live 1983 – hatOLOGY

Jon Lucien – I Am Now  – Big Break Records

Harold Land – A New Shade of Blue – Mainstream

Shelly Manne & His Men – West Coast Jazz in England – Solar

Gerry Mulligan –The Concert Jazz Band – Poll Winners Records

Lenny McBrowne And The 4 Souls – Complete Recordings Featuring Gloria Smyth – Fresh Sound

Art Pepper – Getting’ Together – Essential Jazz Classics

John Surman – Flashpoint: NDR Jazz Workshop – Cuneiform

Vienna Art Orchestra – The Minimalism Of Erik Satie – haOLOGY

Mike Westbrook Ochestra – The Cortege – Enja

Short Cuts//Reissues

Pepper Adams – Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus – Fresh Sound

Ran Blake – That Certain Feeling (The George Gershwin Songbook) – Hatology

Buddy Collette – Buddy Collette’s Swinging Shepherds – Fresh Sound

Art Farmer and Benny Golson – Meet The Jazztet – Fresh Sound

And The Jazztet Big City Sounds – Fresh Sound

Dexter Gordon – Blows Hot and Cool – Essential Jazz Classics

Conrad Gozzo – Goz the Great – Fresh Sound

Clarence “Jelly” Johnson – Low Down Papa – Delmark

Philip Lewis Rhythm Manics – The Hottest Recordings Featuring Arthur Lally, Sylvester Ahola and Danny Polo – Retrieval

Jack McDuff – Brother Jack and Tough Duff – Groove Hut

Carmen McRae – Women Talk (Live at the Village Gate and Half Note) – Fresh Sound

Louis Prima – Buona Sera – Properbox

Bill Russo – School of Rebellion/ Seven Deadly Sins – Fresh Sound

Various Artists – Watch The Closing Doors Vol. 1: A History of New York’s Musical Melting Pot 1945-59 – Year Zero

T-Bone Walker – You’re My Best Poker Hand – Fantastic Voyage

Randy Weston – Destry Rides Again / Little Niles – Fresh Sound

Mary Lou Williams – At Ricks’s Cafe American – Storyville