June 2008 CD Reviews - Jazz And Beyond
Thursday, May 29, 2008
New ReleasesMisha Alperin - Her First Dance (ECM), Debashish Bhattacharya - Calcutta Chronicles – Indian Slide Guitar Odyssey (Riverboat Records), Chris Beier - Aeolian Green (ACT), Brian Blade Fellowship - Season Of Changes (Verve), Blink (pictured) - Blink (Loop Records), Avishai Cohen Trio - Gently Disturbed (Razdaz Recordz), Carsten Daerr Trio - Insomniac Wonderworld (Traumton Records), Dave Douglas and Keystone – Moonshine (Greenleaf Music), Alex Eberhard Trio - Pelican Rising (www.alexeberhard.com), Fleurine - San Francisco (Sunnyside) Dorian Ford - The Bill Game (The Music of Bill Evans) (www.dorianford.co.uk), Louise Gibbs and Kirk Lightsey - Everybody’s Song But Our Own (33Jazz), Scott Hamilton and Friends - Across The Tracks (Concord Jazz), Joel Harrison - The Wheel (Intuition), Stanley Jordan - State Of Nature (Mack Avenue Records), Mor Karbasi - The Beauty and The Sea (Mintaka Music), LA 33 Gozalo - Walboomers (Latina), Steve Lantner Trio - What You Can Throw (Hatology), Daniel Levin Quartet – Blurry (Hatology), John McLaughlin - Floating Point (Abstract Logix), Sophie Milman - Make Someone Happy (Linus), Lothar Ohlmeier / Isambard Kroustaliov – Nowhere (Not Applicable),Mark O’Leary - On The Shore (Clean Feed), Jason Palmer – Songbook (Ayva), Enrico Pieranunzi - As Never Before (Camjazz), Quasimode - The Land of Freedom(Sonar Kollektiv), Tom Richards Orchestra - Smoke And Mirrors (Candid), Hank Roberts – Green (Winter & Winter), Bobby Sanabria - Big Band Urban Folktales (Jazzhead), Joe Satriani - Professor Satchafunkilus And The Musterion Of Rock (Sony/BMG), Avery Sharpe - Legends and Mentors (JKNM Records), Daryl Sherman - New O’leans (Audiophile), Sleaze Orchestra - Sleaze Orchestra (Self-released), Esperanza Spalding - Esperanza (Heads Up), John Swana - Bright Moments (Criss Cross Jazz), The Thing with Ken Vandermark - Immediate Sound (Smalltown Superjazz), Hein Van de Geyn and Lee Konitz - Meeting Again (Challenge Records), Various Artists - Miles From India: A Celebration of the Music of Miles Davis (Times Square Records), Will Vinson – Promises (NineteenEight Records), Walt Weiskopf - Day In Night Out (Criss Cross Jazz) Larry Willis - The Offering (High Note), Victor Wooten – Palmystery (Heads Up), The Wrong Object - Stories From The Shed (Moonjune Records), Sam Yahel, Mike Moreno, Ari Hoenig and Seamus Blake - Jazz Side Of The Moon: The Music Of Pink Floyd (Chesky).
Short Cuts – New Releases
Aardvark Jazz Orchestra - American Agonistes (Leo), David Becker Tribune - Leaving Argentina (Acoustic Music), Paul Bentley - Come Sunday (www.paulbentleymusic.com) Silvia Bolognesi Open Combo - What Was I Saying (33 Records) , Raynald Colon - Sketches of Groove (Fresh Sound New Talent), Toscha Comeaux - This Could Be Love (Zenith), Michel Godard/Gavino Murgia - Deep (Intuition), Raphael Imbert Project - Bach Coltrane (Zig Zag Territories), Samo Salamon European Quartet - Fall Memories (Splasc(H) Records), George Schuller’s Circle Wide - Like Before, Somewhat After (Playscape), Gerald Veasley - Your Move (Heads Up)
Reissues
Jack Bruce - Spirit/Live At The BBC 1971-1978 (Polydor), Jack Bruce - A Jack Bruce Retrospective 1962-2003 (Esoteric), Dave Brubeck Quartet - Complete 1958 Berlin Concert (RLR), Ornette Coleman - Live in Paris 1971(JazzRow), Lou Donaldson - Here ’Tis (Blue Note), Kenny Graham - Presenting Kenny Graham (Vocalion) Herbie Hancock, Thad Jones, Ron Carter, Jerome Richardson, Grady Tate, Jonathan Klein - Hear, O Israel. A Prayer Ceremony In Jazz (Jonny), Beaver Harris - African Drums (Owl), Roy Haynes - A Life In Time: The Roy Haynes Story (Dreyfus Jazz), Jutta Hipp - With Zoot Sims (Blue Note) Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette - Setting Standards: New York Sessions(ECM), Hank Jones - Piano Solo (Fresh Sound), Geoffrey Keezer - Sublime: Honoring The Music of Hank Jones (Telarc), T. S. Monk - Crosstalk/Monk On Monk (Thelonious Productions), Charlie Parker - At The Finale Club and More (RLR), Bird At St.Nick’s – Complete Edition (RLR), Ike Quebec - Blue and Sentimental (Blue Note), Sun Ra And His Arkestra - New Horizons (Fresh Sound), Buddy Rich - Strike It, Rich! (Proper Proluxe), Sonny Rollins - Paris1965/Copenhagen 1968 (Gambit), Wayne Shorter - The Soothsayer (Blue Note), Horace Silver - Further Explorations By (Blue Note), Jimmy Smith - Live at Club Baby Grand Vols 1 and 2 (Blue Note), Cecil Taylor Trio and Quartet - Jazz Advance (Fresh Sound), McCoy Tyner - Land Of Giants (Telarc), Various Artists - Nigeria 70: Lagos Jump (Strut Records), War - Platinum Jazz (Avenue Jazz/Rhino).
Short Cuts – Reissues
Hoagy Carmichael - Hoagy Sings Carmichael (Definitive), Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis - 1953-55 (Classics), Egg – Egg (Esoteric Recordings), Grateful Dead - Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 2 October 1977 (Grateful Dead Productions), Urbie Green - Septet and Octet (Fresh Sound), Bengt Hallberg - All Star Sessions Featuring Lars Gullin (Dragon), Lionel Hampton - Hamp’s Big Band (Lonehill), Lionel... - Plays Drums, Vibes, Piano (Lonehill), Woody Herman - Herman 58 (Lonehill), Harry James - The Complete Harry James in Hi-Fi (Lonehill), Harry James - Today(Jazz Beat), James Moody/Thad Jones - Legendary 1963-4 Sessions (Lonehill), Stephan Oliva – Novembre (Owl) , Oscar Peterson - A Summer Night in Munich(Telarc) Quinteplus – Quinteplus (Vampisoul), Jimmy Rushing - The Jazz Odyssey/The Smith Girls (Lonehill), Linda Sharrock/Eric Watson - Listen To The Night (Owl), Lars Sjösten - Early Lars Sjösten (Dragon)