Album Reviews

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reviewed 09/2019
BLUE MOON MARQUEE
BARE KNUCKLES & BRAWN
reviewed 11/2017
Rahsaan Barber
The Music In The Night
reviewed 11/2017
Lewis Porter and Phil Scarff Group
Three Minutes to Four
reviewed 11/2017
Michelle Coltrane
Awakening
reviewed 11/2017
Galen Weston
The Space Between
reviewed 09/2017
Dave Potter
You Already Know
reviewed 09/2017
Gerald Beckett
Oblivion
reviewed 09/2017
Free Radicals
Outside The Comfort Zone
reviewed 09/2017
Andre Cavor
Road Trip
reviewed 09/2017
Brian Hudson
Next Level
reviewed 08/2017
Yelena Eckemoff Quintet
In The Shadow Of A Cloud
reviewed 08/2017
Ariel Pocock
Living In Twilight
reviewed 08/2017
Michael Gamble And The Rhythm Serenaders
Get Rhythm In Your Feet
reviewed 07/2017
Sounds Of April & Randall
S.O.A.R.
reviewed 06/2017
Matt White The Super Villain Jazz Band
Worlds Wide
reviewed 06/2017
Angie Wells & Raphael Lemonnier
Love And Mischief
reviewed 06/2017
Noah Haidu
Infinite Distances
reviewed 06/2017
Terence Blanchard
The Comedian
reviewed 05/2017
Michael Morreale
Love And Influence
reviewed 05/2017
Johanna Sillanpaa
From This Side
reviewed 05/2017
Cilantro Boombox
Shine
reviewed 04/2017
Bobby Watson
Made In America
reviewed 04/2017
Robert Johnson Trio
Music Is Business
reviewed 03/2017
Billy Childs
Rebirth
reviewed 03/2017
Manuel Valera Trio
The Seasons
reviewed 03/2017
Stockton Helbing
Swimming In Place
reviewed 02/2017
Milwaukee Jazz Orchestra
Welcome To Swingville
reviewed 02/2017
Tyler Reese
Reminiscence
reviewed 02/2017
Erik Applegate
Two's Company
reviewed 02/2017
The Oracle
#SUF
reviewed 02/2017
Azar Lawrence & Al Mclean
Frontiers
reviewed 02/2017
Brandi Disterheft
Blue Canvas
reviewed 01/2017
Sidney Jacobs
First Man
reviewed 12/2016
Mwalim
Awakened by a Noon Day Sun
reviewed 11/2016
Dan Costa
Suite Tres Rios
reviewed 11/2016
Catina DeLuna
Lado B Brazilian Project
reviewed 11/2016
The Hot Club of San Francisco
John Paul George & Django
reviewed 11/2016
Shirley Horn
Live At The 4 Queens
reviewed 11/2016
Brian Marsella's Imaginarium
The Clocks Have Gone Mad
reviewed 11/2016
Jeff Richman
Sizzle
reviewed 11/2016
Mamutrio
Primal Existence
reviewed 11/2016
Kait Dunton & TrioKait
Casual
reviewed 08/2016
Metalwood
Twenty
reviewed 07/2016
Lenny Marcus Trio & Friends
Moving Forth
reviewed 07/2016
CCM Jazz Orchestra
In Search Of Garaj Mahal
reviewed 06/2016
Little Charlie And Organ Grinder Swing
Skronky Tonk
reviewed 06/2016
Ed Roth
Mad Beatnik
reviewed 06/2016
The Bill Belasco Trio
Three Musicians
reviewed 06/2016
Julian Lage
Arclight
reviewed 05/2016
Lou Caputo Not So Big Band
Uh Oh!
reviewed 05/2016
D-Town Brass
Golden Belt
reviewed 04/2016
Letizia Gambi
Blue Monday
reviewed 04/2016
Mark Isbell
Encontro
reviewed 03/2016
Matt Kane & The Kansas City Generations Sextet
Acknowledgement
reviewed 03/2016
Laurence Hobgood Trio
Honor Thy Fathers
reviewed 03/2016
Adison Evans
Hero
reviewed 03/2016
Carlos Vega
Bird's Ticket
reviewed 03/2016
The U.S. Army Blues
Live At The Blues Alley
reviewed 02/2016
Greg Merritt Jazz Quartet
New York Sexy
reviewed 02/2016
Jenny Gillespie
Cure For Dreaming
reviewed 01/2016
Jeremy Pelt
#JiveCulture
reviewed 01/2016
Le Rex
Wild Man
reviewed 01/2016
Fourplay
Silver
reviewed 11/2015
Karrin Allyson
Many A New Day
reviewed 11/2015
Josh Berman Trio
A Dance And A Hop
reviewed 11/2015
Dr. Ed Calle
Mamblue
reviewed 10/2015
Tia Brazda
Bandshell
reviewed 10/2015
Joel Harrison
Spirit House
reviewed 09/2015
Bob Merrill and Roswell Rudd
Cheerin' Up The Universe
reviewed 09/2015
Bob James & Nathan East
The New Cool
reviewed 09/2015
Bob James & Nathan East
The New Cool
reviewed 05/2015
Arjun
Core
reviewed 05/2015
T-Bird And The Breaks
Harmonizum
reviewed 05/2015
Houston Person
The Melody Lingers On
reviewed 05/2015
Aaron Goldberg
The Now
reviewed 05/2015
PHO
Cash It
reviewed 11/2014
Joe Ferrara
The Tiger Walks Through My Dreams
reviewed 10/2014
NEW ORLEANS SUSPECTS
OUROBOROS
reviewed 09/2014
HENRY BUTLER, STEVE BERNSTEIN AND THE HOT 9
VIPER'S DRAG
reviewed 09/2014
Eliana Cuevas
Espejo
reviewed 07/2014
WYNTON MARSALIS & MARCUS ROBERTS
TOGETHER AGAIN
reviewed 06/2014
RACHEL ECKROTH
Let Go
reviewed 06/2014
RICHARD OPPENHEIM
Greenhorn In A Red State
reviewed 05/2014
DYLAN TAYLOR
Sweeter For The Struggle
reviewed 05/2014
JESSICA WILLIAMS
With Love
reviewed 04/2014
JAZZBONEZ
WATCH IT !
reviewed 04/2014
VINCENT HERRING
The Uptown Shuffle
reviewed 04/2014
SEAN SULLIVAN
Hereafter
reviewed 04/2014
MO'FONE
'Fonology
reviewed 04/2014
OU
Pisces Crisis
reviewed 04/2014
GINGER KWAN
Kwantum Leap
reviewed 04/2014
Pete Kennedy
Tone, Twang and Taste
reviewed 03/2014
DAVID WIATROLIK
Dave and the Gin Mill Gypsies
reviewed 03/2014
MARK GUILIANA
Beat Music
reviewed 03/2014
FOG
TRI Sessions Vol. 1
reviewed 02/2014
MATT RENZI
Rise and Shine
reviewed 02/2014
NICHOLAS PAYTON
Sketches of Spain
reviewed 02/2014
STEVE TURRE
Bones of Art
reviewed 02/2014
ANTON SCHWARTZ
FlashMob
reviewed 02/2014
GAIL DAVIES
SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU
reviewed 02/2014
JOHN CLAYTON
PARLOR SERIES
reviewed 01/2014
BEN Wanicur
The Excluded Middle
reviewed 12/2013
Mike Longo And The New York State Of The Art Jazz Ensemble
Live From New York
reviewed 12/2013
DEWA BUDJANA
Joged Kahyangan
reviewed 11/2013
FRANK ROSALY
Cicada Music
reviewed 11/2013
JAMES BOOKER
CLASSIFIED REMIXED AND EXPANDED
reviewed 10/2013
OUTER BRIDGE ENSEMBLE
Determined
reviewed 10/2013
QUARTET SAN FRANCISCO
Pacific Premieres
reviewed 10/2013
DIRTY BOURBON RIVER SHOW
Volume Four
reviewed 02/2013
CHRISTIAN HOWES
Southern Exposure
reviewed 02/2013
THE IAN CAREY QUINTET +1
Roads & Codes
reviewed 11/2012
CLIFTON ANDERSON
AND SO WE CARRY ON
reviewed 10/2012
PONCHO SANCHEZ AND HIS LATIN JAZZ BAND
LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD
reviewed 10/2012
PETE ESCOVEDO
LIVE FROM STERN GROVE
reviewed 08/2012
SHAWN LEE'S PING PONG ORCHESTRA
Reel To Reel
reviewed 08/2012
SHUFFLE DEMONS
ClusterFunk
reviewed 07/2012
DAFNIS PRIETO PROVERB TRIO
Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio
reviewed 06/2012
BRUCE KAPHAN QUARTET
Bruce Kaphan Quartet
reviewed 05/2012
BILL EVANS
Dragonfly
reviewed 05/2012
CLAYTON CAMERON AND THE JAZZ EXPLOSION
Here's To The Messengers: A Tribute to Art Blakey
reviewed 05/2012
BRIA SKONBERG
So Is the Day
reviewed 05/2012
LENNY MARCUS TRIO
Sun Ray - A Tribute to Ray Bryant
reviewed 04/2012
DR. JOHN
LOCKED DOWN
reviewed 04/2012
DON BRADEN & KARL LATHAM
Big Fun(k) Live
reviewed 04/2012
TODD BISHOP GROUP
Little Played Little Bird
reviewed 04/2012
TED NASH QUARTET
The Creep
reviewed 04/2012
CHAISE LOUNGE
Insomnia
reviewed 03/2012
JEFF LORBER FUSION
Galaxy
reviewed 03/2012
MAUREEN CHOI QUARTET
Maureen Choi Quartet
reviewed 03/2012
ADAM KROMELOW TRIO
Youngblood
reviewed 02/2012
THE IAN CAREY QUINTET +1
Roads & Codes
reviewed 02/2012
CATHERINE RUSSELL
STRICTLY ROMANCIN'
reviewed 02/2012
ETIENNE CHARLES
Kaiso
reviewed 02/2012
SULTANS OF SWING
Move
reviewed 02/2012
THE SOUL REBELS
Unlock Your Mind
reviewed 01/2012
DENNIS ROLLINS VELOCITY TRIO
The 11th Gate
reviewed 01/2012
NICHOLAS PAYTON
Bitches
reviewed 12/2011
JOE CARO
Home Alone
reviewed 12/2011
STEW CUTLER
After Hours
reviewed 12/2011
THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET
THEIR LAST TIME OUT
reviewed 12/2011
PETE CHRISTLIEB & HADLEY CALIMAN
Reunion
reviewed 11/2011
ALON NECHUSHTAN
Words Beyond
reviewed 11/2011
MIKE LONGO TRIO + 2
To My Surprise
reviewed 11/2011
WYNTON MARSALIS
SELECTIONS FROM SWINGING INTO THE 21'ST
reviewed 10/2011
JOEY DEFRANCESCO
40
reviewed 10/2011
BILL FRISELL
All We Are Saying...
reviewed 09/2011
SONNY ROLLINS
ROAD SHOWS VOL. 2
reviewed 09/2011
JAZZ PISTOLS
Superstring
reviewed 09/2011
T.K. BLUE
Latin Bird
reviewed 08/2011
ANGELO MICHAJLOV (Performed by Petra Cernocka and The Karl Vlach Orchestra)
Saxana
reviewed 08/2011
HIROMI
Voice
reviewed 08/2011
ELIANE ELIAS
LIGHT MY FIRE
reviewed 08/2011
DAVINA AND THE VAGABONDS
BLACK CLOUD
reviewed 08/2011
LARRY GOLDINGS
In My Room
reviewed 07/2011
R/E/D/S
Sign of Four
reviewed 06/2011
PAT METHENY
WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT
reviewed 06/2011
GAUCHO
Pearl
reviewed 05/2011
LISA HILTON
Underground
reviewed 05/2011
THE RICK HOLLAND-EVAN DOBBINS LITTLE BIG BAND
Trilby
reviewed 04/2011
UCF JAZZ ENSEMBLE
Jazz Town
reviewed 03/2011
ONE FOR ALL
Invades Vancouver
reviewed 03/2011
Jeff Lorber Fusion
Galaxy
reviewed 03/2011
JAMBALAYA BRASS BAND
IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE
reviewed 03/2011
THE NIGHTCRAWLERS
Down in the Bottom
reviewed 02/2011
JERRY LEAKE AND RANDY ROOS
Cubist Live
reviewed 01/2011
WIL SWINDLER'S ELEVENET
Universe B
reviewed 01/2011
DON STIERNBERG
SWING 220
reviewed 12/2010
MICROSCOPIC SEPTET
Friday the 13th The Micros Play Monk
reviewed 12/2010
KEN CLARK ORGAN TRIO
Mutual Respect
reviewed 11/2010
FO/MO/DEEP
Eclecticism
reviewed 10/2010
JASON ADASIEWICZ
Sun Rooms
reviewed 09/2010
CURTIS STIGERS
Lost in Dreams
reviewed 09/2010
CONRAD HERWIG
THE LATIN SIDE OF HERBIE HANCOCK
reviewed 09/2010
THE CLAUDIA QUINTET
Royal Toast
reviewed 08/2010
THE DEAD KENNY G'S
Bewildered Herd
reviewed 08/2010
ROBERTO FONSECA
Akokan
reviewed 07/2010
STRYKERT AND SLAGLET
KEEPER
reviewed 06/2010
DR. LONNIE SMITH
SPIRAL
reviewed 06/2010
DR. JOHN AND THE LOWER 911
TRIBAL
reviewed 06/2010
THE STANLEY CLARKE BAND
THE STANLEY CLARKE BAND
reviewed 06/2010
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Next Stop...Soweto, Vol. 3: Giants, Ministers and Makers -- Jazz in South Aftrica 1963-1984
reviewed 06/2010
ALICIA MENNINGA
Renewal
reviewed 06/2010
REGINA CARTER
Reverse Thread
reviewed 05/2010
GIA NOTTE
Shades
reviewed 05/2010
STANTON MOORE
GROOVE ALCHEMY
reviewed 04/2010
SPEAK
Speak
reviewed 03/2010
JOHN ELLIS AND DOUBLE-WIDE
Puppet Mischief
reviewed 03/2010
THE SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA
Rising Sun
reviewed 03/2010
NOAH BAERMAN, WAYNE ESCOFFERY, AMANDA MONACO, VINNIE SPERRAZZA, HENRY LUGO
Playdate
reviewed 03/2010
PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND
PRESERVATION
reviewed 02/2010
CHARLIE HUNTER
GENTLEMEN I NEGLECTED TO INFORM YOU YOU WILL NOT BE GETTING PAID
reviewed 02/2010
GRP (GABRIEL RIESCO PROJECT)
Sculptures in Time
reviewed 02/2010
DUKE ROBILLARD & SUNNY CROWNOVER
TALES FROM THE TIKI LOUNGE
reviewed 02/2010
GALACTIC
YA-KA-MAY
reviewed 02/2010
OUT TO LUNCH
Melvin's Rockpile
reviewed 01/2010
JASON LINDNER
Now vs. Now
reviewed 12/2009
SOMI
If the Rains Come First
reviewed 11/2009
IVAN "FUNKBOY" BODLEY
PIGS FEET & POTTED MEAT
reviewed 11/2009
JOEY DeFRANCESCO
SNAP SHOT
reviewed 10/2009
DIGITAL PRIMITIVES
Hum, Crackle, and Pop
reviewed 10/2009
PONCHO SANCHEZ
PSYCHEDELIC BLUES
reviewed 10/2009
BONERAMA
HARD TIMES
reviewed 10/2009
AZAR LAWRENCE
Prayer For My Ancestors
reviewed 10/2009
Brian O'Neil
Daisy
reviewed 10/2009
BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA
SONGS FROM LONELY AVENUE
reviewed 09/2009
LAVAY SMITH & HER RED HOT SKILLET LICKERS
MISS SMITH TO YOU
reviewed 08/2009
POSITIVE CATASTROPHE
Garabatos Volume One
reviewed 08/2009
CURT RAMM, DAN MORETTI, BILL CUNLIFFE
Foundations
reviewed 07/2009
ED PALERMO BIG BAND
Eddy Loves Frank
reviewed 06/2009
DIZZY GILLESPIE ALL STAR BIG BAND
I'm BeBoppin' Too
reviewed 05/2009
BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY
HOW BIG CAN YOU GET ?
reviewed 05/2009
NOMO
Invisible Cities
reviewed 05/2009
Branford Marsallis
Metamorphosen
reviewed 05/2009
ALLEN TOUSSAINT
The Bright Mississippi
reviewed 05/2009
CLUTCHY HOPKINS (Meets Lord Kenjamin)
Music is My Medicine
reviewed 05/2009
MELODY GARDOT
My One and Only Thrill
reviewed 05/2009
DAVE SIEBELS
With Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
reviewed 03/2009
JOSHUA REDMAN
Compass
reviewed 02/2009
THE JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET
New World
reviewed 02/2009
MADELEINE PEYROUX
BARE BONES
reviewed 01/2009
THE BAD PLUS
For All I Care
reviewed 12/2008
MIKE FROST PROJECT
Live
reviewed 12/2008
MORGAN CHILDS QUINTET
Time
reviewed 12/2008
THE JAMES MOODY & HANK JONES QUARTET
OUR DELIGHT
reviewed 12/2008
MARY RADEMACHER & RICK REUTHER
Two of a Kind
reviewed 12/2008
ERIN BODE
The Little Garden
reviewed 11/2008
Lois Deloatch
Hymn to Freedom: A Tribute to Oscar Peterson
reviewed 11/2008
CASSANDRA WILSON
Loverly
reviewed 10/2008
SAXOPHONE SUMMIT-(Michael Brecker, Dave Liebman and Joe Lovano)
SAXOPHONE SUMMIT
reviewed 10/2008
JAVON JACKSON
– Once Upon a Melody
reviewed 10/2008
BELINDA UNDERWOOD
- GREENSPACE
reviewed 10/2008
IDIT SHNER
- TUESDAY’S BLUES
reviewed 10/2008
Randy Brecker
- Randy in Brasil
reviewed 10/2008
YELLOWJACKETS
- LIFECYCLE
reviewed 09/2008
JOHN PATTON
Soul Connection
reviewed 09/2008
MATT BELSANTE
– Blame it on My Youth
reviewed 09/2008
EVA CASSIDY
– Somewhere
reviewed 09/2008
FUMOSONIC
– Love is Everything
reviewed 09/2008
ROBIN MC KELLE
Modern Antique
reviewed 09/2008
PAT COIL SEXTET
Bird House
reviewed 09/2008
Ted Nash & Still Evolved
– In The Loop
reviewed 09/2008
PISTOLERA
EN ESTE CAMINO
reviewed 08/2008
INARA GEORGE WITH VAN DYKE PARKS
An Invitation
reviewed 07/2008
VARIOUS
Rumble In the Great Lakes (Best of the Detroit Jazz Fest 2007)
reviewed 06/2008
JEFF COFFIN MU'TET
Mutopia
reviewed 06/2008
STRING PLANET
Songs From the Home Planet
reviewed 05/2008
The End of Times Orchestra
Meets Eno Diamond
reviewed 05/2008
Bill Frisell
History, Mystery
reviewed 05/2008
NICHOLAS PAYTON
Into the Blue
reviewed 05/2008
SIMONE
Simone on Simone
reviewed 05/2008
THE BRUBECK BROTHERS QUARTET
Classified
reviewed 05/2008
KEITH MARKS
Foreign Funk
reviewed 05/2008
JALEEL SHAW
Optimism
reviewed 04/2008
JAKE BERGEVIN
Holding Back the Dawn
reviewed 04/2008
CONNIE EVINGSON WITH DAVE FRISHBERG
Little Did I Dream
reviewed 04/2008
ELISABETH KONTOMANOU
Back to My Groove
reviewed 04/2008
DIANNE REEVES
When You Know
reviewed 04/2008
Stanton Moore Trio
Emphasis (on Parenthesis)
reviewed 04/2008
Raya Yarbrough
Raya Yarbrough
reviewed 04/2008
Brad Mehldau Trio
Live
reviewed 04/2008
Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra
Enjoy
reviewed 04/2008
PAUL RENZ QUINTET
Rebop
reviewed 04/2008
BOBBY WATSON AND THE LIVE AND LEARN BAND
Fronm The Heart
reviewed 04/2008
3 Na Massa
3 Na Massa
reviewed 04/2008
ADONIS ROSE & THE N.O. VADERS
Untouchable
reviewed 04/2008
VICTOR WOOTEN
PALMYSTERY
reviewed 03/2008
Jeff Coffin & Charlie Peacock
Arc of The Circle
reviewed 03/2008
DAVID "FATHEAD" NEWMAN
Diamondhead
reviewed 03/2008
Karen Blixt
Mad Hope
reviewed 03/2008
Caribbean Jazz Project
Afro Bop Alliance
reviewed 03/2008
Panthelion
Life After 339
reviewed 03/2008
CARMEN LUNDY
Come Home
reviewed 03/2008
Various Artists
Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars
reviewed 03/2008
Negroni's Trio
Father & Son
reviewed 03/2008
Lizz Wright
The Orchard
reviewed 03/2008
CHICK COREA & GARY BURTON
The New Crystal Silence
reviewed 02/2008
THE JODI PROZNICK QUARTER
Foundations
reviewed 02/2008
THE MATT SAVAGE TRIO
Hot Ticket
reviewed 02/2008
FERNANDO OTERO
Pagina de Beunos Aries
reviewed 02/2008
GIACOMO GATES
Luminosity
reviewed 02/2008
BEN ALLISON AND MAN SIZE SAFE
Little Things Run the World
reviewed 01/2008
FRANK KIMBROUGH
Air
reviewed 01/2008
MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY ALL-STARS
Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival
reviewed 01/2008
DEEPAK RAM
Steps
reviewed 01/2008
TICKLAH
Ticklah Vs. Axelrod
reviewed 01/2008
CHARLIE HUNTER AND BOBBY PREVITE/GROUNDTRUTHER
ALTITUDES
reviewed 01/2008
SHANNON BRYANT
Oceano
reviewed 12/2007
FALKNER EVANS
Arc
reviewed 12/2007
THE MIKE LONGO TRIO
Float Like a Butterfly
reviewed 11/2007
THE CHARLES MINGUS SEXTET
Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy - Cornell 1964
reviewed 11/2007
VARIOUS ARTISTS
"The War" A Ken Burns Film - The Soundtrack
reviewed 11/2007
3 COHENS
Braid
reviewed 11/2007
LUCIANA SOUZA
The New Bossa Nova
reviewed 11/2007
DIANA KRALL
The Very Best of Diana Krall
reviewed 11/2007
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Highlights, Volume 1
reviewed 10/2007
FOUR80EAST
Enroute
reviewed 09/2007
MILES DAVIS
The Complete On the Corner Sessions
reviewed 09/2007
BERNIE WORRELL
Improvisczario
reviewed 09/2007
DIANA KRALL
From This Moment On
reviewed 09/2007
THE WAVERLY SEVEN
YO! Bobby
reviewed 09/2007
JOE HENRY
Civilians
reviewed 09/2007
PEARL DJANGO
Modern Times
reviewed 09/2007
McCOY TYNER
Quartet
reviewed 09/2007
THE DYNAMITES FEATURING CHARLES WALKER
KABOOM
reviewed 08/2007
CHARLIE HUNTER TRIO
Mistico
reviewed 08/2007
MILES DAVIS
Evolution of the Groove
reviewed 08/2007
SONNY FORTUNE
You and the Night and the Music
reviewed 08/2007
THE BORN AGAIN FLOOZIES
7 Deadly Sinners
reviewed 08/2007
AVISHAI COHEN
After The Big Rain
reviewed 08/2007
THE SECTION QUARTET
Fuzzbox
reviewed 08/2007
EST
Tuesday Wonderland
reviewed 08/2007
ELDAR
Re-Imagination
reviewed 07/2007
BILLIE HOLIDAY
Remixed & Reimagined
reviewed 07/2007
RON CARTER
Dear Miles
reviewed 07/2007
JUDY NIEMACK
Blue Nights
reviewed 07/2007
BEASTIE BOYS
The Mix-Up
reviewed 07/2007
FOUR FINGER FIVE
Enormous Pocket
reviewed 07/2007
TOM GAVORNIK
A Long Time Ago...
reviewed 07/2007
BILLY BANG QUINTET FEATURING FRANK LOWE
Above & Beyond: Live in Grand Rapids
reviewed 07/2007
Invert
The Strange Parade
reviewed 07/2007
THE MACPODZ
Genius Food for Superheroes
reviewed 06/2007
Ann Savoy & Her Sleepless Knights
If Dreams Come True
reviewed 06/2007
VARIOUS ARTISTS
John Pisano’s Guitar Night
reviewed 06/2007
THE GODFATHERS OF GROOVE FEATURING REUBEN WILSON, BERNARD “PRETTY” PURDIE, AND GRANT GREEN JR.
The Godfathers of Groove
reviewed 06/2007
ABBEY LINCOLN
Abbey Sings Abbey
reviewed 06/2007
ARJUN
Pieces
reviewed 06/2007
Various Artists
European Jazz Stage (Radio Netherlands Worldwide)
reviewed 05/2007
Various Blue Note Artists
Somethin’ New
reviewed 05/2007
STEVE SWALLOW with ROBERT CREELY
So There
reviewed 05/2007
KURT ELLING
Nightmoves
reviewed 05/2007
BELA FLECK AND CHICK COREA
The Enchantment
reviewed 05/2007
Kate McGarry
The Target
reviewed 05/2007
Robin Eubanks and EB3
Live Vol. 1
reviewed 05/2007
Spanish Harlem Orchestra
United We Swing
reviewed 05/2007
KAHIL EL’ZABAR’S INFINITY ORCHESTRA
Transmigration
reviewed 05/2007
MATT RAY
Lost in New York
reviewed 04/2007
HIROMI’S SONICBOOM
Time Control
reviewed 04/2007
JULIETTE GRECO
Le Temps d’une Chanson
reviewed 04/2007
MELODY GARDOT
Worrisome Heart
reviewed 04/2007
WAX TAYLOR
Hope & Sorrow
reviewed 04/2007
WYNTON MARSALIS
From The Plantation To The Penitentiary
reviewed 04/2007
Steppin’ In It with Rachael Davis
Shout Sister Shout
reviewed 03/2007
Thad Jones
One More: The Summary: Music of Thad Jones Volume 2
reviewed 03/2007
Tin Hat
The Sad Machinery of Spring
reviewed 03/2007
Soweto Kinch
A Life in the Day of B19: Tales of the Tower Block.
reviewed 03/2007
Anat Cohen
Poetica
reviewed 03/2007
THE GREYBOY ALLSTARS
What Happened to TV?
reviewed 03/2007
WILL BERNARD
Party Hats
reviewed 03/2007
Abram Wilson
Ride! Ferris Wheel To The Modern Day Delta
reviewed 03/2007
Alex Garcia’s AFROMANTRA
Uplifting Spirit
reviewed 03/2007
Flat Earth Society
Psychoscout
reviewed 03/2007
AJA WEST
The Olympian
reviewed 03/2007
THE FFFELLAZ
4 Song EP
reviewed 02/2007
TOM GAVORNIK
Acceleration
reviewed 02/2007
STEFON HARRIS
African Tarantella
reviewed 02/2007
Matt Wilson’s Arts and Crafts
The Scenic Route
reviewed 02/2007
JANICE BORLA
From Every Angle
reviewed 02/2007
JACK DEJONETTE AND BILL FRISELL
The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers
reviewed 02/2007
AVISHAI COHEN
Continuo
reviewed 02/2007
NATE NAJAR TRIO
I’m All Smiles
reviewed 02/2007
PAUL MOTIAN BAND
Garden of Eden
reviewed 01/2007
KIM NALLEY
Need My Sugar
reviewed 01/2007
Nora Jones
Not Too Late
reviewed 01/2007
avishai cohen
Continuo
reviewed 01/2007
GENE CIPRIANO
First Time Out
reviewed 01/2007
SF JAZZ COLLECTIVE
Live 2006
reviewed 01/2007
DON BYRON
“Do the Boomerang,” the Music of Junior Walker
reviewed 01/2007
MICROSCOPIC SEPTET
Surrealistic Swing
reviewed 12/2006
WAX POETIC
Copenhagen
reviewed 12/2006
ERIC FRAZIER
In Your Own Time
reviewed 12/2006
JEFF HEALEY & THE JAZZ WIZARDS
Its Tight Like That
reviewed 12/2006
RACHEL ZAMSTEEN
Bouquet
reviewed 11/2006
DAN SIEGEL
Departure
reviewed 11/2006
RASHIED ALI QUINTET
Judgment Day
reviewed 11/2006
NOMO
Newtones
reviewed 11/2006
JAVON JACKSON
Now
reviewed 11/2006
Q-BURNS
Abstract Message
reviewed 10/2006
FREDDIE CRUGER AKA RED ASTAIRE
Soul Search
reviewed 10/2006
MIKE FROST PROJECT
Comin' Straigt At Ya'
reviewed 10/2006
THE JOHN POPPER PROJECT feat. DJ Logic
reviewed 10/2006
Club D'Elf
Now I Understand
reviewed 10/2006
Stanton Moore
III
reviewed 10/2006
FRANK KIMBROUGH
Play
reviewed 09/2006
MSMW
Out Louder
reviewed 09/2006
MADEiLINE PEYROUX
Half the Perfect World
reviewed 08/2006
WILLE BOBO
Lost and Found
reviewed 08/2006
Brisa Roche
The Chase
reviewed 08/2006
Rykarda Parasol
Our Hearts First Meet
reviewed 07/2006
LONNIE SMITH
Jungle Soul
reviewed 07/2006
DJ LOGIC
Zen of Logic
reviewed 07/2006
PETER KATER
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
reviewed 07/2006
LISA KARP
Fucsia Blues w/ Dr. John
reviewed 07/2006
DANIEL SMITH
Bebop Bassoon
reviewed 06/2006
GNAPPY
Unloaded
reviewed 06/2006
ELVIS COSTELLO AND ALLEN TOUSSAINT (“Two-SAHN-t”)
The River in Reverse
reviewed 06/2006
THE CHEEBACABRA
Exile in the Woods
reviewed 06/2006
Christian Mc Bride
Live At Tonic
reviewed 06/2006
Bobby Previte
The Coalition of the Willing
reviewed 06/2006
Kevin Hays
Open Range
reviewed 06/2006
Liquid Soul
One-Two Punch
reviewed 06/2006
Dr. John
Mercernary
reviewed 05/2006
Edye Evan Hyde
A Lady With A Song
reviewed 05/2006
Various Artists
ReBop: The Savoy Remixes
reviewed 05/2006
Thievery Corporation
Versions
reviewed 05/2006
Dr. John Hair & New Connections
When The Spirit Gets You!
reviewed 05/2006
Nomo
Newtones
reviewed 05/2006
Tunnels
Natural Selection
reviewed 05/2006
The Mackrosoft
Antonio's Giraffe
reviewed 05/2006
Colin Stranahan
Transformation
reviewed 05/2006
Robin McKelle
Introducing
reviewed 05/2006
The RH Factor
Distractions
reviewed 04/2006
The New Orleans Social Club
Sing Me Back Home
reviewed 04/2006
Joris Teepe's Gronigan Art Ensemble
Jazz In Jazz Out
reviewed 04/2006
3ósity
3ósity (Capri)
reviewed 04/2006
Catherine Russell
Cat
reviewed 04/2006
Larry Carlton
Fire Wire
reviewed 03/2006
SONDRE LERCHE & THE FACES DOWN QUARTET
Duper Sessions
reviewed 02/2006
FRED HERSCH
In Amsterdam: Live at the Bimhuis.
reviewed 02/2006
ERIN BODE
Over and Over
reviewed 02/2006
EMP PROJECT
Wherever We Go
reviewed 02/2006
THE BLUECAT EXPRESS
The Spirit of New Orleans
reviewed 02/2006
HOT CLUB OF COWTOWN
Four Dead Batteries - Original Soundtrack
reviewed 02/2006
LARRY GOLDINGS
Quartet
reviewed 02/2006
THE REBIRTH
This Journey In
reviewed 01/2006
BEAT KAESTLI
Happy, Sad and Satisfied.
reviewed 01/2006
ROGER DAVIDSON TRIO
Ten to Twelve.
reviewed 01/2006
BURT BACHARACH
At ThisTime
reviewed 01/2006
MATTHEW SHIPP
One
reviewed 01/2006
HAPPY APPLE
The Peace Between Our Companies
reviewed 01/2006
PETER ROM TRIO
Says Who?!
reviewed 01/2006
NIA QUINTET
End of Time
reviewed 01/2006
THE BIG THREE TRIO
We Got Rhythm
reviewed 01/2006
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Smooth Chill
reviewed 01/2006
L. ZIADE
Project Chill: Memoirs of a Jazz Band
reviewed 12/2005
DAN BARASZU
Nightfall
reviewed 12/2005
JAKE SHIMABUKURO
Dragon
reviewed 12/2005
KELOMAT
Kelomat
reviewed 12/2005
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Our New Orleans
reviewed 12/2005
Ivo Antognini Jazz Project
Feggari Mou
reviewed 08/2005
Organissimo
This is the Place
reviewed 06/2005
MeShell Ndegeocello
The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of the Infidel
reviewed 06/2005
Ted Nash & Odeon
La Espada de La Noche
reviewed 06/2005
Joshua Redman Elastic Band
Momentum
reviewed 06/2005
John Scofield
That's What I Say: John Scofield Plays the Music of Ray Charles
reviewed 04/2005
Sakésho
We Want You to Say...
reviewed 04/2005
Afterthought
Jazzgrass
reviewed 04/2005
Soel
Memento
reviewed 02/2005
Bryan Vargas & ¡Ya Esta!
Afro Latino Soul
reviewed 02/2005
Alice Coltrane
Translinear Light
reviewed 02/2005
The Butterfat Trio
Under Dog
reviewed 02/2005
Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal
Buena Vista Social Club presents...
reviewed 01/2005
New Birth Brass Band
New Birth Family
reviewed 01/2005
Jeff Coffin Mu'Tet
Bloom
reviewed 01/2005
James Taylor Quartet (JTQ)
The Oscillator
reviewed 01/2005
The Coalition
Naked Movies
reviewed 01/2005
Kermit Ruffins
Putumayo Presents Kermit Ruffins
reviewed 11/2004
The Yohimbe Brothers
The Tao of Yo
reviewed 11/2004
Dr. Lonnie Smith
Too Damn Hot!
reviewed 10/2004
The Lynne Arriale Trio
Come Together
reviewed 10/2004
Jay Geils, Duke Robillard and Gerry Beaudoin
New Guitar Summit
reviewed 09/2004
Madeleine Peyroux
Careless Love
reviewed 09/2004
Charlie Watts and the Tentet
Watts at Scott's
reviewed 08/2004
Ray Charles
Genius Loves Company
reviewed 08/2004
Bill Frisell
Unspeakable
reviewed 08/2004
The Motet
Music for Life
reviewed 07/2004
Willie Nelson
Nacogdoches
reviewed 07/2004
River Rogues Jazz Band
From Fats to Satch
reviewed 07/2004
Anitbalas
Who is This America?
reviewed 07/2004
Various Artists
Upstairs at Larry's: Lawrence Welk Uncorked
reviewed 07/2004
Katie Melua
Call Off the Search
reviewed 07/2004
The Frank and Joe Show
33 1/3
reviewed 07/2004
Dr. John
N'Awlinz: Dis Dat or D'Udda
reviewed 06/2004
Rachelle Garniez & the Fortunate Few
Luckyday
reviewed 06/2004
Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer
Music for Two
reviewed 05/2004
Jamie Cullum
twentysomething
reviewed 05/2004
The Bo-Keys
The Royal Sessions
reviewed 05/2004
Dr. Michael White
Dancing in the Sky
reviewed 05/2004
Bill Charlap Trio
Somewhere: The Music of Leonard Bernstein
reviewed 04/2004
Ian Shaw
A World Still Turning
reviewed 04/2004
Ray Vega
Squeeze Squeeze
reviewed 03/2004
Susan Werner
I Can't Be New
reviewed 02/2004
Babatunde Lea
Level of Intent
reviewed 01/2004
Nicholas Payton
Sonic Trance
reviewed 01/2004
Joel Frahm with Brad Mehldau
Don't Explain
reviewed 01/2004
Matt Flinner Quartet
Walking on the Moon
reviewed 11/2003
MeShell NdegeOcello
Comfort Woman
reviewed 10/2003
Geoff Muldaur's Futuristic Ensemble
Private Astronomy - A Vision of the Music of Bix Beiderbecke
reviewed 10/2003
Kurt Rosenwinkel
Heartcore
reviewed 10/2003
Chris Botti
A Thousand Kisses Deep
reviewed 12/1969
THE MEMPHIS HANG
THE MEMPHIS HANG
reviewed 02/1014
THE PUPPETEERS
The Puppeteers
reviewed 12/1969
Spencer A. Barefield
After The End
reviewed 12/1969
BLUE NEBULA
Relative Dimensions
reviewed 12/1969
THE DYNAMITES FEATURING CHARLES WALKER
KABOOM
reviewed 12/1969
James Taylor Quartet
New World
reviewed 12/1969
Melton Mustafa
The Traveling Man
reviewed 12/1969
The Aperturistic Trio
Truth and Actuality

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