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07-Sep-08
Asaf Sirkis Trio
The Monk (SAM Productions)
Reviewed by John Kelman

07-Sep-08
Aaron Irwin
Blood and Thunder (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

07-Sep-08
Laszlo Gardony
Dig Deep (Sunnyside Records)
Reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

07-Sep-08
Chris McGregor
Chris McGregor: Very Urgent, Up to Earth & Eclipse at Dawn
Reviewed by Andrey Henkin

07-Sep-08
George Colligan
Runaway (Sunnyside Records)
Reviewed by Edward Blanco

07-Sep-08
Bud Powell
Bud Powell: Live at the Blue Note Cafe, Paris 1961 & In Copenhagen
Reviewed by George Kanzler

07-Sep-08
Giacomo Merega / David Tronzo / Noah Kaplan
The Light and Other Things (Creative Nation Music)
Reviewed by Karla Cornejo

07-Sep-08
Multiple Artists
Trombone Solos: Wolter Wierbos & Denis Beuret
Reviewed by Fred Bouchard

07-Sep-08
Sophie Milman
Make Someone Happy (Linus Entertainment)
Reviewed by Donald Elfman

07-Sep-08
Michael Moore
Michael Moore: Sweet Ears, Holocene & Fragile (Ramboy)
Reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk

07-Sep-08
Dave Liebman
Dave Liebman: Renewal, Depth of Emotion, Music from the KOPAFestival 2006, Vol. 1 & Negative Space
Reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

07-Sep-08
Ron Carter
Ron Carter: New York Reunion, The Next Level & Just Between Friends
Reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

07-Sep-08
Michael Jefry Stevens
Michael Jefry Stevens: For The Children & Moving Stills
Reviewed by Wilbur MacKenzie

07-Sep-08
Han Bennink
Han Bennink: Amplified Trio and People I Like
Reviewed by Ivana Ng

07-Sep-08
Paul Flaherty
Paul Flaherty: Kaivalya Vol. #2, Bridge Out!, Simitu, In the Midst of Chaos
Reviewed by Jeff Stockton

07-Sep-08
Kris Davis
Kris Davis: Rye Eclipse & Outright!
Reviewed by Robert Iannapollo

07-Sep-08
Harris Eisenstadt
Harris Eisenstadt: Tiebreaker & Guewel
Reviewed by Robert Iannapollo

07-Sep-08
Multiple Artists
Solo Piano: Larry Ham, Louis Mazetier, Marcos Jimenez & Bert van den Brink
Reviewed by Ken Dryden

07-Sep-08
Marc Ribot
Marc Ribot: Exercises in Futility & Technicolor
Reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk

07-Sep-08
Judith Insell
Bass String Duos: Dark Wood Explorations and Jonathan Chen Orchestra
Reviewed by Elliott Simon

07-Sep-08
Multiple Artists
Versatile Big Bands: American Agonistes and Worth the Wait
Reviewed by Elliott Simon

06-Sep-08
Spike Robinson
I Wish I Knew: Live in Dublin 1979 (Nagel Heyer Records)
Reviewed by Samuel Chell

06-Sep-08
George Colligan
Runaway (Sunnyside Records)
Reviewed by John Kelman

06-Sep-08
Sydney Ace Mnisi
20 Year Celebration (Samco)
Reviewed by Ian Patterson

06-Sep-08
Sheila Cooper
Tales of Love and Longing (Candid Records)
Reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

06-Sep-08
Jeremy Pelt
Jeremy Pelt: November & Chillin' Live
Reviewed by Jim Santella

06-Sep-08
Rich Perry
Rich Perry: SteepleChase Jam Session Vol. 24 & e*motion (SteepleChase Records)
Reviewed by Francis Lo Kee

06-Sep-08
Jim Snidero
Tippin' (Savant Records)
Reviewed by Ken Dryden

06-Sep-08
Empty Cage Quartet
Stratostrophic (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by Rex Butters

06-Sep-08
Marcus Printup
Marcus Printup: Jazz at Prague Castle 2007, Street Expressionism & Bird of Paradise
Reviewed by Ken Dryden

06-Sep-08
Multiple Artists
Clean Feed: Between Shadow and Space & Drunk Butterfly
Reviewed by Andrey Henkin

05-Sep-08
Cy Touff/Sandy Mosse
Tickle Toe (Delmark Records)
Reviewed by John Barron

05-Sep-08
Al Green
Lay It Down (Blue Note Records)
Reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

05-Sep-08
Vassilis Tsabropoulos / Anja Lechner
Melos (ECM Records)
Reviewed by Budd Kopman

05-Sep-08
Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico
Songs of An Other (ECM Records)
Reviewed by John Kelman

05-Sep-08
Third World Love
New Blues (Anzic Records)
Reviewed by Joel Roberts

05-Sep-08
Ab Baars Trio / Ken Vandermark
Goofy June Bug (Wig)
Reviewed by Jeff Stockton

04-Sep-08
Ahmad Jamal
It's Magic (Dreyfus Records)
Reviewed by Ian Patterson

04-Sep-08
King Crimson
King Crimson: Park West, Chicago, Illinois August 7, 2008 (DGM Live)
Reviewed by John Kelman

04-Sep-08
William Chabbey
At Home (Aphrodite Records)
Reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

04-Sep-08
Carla Bley Big Band
Appearing Nightly (Watt)
Reviewed by John Kelman

04-Sep-08
Bill Cantrall
Axiom (Up Swing Records)
Reviewed by Edward Blanco

03-Sep-08
Sean McGowan
Indigo (Maple Sugar Music)
Reviewed by Martin Gladu

03-Sep-08
Michael Occhipinti
Michael Occhipinti: The Sicilian Jazz Project (True North Records)
Reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

03-Sep-08
Vassilis Tsabropoulos / Anja Lechner
Melos (ECM Records)
Reviewed by John Kelman

03-Sep-08
Eri Yamamoto
Redwoods (AUM Fidelity Records)
Reviewed by John Sharpe

03-Sep-08
Michaela Rabitsch and Robert Pawlik Quartet
Moods (Extraplatte)
Reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

02-Sep-08
Bobo Stenson Trio
Cantando (ECM Records)
Reviewed by John Kelman

02-Sep-08
Carla Bley Big Band
Carla Bley Big Band: Appearing Nightly (Watt)
Reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

02-Sep-08
Eri Yamamoto Trio
Redwoods (AUM Fidelity Records)
Reviewed by Nic Jones

02-Sep-08
James Danderfer Group
Accelerated Development (Cellar Live)
Reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

02-Sep-08
The Jay D'Amico Trio
Tuscan Prelude: Jazz Under Glass (CAP)
Reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

01-Sep-08
Ingrid Laubrock with Liam Noble & Tom Rainey
Sleepthief (Intakt Records)
Reviewed by Chris May

01-Sep-08
The Wee Trio
Capitol Diner Vol. 1 (Bionic Records)
Reviewed by J Hunter

01-Sep-08
e.s.t. (Esbjorn Svensson Trio)
Esbjorn Svensson Trio: Leucocyte (ACT Music)
Reviewed by John Kelman

01-Sep-08
Hello Troll
Helge Lien Trio (Ozella Music)
Reviewed by John Kelman

01-Sep-08
Andrew Rathbun
Affairs of State (SteepleChase Records)
Reviewed by Stuart Broomer

31-Aug-08
Joey DeFrancesco
Live: The Authorized Bootleg (Concord Music Group)
Reviewed by Samuel Chell

31-Aug-08
Wayne Wallace
The Nature of the Beat (Patois Records)
Reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

31-Aug-08
Donny McCaslin
Recommended Tools (Greenleaf Music)
Reviewed by Budd Kopman

31-Aug-08
Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble
Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians (Innova Recordings)
Reviewed by John Kelman

30-Aug-08
Cory Weeds
Big Weeds (Cellar Live)
Reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

30-Aug-08
Tony Levin
Stick Man (Lazy Bones Recordings)
Reviewed by John Kelman

30-Aug-08
The Jay D'Amico Trio
Tuscan Prelude: Jazz Under Glass (CAP)
Reviewed by Jack Bowers

30-Aug-08
Dave Douglas and Keystone
Moonshine (Greenleaf Music)
Reviewed by Matthew Miller

29-Aug-08
The Uri Caine Ensemble
The Othello Syndrome (Winter & Winter)
Reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

29-Aug-08
Frank Kimbrough
Air (Palmetto Records)
Reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

29-Aug-08
JJ Grey & Mofro
JJ Grey & Mofro: Orange Blossoms
Reviewed by Doug Collette

29-Aug-08
Randy Newman
Hearts and Angels (Nonesuch Records)
Reviewed by John Kelman

28-Aug-08
Motif
Apo Calypso (Jazzland Recordings)
Reviewed by John Kelman

28-Aug-08
Satoko Fujii Ma-Do
Heat Wave (NotTwo Records)
Reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

28-Aug-08
Giuseppi Logan
The Giuseppi Logan Quartet (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by Lyn Horton

27-Aug-08
Per Jorgensen / Terje Isungset
Agbalagba Daada (NORCD)
Reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

27-Aug-08
Avishai Cohen
Gently Disturbed (Razdaz Recordz)
Reviewed by Frederick Bernas

27-Aug-08
Jane Fair
Jane Fair Quartet: Chances Are - Recorded Live in Vancouver (Cellar Live)
Reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

27-Aug-08
I Heart Lung
Interoceans (Asthmatic Kitty Records)
Reviewed by Ian Patterson

27-Aug-08
Oddjob
Sumo (ACT Music)
Reviewed by John Kelman

27-Aug-08
The Steve Elmer Trio
Fire Down Below (Self Produced)
Reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

26-Aug-08
Scott Fields and Henning Sieverts
Prose Inspired Projects: Scott Fields/Henning Sieverts
Reviewed by Elliott Simon

26-Aug-08
The Nuttree Quartet (John Abercrombie / Jerry Bergonzi / Adam Nussbaum / Gary Versace)
Standards (Kind of Blue Records)
Reviewed by John Kelman

26-Aug-08
Satoko Fujii Ma-Do
Heat Wave (Not Two)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

26-Aug-08
Greg Howe
Sound Proof (Tone Center)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

26-Aug-08
Bill Dixon
17 Musicians in Search Of A Sound: Darfur (AUM Fidelity Records)
Reviewed by Mark Corroto

26-Aug-08
Jessica Jones Quartet
Word (New Artists Records)
Reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

25-Aug-08
Joe Lovano
Symphonica (Blue Note Records)
Reviewed by Chris May

25-Aug-08
Anthony Braxton / Milford Graves / William Parker
Beyond Quantum (Tzadik)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

25-Aug-08
Helen Merrill
Helen Merrill: The Helen Merrill-Dick Katz Sessions and Casa Forte (Mosaic Records)
Reviewed by Samuel Chell

25-Aug-08
Donny McCaslin Trio
Recommended Tools (Greenleaf Music)
Reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

25-Aug-08
Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet
Tabligh (Cuneiform Records)
Reviewed by Nic Jones

25-Aug-08
Gato Libre
Kuro (Libra Records)
Reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

24-Aug-08
Medeski, Martin & Wood
Zaebos: The Book of Angels Vol. 11 (Tzadik)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

24-Aug-08
Elton Dean
Elton Dean / Steve Miller Trio / Soft Heap: British genre-benders
Reviewed by Clifford Allen

24-Aug-08
Los Blancos
Just This Once (Casablancos Records)
Reviewed by Jim Santella

24-Aug-08
Olav Torget
Suburban Jive (Echofisk)
Reviewed by John Kelman

24-Aug-08
Satoko Fujii Trio
Trace A River (Libra Records)
Reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

24-Aug-08
Charles Ives
A Radical In a Suit and Tie (El Records)
Reviewed by Nic Jones

23-Aug-08
Joanna Pascale
Through My Eyes (Stiletto Records)
Reviewed by Greg Camphire

23-Aug-08
Little Feat
Little Feat: Join The Band
Reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

23-Aug-08
Joe Tex
First On The Dial (Shout! Factory)
Reviewed by Nic Jones

23-Aug-08
Gene Harris
Live in London (Resonance Records)
Reviewed by Jim Santella

23-Aug-08
Brazilian Trio
Forests (Zoho Music)
Reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

23-Aug-08
The Steve Elmer Trio
Fire Down Below (Self Produced)
Reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

22-Aug-08
Orkestar Zirkonium
Orkestar Zirkonium (Self Published)
Reviewed by Elliott Simon

22-Aug-08
Jorg Brinkmann Trio
Ha! (ACT Music)
Reviewed by John Kelman

22-Aug-08
Wolfert Brederode
Currents (ECM Records)
Reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

22-Aug-08
Jeff Barone
Open Up (Jazzed Media)
Reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

22-Aug-08
Chuck Berry
St. Louis To Liverpool / Berry Is On Top (Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs)
Reviewed by Mike Perciaccante

21-Aug-08
Robert Balzar Trio with John Abercrombie
Tales (Sony/BMG Czech Republic)
Reviewed by John Kelman

21-Aug-08
The Flying Luttenbachers
Trauma (ugEXPLODE)
Reviewed by Clifford Allen

21-Aug-08
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
There Would be No Jazz without Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

21-Aug-08
Mark O'Leary
Ellipses (FMR Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

21-Aug-08
Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet
Tabligh (Cuneiform Records)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

21-Aug-08
Corey Wilkes
Drop It (Delmark Records)
Reviewed by Mark Corroto

21-Aug-08
Torben Waldorff
Afterburn (ArtistShare)
Reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

20-Aug-08
Danilo Perez
Across the Crystal Sea (Emarcy)
Reviewed by Mark F. Turner

20-Aug-08
Donny McCaslin Trio
Recommended Tools (Greenleaf Music)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

20-Aug-08
Adam Lane / Lou Grassi / Mark Whitecage
Drunk Butterfly (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

20-Aug-08
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk: Brilliant Corners & At Town Hall
Reviewed by George Kanzler

20-Aug-08
Mauger
The Beautiful Enabler (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by Mark Corroto

20-Aug-08
Noah Preminger Group
Dry Bridge Road (Nowt Records)
Reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

19-Aug-08
Misha Alperin / Ketil Bjornstad / Alon Yavnai
Misha Alperin, Ketil Bjørnstad & Alon Yavnai: Rolling Out New Piano Rolls
Reviewed by Martin Gladu

19-Aug-08
Dominique DiPiazza
Princess Sita (Picanto records)
Reviewed by Phil DiPietro

19-Aug-08
Kenny Barron
The Traveler (Sunnyside Records)
Reviewed by Mark F. Turner

19-Aug-08
Oddjob
Sumo (ACT Music)
Reviewed by Chris May

19-Aug-08
Either/Orchestra
Jazz & Ethiopia: Etenesh & Le Tigre & Mahmoud Ahmed & Either/Orchestra
Reviewed by Tom Greenland

19-Aug-08
Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra
Harriet Tubman (Noir Records)
Reviewed by Budd Kopman

19-Aug-08
William Parker
Double Sunrise Over Neptune (AUM Fidelity Records)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

18-Aug-08
Charles Lloyd
Dream Weaver - The Charles Lloyd Anthology - The Atlantic Years 1966-1969 (Warner Jazz)
Reviewed by Chris May

18-Aug-08
Mike Walker
Madhouse and the Whole Thing There (Hidden Idiom)
Reviewed by Roger Farbey

18-Aug-08
Hilario Duran
Hilario Duran and his Latin Jazz Big Band: From the Heart (Alma Records (Canada))
Reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

18-Aug-08
Zach Brock and the Coffee Achievers
Live At The Jazz Factory (Secret Fort Music)
Reviewed by Budd Kopman

18-Aug-08
Aaron Parks
Invisible Cinema (Blue Note Records)
Reviewed by John Kelman

18-Aug-08
Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet
Tabligh (Cuneiform Records)
Reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

17-Aug-08
David Liebman / Mike Murley
Day and Night (Cornerstone Records Inc.)
Reviewed by Budd Kopman

17-Aug-08
Paul Bley
About Time (Justin Time Records)
Reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

17-Aug-08
Ed Vezinho - Jim Ward Big Band
With Friends Like These (Dreambox Media)
Reviewed by Edward Blanco

17-Aug-08
Multiple Artists
Big Bands From Around the World: Bennetts Lane Big Band, Jim Galloway's Wee Big Band & The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Reviewed by Ken Dryden

17-Aug-08
Mary Ann Hurst
Born Under A Wand'rin' Star (Self Produced)
Reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

17-Aug-08
Foxboro Hot Tubs
Stop Drop And Roll!!! (Warner Bros.)
Reviewed by Mike Perciaccante

16-Aug-08
Greg Osby
9 Levels (Inner Circle Music)
Reviewed by Mark F. Turner

16-Aug-08
Nobu Stowe
An die Musik (Soul Note)
Reviewed by Budd Kopman

16-Aug-08
Pete Levin
Certified Organic (Pete Levin Music)
Reviewed by John Kelman