Wilbur Harden/John Coltrane, The Complete Savoy Sessions (Savoy Jazz) John McLaughlin, Time Remembered (Verve) Fima Ephron, Soul Machine (Tzadik) Eric Truffaz, Mantis (Blue Note) John Abercrombie, Cat And Mouse (ECM) Dave McKenna, Christmas Ivory (Concord) Josh Roseman, Cherry Cherry (Knitting Factory Records) Phil de Gruy, Hello Dali (Otter Print Records) Tony Purrone, The Tonester (SteepleChase) John Scofield, Uberjam (Verve) ...and then there's: Stanton Moore, Flyin' The Koop (Verve) Woody Shaw, Live Volume Two (HighNote) Les McCann, Pump It Up (ESC Records) Les McCann, Invitation To Openness (Label M) Bobby Previte & Bump, Just Add Water (Palmetto) Don Cherry & Ed Blackwell, Mu (Fuel 2000) Um, Stray Dog (Ropeadope Records) Renee Rosnes, Life on Earth (Blue Note) Erroll Garner, The Complete Savoy Master Takes (Savoy Jazz) Zoot Horn Rollo, We Saw A Bozo Under The Sea (ZHR Records)

Bill Milkowski is a Manhattan-based freelance writer who contributes regularly to Jazz Times , Jazziz and Jazzthing (Germany) magazines. He is also the author of three books -- JACO: The Extraordinary And Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius (Backbeat Books), Rockers, Jazzbos & Visionaries (Billboard Books) and Swing It! An Annotated History of Jive (Billboard Books). He is presently working on a book about the history and development of fusion music.