Personnel: Bob Lark: director; Ethan Bulak, Joe Clark, Ryan Adamsons, Scott Dickinson, Chris Clark: trumpet, flugelhorn; Nick Mazzarella: alto, soprano sax; Matt Zimmermann: alto sax, flute; Dan Nicholson: tenor sax, flute; Drew Pierson: tenor sax, clarinet; Steve Schnall: baritone sax, bass clarinet; Bryan Tipps, Dominic Marino, Andrew Hamilton: trombone; Jared Lantzy: bass trombone; Scott Williams: piano; Mike Pinto: guitar; Justin Thomas: vibraphone; Chris Clemente: bass; Lawrence Haskin: drums; Milton Suggs: vocal (2). Guest artist: Mark Colby: tenor sax (1-3, 5, 8).

Restless Spirits

Tracks: African Mood; Blues for My Sleeping Baby; Peaceful Heart; Ambiguous; Restless Spirit; Short and Shorter; Standard Life; Maliblues.

Personnel: Roberto Magris: composer, arranger, piano (1, 3, 7, 8), Fender Rhodes (2, 4-6, 9); Marco Pasetto: music director, conductor, soprano sax (8); Matteo Costanzi, Giorgio Fiorini, Davide Gagliardo, Sandro Gilioli, Marco Sorio: trumpet; Giovanna Bissoli: soprano sax; Emanuele Ballini, Paolo Girardi, Paolo Presenti: alto sax; Orazio Boscagin, Stefano Buttura: tenor sax; Sandro Avesani: baritone sax; Saulo Agostini, Linda Anzolin, Gino Farenzena, Giorgio Morelato, Giordano Bruno Tedeschi: trombone; Patrizia Ballardini, Franco Lissandrini, Beatrice Maistri, Barbara Mazzon, Giulia Realdini, Elena Zavarise: flute; Filippo Borgo, Caterina Gatto, Elisabetta Grego, Alessandro Manfredi, Nicola Zeggio: clarinet; Paolo Delaini, Marco Finato: bass clarinet; Ester Anzolin, Denis Cavallini, Graziana Marchioni, Marco Pallaver: horn; Mario Cracco: tuba; Anna Vittoria Zanardi: fagotto; Ivo Bonazzi: guitar; Giuseppe Gasparini: electric bass; Daniele Rotunno: tastiere; Giorgio Buttura: glockenspiel; Stefano Zuffellato: drums; Stefano Zambolin: percussion. Special guests: Massimo Greco: trumpet (3, 4-6, 9), flugelhorn (2, 7); Sbibu: percussion (1, 3-5, 7-9).

HUJE 2008

Tracks: Cinnamon and Clove; Passion Flower; There Will Never Be Another You; Easy to Love; People Time; I'm a Woman; Walkin' My Baby Back Home; Martin's Theme; Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing; You Stepped Out of a Dream; Prelude to Summer.

Personnel: HU Jazz Ensemble—Fred Irby III: director; Rashid Hughes, Norberto Mejicanos, Wesley Meyer, Malcolm Stokes, Danielle Ashton: trumpet, flugelhorn; John Kocur, alto, soprano sax; Brent Birckhead: alto sax; Brian Settles, Joshua Carr: tenor sax; Isaiah Allen: baritone sax; Paul Phifer, Richard Milburn, Timothy Johnson: trombone; Matthew Caraballo: bass trombone; Jerrol Pennerman: piano; James Rodney Richardson: electric guitar; Jarrin Moore: electric bass; Carroll V. Dashiell III: drums, percussion; Reginald Johnson: percussion; Christie Nicole Dashiell: vocals. Afro Blue—Connaitre Miller: director; Danielle Withers, Tonya Khakazi, Rachel Robinson: soprano; Jessica Chambliss: soprano, alto; Christie Dashiell, Brandi Pace: alto; Micah Robinson: tenor; Reginald Bowens: baritone; Brian Lawson: bass.

Neverever . . . Well, Maybe Someday

Tracks: Neverever; Pine Tree Blisters; What About Jed?; Well . . . Maybe Someday; Thinking Without Thinking; Where Can I Park My Fist?; Where's His Sepcin?; Jelly Belly; Over and Over and Over.

Personnel: Mace Francis: composer, arranger, conductor; Ricki Malet, Callum G'Froerer, Brendan Baker: trumpet; Ben Collins, Daniel Thorne, Alistair McEvoy, Mark Sprogowski: reeds; Percy James Landers, Robin Murray, Tilman Robinson: trombone; Tim Jago: guitar; Wayne Slater: bass; Greg Brenton: drums.

Scope

Tracks: Medium Blue; Light Grey (Partly Cloudy); Rust-Red; Suite No. 1 for Ten Musicians (Sometimes / I Wonder / Where / Do We Go / From Here).

Personnel: Fredrik Nordstrom: composer, arranger, alto, tenor sax; Johan Berke: co-leader, composer, arranger, electric and 12-string acoustic guitar; Mattias Arveheim: co-leader, bass trombone, tuba; Ronny Farsund, Nils Janson: trumpet, flugelhorn; Johan Ahlin: French horn; Orjan Hulten: soprano, tenor sax; Anders Norell: trombone; Filip Augustson: bass; Fredrik Rundqvist: drums.

Cycles Suite

Tracks: Arrival; Cycle of Life; Home and Away; Old Folk Song; Route 666; Departure.

Personnel: Chris Jentsch: leader, composer, guitar; Darcy James Argue: conductor; Jon Owens, John Carlson, Mike Kaupa, Laurie Frink: trumpet; Ben Kono, Jason Rigby, Mike McGinnis, Dan Willis, Josh Sinton: reeds; Alan Ferber, Brian Drye, Jacob Garchik, Max Seigel: trombone; Jacob Sacks: piano; Jim Whitney: bass; John Mettam: drums.

Shining Hour

Tracks: Sweet Pumpkin; Sophisticated Lady; This Masquerade; Laura; Keep Going Back to Joe's; "Bean"; Young and Foolish; Speak Low; My Shining Hour; My Foolish Heart; Groovin' High; Bluesette; A Time for Love.

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