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10-Oct-08
Sun Ra
Secrets of the Sun (Atavistic)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

10-Oct-08
Conference Call
Poetry In Motion (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by Budd Kopman

10-Oct-08
Dave Brubeck
Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1958-2007 (Concord Music Group)
Reviewed by David Rickert

10-Oct-08
Bill Moring & Way Out East
Spaces In Time (Owl Studios)
Reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

10-Oct-08
Trio Apoplectic
Trio Apoplectic (Jazzgroove Records)
Reviewed by Barry O'Sullivan

10-Oct-08
Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell 75th Birthday Bash Live! (Blue Note Records)
Reviewed by Andrew Velez

10-Oct-08
Shirley Horn Trio
Live At the 1994 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival Records)
Reviewed by Joel Roberts

10-Oct-08
David Sanchez
Cultural Survival (Concord Picante)
Reviewed by Brandt Reiter

09-Oct-08
Rhythms of the City
Rhythms of the City (F-IRE)
Reviewed by Chris May

09-Oct-08
Sylvain Luc / Trio Sud
Young and Fine (Dreyfus Records)
Reviewed by John Kelman

09-Oct-08
Multiple Artists
Rudy Van Gelder Editions: Red Garland, Horace Silver, Freddie Redd (Blue Note Records)
Reviewed by Tom Greenland

09-Oct-08
Paul Murphy
Expose (Murphy Records)
Reviewed by Lyn Horton

09-Oct-08
William Parker Quartet
Petit Oiseau (AUM Fidelity Records)
Reviewed by Nic Jones

09-Oct-08
Naoya Matsuoka
Emerald (HoriPro Entertainment Group)
Reviewed by Thomas Joyce

09-Oct-08
Judi Silvano
Cleome: Live Takes (JSL Records)
Reviewed by Jim Santella

09-Oct-08
Andrew Hill
Change (Blue Note Records)
Reviewed by Jeff Stockton

09-Oct-08
Oliver Lake Organ Trio
Makin' It (Passin' Thru Records)
Reviewed by Martin Longley

08-Oct-08
Kate McGarry
Less is More... Nothing is Everything (Palmetto Records)
Reviewed by Blaine Fallis

08-Oct-08
William Parker Quartet
Petit Oiseau (AUM Fidelity Records)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

08-Oct-08
Antonio Ciacca
Rush Life (Motema Music)
Reviewed by John Barron

08-Oct-08
Bill Cantrall
Axiom (Up Swing Records)
Reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

08-Oct-08
Gunter Hampel Group
Music From Europe (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

08-Oct-08
The Stein Brothers Quintet
Quixotic (Jazzed Media)
Reviewed by Laurel Gross

08-Oct-08
Francois Theberge Group with Lee Konitz
Soliloque (Effendi Records)
Reviewed by Jim Santella

08-Oct-08
Dave Holland
Pass It On (Dare2 Records)
Reviewed by Jeff Stockton

07-Oct-08
Sha's Banryu
Chessboxing Volume One (Ronin Rhythm Records)
Reviewed by John Kelman

07-Oct-08
Joe Morris
Joe Morris: What You Can Throw & The Story of Mankind
Reviewed by Clifford Allen

07-Oct-08
Craig Green/David King
Craig Green + David King (Long Song)
Reviewed by Mark Corroto

07-Oct-08
Carver Trio
Broken Sleep (Taith Records)
Reviewed by John Barron

07-Oct-08
Ruslan Khain Sextet
Tie It In! (Jazzing Music)
Reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

07-Oct-08
George Colligan
Runaway (Sunnyside Records)
Reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

07-Oct-08
Martin Wind
Salt 'N Pepper (Challenge Records)
Reviewed by Ken Dryden

07-Oct-08
Lou Donaldson
Here 'Tis (Blue Note Records)
Reviewed by Tom Greenland

07-Oct-08
The New Jazz Composers Octet
The Turning Gate (Motema Music)
Reviewed by Laurel Gross

06-Oct-08
Will Bernard
Blue Plate Special (Palmetto Records)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

06-Oct-08
Multiple Artists
Baritone Saxophones: Joe Temperley, Dale Fielder, George Haslam, Denis Diblasio & Jam Session
Reviewed by George Kanzler

06-Oct-08
Trevor Dunn
Four Films (Tzadik)
Reviewed by Mark Corroto

06-Oct-08
Carver Trio
Broken Sleep (Taith Records)
Reviewed by Chris May

06-Oct-08
Kenny Garrett
Sketches of MD: Live at The Iridium (Mack Avenue Records)
Reviewed by John Kelman

06-Oct-08
Karel Velebny
SHQ (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

06-Oct-08
Dee Cassella
I'm Here Now (Self Published)
Reviewed by Marcia Hillman

06-Oct-08
John Zorn/George Lewis/Bill Frisell
News For Lulu (Hatology)
Reviewed by Martin Longley

06-Oct-08
Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble
Xenogenesis Suite: A Tribute to Octavia Butler (Firehouse 12 Records)
Reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk

05-Oct-08
Joe McPhee / Lisle Ellis / Paul Plimley
Sweet Freedom - Now What? (Hat Hut Records)
Reviewed by Chris May

05-Oct-08
Corey Christiansen
Roll With It (Origin Records)
Reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

05-Oct-08
John Pizzarelli
With a Song in My Heart (Telarc Records)
Reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

05-Oct-08
Philip Catherine
Guitars Two (Dreyfus Records)
Reviewed by John Kelman

05-Oct-08
Sebastian Schunke
Back in New York (Timba)
Reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

05-Oct-08
Jason Rigby
The Sage (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

05-Oct-08
Kenny Garrett
Sketches of MD: Live at The Iridium (Mack Avenue Records)
Reviewed by Greg Thomas

05-Oct-08
Scott Dubois
Banshees (Sunnyside Records)
Reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

04-Oct-08
Harvie S with Kenny Barron
Now Was The Time (Savant Records)
Reviewed by John Barron

04-Oct-08
John Coltrane
Dakar (Prestige Records)
Reviewed by Chris May

04-Oct-08
Alex Maguire Sextet
Brewed in Belgium (Moonjune Records)
Reviewed by John Kelman

04-Oct-08
Renaud Garcia-Fons Trio
Arcoluz (Enja/Justin Time)
Reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

04-Oct-08
The Paul Carlon Octet
Roots Propaganda (Deep Tone Records)
Reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

04-Oct-08
Revolutionary Snake Ensemble
Forked Tongue (Cuneiform Records)
Reviewed by Joel Roberts

04-Oct-08
Sadao Watanabe
Basie's at Night (JVC Discs)
Reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

04-Oct-08
George Colligan
Runaway (Sunnyside Records)
Reviewed by Karla Cornejo

03-Oct-08
Charlie Hunter
Baboon Strength (Spire Artists)
Reviewed by Dave Major

03-Oct-08
Fernando Huergo
Provinciano (Sunnyside Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

03-Oct-08
Phil Markowitz
Catalysis (Sunnyside Records)
Reviewed by John Barron

03-Oct-08
McCoy Tyner
Guitars (Half Note Records)
Reviewed by Mark F. Turner

03-Oct-08
Bennet Paster & Gregory Ryan
Grupo Yanqui Rides Again (Miles High Records)
Reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

02-Oct-08
Steven Kroon
El Mas Alla (Beyond) (Self Published)
Reviewed by John Barron

02-Oct-08
Philip Glass
Philip Glass: Glass Box - A Nonesuch Retrospective (Nonesuch Records)
Reviewed by John Kelman

02-Oct-08
Taj Mahal
Maestro (Heads Up International)
Reviewed by Doug Collette

02-Oct-08
Rudresh Mahanthappa / Kadri Gopalnath
Kinsmen (Pi Recordings)
Reviewed by Budd Kopman

02-Oct-08
Lowell Davidson
Trio (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

02-Oct-08
Jamie Baum Septet
Solace (Sunnyside Records)
Reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

01-Oct-08
La Grande Perezade
Urban Bush (Circum-disc)
Reviewed by Henry Smith

01-Oct-08
Graham Collier
Graham Collier: Deep Dark Blue Centre / Portraits / The Alternate Mosaics
Reviewed by Nic Jones

01-Oct-08
Charlie Haden Family & Friends
Rambling Boy (Decca Music Group)
Reviewed by John Kelman

01-Oct-08
As Human
Kilo (Self Published)
Reviewed by John Barron

01-Oct-08
Chris Speed / Chris Cheek / Stephane Furic Leibovici
Jugendstil (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

01-Oct-08
Denise Donatelli
What Lies Within (Savant Records)
Reviewed by Edward Blanco

30-Sep-08
Eple Trio
The Widening Sphere of Influence (NORCD)
Reviewed by John Kelman

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

30-Sep-08
Wolfgang Muthspiel 4tet
Earth Mountain (Material Records)
Reviewed by Chris May

30-Sep-08
Martin Taylor
Double Standards (P3 Music)
Reviewed by John Barron

30-Sep-08
Kate Reid
Sentimental Mood (Self Published)
Reviewed by Edward Blanco

30-Sep-08
Spyro Gyra
A Night Before Christmas (Heads Up International)
Reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

29-Sep-08
Jerry Weldon
Well-Done! (Dex Jazz)
Reviewed by David A. Orthmann

29-Sep-08
The John Hicks Legacy Band
Mind Wine: The Music of John Hicks (Savant Records)
Reviewed by John Barron

29-Sep-08
Mike Garson
Conversations With My Family (Resonance Records)
Reviewed by Jim Santella

29-Sep-08
Dave Holland Sextet
Pass It On (Dare2 Records)
Reviewed by John Kelman

29-Sep-08
B.B. King
One Kind Favor (Geffen Records)
Reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

28-Sep-08
Roscoe Mitchell
Roscoe Mitchell: Nonaah (Nessa Records)
Reviewed by Clifford Allen

28-Sep-08
Bill Cole's Untempered Ensemble
Proverbs for Sam (Boxholder Records)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

28-Sep-08
David Liebman / Roberto Tarenzi / Paolo Benedettini / Tony Arco
Negative Space (Verve Music Group)
Reviewed by John Kelman

28-Sep-08
Andreas Oberg
My Favorite Guitars (Resonance Records)
Reviewed by Jim Santella

28-Sep-08
Fourplay
Energy (Heads Up International)
Reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

28-Sep-08
Charles Manson
Lie: The Love and Terror Cult (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

27-Sep-08
Zoe & Idris Rahman
Where Rivers Meet (Manushi Records)
Reviewed by Chris May

27-Sep-08
Dieter Klocker, Sandra Arnold, Sudwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Sebastian Tewinkel
Ignaz Pleyel: Clarinet Concertos 1 and 2; Sinfonia Concertante
Reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

27-Sep-08
Wolfgang Schalk
Wanted (Frame Up Music)
Reviewed by John Barron

27-Sep-08
Arturo O'Farrill & Claudia Acuna
In These Shoes (Zoho Music)
Reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

27-Sep-08
Vassilis Tsabropoulos/Anja Lechner/U.T. Ghandi
Melos (ECM Records)
Reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

27-Sep-08
Jonas Knutsson + Johan Norberg
Skaren: Norrland III (ACT Music)
Reviewed by John Kelman

26-Sep-08
Louis Armstrong All Stars
Live in Zurich, Switzerland 18.10.1949 (Montreaux Jazz Label)
Reviewed by John Barron

26-Sep-08
Charles Pillow
Charles Pillow: Part 3 - The Planets (ArtistShare)
Reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

26-Sep-08
The Passion
One Good Reason (Qnote Records)
Reviewed by Dave Major

26-Sep-08
Fred Frith
The Happy End Problem (ReR Megacorp)
Reviewed by John Kelman

26-Sep-08
John Beasley
Letter to Herbie (Resonance Records)
Reviewed by Jim Santella

26-Sep-08
Madeleine Peyroux
Half the Perfect World (Rounder Records)
Reviewed by Aaron Basiliere

25-Sep-08
Bad Touch
Like A Magic Kiss (Self Published)
Reviewed by Budd Kopman

25-Sep-08
Markus Stockhausen / Vladyslav Sendecki / Arild Andersen / Patrice Heral
Electric Treasures (Aktivraum)
Reviewed by John Kelman

25-Sep-08
Charles Pillow
Charles Pillow: Part 2 - Pictures at an Exhibition (ArtistShare)
Reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

25-Sep-08
Maria Pia De Vito & Huw Warren
Dialektos (La Parco Della Musica)
Reviewed by Chris May

25-Sep-08
Vince Mendoza
Blauklang (ACT Music)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

25-Sep-08
Nina Simone
To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story (Legacy Recordings)
Reviewed by Tom Greenland

24-Sep-08
McCoy Tyner
Guitars (Half Note Records)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

24-Sep-08
Magnus Broo Quartet
Painbody (Moserobie)
Reviewed by Mark Corroto

24-Sep-08
Charles Pillow
Charles Pillow: Part 1 - Crossing the Divide between Jazz and Classical Repertoire (ArtistShare)
Reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

24-Sep-08
David Sherr and the Bel Air Jazz Ensemble
Otherworld Music (Bel Air Jazz)
Reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

24-Sep-08
Joe Locke
Force of Four (Origin Records)
Reviewed by John Kelman

24-Sep-08
Blink
The Epidemic of Ideas (Thirsty Ear Recordings)
Reviewed by Lyn Horton

23-Sep-08
Trygve Seim / Frode Haltli
Yeraz (ECM Records)
Reviewed by John Kelman

23-Sep-08
MIJ
Yodeling Astrologer (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

23-Sep-08
Marshall Gilkes
Lost Words (Alternate Side Records)
Reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

23-Sep-08
Satoko Fujii Quartet
Bacchus (Muzak)
Reviewed by Budd Kopman

23-Sep-08
Corey Wilkes
Drop It (Delmark Records)
Reviewed by John Barron

22-Sep-08
Wolfgang Schalk
Wanted (Frame Up Music)
Reviewed by Mark F. Turner

22-Sep-08
radio.string.quartet.vienna with Klaus Paier
Radiotree (ACT Music)
Reviewed by Chris May

22-Sep-08
Maria Kannegaard Trio
Camel Walk (Jazzland Recordings)
Reviewed by John Kelman

22-Sep-08
Bob Mintzer Big Band
Swing Out (MCG Jazz)
Reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

22-Sep-08
Danilo Perez
Across The Crystal Sea (Emarcy)
Reviewed by Doug Collette

21-Sep-08
Mahogany Frog
DO5 (Moonjune Records)
Reviewed by Nic Jones

21-Sep-08
Punkt / Sidsel Endresen / Jon Hassell
Live Remixes Vol. 1 (Jazzland Recordings)
Reviewed by John Kelman

21-Sep-08
Mark Sherman Quartet
Live at the Bird's Eye (Miles High Records)
Reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

21-Sep-08
Medeski, Martin and Wood
Zaebos: The Book of Angels Vol. 11 (Tzadik)
Reviewed by Doug Collette

21-Sep-08
Marc McDonald
It Doesn't End Here (No End In Sight Records)
Reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

20-Sep-08
Vince Mendoza
Blauklang (ACT Music)
Reviewed by John Kelman

20-Sep-08
Lafayette Gilchrist
Soul Progressin' (Hyena Records)
Reviewed by Chris May

20-Sep-08
Joe Ascione Quartet
Movin' Up (Arbors Records)
Reviewed by Dr. Judith Schlesinger

20-Sep-08
Anker / Courvoisier / Mori
Alien Huddle (Intakt Records)
Reviewed by Nic Jones

20-Sep-08
Sam Sadigursky
Words Project II (New Amsterdam Records)
Reviewed by Martin Gladu

19-Sep-08
Karel Velebny
SHQ (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

19-Sep-08
Bebo Valdes & Javier Colina
Live At The Village Vanguard (Calle 54 Records)
Reviewed by Mark Corroto

19-Sep-08
Roy Assaf & Eddy Khaimovich Quartet
Andarta (Origin Records)
Reviewed by John Barron

19-Sep-08
Bobo Stenson Trio
Cantando (ECM Records)
Reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

19-Sep-08
Mike LeDonne
FiveLive (Savant Records)
Reviewed by Graham L. Flanagan

18-Sep-08
Ruslan Khain
Tie It In (Jazzing Music)
Reviewed by John Barron

18-Sep-08
John Berndt
The Private Language Problem (Sort Of Records)
Reviewed by Mark Corroto

18-Sep-08
Bruno Raberg
Lifelines (Orbis Music)
Reviewed by Jerry D'Souza