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Between Friends

Label: American Jazz Institute
Released: 2026
Track listing: For Us; Anam Cara, VR; Laurie; Voyage; Locomotive; Isfahan; Catastrophe Loops; A Prayer for the World; The Glide; We Will Meet Again.

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Jeff Colella Putter Smith: Between Friends

Read "Between Friends" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
August 22, 2026

Jeff Colella and Putter Smith are like peas in a pod, having made music together long enough to know that trust is more valuable than show. Between Friends is built on that trust from the opening notes, and neither musician ever seems to be trying to impress the other. Instead, they listen with uncommon patience, letting ...

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Lotus Blossom

By Jeff Colella

Label: American Jazz Institute
Released: 2014
Track listing: Desert Passes; Time Remembered; The Very Thought Of You; All Blues; Candle; You Must Believe In Spring; Gone Too Soon; Lotus Blossom.

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Jeff Colella/Putter Smith: Lotus Blossom

Read "Lotus Blossom" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
June 17, 2014

Lotus Blossom is an absorbing date that projects plaintive beauty, reflective moods, and introspective ideals. It's a meeting of two master musicians who engage in thoughtful conversation that's quietly emotive. Pianist Jeff Colella, who's worked with everybody from vocalist Lou Rawls to arranging-composing legend Bill Holman, and bassist Putter Smith, whose credits include ...

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Gary Foster & Putter Smith: Perfect Circularity

Read "Perfect Circularity" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

by Michael P. Gladstone
January 5, 2008

Duo albums occasionally present a most vulnerable side of jazz artists. In the case of woodwind specialist Gary Foster and veteran bassist Putter Smith, the opportunity is much more of a challenge than a threat. Foster, who has graced many jazz records over several decades, has rarely recorded under his own leadership, with four releases in ...

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Perfect Circularity

By Gary Foster

Label: American Jazz Institute
Released: 2007
Track listing: Teef; The Peacocks; Dreamstepper; Tonggeret; Bach Siciliano; For Us; Jam For Your Bread; You Must Believe In Spring; Oleo; I Remember You; In Praise of Malcolm X; Blue Hodge; Relaxin' at Camarillo.