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2016 VIC DICKENSON NICE WORK HIS 34 FINEST RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4294 John Lee Hooker – The Modern, Chess and Veejay Singles Collection 1949-62 ACROBAT ACQCD7103 (4CDs) CHET BAKER Quartet Volume 1 Elemental Music 88520 CHET BAKER Quartet Volume 2 Elemental Music 88521 GEORGE ROBERT GEORGE ROBERT PLAYS MICHEL LEGRAND CLAVES RECORDS 50-1607
Jimmy O’Connell Sixtet – Arrhythmia OUTSIDE IN MUSIC 1603 FRANK SINATRA At The Royal Festival Hall / Sinatra In Japan (DVD) Eagle Rock Entertainment EREDV1242 NEW Black Eagle JAZZ BAND 20th Anniversary vols. 1 & 2 Own Label BE[LECD]4020-1/2 BUD SHANK AND CHET BAKER California Dreamin' Elemental Music 88519 Henning Sieverts – Double Quartet PIROUET PIT3092 Scott HAMILTON & Jeff HAMILTON Trio Live in Bern CAPRI #74139 Elisabeth Lohninger – Eleven Promises JAZZ SICK RECORDS 5097 KEN COLYER’S ALL STARS Recently Discovered Late Vintage Colyer Upbeat URCD271 SUNDAE + MR. GOESSL MAKES MY HEART SWAY SELF-PRODUCED NO NUMBER US 4 My Scandinavian Blues : A Tribute To Horace Parlan Stunt Records STUCD 16012 BLUE TANGO The Very Best of Leroy Anderson Alto ALC 1324 Sergio Pereira – Swingando NO NUMBER Matt Wilson’s Big Happy Family – Beginning of a Memory NO NUMBER
ANTONIO ADOLFO Tropical Infinito AAM Music AAM 0710 DAVID HELBOCK TRIO Into The Mystic ACT 9833-2
Melody Gardot – Live at the Olympia Paris DVD EAGLE ROCK EREDV1217 STEVE TURRE Colors For The Masters Smoke Sessions Records SSR - 1606 Miroslav Vitous – Music of Weather Report ECM 377 2956 Clare Teal – Twelve O’Clock Tales CDMUDCT6 Golden Era Songs Classic Hollywood Originals Alto Take: 2 ALN 1956 Dave Stryker – Eight Track II STRIKEZONE 8814 BORN TO BE BLUE : Music from the Motion Picture Rhino 081227 947 14 9 Bob Mintzer – All L.A. Band FUZZY MUSIC PEPCD022 Pablo Held Trio – Lineage PIROUET PIT3094 [45:34] Billy Taylor – Four Classic Albums AVID AMSC1200 RANTALA DANIELSSON ERSKINE How Long Is Now? ACT 9823 - 2 Yellowjackets – Cohearence MACK AVENUE MAC1108 Ellery Eskelin Trio – Willisau Live HATOLOGY 741 Myriad3 – Moons ALMA ACD52062 Brenda Lee AVID POP AMSC 1211
BILLY MAY The Man with the Golden Touch Retrospective RTS 4297 CHET BAKER Chet Baker Sings DreamCovers Records 6100 STAN GETZ QUARTET WITH MOSE ALLISON The Soft Swing PHONO 870254 WARREN WOLF Convergence mackavenue MAC1105 Earl Bostic - Four Classic Albums AVID AMSC 1210 KEVIN HAYS NEW DAY TRIO North Sunnyside SSC 1464 DUKE ELLINGTON Hits Sure Shot 652 194 673-2 KITTY KALLEN Little Things Mean A Lot - Her 26 finest 1940-1962 RETROSPECTIVE RTR4290 PAUL EDIS Not Like Me/Just Like Me Edis Music
DICK OATTS/MATS HOLMQUIST NEW YORK JAZZ ORCHESTRA A Tribute To Herbie + 1 Summit Records MAA 1049 STAN GETZ- Moments In Time Resonance Records HCD-2020
BILL EVANS Some Other Time Resonance Records HCD 2019
GLAUCO VENIER Miniatures ECM 478 0266 Geoff EALES – Transience FUZZY MOON RECORDS FUZ008 When Louis Met Bix LAKE LACD 345 EDMOND HALL Profoundly Blue His 27 Finest 1937-1944 RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4286 CARLA BLEY/ANDY SHEPPARD/STEVE SWALLOW Andando El Tiempo ECM 477 9711 Marius NESET Snowmelt ACT 9035-2 Maria Schneider Orchestra – The Thompson Fields ARTIST SHARE AS0137 [77:25] Greg Abate and Phil Woods – Kindred Spirits Live at Chan’s WHALING CITY SOUND WCS 077 Tiny Grimes – Three Classic Albums Plus AVID AMSC 1188 [78:17 + 79:26] Jane Ira Bloom Early Americans OUTLINE OTL142 New Black Eagle Jazz Band 15th Anniversary vol. 1 & 2 Own Label BE[LECD]4019-1/2 Wadada Leo Smith / John Lindberg Celestial Weather TUM RECORDS CD 046 [62:21] Sauter-Finegan Orchestra Four Classic Albums Avid AMSC 1212 Carol Saboya - Carolina AAM Music 0709 Tony Lustig Quintet – Taking Flight Wolfert Brederode Trio Black Ice ECM4779462 Savannah Jazz Band Sacred and Secular p.e.k. Sound PKCD392 Matt Lavelles 12 Houses Solidarity Unseen Rain RecordsUR-9945STEVE LACY Four Classic Albums AVID AMSC 1187 SONNY CRISS– Four Classic Albums AMSC1182 MASABUMI KIKUCHI Black Orpheus ECM 473 2215 LAURA PERLMAN PRECIOUS MOMENTS MHR8625 NOLA THE HAPPY PALS NEW ORLEANS PARTY ORCHESTRA New Orleans North CD-016 EARL SCHEELAR'S NEW ZENITH JAZZ BAND Own label - no number QUINCY JONES AND HIS ORCHESTRA Live in Ludwigshafen 1961 JAZZ HAUS JAH-455 CHRIS BARBER'S JAZZ BAND WITH OTTILIE PATTERSON Barber Back in Berlin 1960 Lake LACD346 (2CDs) MICHAEL FORMANEK ENSEMBLE KOLOSSUS The Distance ECM 475 9407 THE BLACK EAGLES Times Past Own Label BE[LECD]4018-1/2(2CDs) BENNY CARTER with The Chocolate Dandies and with Mezz Mezzrow and his Orchestra, 1933-34 JSP RECORDS 6702 BILLIE HOLIDAY The Complete Carnegie Hall Performances Poll Winners Records PWR 27352 (2CDs) JON BALKE Warp ECM 476 6047 DAVE ANDERSON Blue Innuendo LABEL L1-2003-2 DON ELLIS Electric Heart. A Film by John Vizzusi ARTHAUS MUSIK DVD 102 178 ERNIE WATTS QUARTET Wheel of Time FLYING DOLPHIN FD 1011 DUKE ELLINGTON/JOHNNY HODGES Back to Back/Side by Side Poll Winners Records PWR 27355 (2CDs) NORDIC CIRCLES Winter Rainbow AMP Music And Records AS AT 002 LEW TABACKIN Soundscapes Own label - No Number LUTZ EIKELMANN Wochenend und Sonnenschein SGDH (No number) THE STRYKER/SLAGLE BAND EXPANDED Routes STRIKEZONE 8813 LOUIS ARMSTRONG Complete Hot Five & Hot Seven Essential Jazz Classics EJC55690 (4CDs) HERLIN RILEY New Directions MACK AVENUE MAC1101 BOB JAMES/NATHAN EAST The New Cool Concord Records CRE - 39008 - 02 JACK MCLAUGHLIN'S FRENCHMEN STREET JAZZ BAND OF NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight Frenchmen Street FSCD 151 TADD DAMERON Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC 1175 (2CDs) McKINNEY'S COTTON PICKERS, with Don Redman Never Swat a Fly, Their 26 Finest 1928-30 RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4291 TORD GUSTAVSEN/SIMIN TANDER/JARLE VESPESTAD What Was Said ECM 475 8697 MISHA TSIGANOV Spring Feelings Criss Cross Jazz 1384 BLACK CAT JAZZ Road of Sunshine! Own label BCAT001 LIONEL HAMPTON Milestones of a Jazz Legend Intense Media 600290 (10CDs) PAOLO FRESU/RICHARD GALLIANO/JAN LUNDGREN Mare Nostrum II ACT 9812-2 MICHEL BENITA AND ETHICS River Silver ECM 475 9393 RICH HALLEY 4 Eleven PINE EAGLE RECORD S008 MO' BLOW Live in Berlin ACT 9675-2 MARLENE VEPLANCK The Mood I'm In AUDIOPHILE RECORDS ACD-348 BILLY STRAYHORN A Centenary Tribute - his 44 finest RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4273 (2CDs) LILTIN' MARTHA TILTON And The Angels Sing - A Centenary Tribute - Her 24 Finest RETROSPECTIVE RTR4280 HARRY JAMES The Music Maker - A Centenary Tribute - His 50 Finest RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4281 (2CDs) IRA HILL Tomorrow IRA HILL MUSIC 001 MAYNARD FERGUSON It's My Time/Hollywood BGOCD1202 RUSS FREEMAN Four Classic Albums AVID AMSC 1181 THE ASPIDISTRA DRAWING ROOM ORCHESTRA Beguine and Bugatti Step (No number) BILLY STRAYHORN Lush Life - A Centenary Tribute - his 44 finest RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4273 (2CDs) GEORGE SHEARING Lullaby of Birdland - The Shearing Touch (A film by Jill Marshall) ARTHAUS MUSIK 109217 THE BLACK EAGLE JAZZ BAND Mt. Gretna Week-End Own Label BE[LECD]4017-1/2 (2CDs) KENNY WHEELER and JOHN TAYLOR On the Way to Two CAM JAZZ CAMJ 7892-2 MONTY SUNSHINE Remembering Monty Sunshine Lake LACD344 (2CDs) BOB COOPER Four Classic Albums AVID AMSC1180 (2CDs) FOOD This Is Not A Miracle ECM 473 9039 BORUT KRZISNIK with DATA DIRECT La Dolce Vita CLAUDIO CONTEMPORARY CC6010-2 JOHN ABERCROMBIE The First Quartet ECM 473 2437 (3CDs) AVISHAI COHEN Into the Silence ECM 475 9435 STAN GETZ/BOB BROOKMEYER Recorded Fall 1961 Poll Winners Records PWR 27351 THE BLACK EAGLES Live at the World Music Concours, the Netherlands OWN LABEL: BE[LECD]4016 MARTY PAICH Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC1168 (2CDs) Scott HAMILTON & Jeff HAMILTON Trio Live in Bern CAPRI #74139 HAL McKUSICK Four Classic Albums, Second Set AVID AMSC 1172 (2CDs) THAD JONES/MEL LEWIS ORCHESTRA All My Yesterdays Resonance HCD 2023 (2CDs) The MAN OVERBOARD QUINTET Down in the Deep Deep Blue CHAMPS HILL RECORDS CHRCD089 BLUE MUSE Live DOLPHINIUM RECORDS 889211942282 THOMAS STRØNEN Time Is A Blind Guide ECM 475 4115 WYNTON MARSALIS Blood on the Fields - A Film by Susan Shaw ARTHAUS MUSIK 109214 BLACK EAGLE JAZZ BAND Brians' Songs OWN LABEL: BE[LECD]4015 HOT JAZZ JUMPERS The Very Next Thing OTBR 0002 ELI & THE HOT SIX Contemporary Classic Jazz Own label - no number RANDY WESTON Four Classic Albums Plus Volume 2 AVID JAZZ AMSC 1155 (2CDs) CHARLIE BARNET The Charlie Barnet Collection 1935-47 Acrobat FADCD2039 (2CDs) TUBBY HAYES Symphony - The Lost session ACROBAT RECORDS ACMCD4383 NEW BLACK EAGLE JAZZ BAND On the Road Own Label BE[LECD]4014 PEPPER ADAMS Four Classic Albums AVID AMSC 1164(2CDs) The Pepper Adams Quintet/Critics' Choice PHONO 870332 LASZLO GARDONY Life in Realtime SUNNYSIDE SSC 4019 BENNY GOODMAN and the All Stars in Berlin 1958-59 SOUNDS OF YESTERYEAR DSOY2001 (2CDs) DUKE ELLINGTON Rotterdam 1969 Storyville 101 8440 PETE RUGOLO Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC 1176 (2CDs) KIT DOWNES Tricko COUP PERDU RECORDS CPCD003 EDMOND HALL Profoundly Blue, His 22 finest 1937-44 RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4286 JAY McSHANN Hootie's Blues; A Centenary Tribute, his 27 finest 1941-55 RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4279 URI CAINE Introducing Uri Caine - Shortlist 1992 - 2015 Winter & Winter 910228-2 KID ORY Storyville Nights Upbeat URCD262D (2CDs) BRIAN FIELDING An Appropriate Response - Volume One Broken Symmetries Incorporated BSI 1001 KEN PEPLOWSKI Enrapture Capri 74141-2 AIMÉE ALLEN Matter of Time AZULINE NO NUMBER SCOTT HAMILTON AND JEFF HAMILTON TRIO Live In Bern CAPRI Records 74139-2 ELLA FITZGERALD Sings the George & Ira Gershwin Song Book Essential Jazz Classics EJC 689 (3CDs) CHARLIE BARNET The Collection 1935-47 Acrobat FADCD2039 (2CDs) BRIAN LANDRUS TRIO The Deep Below BlueLand/ Palmetto Records BLR 2015 NEW BLACK EAGLE JAZZ BAND On the Road Own Label BE[LECD]4014 SIR ROLAND HANNA This Must Be Love PROGRESSIVE PCD-7030 CLAUDE THORNHILL The Collection 1934-53 FABULOUS FACD2054 (2CDs) JEAN-LUC PONTY Original Album Series Vol. 2 Rhino 0081227955380 (5CDs) JOHN MCLAUGHLIN Black Light Abstractlogix ABLX050 STAN SULZMANN, NIKKI ILES Treasure Trove ASC Records ASCCD7 NANCY LANE Let Me Love You Self-produced KENNY WERNER The Melody PIROUET PIT2083 NILS LANDGREN with JANIS SIEGEL Some Other Time ACT 9813-2 LIONEL HAMPTON and his ORCHESTRA Live in 1948 SOUNDS OF YESTERYEAR DSOD2005 (2CDs) The JEFF BENEDICT BIG BIG BAND Holmes TAPESTRY 76025-2 EDDIE THOMPSON TRIO The Bosendorfer Concert 1980 Hep CD 2102 LINDA CALISE La Vie NO LABEL OR NUMBER TURTLE RECORDS Pioneering British Jazz 1970-71 RPM RECORDS RPMBX 528 (3CDs) DAVID PATRICK OCTET Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring BIRNAM 8099214370 MAYNARD FERGUSON Chameleon/Conquistador/Hot BGO Records BGOCD1199 (2CDs) THE WHISKEY BROTHERS Bottle Up and Go BIG BEAR RECORDS CD54 CÆCILIE NORBY AND LARS DANIELSSON Just The Two Of Us ACT 9732-2 KARIN KROG AND STEVE KUHN Break Of Day Meantime Records MR22 KRISTINE MILLS BossaToo Kristine Mills Music - Self produced OSCAR PEREZ Prepare A Place For Me Myna Records MR-0001 MARTY PAICH Second Set : Four Classic Albums Avid Jazz AMSC1173 (2CDs) ROMAIN COLLIN Press Enter ACT 9583-2 JON IRABAGON Behind The Sky Irabbagast Records 004 NICK FINZER The Chase ORIGIN 82695 LESTER YOUNG, BEN WEBSTER, ROY ELDRIDGE, DIZZY GILLESPIE J.A.T.P. Live at Carnegie Hall Phono 870241 (2CDs) LES McCANN Live in Hollywood, New York and San Francisco Groove Hug GH 66722 (2CDs) IBRAHIM MAALOUF Red & Black Light IMPULSE 4756681 IBRAHIM MAALOUF Kalthoum IMPULSE 4749696 CHARLIE HADEN and GONZALO RUBALCABA Tokyo Blues IMPULSE 472 992-6 ABE LINCOLN and the RAMPART STREET PARADERS Their 18 finest 1953-57 RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4275 JEFF BARNHART and SPATS LANGHAM We Wish We Were Twins LAKE LACD342 SATOKO FUJII ORCHESTRA BERLIN Ichigo Ichie Libra Records 212-037 MICHAEL WOLLNY TRIO Nachtfahrten ACT 9592-2 CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE TRIO Live at the Village Vanguard Mack Avenue MAC 1099 SULLIVAN FORTNER Aria IMPULSE 4735908 DAN TRUDELL Plays the Piano Self Produced MACK AVENUE SUPERBAND Live! From the Detroit Jazz Festival - 2014 Mack Avenue MAC 1096 KEN COLYER ALL STARS Ken Colyer on Video: Rare Footage from the Vaults Upbeat URDVD267 CARTER CALVERT It's a Man's World CD Baby IBRAHIM MAALOUF Kalthoum Impulse!/Universal Music Group 474 570-5 JOHN SCOFIELD Past Present Impulse!/Universal Music Group 473 841-5 LOU VOLPE Remembering Ol' Blue Eyes Jazz Guitar Records 917 SYMPHONIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA Looking Forward, Looking Back Mackavenue.com MAC1102 FRED HERSCH Solo PALMETTO RECORDS PM2180 JAZZING THE CLASSICS Vintage 30s and 40s RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4276 TOM SCOTT Apple Juice BGO Records BGOCD 1217 Click here for reviews for 2015
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