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2020 December 2020 DAN COSTA Live in California Dan Costa (piano) www.dancosta.net KEN COLYER’S JAZZMEN Live at Manchester Free Trade Hall 1959 Upbeat URCD 306 JELLY ROLL MORTON DOCTOR JAZZ His 51 Finest 1923-1940 Retrospective RTS 4376 KEITH JARRETT Budapest Concert Keith Jarrett (piano) rec. Live, Budapest, 2016. ECM2700/01 Alex Moxon Quartet Own label. www.alexmoxon.com
ANGELA TURONE & CHRIS PLATT Sounds of Brazil Self-Produced WEST LONDON RHYTHM KINGS New Orleans Jazz: Remembering Dave Evans Own Label No Number ADAM SIMMONS CREATIVE MUSIC ENSEMBLE Tribute to Zatoczka FAT RAIN FAT021 HUMPHREY LYTTELTON & HIS TRADITIONAL JAZZ BAND Conway Hall Revisited, 1969 Upbeat URCD 305 JIMMY SMITH Four Classic Albums (Second Set) Live AVID JAZZ AMSC1381 [2CDs] Jimmy Heath Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC1375 . Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie: His 27 Finest, 1939-50 RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4374 FRENCH PRESERVATION JAZZ BAND New Orleans to Lyon, Vol. 2 Jazz Crusade JCCD3108 BILL BRUNSKILL’S JAZZMEN Whatever Happened to Bill Brunskill? Upbeat URCD 307 MILES DAVIS The Lost Septet Sleepy Night Records SNRCD020 Ray Bryant Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC 1248 BILLY JONES 3’S A CROWD ACCOUTICAL CONCEPTS AC-49 SIDNEY BECHET Petite Fleur: His 48 Finest Retrospective RTS 4372 RED NORVO Knockin’ on Wood; His 44 finest 1933-1958 RETROSPECTIVE RTS4362 Dominic Ingham Role Models INGHAM 01 Charlie Parker Five Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC 1364 EASY RIDERS JAZZ BAND “Then” and “Now,” Vol. 1 Jazz Crusade JCCD3037 GENE AUSTIN The Voice Of The Southland His 26 Finest 1925-1933 RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4370 Sidney Bechet Petite Fleur – his 48 Finest: 1923-1958 RETROSPECTIVE TRS 4372 DUTCH SWING COLLEGE BAND Dixieland Goes Dutch Alto Take: 2 ALN 1975 Annie Chen Octet Secret Treetop Shanghai Audio & Video , No Number. Geoff Cole & his Red Hot Five It’s Time You Learnt Jazz Crusade JCCD3070 Ike Quebec Four Classic Albums Avid Jazz AMSC 1322 French Preservation New Orleans Jazz Band Alive and Kicking in Europe Upbeat URCD299D
Paul Bley / Gary
Peacock / Paul Motian When Will the Blues Leave
ECM 2642 DARIO SAVINO DORONZO-PIERTO GALLO-MICHEL GODARD Reimagining Opera DIGRESSIONE DIG DCTT96 MARK SEGGER Sextet Lift Off 18th NOTE RECORDS [28:52] CHRIS BARBER’S JAZZ BAND Chris Barber at the BBC, with Special Guest Joe Harriott Upbeat URCD158 [60. 38] AHMED ABDUL-MALIK Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC 1248 JORGE
NILA Tenor Time: Tribute to the Tenor Masters
NINJAZZ RECORDS 001 Katy Hobgood Ray featuring Dave Ray I Dream of Water Out of the Past Music LIL ARMSTRONG & HER SWING BAND Hot Miss Lil – Born to Swing Upbeat URCD301 CHRIS BARBER’S JAZZ BAND Barber Back in Copenhagen 1961 Lake LACD360 Willie Smith His 48 Finest RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4368 Daniel Garcia Trio Travesuras ACT 9880-2 WILLIE SMITH Alto-Sax All-Time Great; His 48 finest 1934-56 RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4368 ALBERT AMMONS The Boogie Woogie Man; His 23 finest 1936-46 RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4367 LOUIS ARMSTRONG The Paramount Recordings • 1923-1925 Black Swan BSCD-43 JOPLIN: RAGTIME PIANO GEMS William Bolcom, piano ALTO ALC1403 SARAH
VAUGHAN Four Classic Albums
AVID AMSC1352 ANITA O’DAY Tea for Two – A Centenary Tribute; her 53 Finest 1941-55 RETROSPECTIVE RTS4360 CARSTEN DAHL TRINITY Painting Music ACT 9891-2 [54:29] WALTER DONALDSON My Blue Heaven: His 52 Finest Retrospective RTS 4364 MUGGSY SPANIER Rare and Unissued Recordings 1941-1952 Jazzology JCD-406/407 WEST LONDON RHYTHM KINGS New Orleans Jazz: Remembering Doug Kennedy Own Label BARNES-BOCAGE BIG FIVE 1954 American Music (AMCD-141) NEW ORLEANS CLARINETS Ken Grayson Mills – An Epilogue 504/La Croix Records CD 98 SAMMY RIMINGTON & BIG BILL BISSONNETTE In Denmark 1993 Volumes 1 & 2 Jazz Crusade JCCD3117/8 John Handy III Three Classic Albums Plus AVID JAZZ AMSC1357 RED NORVO Knockin’ on Wood; His 44 finest 1933-1958 RETROSPECTIVE RTS4362 FIRST REVOLUTION SINGERS OF Orleans, LA Heaven Is My Goal 504 Records CD 24 GOLDEN EAGLE JAZZ BAND Sail Along Silvery Moon Practical Sounds GECD002 PETE ALLEN’S DUKES OF WELLINGTON I Wish You Love Upbeat URCD291 SISTER ROSETTA THARPE The Sensational Sister Rosetta Tharpe from Carnegie Hall to Antibes Upbeat URCD296
WENDY KIRKLAND The Music’s
on Me
PRIVATE Buster Bailey Memphis Blues: His 47 finest, 1924-1956 RETROSPECTIVE RTS4356 (2 Cds) GREGORY HARRINGTON Without You ESTILE RECORDS Some Like It Plucked Les Inventions GLOBE GLO5272 Nancy Wilson Four Classic Albums Plus AVID JAZZ AMSC 1349 SWEET MARY CAT & THEIR NORTH AMERICAN FRIENDS Time to Dance the New Orleans Way Jazz Crusade JCCD3079 KEN COLYER TRUST band with JOE PAYTON At Café Brasil, New Orleans, LA 504 Records CD 29 BUSTER BAILEY Memphis Blues; His 47 finest, 1924-58 RETROSPECTIVE RTS4356 Miles Davis Three Classic Albums Plus AVID JAZZ AMSC1348
POTATO HEAD JAZZ BAND Stompin’
Around
Big Bear Records No Number MILDRED BAILEY The Rockin’ Chair Lady; her 52 finest 1929-47 RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4344 THE INCOMPARABLE HENRY “RED” ALLEN The Golden Years, Vols 1-4 Upbeat Vadim Neselovsky Trio Get Up and Go BluJazz BJ3449 Sarah Gail Brand (trombone) All will be said, All to do again Regardless R03 EARLY HOT JAZZ AND RAGTIME Rags, Cakewalks, Shuffles, Trots and Frolics from the earliest days of ragtime and jazz
SAYDISC CDSDL451 ANGELA VERBRUGGE The Night We Couldn’t Say Goodnight GUT STRING RECORDS GSR 041 KEN COLYER’S ALL STARS Colyer Rarities: Farewell to Studio 51 Upbeat URCD293 Ethel Waters Am I Blue? Etherl Waters sings ’em: Her 51 Finest, 1923-1940 RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4352 2CDs EASY RIDERS JAZZ BAND “Then” and “Now,” Vol. 2 Jazz Crusade JCCD3038
BILL COLEMAN An
American in Paris; His 47 finest, 1934-1960
RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4350 2CDs MATTHIAS BARTOLOMEY and KLEMENS BITTMANN Dynamo ACT 9043-2 [63:06] ADAM BALDYCH QUARTET Sacrum Profanum ACT 9881-2 [51:23] ROMAIN COLLIN Tiny Lights … XM RECORDS / REVIVE MUSIC GROUP 3349361832 [43:56 ] ROGER MARKS’ BRASS FARTHINGS WITH PETE ALLEN Higher Ground Upbeat URCD290 French Preservation New Orleans Jazz Band Blues for Manny Paul Upbeat URCD286
PAOLO FRESU, RICHARD GALLIANO, JAN LUNDGREN Mare
Nostrum III
ACT 9877-2 [61:15]
JONATHAN BAUER Walk, Don’t Run
PRIVATE [42:53]
DON CORNELL I’M YOURS Centenary
Tribute - His 28 Finest 1942-1958
RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4349
BIG BILL BISSONNETTE & HIS EASY RIDERS
JAZZ BAND Rhythm Is Our Business
Jazz
Crusade JCCD3003 KENNEY BURRELL Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC1327 TOMMASO STARACE QUINTET Eleuthera All That Jazz MUSIC CENTER BA 406CD NICK GRINDER Farallon OutsideInMusic OIM 1907 Shai Maestro The Dream Thief ECM 2616 [48:12] Dave Young Lotus Blossom MODICA MUSIC [No number] Darrell Katz Rats Live On No Evil Star JCA RECORDINGS JCA1804 TOMMASO STARACE Harmony Less Quartet Narrow Escape MUSIC CENTER BA409CD TENEMENT JAZZ BAND New Orleans Wiggle Own label – no number DAN
COSTA Skyness
PRIVATE RELEASE [39:47] Mel Tormé Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC1317 Jazz on A Summer’s Day 60th Anniversary Edition CHARLY B 920 Ethan Ardelli The Island of Form Self-released THE CHRIS BLOUNT NEW ORLEANS JAZZ BAND Halcyon Days p.e.k. Sound PKCD-415 The new Black Eagle jazz band Missing Pieces Own Label • No Number CHARLIE SHAVERS Decidedly Charlie Shavers, His Finest, 1937-1960 RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4340 MIKE WESTBROOK Starcross Bridge Mike Westbrook (Piano) HAT HUT RECORDS HATOLOGY 754
2018 Ernesto Cervini’s Turboprop Abundance ANZIC RECORDS ANZ-0063 Christopher Hollyday Telepathy Jazzbeat Productions [No number] Self-released Curtis Fuller Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC1326 GEOFF COLE & HIS HOT FIVE A Tribute to Fats Waller & His Music Jazz Crusade JCCD3047
CELL BLOCK 7 JAZZ BAND Contempt
of Court
Own label – no number Captain John Handy The Genius of Captain John Handy Upbeat URCD283 Frolov and Friends Igor FROLOV (1937-2013) DELOS DE3557 Luzia von Wyl Ensemble Throwing Coins hatOLOGY 753 Ernesto Cervini’s Turboprop Abundance ANZIC RECORDS ANZ-0063 Christopher Hollyday Telepathy Jazzbeat Productions [No number] Self-released
Joseph Daley The Tuba Trio Chronicles JoDa Music 004
PEGGY LEE Four Classic Albums AVID AMSC1290 AL MUIRHEAD Undertones Chronograph Records (Canada) CR068 AMBROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA When Day is Done. His 51 Finest, 1928-44 RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4338
Jazz Organists Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC1306 JAKOB BRO Returnings Jakob Bro (guitar); Palle Mikkelborg (trumpet); Thomas Morgan (double bass); Jon Christensen (drums) ECM 2546 CLARINET MARMALADE; a celebration of 24 great vintage jazz clarinettists, 1918-62 RETROSPECTIVE RTR4328
MARILENA PARADISI AND KIRK LIGHTSEY Some Place Called Where LOSEN RECORDS LOS 187-2 Nina Simone Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMS1268 John Bailey IN REAL TIME SUMMIT RECORDS DCD 720
Irving Fazola My Inspiration RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4337
Benny Golson Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC1310 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Four Classic Albums (Second set) AVID JAZZ AMSC 1269 DEANNE MATLEY Because I Loved Self-produced DNMBIL Vijay Iyer Sextet Far From Over ECM 2581 567 7386 [57:53] MATHIAS EICK Ravensburg ECM 6710239 Herb Geller Four Classic Albums AVID AMSC 1221 RYAN QUIGLEY What Doesn't Kill You Whirlwind Recordings WR4691 Jazz Drummers Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC 1297 Tenor Sax Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC 1285 CD1: [74:58] CD2 [78:10] CHARLIE TEAGARDEN The Big Horn of ‘Little T’: His 21 finest, 1936-62 RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4332 [79:55] ARILD ANDERSEN/PAOLO VINACCIA/TOMMY SMITH In-House Science ECM 671 6897 MAGDALENA KOŽENÁ Cole Porter BRNOFON BRF001-2 HOWARD JOHNSON and Gravity Testimony Tuscarora Records 17:001 PAT HAWES Live in London in 2000 Jazz Crusade JCCD3055
MACIEJ OBARA QUARTET Unloved ECM 576 4562 Django Bates’ Belovèd The Study of Touch ECM 2534 Panayiotis DEMOPOULOS (b. 1977) Nina’s Clock: piano improvisations: METIER JAZZ RECORDS MJD72405 OKB TRIO The Ing ... Queens Jazz OverGround QJOG-1801 JANE IRA BLOOM Wild Winds: Improvising Emily Dickinson Outline OTL142 ANDY SHEPPARD Quartet Romaria ECM 2577 5786980 RED GARLAND Four Classic Albums Avid Jazz AMSC1280 HORACE SILVER Four Classic Albums: Second Set AVID AMSC1287 LAURA DUBIN TRIO Live at the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival Self-Produced – No Number MONIKA HERZIG Sheroes Whaling City Sound WCS 106 KEN COLYER with The crane river jazz band The Cranes Fly Again Upbeat URCD281 GERRY MULLIGAN Four Classic Albums AVID AMSC1282 OKB TRIO The Ing ... Queens Jazz OverGround QJOG-1801
ALTO SAX Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC 1292
JEFF HAMILTON TRIO Live from San Pedro CAPRI 74147-2 BILLY JONES 3’S A CROWD ACCOUTICAL CONCEPTS AC-49 JAN GUNNAR HOFF Stories 2L-131-SABD LOUIS PRIMA Swing It; His 53 Finest 1933-1960 RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4326
DIZ DISLEY With Me Little Ukulele in Me Hand! Upbeat URCD280
JAZZ TRUMPET Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC 1293
CURTIS STIGERS WITH THE DANISH RADIO BIG BAND One More For The Road Concord Jazz 00011 JERI SOUTHERN Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC 1291 JEFF HAMILTON TRIO Live From San Pedro CAPRI 74147-2 GÁBOR GADÓ /LAURENT BLONDIAU Veil And Quintessence BMC Records BMC CD 255 NINA SIMONE The Colpix Singles Recorded 1959-62 STATESIDE 0190295735869
PERICOPES What What
Emi Vernizzi (soprano and tenor saxophone); Alessandro Sgobbio (piano)
UNIT RECORDS UTR4799 LEWIS WRIGHT featuring KIT DOWNES Duets SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD529 TARKOVSKY QUARTET Nuit Blanche ECM 572 9067 Jackie MCLEAN Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC 1288
JAZZ PIANO Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC 1284 YUKO FUJIYAMA night wave innova 995 [50:29] MARIA SCHNEIDER AND SWR BIG BAND JAZZ HAUS JAH-469 [54:18 + 53:17]
JACQUES GAUTHÉ In New Orleans Jazz Crusade JCCD3067 JIM YANDA TRIO Home Road CORNER STORE JAZZ CSJ0113-14
KATE McGARRY, KEITH GANZ, GARY VERSACE The Subject Tonight Is Love Binxtown Records
CAROL ROBBINS Taylor Street Jazzcats JCTS 109 CHRIS BLOUNT A Fond Farewell Jazz Crusade JCCD3046 HUMPHREY LYTTELTON Sir Humph’s Delight: Humphrey Lyttelton in Retrospect Upbeat URCD279 LAVERN BAKER Four Classic Albums AVID AMSC 1258 FABRICE ALLEMAN Udiverse CYPRES CYP06 10 ANDRÁS DÉS TRIO The Worst Singer in the World BMC CD 241
ANDRE CANNIERE The Darkening Blue Whirlwind Recordings WR 4693 SYBARITE5 Outliers BRIGHT SUNNY THINGS BSTC-0121
DON ELLIS Three Classic Albums Plus AVID JAZZ AMSC 12799
BILL FRISELL/THOMAS MORGAN Small Town ECM 574 6341 GOLDEN EAGLE JAZZ BAND From Out of Nowhere Own Label GECD0001 ECHOES OF SWING Travelin’ ACT 9104-2
BRENT GALLAHER Moving Forward V & B Records GAL-B-0003
AARON PARKS/BEN STREET/BILLY HART Find The Way ECM 478 1841 DAVE PIKE Four Classic Albums (It's Time For Dave Pike / Pike's Peak / Bossa Nova Carnival / Limbo Carnival) AVID JAZZ AMSC 1249 AKA MOON AND FABIAN FIORINI The Scarlatti Book : Sonata Inspiration outhere music OUT 658 BLACK MANHATTAN CLEF CLUB: Theatre and Dance Music of James Reese Europe, Will Marion Cook and Members of the legendary Clef Club NEW WORLD RECORDS 80611-2 Dave ZINNO & Unisphere River Of January WHALING CITY SOUND WCS 101 TOMAS COTIK TAO LIN Astor PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992) LEGACY NAXOS 8.573789 ERIC WYATT Look to the Sky WHALING CITY SOUND WCS104 MARK HETZLER Blues, Ballads and Beyond SUMMIT RECORDS DCD 668 CAROL ALBERT Fly Away Butterfly PRIVATE TOMASZ STANKO NEW YORK QUARTET December Avenue ECM 572 6302 Wadada Leo Smith Najwa TUM CD 049 [55:43] Wadada Leo Smith Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk TUM CD 053 [55:37] Jacques Brel 1960-61 Live in Paris FRÉMEAUX & ASSOCIÉS FA 5650 [ 75:53] Tex Williams I Got Texas In My Soul. Centenary Tribute – His 29 Finest, 1944-54 RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4309 [79:15]
MULO FRANCEL Mocca Swing ACT 6020-2 (2 CD Set) The Liberation Music Collective Rebel Portraiture AD ASTRUM AD38162 Dan Costa Suite Três Rios HYPNOTE RECORDS HR003 AN EVENING WITH DELFEAYO MARSALIS KALAMAZOO TROUBADOUR JASS RECORDS TJR093017 Phil DeGreg Trio Queen City Blues PRIVATE
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