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September2022

TRAUMEREI Trio X of Sweden PROPHONE PCD139

May 2022

TANGORAMA An Anthology of 20th Century Tango , 1 MIRIAN CONTI, piano GRAND PIANO GP 856

Nikolai KAPUSTIN (1937-2020) Blueprint Frank Dupree Trio CAPRICCIO C5439

ZUTTY SINGLETON Icon of New Orleans Drumming • The Heartbeat of Jazz 1924-1969 Upbeat URCD311D

Bernie SENENSKY Quartet/Quintet Don’t Look Back CELLAR LIVE

THE NEW FOXTROT SERENADERS Buttonhole and Tails EM RECORDS EMR CD072

JAMES P JOHNSON ‘The Father of Stride Piano’; Carolina Shout, his 48 finest, 1917-1949 RETROPECTIVE RTS4388 [2CDs]

THE CONNOISSEUR’S FRANKIE NEWTON, HIS 25 FINEST 1937-39 RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4391

 

 

April 2022

JONATHAN BAUER Sings and Plays PRIVATE

BUTTONHOLE & TAILS THE NEW FOXTROT SERENADERS EM RECORDS EMR CD072

SHANNON GUNN On a Mountain CELLAR MUSIC CM052001

THE JUKEBOX ALBUM Tom Poster, Elena Urioste ORCHID CLASSICS ORC 100173

WARDELL GRAY Four Classic Albums Plus Avid Jazz AMSC1403

 

March 2022

BLACK SWAN CLASSIC JAZZ BAND Dance Hall Favorites

LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY Classic Songs of Love and Romance NAXOS 8.574258

BETH McKENNA Beyond Here own label

MATCHBOX BLUESMASTER SERIES SET 5 MATCHBOX MSESET 5 [6 CDs]

GEORGE WEBB’S DIXIELANDERS 1945-1948: The Pioneers of British Traditional Jazz Upbeat URCD 313

 

January 2022

FALKEVIK New Constellations DRABANT DM139CD

Frank “Big Boy” Goudie on the West Coast Vol. 1: Big Boy’s Blues, 1958-62; Grammercy CD 426 Vol. 2: Frank’s Jams, 1959-63; Grammercy CD 427

MATCHBOX BLUESMASTER SERIES SET 4 MATCHBOX MSESET 4 [6 CDs]

CONNEE BOSWELL Concentratin’ On You; her 51 finest, 1931-59 RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4384

JOE VENUTI & EDDIE LANG Stringing The Blues; their 52 finest, 1926-33 RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4386

 

December 2021

BLACK SWAN CLASSIC JAZZ BAND A Joyful Noise own label

AL HAMMERMAN Just a Dance WHISTLEWIND

RAUL GUTIERREZ AND HIS CUBAN BIG BAND PRADO…VIVE! CUGATE CLASSICOS LATINOS

VICTOR FELDMAN Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC1395 [72:23] [79:51]

FIFTH ELEMENT Fifth Element jazz quintet own label

November 2021

DAN ROSE LAST NIGHT RIDE SYMBOL RID-CD-26

AYNA VEER PRIVATE

BLACK SWAN CLASSIC JAZZ BAND Ragtime Revelry Own label

GORDON MACRAE IT’S MAGIC A CENTENARY TRIBUTE His 24 Finest 1947-1956 RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4383

THE NEW BLACK EAGLE JAZZ BAND Black Eagle Skuffle Own Label • BEiJazz 1001

FIFTH ELEMENT Private release

MATCHBOX BLUESMASTER SERIES SET 3

JOANIE PALLATTO My Original Plan SOUTHPORT

SOPHIE DUNÉR and GENE PRITSKER Songs Eclectic

SOPHIE DUNÉR and JEREMY HARMAN City of Dizzy SOPHIE PRODUCTIONS

ARI EREV CLOSE TO HOME PRIVATE

MILES DAVIS QUINTET Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ amsc1376

RON RUSSELL’S JAZZ BAND The Ron Russell Legacy Upbeat URCD308D

THE SONGS OF JIMMY VAN HEUSEN SWINGING ON A STAR His 52 Finest 1933-1962 RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4381

JESSE RYAN BRIDGES FWÉ CULTURE

 

KID THOMAS VALENTINE BAND Jamming at Pub Profeten, Uppsala, Sweden, Nov. 9, 1971 Upbeat URCD292

BLACK SWAN CLASSIC JAZZ BAND Pandemonium Own label

TUNETOWN ENTERING UTOPIA THREE PINES RECORDS TPR-001

JOE BOWDEN ROOTS – TALES OF THE URBAN YODA PRIVATE

GEORGIA MANCIO AND ALAN BROADBENT QUIET IS THE STAR ROOMSPIN RECORDS 2020

May 2021

At the Jazz Band Ball Upbeat URCD164.

TOMMASO STARACE – The Power of Three MUSIC CENTER BA420 CD

THE BERLIN NIGHTBIRDS WOLFGANG MITSCHKE NAXOS 8.551425

MUGGSY SPANIER Extreme Rarities: The Jukebox Sessions plus Bonus Tracks Upbeat URCD 310)

BLACK SWAN CLASSIC JAZZ BAND Pandemonium Own label Total time: [68.20]

March 2021

MATCHBOX BLUESMASTER SERIES – SET 1; Country Blues and Ragtime Blues Guitar 1926-30 MATCHBOX MSESET1 [6CDs]

MATCHBOX BLUESMASTER SERIES – SET 2; Country Blues and Great Harp Players 1927-32 MATCHBOX MSESET2 [6CDs]]

JELLY ROLL MORTON Doctor Jazz. His 51 finest 1923 – 1940 RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4376

BRITISH TRADITIONAL JAZZ AT A TANGENT, Vol.10 • Rarities and Hidden Gems Lake LACD362

JASON KAO HWANG Human Rites Trio TRUE SOUND RECORDINGS TS03

February 2021

 

SHIMPEI OGAWA NOA LEVY You, Me and Cole BELLE RECORDS BEL-002

P. T. STANTON’S STONE AGE JAZZ BAND The Complete Pete Stanton’s Stone Age Jazz Band Grammercy CD 423, 424, 425

JIMMIE NOONE The Apex of Jazz Clarinet; His 26 finest, 1923-44 RESTROSPECTIVE RTR 4379

HAROLD LAND Four Classic Albums AVID Jazz AMSC 1332

EARLY HOT JAZZ & RAGTIME From pianola rolls, 78’s and phonographic cylinders SAYDISC CDSDL 451

January 2021

SWEET MARY CAT & THEIR NORTH AMERICAN FRIENDS Time to Dance Some More Jazz Crusade JCCD3081

ALEX Moxon QUARTET own label

CHET BAKER Salt Peanuts SLEEPY NIGHT RECORDS SNRCD021

JOHN LEE HOOKER Four Classic Albums (Second Set) AVID ROOTS AMSC1382

CHRIS BARBER’S JAZZ BAND & OTTILIE PATTERSON A Jazz Club Session with Lake LACD363