June 1997
Contents
Features
- Max Roach Remembers Tony Williams — available
- John Coltrane: Images of Trane — available
- Frank Foster: Xpanded Mission — available
- Vincent Herring: Alto Artistry — available
- Ken Peplowski: Spin Control — available
- Lee Konitz: On His Own Terms — available
- Gato Barbieri: Nine Lives — available
Reviews
Spheres
- A Great Noise
Marisa Monte — available - Cabo Verda
Cesaria Evora — available - 7
Zap Mama — available - Lotus Signatures
Dr. N. Ramani and Trichy Sankaran — available - The Passion of Pakistan
Iqbal Jogi and Party — available - Ibuki
Kodu — available - Rhythmcolor Exotica
Glen Velez — available - Dziwo nefa
Susu Bilibi — available
Currents
- My Heart and Soul
Michael Paulo — available - Uptown Groove
Zachary Breaux — available - Something for Grace
Regina Carter — available - Path to the Heartland
Ed Hamilton — available - Niacin
Billy Sheehan/John Novello/Dennis Chambers — available - No Truer Words
Mark Portmann — available - Strive for Higher Realities
Pedro Eustache — available - Patachou!
George Petit — available - Shelter
Warren Hill — available - Cal Arts Jazz '96
Various Artists — available
Briefs
- Desmond Blue
Paul Desmond — available - Ross Tompkins Celebrates the Music of Jule Styne
Ross Tompkins — available - Urban Reception
The Aoki/Wong/Pavkovic Trio — available - Feel the Magic
Angela Hagenbach — available - Brooklyn
Dennis Mitcheltree — available - 48 Motives, January 11, 1996
Scott Fields Ensemble — available - Standard of Living
Motion Poets — available - Reed Between the Lines
Carl Wolfe — available - Mouthful of Ecstasy
Phil Minton Quartet — available - Featuring Melba Moore
Lafayette Harris Trio — available - Children of the Light
Rodney Whitaker — available - Planet of Tears
Tom Pierson — available - Horns Aplenty
Betty O'Hara — available
Albums
- Where's Your Cup?
Henry Threadgill and Make a Move — available - A Tribute to Jackie Mclean: Jackie's Blues Bag
The Essence All-Stars — available - Island Stories
The Caribbean Jazz Project — available - Jazz Africa
Gail Thompson — available - The Master II
Jimmy Smith — available - Live at The Village Vanguard 2
Junko Onishi Trio — available - Live At Bradley's
Kevin Eubanks — available - Forever Love
Mark Whitfield — available - Telepathy
Bill Stewart — available - Woman's Day
Ron Miles — available - The Hardbop Grandpop
Horace Silver — available - 65th Birthday Celebration: Live at the Blue Note in New York City
Herbie Mann — available - Play Nice Tunes
Ruby Braff and Dick Hyman — available - Listen
Mark Cary — available - Up Front
Peter Leitch — available - Raven
Dave Ellis — available - Let's Call This Monk
Joshua Breakstone — available - Fire With Von Freeman
Von Freeman — available - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Nat Adderley Quintet — available - Music Forever & Beyond: The Selected Works of Chick Corea 1964-1996
Chick Corea — available - Joy
Jessica Williams — available - Beatitudes
Bobby Watson and Curtis Lundry — available - New York, NY
Boulou and Elios Ferre — available - Don Byas 1945
Don Byas — available - Claudio, Rio & Friends
Claudio Roditi — available - The Other Portrait
Ken Peplowski — available - Play it Again Sam
Frank Capp Juggernaut — available - Featuring Eddie Marshall
San Francisco Nighthawks — available - Cold Spell
Wayne Horvitz and Zony Mash — available - Le Lion De Paris
Various Artists — available - Rokermotion
The NY Hardbop Quintet — available - I Will
John Clark — available - Yours and Mine
Stan Getz — available - Rollin' With Von Ohlen and Live at Carmelo's
Blue Wisp Big Band — available - The Richie Vitale Quintet
Richie Vitale — available - E Street
Pete Escovedo — available - Cara
Bacán con Lilian Vieira — available - Family
Anthony Brown — available - New York Nights
Benny Carter — available - Dreamclipse
Gaetano Letizia — available - All in Fun
Barbara Carroll — available - Modern Drama
Jane Ira Bloom — available - Get Out of Town
Richard Wyands Trio — available - Channel Surfing
East Down Septet — available - Tribute to the Legendary Eddie Harris
Ronnie Laws — available - Show Business Is My Life
The Jazz Mentality — available - The Latin Side of John Coltrane
Conrad Herwig — available - Coast To Coast
Stefan Bauer — available - Souvenirs
Phil Woods — available - Patrizio
Eugene Chadbourne and Paul Lovens — available - I Remember You; The Legacy, Volume 2
Chet Baker — available - New Conversations
Bill Evans — available
BlueTones
- Discovering the Blues
Robben Ford — available - Blues for The Lost Days
John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers — available - Monkey In The Zoo
William Murphy and The Angel Headed Hipsters — available - Axe to Grind
Mike Welch — available - I Feel That Feeling
Debbie Davies — available - Mind Your Own Business
Snooky Pryor — available - Off Yonder Wall
The Jellyroll Kings — available - Doin' the Sugar Too
Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson — available - Low Budget
Hank Shizzoe and Elliott Sharp — available - Mighty
Elliot Sharp and Queen Esther — available
Books
- American Musicians II:
Seventy-One Portraits in Jazz
Whitney Balliett — available - John Coltrane: A Discography and Musical Biography
Yasuhiro Fujioka, with Lewis Porter and Yoh-ichi Hamada — available - Teddy Wilson Talks Jazz
Teddy Wilson with Arie Lithgart & Humphrey van Loo — available - Jazz Styles: History And Analysis
Mark C. Gridley — available
Departments
Hearsay
- Ben Wolfe — available
- Clusone Trio — available
- Manfredo Fest — available
- Eric Marienthal — available
- Denis DiBlasio — available
- Bert Wilson — available
- Jerry Bergonzi — available
- Zap Mama — available
Label Watch
- Label Watch: Braxton House — available
- Label Watch: Act Records — available



























































































































































