June 1998
Contents
Features
- Sonny Rollins: Summoning the Muse — available
- Michael Brecker: Growth Invenstments — available
- Ravi Coltrane: Son & Reign — available
- George Coleman: The Right Ingredients — available
- David Sanchez: Vibes Old and New — available
- Mulligan View: The Baritone Saxophone Band — available
- Paths of Creativity: In Pursuit of Individuality in the Conformist '90s — available
Reviews
Spheres
- The Journey
Maryam Mursal — available - C'est La Vie
Henri Dikongue — available - Rivers of One: Traditional Sufi Healing Music
Oruc Guvenc and Tumata — available - Voices from the Black Sea
Ensemble Mzetamze — available - Karnak
Karnak — available - Kidumbak Kalcha, Ng'ambo the Other Side of Zanzibar
Various Artists — available - Voices from the Sky
Dadawa — available - Conjunto Clave y Guaguanco
Clave y Guaguanco — available - The Language of Rhythm, Drumming from North and South India
Sankaram — available
Currents
- Rhythm of the Soul
Dave Weckl Band — available - It's Gonna Be Good
Chieli Minucci — available - Jazzberry Pie
Denny Jiosa — available - After Hours
Levon Ichkhanian — available - Rhythm & Romance
Maria Alvim/Rick Udler — available - Love's Melody
Kim Waters — available - Soul-Jazz
Oyate — available - Blue Smoke
Walter Bell — available - Shooting Pool at Leo's
Doug Munro — available - Jasmine
Edward Maguire — available
Briefs
- Iron City
Grant Green — available - Winter Moon
Jody Sandhaus — available - After Hours
Eric Allison — available - Tom Cohen Trio
Tom Cohen Trio — available - The Boston Quartets
Eric T. Johnson — available - P.M.
Tim Lekan Trio — available - To Be There
Scott Whitfield — available - The Kill
Peter Kuhn Quartet — available - Groove
Jean-Francois Groulx — available - Beauty and the Blues
Michael Rossi — available - (Hence the Reason)
Bass Drumbone — available
Audio Files
- MiniDisc: The Future of Home Recording — available
Albums
- Hero Worship
Hal Crook — available - Jazz Loft Sessions
Various Artists — available - Live at the Sticky Wicket
Dick Wellstood — available - Fugue State
Hal Galper Trio — available - Live at Bradley's in New York City
Victor Jones C.A.F.E. Trio — available - His Best Recordings, 1927-1942
Earl Hines — available - Home
Ilhan Ersahin — available - Thank You, John!
Arkadia Jazz — available - Three Way Conversations
Victor Lewis — available - Groovin' High
Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers — available - Masada Tet
John Zorn — available - Psalm
Jimmy Halperin — available - Going Once, Going Twice
Matt Wilson — available - Monk's Japanese Folk Song
Miya Masaoka Trio — available - San Bonan
Bakithi Kumalo — available - Sessions
Bobby Matos — available - A Few Notes
Jean Bardy — available - Birds Are Returning
Marilyn Lerner — available - Twice A Woman/Deadly Sin
Willem Breuker — available - Going Home
Shirley Eikhard — available - Tennille Sings Big Band
Toni Tennille — available - Hidden Kingdom
Rodney Whitaker — available - The Art of the Trio, Vol. 2: Live at The Village Vanguard
Brad Mehldau — available - RCA Victor 80th Anniversary Collector's Edition
Various Artists — available - Flying Colors
Joe Lovano/Gonzalo Rubalcaba — available - Afterglow
Mark Isham — available - Some Enchanted Evening
Bill Kirchner — available - Jazz Standards on Mars
Robert Dick with the Dave Soldier String Quartet — available - Road Scholars
Spyro Gyra — available - Groove Update
Ron Holloway — available - Latin from Manhattan
Bob Mintzer Big Band — available - The Montreal Tapes with Geri Allen and Paul Motian
Charlie Haden — available - Lan Xang
Lan Xang — available - John Coltrane's Meditations
David Liebman Ensemble — available - Remembrances
Jon Faddis — available - Live
Philip Catherine Quartet — available - In Australia
Dan Barrett/Tom Baker — available - Theme for Monterey
Gerald Wilson Orchestra — available - Fire & Love
Jackie McLean and The MacBand — available - Concierto de Nacar
Astor Piazzolla — available - The Barbecue Swingers Live
Kermit Ruffins — available - Room Enough
Peggy Stern — available - Poinciana
Nick Brignola — available - Both Worlds
Michel Petrucciani — available - Awakening
Randy Sandke — available - Brian Blade Fellowship
Brian Blade — available - Trickynometry
Mark Elf — available - None But the Lonely Heart
Charlie Haden/Chris Anderson — available - Jam For Your Life
Famoudou Don Moye — available - The Jazz Giants
Wild Bill Davison — available - Celebrating 30 Years at the Café Carlyle
Bobby Short and His Orchestra — available - Live In Warsaw
Paul Wertico Trio — available - Coming Down The Mountain
Joe Maneri Quartet — available - The Loan
Brad Shepik and The Commuters — available
BlueTones
- Move
Lucky Peterson — available - Walter Trout
Walter Trout — available - Live In NYC '97
Johnny Winter — available - Just Won't Burn
Susan Tedeschi — available - Live in Chicago
Big Jack Johnson — available - The World Don't Owe Me Nothing
David Honeyboy Edwards — available - Live And Kickin'
Reverend Gary Davis — available
Books
- Monk
Laurent de Wilde — available - John Coltrane: His Life & Music
Lewis Porter — available - The World Don’t Owe Me Nothing
David Honeyboy Edwards — available - Black Camelot
William L. Van Deburg — available - Portrait of the Blues
Paul Trynka; photography by Val Wilmer — available - Maynard Ferguson’s Life In Music: The Authorized Biography
Dr. William F. Lee III — available - Shelly Manne: Sounds of the Different Drummer
Jack Brand & Bill Korst — available
Departments
Hearsay
- Greg Karukas — available
- Marie McAuliffe — available
- Sax Gordon — available
- Jack Perla — available
- Loren Stillman — available
- Wendell Harrison — available
- Paul deLay — available
Label Watch
- Label Watch: Cannonball Records — available
- Label Watch: Higher Octave Music — available



























































































































































