May 1999
Contents
Features
- Terence Blanchard: Cinematic View — available
- Jon Hendricks & Annie Ross: Together Alone — available
- Keith Jarrett: Order and Ordeal — available
- Kenny G: Changes His Tune — available
- Myra Melford: Hearing the River — available
Reviews
Spheres
- Tarif de Haidouks
Taraf de Haidouks — available - Tucuma
Vinicius Cantuaria — available - Mar Azul
Cesaria Evora — available - Among the Spirits: Sound, Music and Nature in Sakha and Tuva
Tuva — available - The Message
Alpha Yaya Diallo — available - Awakening
Ossei Tutu — available - Sulukule, Rom Music of Istanbul
Various Artists — available - A Maria Teresa Vera
Various Artists — available
Currents
- Edge
Lenny White — available - Not Enough Space
Common Ground — available - Danny's Island
Danny Lerman — available - By Request
Jon Lucien — available - Soulbones
Tom "Bones" Malone — available - More Than Meets the Ear
Scott Harlan — available - Hot & Spicy
Louie Shelton — available - Moments Later
Cal Bennett — available - Liquid Tension Experiement
Mike Portnoy/John Petrucci/Tony Levin/Jordan Rudess — available
Grooves
- Live at the Fillmore East
Jimi Hendrix — available - Forever Sharp and Vivid
David Torn — available - In the Buzz Bag
The Brooklyn Funk Essentials — available - Brand New Second Hand
Roots Manuva & Rodney Smith — available
Briefs
- Straight Up
Jimmy McGriff — available - Swing Team
Astrid Cowan — available - The Duchess
Doris Spears — available - Jazz im Amerika Haus
Harry Allen Quartet — available - Junior's Cookin'
Junior Cook — available - Hello
Robert "Bootsie" Barnes — available - She's Dangerous
Andrienne Wilson — available - Our Song
Ilhan Ersahin — available - Uncovered
Mark Lucas — available - A Whisper Away
N.Y. Hardbop Quintet — available - Make Someone Happy
Kelley Johnson — available - Many Mansions
Chuck Marohnic — available - Lucy's Day Off
Carol Chaikin — available - Waltz for Sharon Stone
Artt Frank Jazz Ensemble — available - Everything I Love
Bob Alberti — available - Whyte Wolf (The Songs of Tommy Wolf)
Ronny Whyte — available - Lafayette is Here---Solo
Lafayette Harris, Jr. — available - Do It Like This
Jon Mayer Trio — available - The Calling
Richard Boulger — available - Window Up Window Down
Matthias Lupri Quartet — available - The Water's Rising
Dan Rose — available - Wild is the Wind
Pucci Amanda Jhones — available - Hope Springs Eternal
Bruce Barth — available - The Usual Suspects
Ryan Kisor — available - In a Brazilian Mood
Vohn Regensburger/Waldyr Menezes — available
Audio Files
- Digital Dominates CES — available
- Sound Bytes: May 1999 — available
Albums
- The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings
Duke Ellington — available - Yemaya
Irakere Featuring Chucho Valdés — available - Antiguo
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Cuban Quartet — available - Vision Quest
Stephen Scott — available - Serendipity 18
The Bob Florence Limited Edition — available - The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions
Peggy Lee/June Christy — available - Save Our Children
Pharoah Sanders — available - The Johnny Hartman Collection 1947-1972
Johnny Hartman — available - Lotus Flower
Steve Turre — available - Words Among the Reeds
Rick Fay — available - Funkorific
Ray Anderson Lapis Lazuli Band — available - Hollywood Swing
Terry Gibbs — available - Crossfire
Steve Davis Sextet — available - Music Is My Life
Diane Schuur — available - Pitapat
Royce Campbell — available - Real Deal
David Murray Milford Graves — available - Ten Fingers-One Voice
Billy Taylor — available - Like Rays
Joe Morris plus Ken Vandermark & Hans Poppel — available - Countdown
Steve Kuhn — available - Departure
Dan St. Marseille — available - Bireli Lagrene
Bireli Lagrene — available - Faze Phour: A Twenty Year Retrospective
String Trio of New York — available - Above the Battleground
Mike Lee — available - Accentuate the Positive
Joe, Jr. Kennedy — available - Point of Balance
Steven Kirby — available - It's About Time!
Willie Pickens — available - North Street Park
Fred Hess and Boulder Creative Music Ensemble — available - Penetration
Michael "Patches" Stewart — available - Coward of the County
Ginger Baker and the DJQ20 — available - Live at the Celebrity Lounge
Ben Sidran — available - Summit Reunion
Bob Wilber/Kenny Davern — available - By Himself
Dave Frishberg — available - Junior Mance & the Floating Jazz Festival Trio
Junior Mance — available - Live! At the East Coast Jazz Festival
Byron Morris and Unity — available - Groove's Groove
Richard "Groove" Holmes — available - The Tip
David Murray — available - Down With It
Reuben Wilson — available - Riding the Curve
Randy Johnston — available - Complete Live Performances on Savoy
Charlie Parker — available - Jazz Mass in Concert
Lalo Schifrin — available - The Sweetest Sounds
Donald Brown — available - How's Your Mother
Les McCann — available - Spellbound
Dick Morgan — available - The Henry Allen Collection, Vol. 6
Henry "Red" Allen — available - Blues for Falasha
Glenn Spearman — available - Aram of the Two Rivers
Hellborg — available - Remembering the Unforgettable Nat King Cole
Hubert Laws — available - Colla Parte
Ernst Reijseger — available - Book/Virtual Cowws
Rudiger Carl — available - The Beautiful Sea: Songs of Sun, Sand and Sea
Jackie & Roy — available - Catability
Bob Degen — available - Announcement
Mika Pohjola — available - Flip Side
Flip DeBlasio — available - WorldWide
Tina Marsh and CO2 — available - The Almoravid
Joe Chambers — available - Swing Swing Swing
Harry Goldson Big Band — available - George Burns!
George Freeman — available - Five Lands
Mark Soskin — available - My Foolish Heart
Everett Greene — available - 3X4X3
Dave Zoller — available - Breakthrew
Misako Kano — available - The Challenge
Justin Robinson — available - Return of the Lost Tribe
Bright Moments — available - Ultimate
Coleman Hawkins — available - Searchin'
Sam Yahel — available - Live at the Sands
Count Basie — available - Servin' It Up
Benjie Porecki — available - 3+4=5
Mark Whitecage 4Tet & Joseph Scianni Trio — available - The Complete Verve/Clef Charlie Ventura & Flip Phillips Studio Sessions
Charlie Ventura/Flip Phillips — available - Nite Life
Mary Lou Williams — available - Other Spheres
Geoffrey Keezer — available - New York Cats
Mark Elf — available - Orange Then Blue
Orange Then Blue — available - Thimar
Anouar Brahem — available - Pariah's Dance
Gary Thomas — available - Solitude in the Crowd
Barry Ries — available - The Best of Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong — available - Live And Jumpin'
The Backsters — available - Live at the Blazer!
Lew Anderson Big Band — available - Nature Girl
Gay Pearson — available - His Last Recorded Works
Joe Roccisano Nonet — available - A Standing Eight
Rahsaan Roland Kirk — available - Next Level
Ron Bosse and Pursuance — available - Nickelsdorf Konfrontation
Joel Futterman/"Kidd" Jordan — available - Groovin' Hard
Barrett Deems Big Band — available
BlueTones
- Spend Some Time With Me
Mem Shannon — available - Change In My Pocket
Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets — available - All in Time
Preston Shannon — available - Hard Luck Guy
Eddie Hinton — available - Hustlin' Man Blues
Willie Murphy — available - The Jelly Roll Kings
Frank Frost and Sam Carr — available - Here and Now
Rod Piazza — available - Homemade
Cephas & Wiggins — available - Shake My Hand
Snooky Pryor — available - Songs of Mississippi John Hurt
Bill Morrisey — available - Drive You Home Again
Chris Smither — available - Blues Magician
Furry Lewis — available
Books
- Keeping Time: Readings in Jazz History
Robert Walser — available - Images of the Blues
Lee Tanner and Lee Hildebrand — available - Louis Armstrong
Michel Boujut — available - Just My Soul: Responding Rhythm and Blues, Black Consciousness and Rare Relations
Brian Ward — available
Columns
Final Chorus
- Duke Ellington’s Mission — available
Departments
Hearsay
- Russell Gunn — available
- Dominic Duval — available
- Joe Sherbanee — available
- Wild Magnolias — available
- Erik Friedlander — available
- Vince Mendoza — available
- Stacey Kent — available
- Patience Higgins — available
Label Watch
- Label Watch: Dancing Cat — available
- Label Watch: Jazz Focus — available



























































































































































