December 2004
Contents
Features
- Peter Cincotti: Sunshine Daze — available
- Rene Marie: Serenity Playa — available
- Rudresh Mahanthappa: Do You Speak Indian? — available
Reviews
Vox
- The Dana Owens Album
Queen Latifah — available
- Between the Sun and the Moon
Brenda Russell — available
- Home With You
Carmen Bradford — available
- Centerpiece
Giacomo Gates — available
- People Behave Like Ballads
Rebecca Martin — available
- Just for a Thrill
Ronnie Milsap — available
- Strange Weather
Jack Donahue — available
- Just for Now
Irene Kral — available
- At Home With Cybill
Cybill Shepherd — available
- Yes, Indeed!
Varioius Artists — available
Guitartistry
- Virtuoso in New York
Joe Pass — available
- The Champs
Ximo Tebar — available
- Nine Stories Wide
Jonathan Kreisberg — available
- Glad to Be Back
Mark Elf — available
- Awakening
Corey Christiansen Quartet — available
- Shades Beyond
Dave Stryker — available
- Forever You
Ulf Wakenius — available
- Spirits
Michael Musillami Octet — available
- The Single Petal of a Rose
Steve Hancoff — available
- Blue Horizon
Vic Juris — available
Currents
- When I Fall in Love
Chris Botti — available
- Now Playing
Dave Grusin — available
- Mahogany Vibe
Roy Ayers — available
- Midnight Noon
Craig Chaquico — available
- West Coast Coolin’
Norman Brown — available
- Peace of Mind
Jeff Kashiwa — available
- Work to Do
Fattburger — available
- This Is What I Hear
Tim Bowman — available
- Fourpoint O
Phillip Martin — available
- Upstairs at Larry's: Lawrence Welk Uncorked
Various Artists — available
Big Bands
- Let's Jump
Count Basie — available
- Tribute to a Generation: A Salute to the Big Bands of the WWII Era
Various Artists — available
- Thought Trains
Mike Holober and the Gotham Jazz Orchestra — available
- Live at MCG
Bob Mintzer — available
- Live at Birdland
Scott Whitfield Jazz Orchestra East — available
- One Day With Lee
Mark Masters Ensemble with Lee Konitz — available
- Settin' the Pace
George Gee Big Band — available
- Celebration of Spirit
Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra — available
- Justin Mullens and the Delphian Jazz Orchestra
Justin Mullens — available
- Porgy & Bess
Clark Terry w/ the Chicago Jazz Orchestra — available
Saxophonics
- Heavy Juice
Scott Hamilton/Harry Allen — available
- Still Smokin'
Ian Hendrickson-Smith — available
- Sight to Sound
Walt Weiskopf — available
- Art and Architecture
Pete Mills — available
- Keep the Change
Ralph Bowen — available
- Facets
Gerry Niewood — available
- Sketch
Dave Schnitter — available
- Forever
Jimmy Greene — available
- Waiting
Ari Ambrose — available
- East of the Sun and West of 2nd Avenue
Rich Perry Quartet — available
Gigbag
- Gigbag: December 2004 — available
Brazilian Tinge
- Frenesi
Carlos Barbosa-Lima — available
- Ouro Negro
Moacir Santos — available
- Live
Ricardo Silveira/Luiz Avellar — available
- Brizzi do Brasil
Aldo Brizzi — available
- Children of the Wind
Weber Iago — available
- Movimento
Ed Johnson and Novo Tempo — available
- Orquestra Popular de Camara
Orquestra Popular de Camara — available
- Yatrata
Cadence Trio — available
- Mike Marshall and Choro Famoso
Mike Marshall and Choro Famoso — available
- Samba de Novembro
Rick Stone — available
Albums
- Hummin' to Myself
Linda Ronstadt — available
- Haiku
Joey Calderazzo — available
- Mean Ameen
Ernest Dawkins New Horizons Ensemble — available
- The Jaywalker
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra — available
- We Is: Live at the Bop Shop
Kahil El'Zabar/David Murray — available
- Los Piratas de Flamenco
Jerry Gonzalez — available
- Latitude
Groundtruther — available
- The Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman and His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945-47)
Woody Herman — available
- The Day the World Stood Still
Andrew Hill Jazzpar Octet +1 — available
- The Great Concert of Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus — available
- City Nights
Frank Morgan — available
- Dual Pleasure
Paal Nilssen-Love/Ken Vandermark — available
- Jazz Ambassador
Scott Robinson — available
- Paseo
Gonzalo Rubalcaba — available
- Song for Micaela
James Silberstein — available
- Live at Falcon Lair
Zoot Sims with the Joe Castro Trio — available
- Organic Resonance
Wadada Leo Smith/Anthony Braxton — available
- Live in Paris
Soft Machine — available
- It Is What It Is
Melvin Sparks — available
- Heaven and Earth
Robert Stewart — available
- Elements of Style... Excersises in Surprise
The Vandermark 5 — available
Audio Files
- Holiday Treats — available
Books
- Derek Bailey and the Story of Free Improvisation
Ben Watson — available
- Django: The Life And Music Of A Gypsy Legend
Michael Dregni — available
- Jazz and its Discontents
Francis Davis — available
- Freedom Is, Freedom Ain't: Jazz and the Making of the Sixties
Scott Saul — available
- Highway 61 Revisited: The Tangled Roots of American Jazz, Blues, Rock & Country Music
Gene Santoro — available
- Nina Simone: Break Down & Let It All Out
Sylvia Hampton with David Nathan — available
- Quintet of the Year
Geoffrey Haydon — available
- Soul on Soul: The Life of Mary Lou Williams
Tammy Kernodle — available
- Soweto Blues: Jazz, Popular Music & Politics in South Africa
Gwen Ansell — available
- Queen: The Life and Music of Dinah Washington
Nadine Cohodas — available
- Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of its Second Century
Gary Giddins — available
- Uptown Conversation: The New Jazz Studies
Edited by Robert G. O'Meally, Brent Hayes Edwards and Farah Jasmine Griffin — available
- Lullaby of Birdland
George Shearing with Alyn Shipton — available
- Still Grazing: The Musical Journey of Hugh Masekela
Hugh Masekela and D. Michael Cheers — available
Gearhead
- Soloway Swan LN6 — available
- Mega Boogie Walkabout/Scout Bass Combo — available
- P. Mauriat Saxophones — available
- Ultrasone Headphones — available
News
- Ray Charles and Jamie Foxx: Genius Loves Company — available
- Roy Hargrove: Strength in Fewer Numbers — available
- Joe Sample: Solo Crusade — available
- Burt Bacharach: Blue Bacharach — available
- Manchester Craftsmen's Guild: Valuable Nonprofit — available
Columns
Final Chorus
- Beyond the Process — available
The Gig
- In the Spirit — available
JT Notes
- Fall Back, Pythagoras — available
Departments
Hearsay
- Paal Nilssen-Love — available
- Gabriela Anders — available
- Rebecca Martin — available
- Claudia Villela — available
Overdue Ovation
- Borah Bergman: His Fatha's Son — available
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