July/August 2006
Contents
Features
- Mike Stern and Richard Bona: Playaholics — available
- James "Blood" Ulmer and Vernon Reid: Harmolodic Blues — available
- Eric Clapton: Extra Cream — available
- Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint: Rerouting the River — available
- Nonstandards Fare: Jazz and Pop — available
- XM and Sirius Satellite Radio: Jazz in the Air — available
Reviews
Guitartistry
- Euroland
David Becker — available - Dichotomy
Brian Betz — available - Gypsy Soul
Royce Campbell — available - Just Friends
Rick Haydon and John Pizzarelli — available - The Vampire's Revenge
Dom Minasi — available - Big Boss Bossa Nova
Doug Munro — available - Swinging With Jimmy
Jimmy Rosenberg — available - Stingy Brim
Johnnie Valentino — available - Gypsy Swing
Various Artists — available - Space Messengers
Wolfgang Schalk Quartet — available - Son de las Americas
Richie Zellon Trio — available
Vox
- Spin This
Karen Blixt — available - Reflections of Rosemary
Debby Boone — available - Sunrise
Kathleen Grace — available - Music Is the Magic
Kelley Johnson — available - Fucsia Blues
Lisa Karp/Dr. John — available - Timeless Love
Smokey Robinson — available - Just for a Thrill
Pamela Rose — available - Blue
Diana Ross — available - Easy on the Heart
Judy Wexler — available - This Is Always
Ruth Young — available
Spheres
- The Jobim Songbook
Maucha Adnet — available - Sete Capelas
Marcos Amorim — available - Bambu Sun
Corina Bartra and Azu — available - Le Roi de la Bossa Nova
Luiz Bonfa — available - Jobim, etc.
Yashmin Charnet-Abler — available - Barclay Sesssions
Leny Eversong — available - Samba do Aviao
Hamilton de Holanda — available - Via Brasil
Tania Maria — available
Currents
- Positive Charge
Robert Baglione — available - Lunatico
Gotan Project — available - Resonator
Tony Levin — available - Classic Love Songs
Phil Perry — available - The Body and Soul Sessions
Philippe Saisse — available - Love Comes Quietly
Leni Stern — available - Feels Good
Take 6 — available - Sweet Spot
Danny Weis — available - Sketchin' 2
Rob Whitlock — available - Elixir
Pamela Williams — available
Drum Beat
- Codes
Ignacio Berroa — available - Nothing If Not Something
John Bishop — available - Chamber Works
Bozzio and Metropole Orkest — available - Renewal of the Spirit
Vince Ector — available - Absolute Quintet
Dafnis Prieto — available - Solo Live Tonic 2002
Billy Martin — available - Songs I Like to Play
Lenny Robinson — available - The Sinnett Hearings
Jae Sinnett — available - Transformation
Colin Stranaham — available - A Coat of Many Colors
World Drummers Ensemble — available
Acoustic Axis
- Altiplanos
Pierre Bensusan — available - The Deep Forbidden Lake
The Jazz Mandolin Project — available - Touch the Spirit
Rob Levit — available - Mosaic
Young & Rollins — available - Mell of a Hess
Jamie Stillway — available - The Valley
Martin Taylor — available - Time Line
Ralph Towner — available - Tone Poets
Various Artists — available
Albums
- Saudades
Trio Beyond — available - After Hours
Big Al Anderson — available - Flute Vibes
Gerald Beckett — available - Three Days of Rain
Bob Belden — available - Through the Years
Tony Bennett — available - News From a Darked Out Room
Jean-Paul Bourelly — available - A Letter to Dexter
George Cables Trio — available - Mighty Burner
Frank Catalano — available - The Ultimate Jazz Earth-tet
Paco Charlin — available - With Strings
The Choir Boys — available - Live at the Outpost Performance Space
Conference Call — available - The River in Reverse
Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint — available - Chasin' the Blues
The Jim Cullum Jazz Band — available - Mean What You Say
Eddie Daniels — available - Zen of Logic
DJ Logic — available - Small Day Tomorrow
Bob Dorough — available - Daily Living: Live at the Blue Note
Eldar — available - Liftoff
Mark Elf — available - Ophiuchus Butterfly
Liberty Ellman — available - Live in Japan
Satoko Fujii Four — available - At the Prelude
Red Garland Trio — available - Aqua
Moncef Genoud — available - Coplanar
Guillermo Gregorio — available - Blur Joan
Headless Household — available - It's Tight Like That
Jeff Healey and the Jazz Wizards — available - Atomic Clock
Mark Helias’ Open Loose — available - Kali's Son
Jonas Hellborg — available - Minor Miracle
Holly Hofmann — available - Before Me
Gladys Knight — available - Instant Groove
Bobby Lewis — available - Metalix
Matthias Lupri — available - Joyful!
Pete Malinverni — available - Penumbra
The Bennie Maupin Ensemble — available - In Finland
Joe McPhee, Matthew Shipp, Dominc Duval — available - Subway Songs
Metta Quintet — available - Edgar Meyer
Edgar Meyer — available - Serbia
Rale Micic featuring Tom Harrell — available - An American Compilation
Nils Petter Molvær — available - Pictures at an Exhibition
Charles Pillow — available - In Orbit
Planet Jazz — available - Beyond the Obvious
Valery Ponomarev — available - Baby Won't You Please Come Home
Redwine Trio — available - Reflections
Claudio Roditi — available - Sacred Music of Duke Ellington
Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra — available - It's In the Twilight
Paul Shapiro — available - Drawn to All Things
Ian Shaw — available - Compassion
Wadada Leo Smith and Adam Rudolph — available - Casually Introducing Walter Smith III
Walter Smith III — available - Hidden Treasures
Gary Smulyan — available - Change of Heart
Martin Speake — available - Bruxin'
John Stetch Trio — available - Fallingwater
Klaus Suonsaari and Frank Carlberg — available - One More for the Road
Toots Thielemans — available - The Only Plan
Christian Winther — available - American Songbook
The Phil Woods Quintet — available
Gigbag
- Gigbag: July/August 2006 — available
Audio Files
- Deep Listening — available
Books
- Fever: The Life and Music of Miss Peggy Lee
Peter Richmond — available - Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans
Thomas Brothers — available - The Producer: John Hammond & the Soul of American Music
Dunstan Prial — available - Steve Lacy: Conversations
Jason Weiss — available - Let’s Get to the Nitty Gritty: The Autobiography of Horace Silver
Horace Silver/Phil Pastras, editor — available - Someone To Watch Over Me: The Life and Music of Ben Webster
Frank Büchmann-Møller — available - Fascinating Rhythm: Reading Jazz in American Writing
David Yaffe — available - Young Chet
William Claxton — available
Gearhead
- Fender Jazzmaster Ultralight Guitar Amplifier — available
- Evans EMAD 2 Bass Drum Heads — available
News
- Lester Young: Presidential Record — available
- Bix Beiderbecke: A Cure for the "Davenport Blues"? — available
- Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk: American History — available
- Andy García’s The Lost City: Lost Havana — available
Columns
Final Chorus
- Keeping Jazz the Center of Gravity — available
The Gig
- Everybody Come Home — available
JT Notes
- People Get Together — available
Cadenza
- It's Always Monk's Time — available
Departments
Artist Profiles
- Smokey Robinson and Gladys Knight: Motown Goes Songbook — available
- Thomas Strønen: Unclassifiable in Every Way — available
- Tammy Hall: Divine Piano — available
- The Rippingtons: 20 Years of Ripping — available
At Home
- Jovino Santos Neto — available














































































































































