June 2008
Contents
Features
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk: The Cult of Kirk — available
- Bob Belden: Eastern Promise — available
- Bennie Maupin: The Rebirth Of — available
- Broadway Pit Orchestras: The Money Pit — available
- Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder's Last Stand — available
Reviews
Vox
- Live at Le Festival International de Jazz de Montréal
Susie Arioli Band — available - You’re Following Me!
Baby Jane Dexter — available - Language
Lorraine Feather — available - Luminosity
Giacomo Gates — available - Watershed
K.D. Lang — available - Moss
Moss — available - It’s Not Easy
Joanie Pallatto — available - It’s Happenin’
Perez — available - État de Fait
Aldo Romano — available
DVDs
- Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz
— available - The Way of Beauty
John McLaughlin/Remember Shakti — available - Play Your Own Thing: A Story of Jazz in Europe
— available - A Tribute to Edith Piaf
Various Artists — available - A Musical Portrait
Joe Zawinul — available
Currents
- Stars
Mindi Abair — available - One Way Ticket
Segun Awe — available - NewUrbanJazz.com
Bob Baldwin — available - I Forgot What You Taught Me
Sam Barsh — available - The Next Level
Sekou Bunch — available - Frontiers
Jesse Cook — available - Bringing Back the Funk
Brian Culbertson — available - Global Noize
Global Noize — available - The Spice of Life
Earl Klugh — available - Rebound
Wayman Tisdale — available
Albums
- Seraphic Light
Saxophone Summit — available - Pow-Wow
Howard Alden & Ken Peplowski — available - Prime Time
Eric Alexander Quartet — available - La Patilla
Aquiles Báez — available - Book of Velocities
Jon Balke — available - Letter to Herbie
John Beasley — available - Louie & Clark Expedition 2
Louie Bellson & Clark Terry — available - Persona
Massimo Biolcati — available - Life in Leipzig
Ketil Bjørnstad/Terje Rypdal — available - Mental Weather
Jane Ira Bloom — available - Trio (Victoriaville) 2007
Anthony Braxton — available - PiaNOLA Live
Henry Butler — available - Musically Yours
Paul Carr — available - East of Angel Town
Peter Cincotti — available - Charlie Cat II
Buddy Defranco — available - Moonshine
Dave Douglas & Keystone — available - Thank You Uncle Edward
Duke Ellington Legacy — available - Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow
John Ellis & Double Wide — available - Sucker Punch Requiem
Lisle Ellis — available - Conversations With My Family
Mike Garson — available - Across the Tracks
Scott Hamilton & Friends — available - Live in London
Gene Harris — available - Tragicomic
Vijay Iyer — available - Just Like This
Keefe Jackson’s Project Project — available - Lil Tae Rides Again
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey — available - State of Nature
Stanley Jordan — available - Manifold
Steve Lehman Quartet — available - Rage!
Lettuce — available - Early Reflections
Bennie Maupin Quartet — available - A Simple Thank You
Virginia Mayhew Septet — available - Elixir
Marilyn Mazur — available - Live
Brad Mehldau Trio — available - Emphasis! (on parenthesis)
Stanton Moore — available - Father & Son
Negroni’s Trio — available - Alma do Nordeste
Jovino Santos Neto — available - Fuzzy
Oz Noy — available - Triple Play
Bill O’Connell — available - Into the Blue
Nicholas Payton — available - Everything Starts Now
Michael Pedicin — available - Catch of the Day
Matt Penman — available - Rhythm Edge
Eric Person — available - Taking the Soul for a Walk
Dafnis Prieto Sextet — available - Steps
Deepak Ram — available - When You Know
Dianne Reeves — available - Aqua
Jeff Richman — available - Dr. Midnight: Live at the Green Mill
Sabertooth — available - Like Before, Somewhat After
George Schuller’s Circle Wide — available - Legends & Mentors: The Music of McCoy Tyner, Archie Shepp, and Yusef Lateef
Avery Sharpe — available - Optimism
Jaleel Shaw — available - It’s What I Do
Jack Sheldon — available - Esperanza
Esperanza Spalding — available - The Path to Peace
Andrew Sterman — available - Incandescence
Bill Stewart — available - Young at Heart
Grant Stewart — available - Strike Up the Band
Dave Stryker — available - Reminiscence
Gary Versace — available - Crazy Rhythm
Mike Walbridge’s Chicago Footwarmers featuring Kim Cusack — available - Cure All
Robert Walter — available - From the Heart
Bobby Watson — available - Dreams & Shadows
Judy Wexler — available - Lifecycle
Yellowjackets featuring Mike Stern — available - Here With You
Libby York — available
Gigbag
- Gigbag: June 2008 — available
Audio Files
- Perfect Sound for the Time Being: Behind the Compact Disc’s Sonic Ascent — available
Undertones
- Arrival
Omer Avital — available - Turning Point
BMR4 — available - Gratitude
Hadley Caliman — available - Everybody’s Got a Name
Greg Chako — available - Gerald Cleaver’s Detroit
Gerald Cleaver — available - Awakenings
Chris Cortez — available - The Message
Evidence Jazz Group — available - Reptilian Fantasies
Bruce Gertz Quintet — available - TimeLine
Steve Giordano’s Spacetet — available - Brand New
Alex Graham — available - Cheesecake
Bob Leto Trio — available - Crooked Cha
Papa Mambo — available - Hush Now
Oli Rockeberger — available - Ah-Knee-Ball
Anibal Rojas — available - Expresslane
James Silberstein — available
Gearhead
- JodyJazz DV NY Alto and DV Baritone Sax Mouthpieces — available
- Zildjian K Custom Hybrid Cymbals — available
Columns
Final Chorus
- Is Jazz Black Music? — available
The Gig
- Conflict & Conversation — available
JT Notes
- New York Is Now! — available
Cadenza
- Jazz’s Other Louis — available
Departments
Artist Profiles
- Empirical: British Invasion — available
- Adam Kolker: True Tenor — available
- Jessy J: Super Saxy — available
- Steven Bernstein: The Mix-Up — available
- Andrew Sterman: Genre Resistance — available
- Jonas Hellborg: Take the Reins — available
At Home
- Charles Lloyd — available
Overdue Ovation
- Bunky Green: Teachin’, Tourin’, Kickin’ A#% — available



























































































































































