June 2011
Contents
Features
Reviews
Albums
- Forever
Corea, Clarke & White - SoundDance: Duos With Fred Anderson and George Lewis
Muhal Richard Abrams - Don’t Follow the Crowd
Eric Alexander - Uplift
Monty Alexander - Action-Refraction
Ben Allison - Billy Bang/Bill Cole
Billy Bang/Bill Cole - Latin Bird
T.K. Blue - Duet
Jeff Coffin and Jeff Sipe - Duality
Larry Coryell and Kenny Drew, Jr. - Prayer for Peace
Stanley Cowell - Milestone
Adam Cruz - The Prairie Prophet
Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble - transparence
Chuck Deardorf - United Front: Brass Ecstasy Live at Newport
Dave Douglas - Skala
Mathias Eick - Opus One
Shauli Einav - Then the Other
Shane Endsley and the Music Band - Rocket Science
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones - Sign of Life
Bill Frisell - All Wrapped Up
Jared Gold - Midnight at Nola’s Penthouse
Scott Hamilton & Rossano Sportiello - Ascension
Harriet Tubman - Underground
Lisa Hilton - Voice
Hiromi - Contact
Boney James - James Farm
James Farm - Live at Birdland
Lee Konitz/Brad Mehldau/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian - Gladwell
Julian Lage - Simple Truth
Leeann Ledgerwood - Unsung Heroes
Brian Lynch - Johnny Mandel: The Man and His Music
Johnny Mandel - Songs of Mirth and Melancholy
Branford Marsalis & Joey Calderazzo - Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis featuring Norah Jones
- Fun Time and More Live
Sammy Nestico and the SWR Big Band - Outer Reaches
Ralph Peterson's Unity Project - This Side of Strayhorn
Terell Stafford - Open Minds
Mads Vinding Trio - Electric Fruit
Weasel Walter/Mary Halvorson/Peter Evans - Faithful
Marcin Wasilewski Trio - Family
Jeff "Tain" Watts - Campo Belo
Anthony Wilson - Berber Taxi
Malika Zarra - Voice of My Beautiful Country
René Marie - bitter/sweet
Eric Comstock & Randy Napoleon - The Best Is Yet to Come
Laura Fygi - Let’s Fly
Amy London - Witchcraft
Claire Martin & Richard Rodney Bennett - The Lost and Found
Gretchen Parlato - The Abbey Road Sessions
Ian Shaw - Weightless
Becca Stevens Band - Countrypolitan Duets
Anna Wilson & Friends - Noble Path
Art Hirahara - Inner Flights
Benjamin Drazen - Canada Day II
Harris Eisenstadt - Redshift
Barry Elmes Quintet - Souljourner
Curt Hanrahan Quartet - Superstring
Jazz Pistols - Contextual
Petros Klampanis - Breaking the Cycle
Marbin - Soul Step
Native Soul - Mood Ebony
Marty Nau Group - Words Beyond
Alon Nechushtan - Alternate Side...
New Tricks - Blasphemy and Other Serious Crimes
PITOM - The Perperikon Suite
Hristo Vitchev Quintet - (Put Your) Hands Together
Nate Wooley Quintet
Columns
Final Chorus
The Gig
JT Notes
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