September 2012
Contents
Features
- Women's History: 'The Girls in the Band'
- Cheryl Bentyne: Night Turns to Day
- Neneh Cherry's Freedom Thing
- The Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival
- Jenny Scheinman: Motherhood & Invention
- Crossing Over: Is Smooth Jazz Dead?
- Kenny G: Good Humor Man
- Cassandra Wilson: Country Strong
- Anat Cohen: Swing Dancer
Reviews
Vox
Albums
- Within a Song
John Abercrombie Quartet - Rayuela
Miguel Zenón and Laurent Coq - Cycladic Moods
Franco Ambrosetti - Origins
Stephane Wrembel - Sweet Chicago Suite
Ray Anderson Pocket brass Band - Le Tendresse
Spike Wilner - Three Things of Beauty
Bruce Barth - The Long Waiting
Kenny Wheeler Big Band - Total Eclipse
Ralph Bowen - Saltash Bells
John Surman - Compared To That
Brian Bromberg - In the Beginning (1963-1964)
Pharoah Sanders - In the Now
John Yao Quintet - Everything Is Alive
Hank Roberts - The Cyrus Chestnut Quartet
Cyrus Chestnut - The Mothership Returns
Return To Forever - Believe
The Cookers - Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio
Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio - Hot House
Chick Corea & Gary Burton - The Duality Perspective
Ralph Peterson - Dirigo Rataplan
Dirigo Rataplan - Orbiting
Aruán Ortiz Quartet - Canada Day III
Harris Eisenstadt - Planet Microjam
David Fiuczynski - 301
e.s.t. - Altitude
Joe Morris/William Parker/Gerald Cleaver - The Music of Amit Golan
Eddie Henderson & Friends - For the Moment
Bob Mintzer Big Band - Alive at the Vanguard
Fred Hersch Trio - Shimmy
Billy Martin/Wil Blades - Eleven
Tommy Igoe and the Birdland Big Band - Branford Marsalis Quartet
Four MFs Playin' Tunes - Live
Al Jarreau and the Metropole Orkest - Impressions of Curtis Mayfield
Jazz Soul Seven - In Winter
Michael Manring/Kevin Kastning - Howie 61
Wayne Krantz - Mary Lou Williams - The Next 100 Years
Virginia Mayhew Quartet
Undertones
Columns
The Gig
Departments
Before & After
Artist's Choice
Overdue Ovation



























































































































































