December 2012
Contents
Features
- Cécile McLorin Salvant: Fire & Ice
- Ian Shaw: Hung Up the Most
- Sunny Kim's Painterly Instincts
- Rafiq Bhatia: Everything at Once
- Johnny O'Neal: Jazz's Human Jukebox
- Aaron's Neville's True Story
- The Roots of Aaron Neville
- Mark Murphy: The Explorer
- Meshell Ndegeocello: Master of the Mood
- Johnny Hartman: One and Only
Reviews
Vox
Albums
- Continuous Beat
Rez Abbasi Trio - GRP 30
Various Artists - Born to Sing: No Plan B
Van Morrison - And So We Carry On
Clifton Anderson - Wherever You Are: Midnight Moods for Solo Piano
Denny Zeitlin - Transparent Heart
Animation - Words and Tones
Victor Wooten - Batagraf
Jon Balke - Play the Music of Steve Lacy
The Whammies - Live
Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin - Biosphere
Florian Weber - 3 Brave Souls
John Beasley/Darryl Jones/Ndugu Chancler - Dreams, Nightmares and Improvisations
Chad Wackerman - Floating Ice
Michael Bisio/Matthew Shipp Duo - The Rain is a Handsome Animal
Tin Hat - LifeTimes
Brubeck Brothers Quartet - Sky Road Songs
Elliott Sharp's Terraplane - It's All Good
Ed Cherry - Listen Both Ways
George Schuller's Circle Wide - Triveni II
Avishai Cohen - Live in Hollywood
Poncho Sanchez and his Latin Band - Esprit de Four
Fourplay - Rhythm Sessions
Lee Ritenour - Magico: Carta De Amor
Jan Garbarek/Egberto Gismonti/Charlie Haden - Naturally
Houston Person - Satin Doll
Dexter Gordon - William Parker Orchestra
Essence of Ellington: Live - Grass Roots
Grass Roots - Soul Classics
Maceo Parker - Coexist
Winard Harper and Jeli Posse - Triumph
Ferenc Nemeth - Stefon Harris/David Sánchez/Christian Scott
Ninety Miles Live at Cubadisco - Quiver
Ron Miles - HBC
Scott Henderson/Jeff Berlin/Dennis Chambers - La Peur du Vide
Bill McHenry - Unhinged
Jon Irabagon's Outright! - Starmaker
Lou Marini - Lucky 13
Javon Jackson with Les McCann - Mr. Lucky: A Tribute to Sammy Davis Jr.
Harold Mabern - Manu Katché
Manu Katché - Gather
Fred Lonberg-Holm's Fast Citizens
Undertones
Gearhead
Columns
The Gig
Departments
Before & After
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