Here are the current jazz releases for the second quarter of the year 2009...they are listed by release date with the latest being the first...also, you can check out the latest jazz music chart industry rankings of jazz recordings (One For All [jazz sextet]-image at left- tops the list currently) by clicking here:
June 29, 2009
J.D. ALLEN Shine (Sunnyside)
CINDY BRADLEY Bloom (Trippin’ N’ Rhythm Records)
EDDIE C. CAMPBELL Tear This World Up (Delmark)
CANADIAN BRASS Swing That Music - A Tribute To Louis Armstrong (Opening Day)
N. GLENN DAVIS Come Right In (Jazzed Media)
EDDIE HARRIS & ELLIS MARSALIS Homecoming (Elm)
JAKE HERTZOG Chromatosphere (Self Released)
JESSE JONES JR. The So Then Collection (Self Released)
CARMEN LUNDY Solamente (Afrasia)
CHAD MCCULLOUGH Dark Wood, Dark Water (Origin)
ANDY NARELL & RELATOR University Of Calypso (Heads Up)
HAILEY NISWANGER Confeddie (Self Released)
SEAN NOWELL The Seeker (Positone)
THE OSTER-WELKER JAZZ ALLIANCE Shining Hour (Jazzed Media)
June 23, 2009
KURT ELLING Dedicated To You (Concord)
CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE Conversation With Christian (Mack Avenue)
MARK O’CONNOR (String Quartets #’s 2 & 3)
TITO PUENTE & HIS ORCHESTRA Dance Mania [Legacy Edition] (Norte)
RONNY SMITH Just Groovin’ (Pacific Coast Jazz)
JACK WILKINS Until It’s Time (MAXJAZZ)
June 16, 2009
JOHN ADAMS Thumbs Up (Congruent)
THE BILL BANFIELD BAND Spring Forward (Innova)
THE DIZZY GILLESPIE ALL-STAR BIG BAND I’m BeBoppin’ Too (Half Note Records)
JOEL HARRISON Urban Myths (HighNote)
KEVIN HAYS You’ve Got A Friend (Jazz Eyes)
DIANE HUBKA I Like It Here/Live In Tokyo (SSJ)
JOE LOCKE & DAVID HAZELTINE Mutual Admiration Society 2 (Sharp Nine)
CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE & INSIDE STRAIGHT Kind Of Brown (Mack Avenue)
ROD MCGAHA A Gentle Man (Nick-E-Music)
SUSIE MEISSNER I’ll Remember April (Lydianjazz)
PAUL MEYERS World On A String (Miles High)
JUDY NIEMACK In The Sundance (Blujazz)
FRANK POTENZA Old, New, Borrowed, & Blue (Capri)
CORY WEEDS Everything’s Coming Up Weeds (Cellar Live)
June 9, 2009
BOBBY BROOM Bobby Broom Plays For Monk (Origin)
DAVE BRUBECK Time Out [Legacy Edition] (Sony Legacy)
CRAIG BUHLER Skykomish (Discernment Music)
JANE BUNNETT Embracing Voices (Sunnyside)
RICK GERMANSON Off The Cuff (Owl)
LOUIS HAYES The Time Keeper (18th & Vine)
MAGOS HERRERA Distancia (Sunnyside)
JALALA That Old Mercer Magic (Dare)
SOPHIE MILMAN Take Love Easy (Koch)
DAVID ‘FATHEAD’ NEWMAN The Blessing (HighNote)
BOBBY SELVAGGIO Modern Times (Arabesque)
GRANT STEWART Grant Stewart Plays The Music Of Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn (Sharp Nine)
AKIKO TSURUGA Oriental Express (18th & Vine)
June 2, 2009
BOB ALBANESE One Way/Detour (Zoho Music)
IRENE ATMAN New York Rendezvous (Self Released)
JOAN BELgrave Excitable (Detroit Jazz Musicians CoOp)
GARY BURTON, PAT METHENY, STEVE SWALLOW & ANTONIO SANCHEZ Quartet Live (Concord)
KYLE EASTWOOD Metropolitain (Rendezvous)
FREDDIE HUBBARD Without A Song: Live In Europe 1969 (Blue Note)
CYNTHIA SCOTT Dream For One Bright World (Ttocs)
THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE BAND Airmen of Note: 2009 Jazz Heritage Series [Radio Program] (Self Released)
May 27, 2009
MARCOS ARIEL Alone With Jobim ()
COOPER & JOHNSON Common Journey (Self Released)
ORAN ETKIN Kelenia (Motema)
TOWNER GALAHER Courageous Hearts (Self Released)
DONALD MALLOY Spirituality (Self Released)
IRIS ORNIG New Ground (Self Released)
CURT RAMM, DAN MORETTI & BILL CUNLIFFE Foundations (Foundations)
HARRY SKOLER Two Ones (Soliloquy)
CHIP WHITE More Dedications (Dark Colors)
May 19, 2009
HELIO ALVES It’s Clear (Reservoir)
BILL ANSCHELL & BRENT JENSEN We Couldn’t Agree More (Origin)
THE KYLE ASCHE ORGAN TRIO Blues For Mel (Tippin’ Records)
BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY How Big Can You Get?: The Music Of Cab Calloway (Vanguard)
BURGSTALLER MARTIGNON 4 Mozart’s Blue Dreams & Other Crossover Fantasies (Summit)
JOE LOVANO US FIVE Folk Art (Blue Note)
KENNY MACKENZIE There You Are (Self Released)
MEL MARTIN Where the Warm Winds Blow (Jazzed Media)
NOMO Invisible Cities (Ubiquity)
THE RESONANCE BIG BAND The Resonance Big Band Plays Tribute To Oscar Peterson (Resonance)
ROB THORSEN Lasting Impression (Pacific Coast Jazz)
TIEMPO LIBRE Bach In Havana (Sony)
SAM YAHEL Hometown (Positone)
May 12, 2009
MIKE CLINCO Neon (Whaling City Sound)
PERRY DANOS Swingin’ On The Moon (Hi Five)
THE TIM DAVIES BIG BAND Dialmentia (Origin)
FRED FORNEY Chasing Horizons (OA2 Records)
CYNTHIA JONES & THE WEST COAST NIGHTLIGHTS Cynthia Jones & The West Coast Nightlights (Sweet Flame)
GRACE KELLY Mood Changes (Pazz)
JACQUES LOUSSIER Jacques Loussier Plays Bach: The 50th Anniversary Recording (Telarc)
CHARNETT MOFFETT The Art Of Improvisation (Motema)
SHAYNEE RAINBOLT Charmed Life: Shaynee Rainbolt Sings Russell Garcia (Self Released)
OTMARO RUIZ Sojourn (Moondo)
BOBBY SANABRIA CONDUCTING THE MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Kenya Revisited Live!!! (Jazzheads)
ADAM SHULMAN Patterns Of Change (Kabocha)
LUCIANA SOUZA Tide (Verve)
KOBIE WATKINS Involved (Origin)
PHIL WOODS The Children’s Suite (Jazzed Media)
May 5, 2009
CARL ALLEN & RODNEY WHITAKER Work To Do (Mack Avenue)
LYNNE ARRIALE Nuance: The Bennett Studio Sessions (Motema)
JIM BEARD & VINCE MENDOZA AND THE METROPOLE ORCHESTRA Revolutions (Sunnyside)
TODD BISHOP’S POP ART 4 69 Annee Erotique (Origin)
BRIAN BLADE Mama Rosa (Verve Forecast)
KENNY BURRELL Live At The Downtown Room (HighNote)
GARVIN BUSHELL & FRIENDS One Steady Roll (Delmark)
RONDI CHARLESTON In My Life (Digital Marketing Group)
HILARY KOLE Haunted Heart (Justin Time)
MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD Radiolarians II (Indirecto)
JIMMY RUSHING The Scene (HighNote)
FRANK SINATRA Live At The Meadowlands (Concord)
LARRY SLEZAK No Worries (Tierra)
April 27, 2009
SCOTTY BARNHART Say It Plain (Dig Music)
STANLEY CLARKE Jazz In The Garden (Heads Up)
ROGER DAVIDSON & RAUL JAURENA Pasion Por La Vida (Soundbrush Records)
GRANT GEISSMAN Cool Man Cool (Futurism Records)
JENNIFER LEE Quiet Joy (SBE)
SEAN LYONS Roar Of Lyons (Positone)
MELISSA MORGAN Until I Met You (Telarc)
KERMIT RUFFINS Livin’ A Treme Life (Basin Street)
VENISSA SANTI Bienvenida (Sunnyside)
LAUREN SEVIAN Blueprint (Inner Circle)
ALLEN TOUSSAINT The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch)
JUSTIN VASQUEZ Triptych (Self Released)
April 20, 2009
ALTERED LAWS Metaphora (Cellar Live)
CRAIG ENRIGHT La Belleza (Self Released)
DAVE FRISHBERG Dave Frishberg At The Jazz Bakery: Retromania (Arbors)
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN & CHICK COREA Five Peace Band (Concord)
RYAN MEAGHER Atroefy (Fresh Sound Records)
NOVELLO B3 Soul (Nu Groove)
ONE FOR ALL Return Of The Lineup (Sharp Nine)
NINA SHELDON Harvest (Jazzed Media)
DAVE SIEBELS Dave Siebels With Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band (PBGL)
April 13, 2009
DAVID BINNEY & ALAN FERBER In The Paint (Positone)
CECILIA Papillon (One E)
FAT CAT BIG BAND Meditations On The War For Whose Great God Is The Most High You Are God (Smalls Records)
DERRICK GARDNER & THE JAZZ PROPHETS Echoes of Ethnicity (Owl)
CHICO HAMILTON Twelve Tones Of Love (Joyous Shout)
THOMAS MARRIOTT Flexicon (Origin)
THE RAY REED HOLLYWOOD BEBOP QUINTET The Ray Reed Hollywood Bebop Quintet Plays Ray Reed (Rhombus)
AVERY SHARPE Autumn Moonlight (JKNM)
YOTAM SILBERSTEIN Next Page (Positone)
MARK TAYLOR Spectre (Origin)
DEANNA WITKOWSKI From This Place (Tilapia)
April 6, 2009
BEBO & CHUCHO Juntos Para Siempre (Sony Latin/Discos 605/Calle 54)
RANDY CRAWFORD & JOE SAMPLE No Regrets (PRA)
JOEY DEFRANCESCO Finger Poppin’ (Doodlin’)
JACK DEJOHNETTE/JOHN PATITUCCI/DANILO PEREZ Music We Are (Golden Beams/Kindred Rhythm)
MELODY GARDOT My One And Only Thrill (Verve)
JIMMY GREENE Mission Statement (Sunnyside)
THE GEORGE GRUNTZ CONCERT JAZZ BAND Pourquoi Pas? Why Not? (TCB)
NICOLE HERZOG Time Will Tell (TCB)
NANCY KELLY Well, Alright! (Saying It With Jazz)
JERMAINE LANDSBERGER Gettin’ Blazed (Resonance)
HELGE LIEN Hello Troll (Ozella)
L’TANYA MARI’ A Teardrop Of Sun (Falconeye)
KENDRA SHANK Mosaic (Challenge)
