Neil Larson - Orbit .... good stuff!
Denny Jiosa - his new "Dreams Like This" and his older "Jazzberry Pie"
Pat Metheny Trio - Day Trip

I am planning to buy Pat Metheny's Day Trip as soon as I can get to Barnes and Noble. Peace.

Jessy J - Tequila Moon
Spyro Gyra - Fast Forward
The Rippingtons - Tourist in Paradise

Spyro Gyra - Collections, Three Wishes
Maynard Ferguson - Verve Jazz Masters 52
Vince Guaraldi - The Charlie Brown Suite & Other Favorites
The Marsalis Family - Jazz Celebration
Joe Sample - Rainbow Seeker
Tierney Sutton - I'm With the Band
Deodato - Prelude
The Puppini Sisters - The Rise and Fall of Ruby Woo
Jean Jacque Milteau - Memphis
Kathy Kosins - Mood Swings
Marlene Rosenberg - Pieces of ...
Carol Welsman - The Language of Love
Ithamara Koorax - Serenade in Blue

Some recent ones I've enjoyed are:

1. "Deconstructed" - Steve Swallow [ECM, 1997]
2. "Jack Nimitz & Friends - Yesterday & Today" - Jack Nimitz [Fresh Sound, 2008]
3. "Old School, New Lessons" - Bob Mintzer Orchestra w/Kurt Elling & Yellowjackets]
4. "In Blue" - Karrin Allyson [Concord, 2002]
5. "Holon" - Nik Bartsch's Ronin [ECM, 2008]
6. "Digital Duke" - Duke Ellington [GRP, 1987]
7. "Twin Tenors" - Bob Mintzer w/Michael Brecker [Novus, 1993]
8. "34th N Lex" - Randy Brecker [ESC, 2005]
9. "Shades" - Yellowjackets [MCA Records, 1986]
10. "West Side Story" - Dave Grusin [N2K, 1997]

Thanks for the heads up Markus. Waiting for my copy and been anticipating this one for some time.

Just got Ken Navarro's latest, "The Grace of Summer Light." Very nice release. Very Metheny-esque in flavor but excellent in its own right.

Another great release just received from ECM is Steve Swallow's "Deconstructed" done in 1997 and featuring a great group [Swallow on electric bass, Ryan Kisor on trumpet, Chris Potter on tenor, Mick Goodrick on guitar and Adam Nussbaum on drums]. It's the best I've ever heard from Swallow.

Both releases can be highly recommended and will be featured on my Wednesday AM show.

Phil-
ever since Ken's "The Grace Of Summer Light" landed in my mailbox, I've been playing it. In fact, as far as jazz goes, it's probably all I have played lately....very hard to turn that one off, the more I hear it the more I enjoy it.

Recent jazz plays (but not much): Spyro Gyra's Deep End and Good to Go Go. Have also done the youtube thing to watch SG vids, seeing Joel R doing Para Ti Latino is just amazing....love that tune.

As for "real" jazz, haven't listened to much in a long time....may be time to break out the old Horace Silver vinyl.

Or, maybe I can just listen to your show, that's probably easier and a better idea!

TonyY

Spyro Gyra - Three Wishes
Maynard Ferguson - Live in San Francisco
Herbie Mann - Jasil Brazz
David Sanborn - Backstreet
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Gerald Veasley - Live at the Jazz Base!

Bassix . . .

I know where you're coming from on Ken's latest. The compositions are the finest he's done in my opinion.

Thanks Tony and Phil - very nice to read your comments. And Phil, the compositions are the thing I am most proud of on 'The Grace of Summer Lights" so I especially grateful for your good words about that!

Anyway, my current listening list...

Dejohnette, Holland, Hancock, Metheny in Concert DVD
Joni Mitchell - Shadows and Light DVD w/Jaco, Brecker, Lyle, etc.
Grant Green - Street of Dreams
Billy Childs - I've Known Rivers
Bobby McFerrin - Spontaneous Inventions