Nestor Torres - Nouveau Latino

Nestor is back to the roots.

The Monterey Quartet - Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival

Dave Holland - bass
Gonzalo Rubalcaba - piano
Chris Potter - sax
Eric Harland - drums

I read good things about this, so I bought it with Christmas money: what an excellent jazz album!

Peace and goodwill.

Born to Groove - Euge Groove
Heat - Michael Lington
Who's Next - The Who (not jazz, but it is a masterpiece)
20 - The Rippingtons

Best of new year's wishes to one and all.

Steve C.

Seamus Blake - Bellwether
The Rippingtons - Life in the Tropics
Maynard Ferguson - Hot
Yellowjackets - Dreamland
Antoinette Montague - Behind the Smile
Lee Ritenour - Alive in L.A.
Rick Braun - Body and Soul
Chiara Civello - Last Quarter Moon

Where do you listen to all of this jazz? I had a radio station, and it moved to HD, so i need a converter. But where else?

I own more than 1,000 CDs and get to sample quite a bit because I'm on various mailing lists for reviews.

There are a lot of Internet radio stations of all kind of jazz formats. I suggest to buy something like Logitech Squeezebox, Philips Streamium, Labo 110 or WD Media Player to catch it to your amplifier. I am just converting my 2000 CDs to FLAC.

David Sanborn - Only Everything

Another homage to Ray Charles

Great music with Joe DeFrancesco, Steve Gadd, James Taylor and Joss Stone.

Kickin' off the new year with:

1. "OffRamp" - Pat Metheny Group (ECM, 1982)
2. "Magnet" - Pamela Luss (Savant, 2008)
3. "Grapevine" - Metro (HipBop, 2002)
4. "Two For the Road" - Dave Grusin (GRP, 19970
5. "Kenton In Hi-Fi" - Stan Kenton (Capitol, 1992)
6. "Monterey Concerts" - Cal Tjader Sextet (Prestige, 1959)
7. "Blowin' the Blues Away" - Horace Silver Quintet (Blue Note, 1959)
8. "The Main Event" - Frank Sinatra w/Woody Herman Band (Reprise, 1974)
9. "A Twist of Jobim" - Lee Ritenour (I.E. Music, 1997)
10. "Thru My Eyes" - Michel Camilo Trio (Rimm Records, 1997)
11. "Rock Swings" - Paul Anka (Verve, 2005)
12. "Inside" - David Sanborn (Elektra, 1999)
13. "So In Love" - Roberta Gambarini (Groovin' High, 2009)
14. "Think Tank" - Pat Martino Quintet (Blue Note, 2003)
15. "Tales From the Hudson" - Michael Brecker Quintet (Impulse, 1996)

I am just ripping my CD-collection to FLAC, what a labour. But also a pleasure to listen to some good Lee Ritenour albums:

Festival
Wes Bound
Larry & Lee
Rit's House
Smoke 'n Mirror