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

Well, its not as complicated as I thought. I have hundreds of albums and such that I listen to. Not so many CD's, but I'm looking to expand my collection.

Here are the

Modern Art- The Rippingtons
Into Your Heart - Tom Schuman
Deep Chill - Tom Schuman
Burnin' - Paul Taylor
Jeff Kashiwa

Also enjoying . . .

1. "The Meeting Place" - Ken Navarro (Positive Music, 2007)
2. "Pearls" - David Sanborn (Elektra, 1995)
3. "Phoenix 90" - Didier Lockwood (JMS, 1990)
4. "Other Places" - Brandon Fields (Nova, 1993)
5. "Ray Sings, Basie Swings" - Ray Charles w/Basie Ghost Band (Concord, 2006)
6. "Giblet Gravy" - George Benson (Verve By Request, 1968)
7. "Greenhouse" - Yellowjackets (MCA/GRP, 1991)
8. "Sing! Sing! Sing!" - New York Voices (Concord, 2001)
9. "Time Again" - David Sanborn (Verve, 2003)
10. "Fast Forward" - Spyro Gyra (GRP, 1990)

Joshua Redman Quartet - Passage of Time

This was his last quartet album before the electric trio and now the acoustic trio. I REALLY like Redman's sax playing. Peace and goodwill.

John Evans & Dream - The Winding Road

Smooth Jazz in another direction.

Alan Hewitt - Retroactive

A delicacy.

Lately it's been:

Dizzy Gillespie - New Faces
Yellowjackets - Blue Hats
Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Mi Grand Pasion
Sal Marquez - One For Dewey
New York Voices - What's Inside
Eddie Daniels - Breakthrough
Victoria Tolstoy - White Russian

Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy - Live on Tour, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2

This is really good straight-ahead jazz. Peace and goodwill.

Erica Lindsay and Sumi Tonooka - Initiation
Kat Parra and Sephardic Music Experience - Dos Amantes
various - The Best of Ken Burns Jazz
The Rippingtons - Live Across America
Yellowjackets - Time Squared

Ken Navarro - Dreaming of Trains

A new dimension in music.

Enjoying currently . . .

1. "Orchestrion" - Pat Metheny (Nonesuch, 2010)
2. "Only Everything" - David Sanborn (Decca, 2010)
3. "Study In Brown" - Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quinter (Emarcy, 1955)
4. "A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra" - Oscar Peterson Trio (Verve, 1959)
5. "Big Fun" - Bill Evans [saxophonist] (ESC Records, 2002)
6. "On A Misty Night" - Chet Baker (Prestige, 1965)
7. "Reunion" - Gary Burton (GRP, 1990)
8. "Eye of the Beholder" - Chick Corea Elektric Band (GRP, 1988)
9. "Fields & Strings" - Brandon Fields (Paras, 1998)
10. "The Girl In the Other Room" - Diana Krall (Verve, 2004)

Pat's "Orchestrion" release might surprise some of you. In spite of the fact that Pat is the only "live" musician on the release and the piano, vibes, percussion, other guitars are the work of commissioned inventors using technology, the composition arrangements have more of an "acoustic" and "human" flavor. The music, in spite of the mechanics, achieves that unmistakable Metheny stamp. I understand that Pat triggers the other instruments from his guitar and that he is taking this setup on tour. I may get to see him on May 18th at Glenside, PA's Keswick Theatre. Should be interesting.

Any opinions from the rest of you?

Phil

Richard Elliot - Rock Steady
Paul Taylor - Burnin'

I am off due to a snow day. Let the music play!

Peace and goodwill.

Klay D-C - RITMO

An old acquaintance - a new discovery.

I am listening to a CD I made from free, legal downloads from All About Jazz.com. Peace and goodwill.

Today I am having a Fourplay day. Here is what I have listened to so far.

Energy
the four tunes I kept from Heartfelt
X


Peace and goodwill.

Michael J Thomas - City Beat

New sax players needs the land.

Lynn Riley - Too Cool

New saxtress!

Kevin Peter Jones - Magnetic Journey

Contemporary Jazz with GRAMMY Award musicians from Yellowjackets, Pieces of a Dream, Spyro Gyra & Chick Corea!

Jay Beckenstein - Eye Contact
Bob James - Dancing on the Water
various - We're All in This Together - a Benefit for AIDS
Count Basie - Kansas City Powerhouse
Holly Hoffmann and Bill Cunliffe - Three's Company
Sara Gazarek - Yours
Whitney James - The Nature of Love
Michael Buble - It's Time
Dick Griffin - A Dream for Rahsaan & More
Big Crazy Energy New York Band - Inspirations, vol. 1

I just got it in the mail: Hiromi's Sonic Bloom - Time Control

Fusion lives!

Today has been a fusion day:

Holdsworth/Pasqua/Haslip/Wakerman - Blues for Tony

Chick Corea and John McLaughlin - Five Peace Band

Finally a day off with nothing to do around the house, just listen to some jazz and chill for awhile.

Norman Brown: Stay with Me
David Sanborn: Only Everything
Candy Dulfer: Funked Up and Chilled Out
Jeff Golub: I'll Play The Blues For You
Peter White: Good Day
Brian Culbertson: Live From The Inside
Steve Oliver: One Night Live
Dotsero; Live from Jazz@Jack's

Times 4 - Eclipse

More contemporary jazz from San Fransisco

Sure beats having to pay 5-6 other band members while touring.

I just pick this cd up. I'll digest it a few days before giving my comments.

I haven't heard it so I'll take your word for the sound of the recording. As to live performances, I'm sure Pat will put on a good show, but I'd rather see a full band.

Currently listening to REUNION with Gary Burton/Pat Metheny. I am familiar with Pat and his music. I guess with this Orchestrion tour coming up, we will see how it "pans" out. Pat, being the genius he is, will be controlling the whole system, however, this looks to be a very large technical system and I just wonder how far down the road Pat will get before something breaks down. There is no human element here, except for himself and his technicians. Its seems a system that large could have some gliches. I guess thats being to negative, but you know, this looks like a complicated set up. At any rate, I agree with you, I would much rather see Pat with the group, including the great Lyle Mays.

Le Kat - Boudoir Rouge

A new jazz singer!

One by Bob James - This album contains "Nautilus" which has the one of the funkiest intros ever.

I have listened to this cd about 6 times now and I really like it. It wasn't until about the 4th spin that it started to "click" for me. I particularly find the 1st and 3rd tracks amazing! Vintage Metheny sound. If you don't care much for Pat, you still won't after this cd. If you do like him you should dig this cd. While it is a little laid back, there is still a hell of a lot going on with the music. Contrary to what others have reported, I do NOT think this cd would have been any better with PMG or other "live" musicians. C'mon! It's Pat playing everything! How much better can it get? And he certainly pulls it off. Like it or not, and after all those Grammy, after 30 plus years, the fact that this guy still pushes the envelope like this is truly remarkable.

After all I have read I still don't understand how he ergonomically activates all these other instruments? He only has two hands and he is playing guitar already?? Is it foot pedals? There has to be some overdubs and pre-records I would think. I don't get it? Amazing stuff though. I suspect all of the jazz purists despise this release and cast it off as another smooth jazz piece. Miles who? Coltrane who?

Elan Trotman - This Time Around

Boston Sax!

Orchestrion - Pat explains this project here:

http://www.patmetheny.com/orchestrioninfo/

Jaared - Manhattan Nights
Justin Young - Nothin' But Love

Main Gazane - Tit for Tat

Two cats are grooving.

Yukiko Matsuyama - Crème Brulée

Japanese Koto melted with Smooth Jazz

Mark Egan - Truth Be Told
various - Dangerous Curves / The Art of Guitar
some blues, jazz and rock
Ralph Lalama Quartet - The Audience
Mark Weinstein - Timbasa
Tobias Gebb & Unit 7 - Free at Last
Ralph Bowen - Due Reverence
Gia Notte - Shades
Emilio Solla & the Tango Jazz Conspiracy - Bien Sur!
Michael Janisch - Purpose Built

Ron Otis - Up Front

A humble sideman - a huge musician

Blues for Tony

Allan Holdsworth - guitar
Alan Pasqua - keyboards
Jimmy Haslip - bass
Chad Wackerman - drums

Fusion IS alive and well. Peace and goodwill.

My MARCH listening

Chris Standring - Bossa Blue
Chris Standring - Fast Train to Everywhere
Chris Standring - Please Mind The Gap
Chris Standring - Sunrise
Chris Standring - Overture
Chris Standring - March of the Bowler Hats
Gregg Karukas - Believe in Me
Bioground - Velvet
Jonathan Fritzen - In Motion
Jonathan Fritzen - Coastline
Jesse Cook - La Rumba D'el Jefe
Jesse Cook - Afternoon At Satie's
Four80East - Race The Moon
Chuck Loeb - The Music Inside
George Benson - Exotica
Time Bowman - Soul Dream
Jim Adkins - City Streets
Igor - Mr. Twister
Andrea Razzauti - Front Street
Andrea Razzauti - Black Sand
Four80East - One Night Only
Joyce Cooling - Global Cooling
Acoustic Alchemy - Missing Your Touch
Gregg Karukas - Floating In Bahia
Rahim Alhaj/Ottmar Liebert - Under The Rose

Tia Fuller - Decisive Steps

WoW, this is jazz.

Mark Egan - Truth Be Told
Michel Janisch - Purpose Built
Emilio Solla & The Tango Jazz Consiparcy - Bien Sur!
Gita Notte - Shades
Ralph Bowen - Due Reverence
Tobias Gebb & Unit 7 - Free at Last
The Rippingtons - Let It Ripp

Lately its been:

1. "The Pursuit" - Jamie Cullum (Verve Forecast, 2010)
2. "I Remember Bill" - Don Sebesky (BMG, 1998)
3. "Rit's House" - Lee Ritenour (GRP, 2002)
4. "Sapphire Blue" - Larry Carlton (Bluebird, 2003)
5. "Study In Brown" - Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet (Emarcy, 1955)
6. "Orchestrion" - Pat Metheny (Nonesuch, 2010)
7. "On A Misty Night" - Chet Baker Quintet (Pacific, 1965)
8. "Rites of Summer" - Spyro Gyra (MCA, 1988)
9. "Point of View" - Spyro Gyra (MCA, 1989)
10. "Magnet" - Pamela Luss (Savant Records, 2008)
11. "Time Out" - Dave Brubeck Quartet
12. "34th N. Lex" - Randy Brecker (ESC, 2003)
13. "Now You See It..." - Michael Brecker (GRP, 1990)
14. "Michael Brecker" - Michael Brecker (MCA, 1987)
15. "The Golden Years" - Count Basie Orchestra (Pablo 4-CD Set, 1996)

Christian McBride -"Kind of Brown"
Herbie Hancock -"The Joanie Letters"
Caribbean Jazz Project - "Here and Now-Live"
Pat Metheny - "Orchestrion"

The Metheny release has really grown on me. This project has certainly solified him as one of the greatest musial composers in the last 50 years.

Fabio Mignola - Take Me Higher

Swiss Smooth Jazz

The Dixon-Rhyne Project - Reinvention

Rob Dixon - sax
Melvin Rhyne - organ and Mini Moog
Fareed Haque - guitar
Kenny Phelps - drums

This is one very interesting CD! Melodically and harmonically it is most definately jazz; however, rhythmically it is all backbeat/funky. I bought it at Amazon.com. Check it out if that type of thing appeals to you. Peace and goodwill.

Lee Ritenour - Alive in L.A.

Kombo - The Big Blast!

Jake Glasgow - Keepin' On

The G is back.

Neighbourhood - Maybe Tomorrow

New Swedish jazz/funk/soul-sextet, just released their first CD. Great compositions & playing. www.myspace.com/jointheneighbourhood

Christophe de Villa - Jazz And Soulful

Jazz, Smooth Jazz, House - all in a nutshell of one album

Lee Ritenour - Festival
Randy Brecker - 34th n Lex
The Best of Fattburger
Bob James - Joy Ride
Maynard Ferguson - It's My Time
Dan Pratt Organ Quartet - Toe the Line
Spyro Gyra - Spyro Gyra
The Dominant 7 and The Jazz Arts Messengers - Fourteen Channels

That last one is 14 songs, split by 2 groups of students at the Colorado Jazz Conservatory.

David Benoit - Earthglow

The grandseigneur of contemporary jazz

Lately . . .

1. "Michel Plays LeGrand" - Michel LeGrand (Laserlight, 1994)
2. "A Love Affair-The Music of Ivan Lins" - Jason Miles (Telarc, 2000)
3. "Great Composers of Jazz" - David Benoit Trio (Vertical Jazz, 2000)
4. "Evanescence" - Maria Schneider Orchestra (Enja, 1994)
5. "The Blues Is Everybody's Business" - Manny Albam (Reissued by Gambit, 2008)
6. "Blueprint of A Lady" - Nnenna Freelon (Concord, 2005)
7. "The Journey" - Joe Beck Quartet (DMP, 1991)
8. "The Norton Jazz Recordings" - (4-CD Set, 2007) A history of jazz from 1920s thru 2006.
9. "Three Wishes" - Spyro Gyra (GRP, 1992)
10. "Tribute to Stephane Grappelli" - Didier Lockwood, violin w/Birelli LaGrene, guitar & Niels Henning Orsted Petersen, bass (Dreyfus Jazz, 2000)

Neighbourhood - Maybe Tomorrow

Fresh wind from Stockholm.

Thanks Johannes for the hint!

Brad Mehldau Highway Rider

Now it's . . .

1. "Pathways" - Dave Holland Octet (Dare2 Records, 2010)
2. "The Russia House" - Jerry Goldsmith (Soundtrack - MCA Records, 1990)
3. "Stan Getz Meets Gerry Mulligan In Hi-Fi" - Gerry Mulligan (Verve, 1957)
4. "Body and Soul" - Al Cohn & Zoot Sims (Muse, 1988, reissued)
5. "Live at the Blue Note" - Paquito D'Rivera Quintet (Half Note, 2000)

Phil, did you ever go to that Metheny solo gig at the Keswick was it?

Weather Report - Black Market
Yellowjackets - Altered State
Ben Sher and Tudo Bem - Please Take Me to Brasil
Sarah Vaughan - Brazilian Romance
Spyro Gyra - In Modern Times, Collection

Damien DelRusso - Looking Through Rain

A man with a message

Christian Scott, Yesterday You Said Tomorrow

Great CD! I think his best yet!

Mindi Abair - In Hi-Fi Stereo

Old school, R&B and smooth jazz

Gerald Albright - Pushing The Envelope

The true Gerald Albright!

Jack Prybylski - Out Of The Box.

Four80East in action!

Kirk Whalum - Gospel According to Jazz - Chapter 3

That is also on my list. Did you see the video?

John Pizzarelli - Rockin' in Rhythm
VW Brothers - Muziek
Hiromi - Place to Be
Garaj Mahal - More Mr. Nice Guy
Suresh Singaratnam - Lost in New York
Brandon Wright - Boiling Point
Thomson - Mazurka for the Modern Man
Ellen Rowe Quartet - Wishing Well
The Rippingtons - Wild Card
The Britton Brothers Band - Uncertain Living
Earl McDonald - Re:Visions
Dave Glasser - Evolution

Grover Washington Jr. - Grover Live

or better Grover grooves. Available at Tuesday.

Jonathan Butler - So Strong

Musical Joy

I am listening to a straight-ahead jazz CD by Adonis Rose called Song for Donise

Adonis Rose - drums
Nicholas Payton - trumpet
Tim Warfield - sax
Anthony Wonsey - piano
Reuben Rogers - bass

Peace and goodwill.

Jeff Lorber Fusion - Now Is The Time.

Delicious!

I am anxious to buy that one after it comes out on June 1st. Peace and goodwill.

It's a mix of smooth jazz and fusion jazz. A good package of both worlds.

Stanley Clarke - East River Drive

Hot Club Of Detroit - It's About That Time

The revival of Django Reinhardt's spirit.

Sarah Manning - Dandelion Clock
Jeff Antoniuk and the Jazz Update - Brotherhood
David Benoit - Earthglow
Mindi Abair - In Hi-Fi Stereo
Maria Neckam - Deeper
Thomson Kneeland - Mazurka for the Modern Man
Jeff Lorber Fusion - Now Is the Time
Spyro Gyra - Morning Dance

Tony Vattimo - Can't Let Go

The treasury of a musical life.

Steve Oliver - Global Kiss

Steve was a guitarist, now he is a star.

Jaared - Manhattan Nights

Master of all saxes

Terje Lie - Urban Vacation

Jeff Lorber's first Fusion album of this year!

Oli Silk - The Limit's The Sky

Chris Geith - Island of A Thousand Dreams

Tim Bowman - Tim Bowman

A guitar jewel!

Ian Villafana - Epiphany

A title, a program!

Airborne - New Horisons

The Dixon-Rhyne Project - Reinvention

Jeff Kashiwa:
"Simple Truth"
"Play"


Rippingtons:
"Let it Ripp"


Spyro Gyra:
"Three Wishes"
"Alternating Currents"

Kirk Whalum  The Gospel According To Jazz Chapter III

A Gospel feast!

While listening to Tom Schuman's Reflections Over Time I also enjoy several videos of Joe Zawinul on YouTube.

Maynard Ferguson - Hollywood
Spyro Gyra - Original Cinema, Three Wishes
Gerald Albright - Pushing the Envelope
Times 4 - Eclipse
Dana Lauren - It's You or No One
Yellowjackets with Mike Stern - Lifecycle
Ethan Mann, with Chip Crawford and Greg Bandy - It's All About a Groove

Saltaire - Just Press Play

Take this proposal seriously.

My soundtrack yesterday:
Rick Braun - All it Takes
Euge Groove - Sunday Morning
Richard Elliot - Rock Steady
Rippingtons - Modern Art

Steve C.

Jonathan Fritzén - Diamonds

Fine piano play with bass highlights

Lisa McClowry - Time Signatures

Jim Peterick at work!

Jay Beckenstein-Eye Contact-underated and under publicized by Windam Hill. West Side Cool and WR`s Black Market are my faves-today. Pat Metheny Group-First Circle-Touring this year! Hope they draw enough to make this a long term reunion. A seven man unit is tough to make money on! Doug Cameron-Passion Suite-great and spicy electric violin jazz with classical influences Jean-Luc-Ponty-No Absolute Time-ditto above Tim Weisberg-Tip of the Weisberg-flute Jeff Lorber Fusion-Wizard Island-way before Jeff smoothed away the rough edges ***WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO PHIL PEOPLES FROM Pennsilvania???

Paul, I just had Eye Contact in the rotation a few weeks ago. I'm with you on West Side Cool and Black Market. It was nice to be reintroduced to the original Monsoon after hearing the SG/The Deep End arrangement so much.

Boney James - Send One Your Love

I give it back with

Norman Brown's Sending My Love.

Outstanding guitar mastery!

Spyro Gyra - Carnaval
Spyro Gyra - Road Scholars

Mark Antione--Hi Lo Split
David Benoit--Heroes
Chris Stranding--Love & Paragraphs
Crusaders--Rural Renewal
Danny Lerman--Meow Baby (a local boy, but a fine sax player)
Brian Culbertson--Bring Bank The Funk
Down To The Bone--Supercharged
Jackiem Joyner--Baby Soul
Everette Harp--First Love

Kenny Wright - My Roots

A truthful musician

Lenny White - Anomaly

Fusion lives!

Kenny G - Heart And Soul

Smooth Jazz too!

various - Lee Ritenour's 6 String Theory (more on that later)
Norman Brown - Sending My Love
The Rippingtons - 20th Anniversary
Curtis Fuller - I Will Tell Her
George Cotsirilos Trio - Past Present
Spyro Gyra - Catching the Sun
Bob James and Kirk Whalum - Joined at the Hip
Miles Davis - My Funny Valentine (in concert)
A. Ray Fuller - The Weeper

6 String Theory is fabulous. An all-star cast of guitarists, along with a newcomer, contribute to this collection of jazz, rock, blues and classical. Stay tuned for the review and interview with Lee.

Brian Culbertson - XII

Great melodies, great vocals, great Brian!

Ummm, is this even out yet?

Fourplay - self titled (first)
Fourplay (DVD) - Live in Cape Town

No, Brian's album isn't out yet. It is scheduled for release July 20, 2010.

Currently listening to the debut Fourplay. Not sure what to expect with this next incarnation of Fourplay with Chuck Loeb. Not all that familiar with him, to be honest. I thought Larry Carlton was a great replacement for the otherwise irreplaceable Lee Ritenour.

Wow, just dusted off the debut effort from Stanley Jordan-whew! Round Midnight, The Lady In My Life. and that mind blowing take on Eleanor Rigby. That technique-described as being like that of a piano player. Able to play both melody and harmony at the same time. Speaking of great guitarists- LOEB in Fourplay? Great. Why did Larry split? Fourplay has become the Yardbirds of jazz. That band having Page. Clapton, and Beck in the guitar chair at different times.

He left not too long after the new album (I believe). Chuck Loeb is currently on tour with them.

Good analogy! I am anxious to hear the new stuff. I too do not know much about Chuck Loeb. Peace and goodwill.

I ordered a Chuck Loeb disc today just to test the waters (Presence, I believe).

Abacos. Be aware that there are two sides of Chuck Loeb. Smooth Jazz and Contemporary Jazz. If you like Smooth Jazz go for his solo albums, if you prefer Contemporary Jazz buy the albums of the group Metro.

Chuck also plays excellent Jazz. Here a jam with Jeff Lorber:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NZuj7K4pCA&feature=player_embedded

By the way there are some more videos of this gig.

Rico Belled - The Pursuit Of Comfort

Very interesting album offering contemporary jazz, smooth jazz and Latin jazz.

Unwrapped Vol. 7 - Back2Basics

You can sample the music at Youtube or here:

http://www.searchingforchetbaker.com/2010/06/hidden-beach-unwrapped-volume-7-coming.html

Spyro Gyra - Got the Magic

Bob Baldwin - Never Can Say Goodbye

The sunny side of MJ

Mike Phillips - M.P.3

New sax on the block.

Duke Ellington - 1969 All-Star White House Tribute
Herbie Hancock - The Essential Herbie Hancock (2 discs)
Spyro Gyra - Dreams Beyond Control, The Deep End
Maynard Ferguson - Storm
Cheryl Bentyne - Let Me Off Uptown
Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World

Jason Moran, 'Ten'

Paul Hardcastle - Jazzmasters 6

Your typical Hardcastle.

Larry Goldings Trio - Sweet Science

Peace and goodwill.

Greg Manning - The Calling

Very professional.

Tim Bowman - The Tim Bowman Collection

A best of this great guitarist.

The Eric Evans Project - Waves of Grace

The flute in the lead.

David Dyson - Unleashed

Bass bites

Just hit da MOTHERLODE: Returned to me after a short term loan turned into months or years-1)SPYRO GYRA Live North Sea Jazz FestivalDVD 2)Pat Metheny Group More Travels on VHS 3)Rippingtons Live in L.A. on VHS. It had been years since I loaned the PMG and Rippingtons VIDs out, so they were almost new listening/viewing. All 3 concert vids just blow me away!

Incognito - Transatlantic R.P.M.

Full of pure Incognito!

George Duke - Déjà Vu

The heavyweight of contemporary jazz

Salongo - Salongo
Gerald Albright - Sax for Stax
The Rippingtons - Modern Art
Benny Sharoni - Eternal Elixir
Spyro Gyra - Carnaval
various - CTI Jazz Classics (3 discs)
Dave Weckl - Heads Up
Bob James - Urban Flamingo

Eric Darius - On A Mission

Grooving around the styles

George Duke - Déjà Vu - Déjà Vu is french for already seen.

I normally don't buy backwards looking records but Mr. Duke gets a pass because he was there when the incident occurred. This isn’t a third person account!

His treat of synthesizers is just supreme.

Marc Antoine - My Classical Way

Marc's approach to classical music

Jazz Infusion Session 1

A US Smooth Jazz Compilation with International artists.

Patrick Yandall - The Window

A new album a new chance.

Nathan Eklund Group - Coin Flip
Esperanza Spalding - Chamber Music Society
Mark Weinstein - Sraight, No Chaser
Spyro Gyra - Love & Other Obsessions, The Very Best of Spyro Gyra (the GRP Years)
McCoy Tyner - Illuminations
Nat King Cole - Vol. 1
The Essence of Maynard Ferguson

Slim Man - Thousand Miles Away

High quality ballades.

Brian Simpson - South Beach

The musical center.

Les Sabler - Crescent Shores

The return of a professional guitarist.

Eric Roberts - My Brazilian Heart

Brazilian smooth jazz guitar project

Stuff I'm enjoying:

1. "Destinations" - Tamir Hendelman Trio (Resonance, 2010)
2. "Jackpot!" - Woody Herman's las Vegas Herd (Capitol, 1955)
3. "Six String Evolution" - Andreas Oberg (Resonance, 2010)
4. "54" - Johns Scofield w/ Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orchestra (ECM, 2010)
5. "And So Am I" - Darmon Meader (CD Baby, 2008)
6. "Maximum Grooves" - Jason Miles (Telarc Jazz, 2004)
7. "Smokin' In the Pit" - Steps Ahead (Nippon Columbia, 1982)
8. "Paradox" - Steps Ahead (Nippon Columbia, 1982)
9. "Brazilian Nights" - Romero Lubambo (Q Records, 2002)
10. "The Festival Album" - Jazz Crusaders (Pacific Jazz, 1966)
11. "New York Rendevous" - Didier Lockwood (JMS , 1996)
12. "Brown Street" - Joe Zawinul w/WDR Orchestra (Heads Up, 2007)
13. "Rendevous In Rio" - Michael Franks ( Koch, 2006)
14. "The One & Only Maynard Ferguson" - Maynard Ferguson's Big Bop Nouveau (Mf Trust, 2006)
15. "Congratulations to Someone" - Dakota Staton (2003)

3rd Sun - The Journey

Bold, unique, musically yours

Jeff Richman - Like That
Susie Hansen - Representante de la Salsa
Patty Cronheim - Days Like These
Bob Mamet Trio - Impromptu
Spyro Gyra - Freetime
Lee Ritenour - Rit's House
Kombo - Cookin' Out
Joyce Cooling - Third Wish

Brad Mehldau's "Highway Rider" : This cd took many listens to appreciate but it is certainly a nice statement release from Brad branching out a bit from his normal style. It remeinds me of Metheny's "Secret Story" cd. I have been playing it regularly for the past month.

Tom Grant - Delicioso

Enjoy a colorful music

Artur Bayramgalin - Electric Breezz

Modern Smooth Jazz from Ufa

Paul Brown - Love You Found Me

Kirk Whalum - Everything Is Everything

Kirk's smooth side

Jackiem Joyner - Jackiem Joyner

Smooth Sax with some little surprises

Six String Theory - Lee Ritenour - Ritenour teams up with a variety of different guitar players from rock, jazz, and blues.

Never Stop - The Bad Plus