Jazz Consumer Guide (24):
Surplus

This is the surplus file for Jazz Consumer Guide #24. These are short reviews of records that for one reason or another have been dropped from active consideration while working on this column. These reviews will be published in the blog when the column comes out.

Torben Waldorff: American Rock Beauty (2009 [2010], ArtistShare): Danish guitarist, finds the sweet spot in the post-Montgomery mainstream but doesn't show it off much, mostly because he has Donny McCaslin in the band. A bit slack compared to his previous Afterburn, mostly because McCaslin minds his manners -- not burning down the house like last time. B+(**)

Other Drops

Also dropping the following. Don't have anything to add to what was previously said in the prospecting notes (for this or some previous Jazz CG cycle).

• Dave Anderson Quartet: Clarity (2009 [2010], Pony Boy) B
• Laurie Anderson: Homeland (2010, Nonesuch) B+(***)
• Ab Baars/Meinrad Kneer: Windfall (2008 [2010], Evil Rabbit) B+(**)
• Niklas Barnö/Joel Grip/Didier Lasserre: Snus (2009 [2010], Ayler) B+(**)
• Carlos Barretto Lokomotiv: Labirintos (2009 [2010], Clean Feed) B+(*)
• Ran Blake/Christine Correa: Out of the Shadows (2009 [2010], Red Piano) B+(*)
• Ran Blake/Sara Serpa: Camera Obscura (2010, Inner Circle Music) B+(**)
• Theo Bleckmann: I Dwell in Possibility (2009 [2010], Winter & Winter) B+(*)

• Eric Boeren 4tet: Song for Tracy the Turtle: Live at Jazz Brugge 2004 (2004 [2010], Clean Feed) B+(*)
• The Britton Brothers Band: Uncertain Living (2009 [2010], Record Craft) B+(*)
• Peter Brötzmann/Paal Nilssen-Love: Woodcuts (2008 [2010], Smalltown Superjazz) B+(**)
• Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra: Mezzanine (2010, Owl Studios) B
• Steve Cardenas: West of Middle (2009 [2010], Sunnyside) B+(**)
• Paul Carr: Straight Ahead Soul (2010, Paul Carr Jazz) B+(**)
• Retta Christie: With David Evans & Dave Frishberg, Volume 2 (2009 [2010], Retta) B+(**)
• The Stanley Clarke Band (2010, Heads Up) B-
• Cochemea Gastelum: The Electric Sound of Johnny Arrow (2010, Mowo!) B+(*)
• Billy Cobham/Colin Towns/HR-Bigband: Meeting of the Spirits: A Celebration of the Mahavishnu Orchestra (2006 [2010], In+Out) B+(**)
• Avishai Cohen: Aurora (2008 [2010], Blue Note/EMI Music) B+(**)
• Steve Coleman and Five Elements: Harvesting Semblances and Affinities (2007 [2010], Pi) B
• Jamie Cullum: The Pursuit (2009 [2010], Verve) C
• Kris Davis/Ingrid Laubrock/Tyshawn Sorey: Paradoxical Frog (2009 [2010], Clean Feed) B+(*)
• Steve Davis: Images (2009 [2010], Posi-Tone) B+(*)
• Dither (2010, Henceforth) B+(*)

• Dosh: Tommy (2008-09 [2010], Anticon) B+(**)
• Dave Douglas: A Single Sky (2009, Greenleaf Music) B+(**)
• Véronique Dubois/François Carrier: Being With (2009 [2010], Leo) B-
• Nathan Eklund Group: Coin Flip (2009 [2010], OA2) B
• The Element Choir: At Rosedale United (2009 [2010], Barnyard) B
• John Escreet: Don't Fight the Inevitable (2010, Mythology) B+(*)
• Kali Z. Fasteau: Animal Grace (2005-07 [2010], Flying Note) B+(*)
• Tia Fuller: Decisive Steps (2010, Mack Avenue) B+(**)
• Gerry Gibbs and the Electric Thrasher Orchestra: Play the Music of Miles Davis 1967-1975 (2008 [2010], Whaling City Sound, 2CD) B+(**)
• Aaron Goldberg: Home (2007 [2010], Sunnyside) B+(*)
• Hat: Local (2008 [2010], Hatmusic) B+(**)
• John Hébert Trio: Spiritual Lover (2008 [2010], Clean Feed) B+(**)
• Vincent Herring & Earth Jazz: Morning Star (2010, Challenge) B+(**)
• Adrian Iaies Trio: A Child's Smile (2009 [2010], Sunnyside) B+(**)
• Keefe Jackson Quartet: Seeing You See (2008 [2010], Clean Feed) B+(**)
• Sunny Jain: Taboo (2010, Bju'ecords) B
• Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden: Jasmine (2007 [2010], ECM) B+(*)
• Beat Kaestli: Invitation (2009 [2010], Chesky) B+(**)
• Eleni Karaindrou: Dust of Time (2008 [2009], ECM New Series) B+(**)
• Manu Katché: Third Round (2009 [2010], ECM) B+(*)
• Kneebody: You Can Have Your Moment (2009 [2010], Winter & Winter) B+(*)
• Domenic Landolf: New Brighton (2009 [2010], Pirouet) B+(**)
• Lawnmower: West (2008 [2010], Clean Feed) B+(**)
• Orlando Le Fleming: From Brooklyn With Love (2009 [2010], 19/8) B+(**)
• Jim Lewis/Andrew Downing/Jean Martin: On a Short Path From Memory to Forgotten (2008 [2010], Barnyard) B+(**)
• Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth: Deluxe (2008 [2010], Clean Feed) B+(*)
• Jacám Manricks: Trigonometry (2009 [2010], Posi-Tone) B+(**)
• Margret: Com Voce (2010, Sunnyside) B
• Bobby McFerrin: Vocabularies (2010, Emarcy) B
• Mikrokolektyw: Revisit (2009 [2010], Delmark) B+(*)
• NoMoreShapes: Creesus Crisis (2010, Drip Audio) B+(**)
• Mark O'Connor: Jam Session (2000-04 [2010], OMAC) B
• Aruán Ortiz Quartet: Alameda (2006 [2009], Fresh Sound New Talent) B+(**)
• Sarah Partridge: Perspective (2009 [2010], Peartree) B-
• Gregory Porter: Water (2009 [2010], Motema) B+(*)
• Dan Pratt Organ Quartet: Toe the Line (2008 [2010], Posi-Tone) B+(**)
• Tom Rainey Trio: Pool School (2009 [2010], Clean Feed) B+(*)
• Reed's Bass Drum: Which Is Which (2009 [2010], Reed's Bass Drum) B+(**)
• Aldo Romano: Origine (2009 [2010], Dreyfus Jazz) B+(**)
• Jim Rotondi: 1000 Rainbows (2008 [2010], Posi-Tone) B+(**)
• Terje Rypdal: Crime Scene (2009 [2010], ECM) B+(**)
• Dino Saluzzi: El Encuentro (2009 [2010], ECM) B-
• Hiroe Sekine: A-Mé (2009 [2010], Sekai Music) B+(*)
• Elliott Sharp: Octal Book Two (2009 [2010], Clean Feed) B+(**)
• Avery Sharpe Trio: Live (2008 [2010], JKNM) B+(*)
• Ricardo Silveira: Até Amanhã/'Til Tomorrow (2008 [2010], Adventure Music) B+(*)
• Dr. Lonnie Smith: Spiral (2010, Palmetto) B+(**)
• John Stein/Ron Gill: Turn Up the Quiet (2009 [2010], Whaling City Sound) B+(**)
• Stevens, Siegel & Ferguson Trio: Six (2008 [2010], Konnex) B+(*)
• Ike Sturm: Jazzmass (2009, Ike Sturm) B-
• Steve Tibbetts: Natural Causes (2008 [2010], ECM) B+(**)
• Mike Treni: Turnaround (2009, Bell Production, CD+DVD) B
• Bo van de Graaf: Sold Out: 25 Soundtracks (2009 [2010], Icdisc) B
• Ray Vega & Thomas Marriott: East-West Trumpet Summit (2009 [2010], Origin) B+(*)
• The Waitiki 7: New Sounds of Exotica (2009 [2010], Pass Out) B
• Myron Walden: Momentum Live (2009, Demi Sound) B+(*)
• Myron Walden/In This World: To Feel (2009 [2010], Demi Sound) B+(*)
• Myron Walden/In This World: What We Share (2009 [2010], Demi Sound) B
• Christian Wallumrod Ensemble: Fabula Suite Lugano (2009 [2010], ECM) B-
• Nikki Yanofsky: Nikki (2010, Decca) B
• Joel Yennior Trio: Big City Circus (2007 [2010], Brass Wheel) B+(**)
• Alper Yilmaz: Over the Clouds (2009 [2010], Kayique) B+(**)
• Ratko Zjaca/John Patitucci/Steve Gadd/Stanislav Mitrovic/Randy Brecker: Continental Talk (2008 [2010], In+Out) B

The following appeared (or soon will) in Recycled Goods:

• Tony Allen: Secret Agent (2009 [2010], World Circuit/Nonesuch) B+(***)
• Bona: The Ten Shades of Blues (2009 [2010], Decca) B+(**)
• Cedar Chest: The Cedar Walton Songbook [The Composer Collection Volume 6] (2000-08 [2010], High Note) B
• Larry Coryell: Prime Picks: The Virtuoso Guitar of Larry Coryell (1998-2003 [2010], High Note) B+(*)
• Hamilton de Holanda Quintet: Brasilianos 2 (2007 [2010], Adventure Music, CD+DVD) B+(**)
• Johnny Griffin: Live at Ronnie Scott's (2008 [2010], In+Out) B+(**)
• Lena Horne Sings: The M-G-M Singles (1946-48 [2010], Verve/Hip-O Select) B+(***)
• An Excellent Adventure: The Very Best of Al Jarreau (1975-2009 [2009], Rhino) B-
• Luísa Maita: Lero-Lero (2010, Cumbancha) B+(*)
• Music of the Sphere: Thelonious Monk Songbook [The Composer Collection Volume 5] (1977-2009 [2010], High Note) B-
• Carmen Souza: Protegid (2010, Galileo Music) B+(*)
• Gabor Szabo: Jazz Raga (1966 [2010], Light in the Attic) B+(**)
• Phil Wilson/Makoto Ozone: Live!! At the Berklee Performance Center (1982 [2010], Capri) B+(*)

The following were briefly sampled from download sources (e.g., Rhapsody). They may be revisited if/when I get real copies: noted [**].

• Theo Bleckmann/Fumio Yasuda: Berlin: Songs of Love and War, Peace and Exile (2007, Winter & Winter) B+(***)
• Regina Carter: Reverse Thread (2010, E1 Entertainment) B+(*)
• Bill Charlap/Renee Rosnes: Double Portrait (2009 [2010], Blue Note) B
• Steve Davis Quintet: Live at Smalls (2009 [2010], Smalls Live) B+(**)
• The Dreamers: Ipos: The Book of Angels, Vol. 14 (2009 [2010], Tzadik) B+(***)
• Ben Goldberg Quartet: Baal: The Book of Angels, Vol. 15 (2009 [2010], Tzadik) B+(***)
• Scott Hamilton/Alan Barnes: Hi-Ya (2009 [2010], Woodville) B+(**)
• Lee Konitz/Chris Cheek/Stephane Furic Leibovici: Jugendstil II (2005 [2010], ESP-Disk) B+(*)
• Oliver Lake Organ Quartet: Plan (2009 [2010], Passin Thru) B+(**)
• Joe Locke: For the Love of You (2009 [2010], Koch) B-
• Joe Morris: Colorfield (2009, ESP-Disk) B+(***)

• Mycale: Mycale: The Book of Angels, Volume 13 (2009 [2010], Tzadik) B+(**)
• Evan Parker: House Full of Floors (2009, Tzadik) B+(*)
• Ivo Perelman: Brazilian Watercolour (1998 [2000], Leo) B+(***)
• Ivo Perelman: The Ventriloquist (2001 [2002], Leo) B+(***)
• Ivo Perelman & Dominic Duval: Nowhere to Hide (2009, Not Two) B+(**)
• Portico Quartet: Knee Deep in the North Sea (2007, Vortex) B+(**)
• Sounds of Liberation: Sounds of Liberation (1972 [2010], Porter) A-
• Steve Swell's Slammin' the Infinite: Remember Now (2005 [2006], Not Two) A-
• Nasheet Waits: Equality (2008 [2009], Fresh Sound New Talent) A-
• John Zorn: The 50th Birthday Celebration, Vol. 1: Masada String Trio (2003 [2004], Tzadik) B+(***)
• John Zorn: Dictée / Liber Novus (2009 [2010], Tzadik) B+(*)
• John Zorn: The Goddess: Music for the Ancient of Days (2009 [2010], Tzadik) B+(**)
• John Zorn: In Search of the Miraculous (2009 [2010], Tzadik) B+(***)
• John Zorn/Fred Frith: Late Works (2009 [2010], Tzadik) B+(*)