Jazz CG Prospects: 2004 Releases

These are records that I don't have, but they seem like they may have some interest. All records are 2004 releases unless noted otherwise. The categories are experimental. Note that everything I actually have is listed elsewhere. These are things I don't have. Also note that while the list is long it isn't complete. One major source for this is jazzmatazz.

Francis Davis

These are records that Francis Davis has written about in the Village Voice. I'm not likely to include these in a CG, although it is possible if I have something distinctive to say.

• Albert Ayler: Holy Ghost (Revenant, 9CD)
• Dave Douglas: Strange Liberation (Bluebird)
• Mark Dresser/Ray Anderson: Nine Songs Together (CIMP)
• Bill Frisell: Unspeakable (Nonesuch)
• Woody Herman: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman and His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945-47, Mosaic, 7CD)
• Wynton Marsalis: The Magic Hour (Blue Note)
• Brad Mehldau: Live in Tokyo (Nonesuch)
• James Moody: Homage (Savoy Jazz)
• Matthew Shipp Trio: Plays David Ware (Splasch)
• Luciana Souza: Neruda (Sunnyside)
• Fats Waller: The Centennial Collection (Bluebird)
• Mary Lou Williams: Mary Lou Williams Presents Black Christ of the Andes (1963, Smithsonian/Folkways)
• John Zorn: Masada String Trio: 50th Birthday Celebration, Vol. 1 (Tzadik)

Total this section: 13.

New Prospects

New jazz releases that by reputation seem like relatively good prospects for CG review.

• Harry Allen: Tenors Anyone (Slider Music)
• The Gordon Beck Trio: Not the Last Waltz (Art of Life)
• Tim Berne's Hard Cell: Acoustic and Electric Hard Cell Live (Screwgun)
• David Binney: Welcome to Life (Mythology)
• Peter Brötzmann/Joe McPhee/Kent Kessler/Michael Zerang: Tales Out of Time (Hatology)
• Rob Brown: The Big Picture (Marge)
• Build an Ark: Peace With Every Step (Kindred Spirits)
• Uri Caine: Dark Flame (Winter & Winter)
• Chris Cheek: Music for Three, Vol. 1 (Soul Note)
• Nels Cline Singers: The Giant Pin (Cryptogramophone)
• Ellery Eskelin: Ten (Hatology)
• FME: Underground (Okkadisk)
• Sonny Fortune: Continuum (Sound Reason)
• Freedom Art Quartet: Spirits Awake (Freedom Art)
• Satoko Fujii's Orchestra West: Blueprint (NatSat)
• Giorgio Gaslini Proxima Centauri Orchestra: Urban Griot (Soul Note)
• Herb Geller: To Benny and Johnny With Love From Herb Geller: A Tribute to Benny Carter and Johnny Hodges (Hep)
• Gold Sparkle Trio with Ken Vandermark: Brooklyn Cantos (Squealer)
• George Graewe Trio: For Trio: 16 Fantastucke (FMR)
• The Julius Hemphill Sextet: The Hard Blues (Clean Feed)
• Conrad Herwig Nonet: Another Kind of Blue: The Latin Side of Miles Davis (Half Note)
• Charlie Hunter Trio: Friends Seen and Unseen (Ropeadope)
• Susie Ibarra: Folkloriko (Tzadik)
• Elvin Jones: The Truth: Heard Live at the Blue Note (Half Note)
• Soweto Kinch: Conversations With the Unseen (Dune)
• Matthias Lupri Group: Transition Sonic (Summit)
• Tony Malaby Trio: Adobe (Sunnyside)
• Brad Mehldau Trio: Anything Goes (Warner Bros.)
• Roscoe Mitchell: Solo (Mutable, 3CD)
• Evan Parker/Alexander von Schlippenbach/Paul Lytton: America 2003 (Psi)
• William Parker & the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra: Mass for Healing (Black Saint)
• Jean-Michel Pilc: Follow Me (Dreyfus)
• Michel Portal & Richard Galliano: Concerts (Dreyfus)
• Sam Rivers: Celebration: Live at the Jazz Bakery in L.A. (Rhombus)
• Bernard Sassetti: Indigo (Clean Feed, 2CD)
• John Scofield Trio: Enroute (Verve)
• Wadada Leo Smith's Creative Orchestra: Lake Biwa (Tzadik)
• Cecil Taylor & the Italian Instabile Orchestra: The Owner of the Riverbank (Enja/Justin Time)
• Tin Hat Trio: Book of Silk (Ropeadope)
• Mark Turner/Jeff Ballard/Larry Grenadier: Fly (Savoy Jazz)
• Allan Vache & Antti Sarpila: Swing Is Here (Nagel-Heyer)
• Charlie Watts & the Tentet: Watts at Scott's (Black Box 3000/Sanctuary)
• John Zorn: Magick (Tzadik)
• John Zorn's Masada: Live at Tonic 1999 (Tzadik)
• John Zorn 50th Birthday Celebration: Vol. 2: Milford Graves/John Zorn (Tzadik)
• John Zorn 50th Birthday Celebration: Vol. 3: Locus Solus (Tzadik)
• John Zorn 50th Birthday Celebration: Vol. 4: Electric Masada (Tzadik)
• John Zorn 50th Birthday Celebration: Vol. 5: Fred Frith/John Zorn (Tzadik)
• John Zorn 50th Birthday Celebration: Vol. 6: Hemophiliac (Tzadik)
• John Zorn 50th Birthday Celebration: Vol. 7: Masada (Tzadik)
• John Zorn 50th Birthday Celebration: Vol. 8: Wadada Leo Smith/Susie Ibarra/John Zorn (Tzadik)
• John Zorn 50th Birthday Celebration: Vol. 9: The Classic Guide to Strategy, Vol. 3: The Fire Book (Tzadik)

Total this section: 52.

Archival/Reissue Prospects

Archival/reissue jazz releases that by reputation seem like prospects for CG review.

• Quincy Jones/Bill Cosby: Original Jam Sessions 1969 (Concord)

Total this section: 1.

Vocals

This and following sections are records that haven't yet been moved into the prospects lists. These are new records that feature vocalists, regardless of jazz style.

• Danny Aiello: I Just Wanted to Hear the Words (In2n)
• Jackie Allen: Love Is Blue (A440)
• Terri Lyne Carrington: Structure (HighNote)
• Rondi Charleston: Love Is the Thing (LML Music)
• Sarah Jane Cion: Lara's Lullabies (CAP)
• Freddy Cole: I'm Not My Brother, I'm Me (High Note)
• Freddy Cole: Waiter, Ask the Man to Play the Blues: Freddy Cole Sings & Plays Some Lonely Ballads (GRP)
• Harry Conick, Jr: Only You (Columbia)
• Jamie Cullum: Twentysomething (Verve)
• Dominique Eade: My Resistance Is Low (Accurate)
• Rachelle Garnier & the Fortunate Few: Luckyday (Old Cow Music)
• Banu Gibson: Banu Gibson Sings Johnny Mercer (Swing Out)
• Denyce Graves: Kaleidoscope (Carmen)
• Janice Harrington and Kenn Lending Blues Band: Magic (Nagel-Heyer)
• Johnny Holiday: Johnny Holiday Sings (1954-98, Contemporary)
• Al Jarreau: Accentuate the Positive (GRP)
• Norah Jones: Feels Like Home (Blue Note)
• Sheila Jordan: Belive in Jazz: Live with the Serge Forté Trio (Ella Productions)
• Keren Ann: Not Going Anywhere (Metro Blue/Blue Note)
• Chaka Khan: ClassiKhan (Sanctuary)
• Diana Krall: The Girl in the Other Room (Verve)
• Lady Forté: You and Me (Excalibur)
• Barbara Lea: Celebrate Vincent Youmans (Challenge)
• Ranee Lee: Maple Groove: Songs from the Great Canadian Songbook (Justin Time)
• Kitty Margolis: Heart and Soul: Live in San Francisco (Mad-Kat)
• Jean-Pierre Mas: (H)ombre (Sunnyside)
• Carol Mennie: I'm Not a Sometime Thing (CDM)
• Jane Monheit: Taking a Chance on Love (Sony Classics)
• Typhanie Monique: Intrinsic (Blujazz)
• Shawnn Monteiro: One Special Night (Whaling City Sound)
• Mark Murphy: Bop for Miles (High Note)
• Silje Nergaard: Nightwatch (Emarcy/Universal)
• Renee Olstead: Renee Olstead (Warner Bros.)
• Queen Latifah: The Dana Owens Album (Interscope)
• Sue Raney: Volume II (Studio West)
• Irene Reid: Thanks to You (Savant)
• Fiona Renshaw: Love in a Bubble (Square Peg)
• Marlena Shaw: Lookin' for Love (441)
• Janis Siegel: Sketches of Broadway (Telarc)
• Lisa Sokolov: Lazy Afternoon (1999, Laughing Horse)
• Pyeng Threadgill: Sweet Home: Pyeng Threadgill Sings Robert Johnson (Random Chance)
• Viktoria Tolstoy: Shining on You (HighNote)
• Tuck & Patti: Gift of Love (Pony Canyon)
• Marlene Ver Planck: It's How You Play the Game (Audiophile)
• Roseanna Vitro: Tropical Postcards (A/Challenge)
• Laura Welland: Love Is Never Out of Season (OA2)
• Kate Westbrook: Cuff Clout (Voiceprint)
• Diane Witherspoon: L.A. After Dark (Summit)
• Libby York: Sunday in New York (Blujazz)

Total this section: 49.

Crossover/Soul Jazz/Fusion

New records in various crossover-oriented styles.

• Norman Brown: West Coast Coolin' (Warner Bros.)
• Larry Carlton: Saphire Blue (Bluebird)
• Seleno Clarke & His Harlem Groove Band: Diversity #2 (Oneles)
• Frank Gambale: Raison D'Etre (Wombat)
• Groove Troopers: Zoom Zoo (JJ-Tracks)
• Dave Grusin: Now Playing: Movie Themes (GRP)
• Don Grusin: The Hang (Sovereign Arts)
• Allan Holdsworth: Centrifugal Funk (Tone Center)
• Bob James Trio: Take It From the Top (Koch)
• Jean-Michel Jarre: Metamorphoses (Dreyfus)
• Jazz Crusaders: Soul Axess (TLE)
• Ronny Jordan: After 8 (N-Coded Music)
• Ronnie Laws: Everlasting (HDH)
• Los Angeles Guitar Quartet: Guitar Heroes (Telarc)
• The Mahavishnu Project: Phase 2 (Aggregate Music, 2CD)
• Keiko Matsui: Wildflower (Narada)
• Maximum Grooves: Coast to Coast (Telarc)
• Joe McBride: Texas Chilled (Heads Up)
• Marion Meadows: Player's Club (Heads Up)
• Andy Narrell: The Passage (Heads Up)
• Pieces of a Dream: No Assembly Required (Heads Up)
• Duke Robillard/Jay Geils/Gerry Beaudoin: New Guitar Summit (Stony Plain Music)
• Joe Sample: Soul Shadows (GRP)
• Seven Eleven: Hot 'N' Funky (JJ-Tracks)
• Ben Sidran: Nick's Bump (Liquid 8)
• Steve Smith and Vital Information: Come On In (Tone Center)
• Andy Summers: Earth + Sky (Goldenwire)
• Wayman Tisdale: Hang Time (Rendezvous)
• Lennie White: The Love Has Never Gone: Tribute to Earth, Wind & Fire (Trauma)
• Peter White: Confidential (Sony)
• Reuben Wilson/Bernie Worrell: Boogaloo to the Beastie Boys (Scufflin')
• Yellowjackets: Yellowjackets (Rhino/Warner Bros)
• A Guitar Supreme: Giant Steps in Fusion Guitar (Tone Center)
• Wouldn't It Be Nice: A Jazz Portrait of Brian Wilson (Trauma)

Total this section: 34.

Trad Jazz/Swing

New records in mostly pre-bop styles.

• Ambrosia Brass Band: In New Orleans Brass Band . . . (GHB)
• Beau Hunks: Contrasts (Basta)
• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy: Live (Vanguard)
• Peter Bocage: Peter Bocage at San Jacinto Hall (GHB)
• Wendell Brunious: Mama Don't Allow It (GHB)
• Chris Burke: True to New Orleans (GHB)
• Raymond Burke: Cresent City Music (GHB)
• Ernie Carson: Pretty Little Lady From Beaumont, Texas (GHB)
• Thais Clark: That Old Feeling (GHB)
• Max Collie: Latest and Greatest (GHB)
• Kenny Davern/Dick Wellstood/Chuck Riggs: Live Hot Jazz (1983, Jazzology)
• The Dirty Dozen Brass Band: Funeral for a Friend (Ropeadope)
• Dixieland Ramblers: On Campus (Summit)
• Sandy Duncan & His Big Horn All Stars: Midnight Session Underground (1974, Jazzology)
• Fessor's Big City Band: Final Call (Storyville)
• Pete Fountain and Al Hirt: New Orleans Jazz (GHB)
• Duke Heitger: Krazy Kapers (GHB)
• Bob Helm with the El Dorado Jazz Band: 1955 (S.F. Trad. Jazz, 2CD)
• Jambalaya Parade Band: Jambalaya Parade Band (GHB)
• Dill Jones: Davenport Blues: Dill Jones Plays Bix, Jones and a Few Others (Chiaroscuro, 2CD)
• Manhattan Ragtime Orchestra: 15 Years Fresh (Stomp Off)
• Kit McClure Band: The Sweethearts Project: A Tribute to the International Sweethearts of Rhythm (Red Hot)
• Metropole Orchestra: Tabloid Suite (Basta, 2CD)
• Guido Nielson: The Complete Scott Joplin (Basta, 4CD)
• Danny O'Brien: Meets Manhattan Swing in a Basie Mood (Arbors)
• Lino Patruno: Tribute to Bix Beiderbecke (Jazzology)
• Bucky Pizzarelli/Johnny Frigo/Howard Alden: Hot Club of 52nd Street (Chesky)
• Michael Rose Band: Rose Colored Classics (Alanna)
• Raymond Scott's Secret 7: The Unexepected (1960, Basta)
• Sammy Sherman: Live at Chan's (Arbors)
• The Swingcats: Get Happy! (Nagel Heyer)
• Kid Thomas: At San Jacinto With Butch Thompson (1965, GHB)
• Johnny Varro: Solo: The Two of Us (Arbors)
• Johnny Varro: Pure Imagination (Arbors)
• Dr. Michael White: Dancing in the Sky (Basin Street)
• Clive Wilson: Sweet and Hot: Music of Louis Armstrong (GHB)
• This is Jazz: Vol. 9, The Historic Broadcasts (1947-48, Jazzology, 2CD)

Total this section: 37.

Bop/Postbop/Mainstream Jazz

New records in various mainstream styles, including some styles influenced by early avant-garde.

• Steve Adelson: New Sticket (Jazzheads)
• Eric Alexander: Dead Center (High Note)
• Ari Ambrose Quintet: Waiting (Steeplechase)
• Susie Arioli Band: That's for Me (Justin Time)
• Lynne Arriale Trio: Come Together (Motema Music)
• Dave Ballou: Dancing Foot (Steeplechase)
• Darren Barrett: The Attack of Wren: Wrenaissance, Vol. 1 (Nagel Heyer)
• Bruce Barth: American Landscape (Satchmo Jazz)
• Gerald Beckett: Traveling West (Summit)
• Louie Bellson: Skin Deep (Exhibit)
• Frode Berg: Dig It! (Nagel Heyer)
• Jerry Bergonzi & Andy LaVerne: Intuition (Steeplechase)
• Peter Bernstein: Stranger in Paradise (Venus)
• Theo Bishop: Newport Nights (Favored Nations)
• Terry Blaine: With Thee I Swing (Nagel Heyer)
• Michael Blake: Blake Tartare (MB)
• Stefano Bollani: Les Fleurs Bleues (Label Bleu)
• Stefano Bollani: Småt Småt (Label Bleu)
• Joe Bonner: New Beginnings (Evidence/Theresa)
• Boulevard Big Band: Take Only for Pain (Sea Breeze)
• Ralph Bowen: Keep the Change (Criss Cross)
• Don Braden: The New Hang (High Note)
• Bob Brookmeyer/Ted Rosenthal: One Night in Vermont (Planet Arts)
• Jimmy Bruno: Solo (Mel Bay)
• Jane Bunnett: Red Dragonfly (aka Tombo) (Narada)
• Gary Burton: Generations (Concord)
• François Carrier: Traveling Lights (Justin Time)
• Sila Cevikce Quartet: A New Abode (Steeplechase)
• Steve Coleman and Five Elements: Lucidarium (Label Bleu)
• George Colligan: Mad Science (Sunny Sky)
• Continuum: Act One (Blue Geodesics)
• Marc Copland/Gary Peacock: What It Says (Sketch)
• Marc Copland & Greg Osby: Night Call (Nagel Heyer)
• Larry Coryell: Tricycles (Favored Nations)
• Dunstan Coulber: I'll Be Around (Nagel Heyer)
• The Bill Cunliffe-Gary Foster Quartet: It's About Love: The Music of Reed Kotler (Torii)
• Eddie Daniels: Crossing the Line (Summit)
• Harold Danko Trio: Trilix (Steeplechase)
• Michael Davis: Trumpets Eleven (Hip-Bone)
• Steve Davis: Meant to Be (Criss Cross)
• Joey DeFrancesco: Plays Sinatra His Way (HighNote)
• Joey DeFrancesco: Street of Dreams (Silverwolf)
• Papa John DeFrancesco: Walking Uptown (Savant)
• Alex de Grassi & G.E. Stinson: Shortwave Postcard (Auditorium)
• Jimmy Deuchar: The Ango/American/Scottish Connection (Hep)
• Chris Minh Doky: Minh (Trauma)
• Pierre Dørge & New Jungle Orchestra: Dancing Cheek to Cheek (Stunt)
• Peter Erskine/Nguyen Le/Michel Benita: E_L_B (Act/HighNote)
• Joe Farnsworth: It's Prime Time (441 Records)
• Lorraine Feather: Such Sweet Thunder: Music of the Duke Ellington Orchestra (Sanctuary)
• Bob Feldman: Triplicity (One Soul)
• Mimi Fox: She's the Woman (Favored Nations)
• Don Friedman: Hot House (Chiaroscuro)
• Don Friedman Trio: My Favorite Things (441)
• Curtis Fuller: Up Jumped Spring (Delmark)
• Tim Garland: Season of Change (Sirocco Jazz)
• Giacomo Gates: Centerpiece (Origin)
• Terry Gibbs: 52nd & Broadway: Songs of the Bebop Era (Mack Avenue)
• Dave Glasser: Begin Again (Chiaroscuro)
• Eddie Gomez Trio: Live in Japan (Twinz)
• Wycliffe Gordon & the Garden City Gospel Choir: In the Cross (Criss Cross)
• Jimmy Greene: Forever (Criss Cross)
• Russell Gunn: Ethnomusicology Vol. 4: Live in Atlanta (Justin Time)
• Kip Hanrahan: Sympathy (American Clave)
• Roy Hargrove and the RH Factor: Strength (Verve, EP)