Friday, October 30, 2009

Now Playing on AccuJazz - 10/30







The biggest part of my job at AccuRadio is getting new music, putting it on our server, and deciding what channels should play it. This process of discovering new music is also the most rewarding part of my job, so it's always a pleasure to let you, the listeners, know exactly what great new stuff is playing on AccuJazz.

This update is pretty big, as always, and includes mostly recent releases, though there is a section of older discs that recently came in to our possession at the bottom of the post. You can purchase the CDs online by clicking the titles, and discs that come heavily recommended are adorned with the envied double asterisk (**). To hear all of these new releases and lots of other great ones from the last 7 months, listen to the New Releases channel on AccuJazz.com while you peruse the post.

Without further ado:

New Releases:

Poncho Sanchez - Psychedelic Blues (Concord Records)
Latin Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream

**Keith Jarrett - Paris/London: Testament (ECM)**
Piano Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream, Live Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz

Gerald Wilson Orchestra - Detroit (Mack Avenue)
Straight Ahead, New School, Modern Mainstream, Modern West Coast, Big Band, Nothin' But the Blues

**Robert Glasper - Double Booked (Blue Note)**
Piano Jazz, New School, Cutting Edge, Emerging Voices, New York Now, Groove Jazz, Jazz Fusion

Ramsey Lewis - Songs From the Heart: Ramsey Plays Ramsey (Concord Records)
Piano Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream, Regions: Chicago, Mellow Jazz

**Jackie Ryan - Doozy (Openart)**
Vocal Jazz, Brazilian Jazz, Modern Mainstream, Mellow Jazz, Women of Jazz

**Mike Reed's People, Places and Things - About Us (482 Music)**
New School, Cutting Edge, Modern Mainstream, Emerging Voices, Regions: Chicago, Avant-Garde Jazz, Give the Drummers Some

**Fred Anderson - 21st Century Chase (Delmark)**
New School, Live Jazz, Regions: Chicago, Avant-Garde Jazz

**Henry Threadgill - This Brings Us To, Vol. 1 (Pi Recordings)**
New School, Cutting Edge, New York Now, Avant-Garde Jazz

**Jon Irabagon - The Observer (Concord Records)**
Saxophone Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream, Emerging Voices, Regions: Chicago, New York Now

**John Wojciechowski - Lexicon (Self-Released)**
Saxophone Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream, Regions: Chicago

**Joe Morris - Today on Earth (AUM Fidelity)**
Guitar Jazz, New School, Avant-Garde Jazz

Taylor Ho Bynum & SpiderMonkey Strings - Madeleine Dreams (Firehouse 12)
New School, Cutting Edge, New York Now, Avant-Garde Jazz, Third Stream

**Chad Taylor - Circle Down (482 Music)**
New School, Cutting Edge, Modern Mainstream, Regions: Chicago, New York Now, Avant-Garde Jazz, Give the Drummers Some

Sachal Vasandani - We Move (Mack Avenue)
Vocal Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream, Emerging Voices, Composers: Monk

Fay Victor - The Freesong Suite (Greene Avenue Music)
Vocal Jazz, New School, New York Now, Avant-Garde Jazz

**Curtis Stigers - Lost in Dreams (Concord Records)**
Vocal Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream, Pop Composers

**Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - One Day in Brooklyn (Kinnara Records)**
New School, Cutting Edge

**Josh Moshier & Mike Lebrun - Joy Not Jaded (OA2 Records)**
Saxophone Jazz, New School, Cutting Edge, Modern Mainstream, Emerging Voices, Regions: Chicago

**Laurent Coq - Eight Fragments of Summer (88 Trees)**
Piano Jazz, New School, Cutting Edge, Regions: Europe

The Fonda/Stevens Group - Memphis (Playscape Recordings)
New School, Modern Mainstream, New York Now, Avant-Garde Jazz

Quartet San Francisco - QSF Plays Brubeck (Violinjazz Recordings)
New School, Modern Mainstream, Modern Mainstream, Third Stream

Jason Stein - In Exchange for a Process (Leo)
Avant-Garde Jazz

John David Simon - John David Simon and Friends (WarmGroove Records)
Straight Ahead, Saxophone Jazz, Composers: Ellington

**Jacam Manricks - Labyrinth (Manricks Music)**
Saxophone Jazz, New School, Cutting Edge, Modern Mainstream, New York Now, Third Stream

Chris Schreiner - Only Human (Furious)
Guitar Jazz, New School, Emerging Voices, Fusion

Pamela Rose - Wild Women of Song (Three Handed Records)
Vocal Jazz, Modern West Coast, Women of Jazz

Benny Reid - Escaping Shadows (Concord Records)
Saxophone Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream, Emerging Voices

Plunge - Dancing on Thin Ice (Immersion Records and Media)
New School, Modern Mainstream, Regions: New Orleans, Trombone Jazz

Doug MacDonald - Fourth Stream (Blujazz Records)
Guitar Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream, Modern West Coast, Third Stream

Ben Perowsky - Moodswing Orchestra (The Royal Potato Family)
New School, Cutting Edge, Avant-Garde Jazz, Give the Drummers Some

Mark Levine - Off & On (Left Coast Clave)
Latin Jazz, Brazilian Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream, Modern West Coast

Ithmara Koorax & Juarez Moreira - The Complete Joao Gilberto Songbook (Motema Music)
Guitar Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Latin Jazz, Brazilian Jazz

Jason Parker Quartet - No More, No Less (Broken Time Records)
New School, Modern Mainstream, Modern West Coast, Trumpet Jazz

Mark Isham and Kate Ceberano - Bittersweet (Earle-Tones Music, Inc.)
Vocal Jazz, Composers: Ellington, Mellow Jazz, Women of Jazz

Mike DiRubbo - Repercussion (Positone)
Straight-Ahead, Saxophone Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream, New York Now, Nothin' But the Blues

**Brian Charette - Upside (SteepleChase)**
Modern Mainstream, New York Now, Organ Jazz, Composers: Ellington

Agustin Barreto - Between My Walls (Blending Fusion)
Covering all the Bassists, Jazz Fusion

Lilly Abreu - Brasileira (Self-Released)
Vocal Jazz, Latin Jazz, Brazilian Jazz

Darius Jones - Man'ish Boy (A Raw and Beautiful Thing) (AUM Fidelity)
Saxophone Jazz, New School, New York Now, Avant-Garde Jazz

Kelley Suttenfield - Where Is Love? (Rhombus Records)
Vocal Jazz, New School, Composers: Beatles, Women of Jazz

Massimo Sammi - First Day (Self-Released)
Guitar Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream, Avant-Garde Jazz

**David Ashkenazy - Out With It (Positone)**
New School, Modern Mainstream, New York Now, Give the Drummers Some

Jared Gold - Supersonic (Positone)
New School, Modern Mainstream, New York Now, Organ Jazz, Groove Jazz

Eldad Tarmu Chamber Jazz Ensemble - Songs for the Queen of Bohemia (Queen of Bohemia Productions)
Regions: Europe, Good Vibes, Third Stream

Mario Adnet - Afro Samba Jazz (Adventure Music)
Latin Jazz, Brazilian Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream

The Manhattan Transfer - The Chick Corea Songbook (Four Quarters)
Vocal Jazz

Carol Welsman - I Like Men (Welcar Music)
Vocal Jazz, Women of Jazz

Mimi Jones - A New Day (Hot Tone Music)
Vocal Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream, Emerging Voices, New York Now, Covering All the Bassists, Women of Jazz

Terry Waldo's Gutbucket Syncopators - The Ohio Theatre Concert (Delmark)
Old School

Petra Van Nuis & Andy Brown - Far Away Places (String Damper Records)
Vocal Jazz, Regions: Chicago

Paul Wertico - Impressions of a City (Chicago Sessions)
New School, Modern Mainstream, Chicago, Avant-Garde Jazz, Give the Drummers Some

Ratko Zjaca - Continental Talk (In and Out Records)
Guitar Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream, Regions: Europe

Howard Levy - Tonight and Tomorrow (Chicago Sessions)
Piano Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream, Regions: Chicago

Angela Hagenbach - The Way They Make Me Feel (Resonance Records)
Vocal Jazz, Women of Jazz, Mellow Jazz, Third Stream

Tessa Souter - Obsession (Motema Music)
Vocal Jazz, Brazilian Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream, New York Now, Pop Composers

Older Releases:

**Empty Cage Quartet - Stratostrophic (Clean Feed)** 2008
New School, Cutting Edge, Modern West Coast, Avant-Garde Jazz

Tin/Bag - And Begin Again (Evander Music) 2007
New School, Cutting Edge, Modern West Coast, Avant-Garde Jazz, Trumpet Jazz

Salsamba - Brazilia (North Star) 2007
Brazilian Jazz

Tiner / Phillips / Schoenbeck Trio - Breathe In, Feed Out (pfMentum) 2004
Cutting Edge, Modern West Coast, Avant-Garde Jazz

Bryan Vargas y Ya Esta - Afro Latino Soul (Mofongo Music) 2004
Latin Jazz

Salsamba - The Traveler (Clave Records) 2003
Latin Jazz, Modern Mainstream, Composers: Monk

Chris Greco - Well You Needn't: Standards, Vol. 1 (GWSFourwinds Records) 1999
Straight Ahead, New School, Modern Mainstream, Composers: Monk

**Plunge - Falling With Grace (Accurate Records)** 1997
New School, Modern Mainstream, Regions: New Orleans, Trombone Jazz, Groove Jazz

Nicolai Panov - Jazz Gallery (PanovMusicProduction) 1995
Straight Ahead, Saxophone Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream, Regions: Europe, Third Stream

Chris Greco - Trane of Thought (GWSFourwinds Records) 1994
Saxophone Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Blacknuss (Collectables) 1971
New School, Pop Composers, Groove Jazz, Decade: '70s

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Volunteered Slavery (Collectables) 1969
Saxophone Jazz, New School, Groove Jazz, Decade: '60s