Staff Picks, Volume 2

I sincerely hope you all have enjoyed listening to AccuJazz's Staff Picks channel over the past few months (for those of you unsure of what I'm talking about, read all about it here). I hope you enjoyed it so much, in fact, that you've been waiting in eager anticipation of the channel's next installment. With many thanks for your patience, I'm happy to present to you 10 new CDs now playing on the Staff Picks channel.

Instead of writing up all 10 CDs in one super-long blog post, as I did last time, I'm going to offer a series of shorter posts detailing my choices. This post right here will act as a "hub" for all the reviews as I post them. All the new additions come from our most recent music update, which you can read about here.

1) Claudia Quintet: Royal Toast

2) Dr. Lonnie Smith: Spiral

3) Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden: Jasmine

4) Regina Carter: Reverse Thread

5) Ideal Bread: Transmit: Vol. 2 of the Music of Steve Lacy

6) Fred Hersch Trio: Whirl

7) Sarah Manning: Dandelion Clock

8) Tord Gustavsen Ensemble: Restored, Returned

9) Julian Pollack: Infinite Playground

10) Mikrokolektyw: Revisit

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