Thursday, March 3, 2011

Now Playing on AccuJazz - 3/3/11

As usual, it's been a little while since the last Now Playing post. Also as usual, there is a great deal of great new music playing on AccuJazz's channels to let you know about. This most recent batch includes lots of random stuff that has been sent my way as well as music specifically acquired for the Best of 2010 channel. Album titles are links to purchase, and I've listed the AccuJazz channels on which you're most likely to hear each album. Most all new releases are also playing on the Main Channel and the New Releases channel. Why not go ahead and launch the New Releases channel right now as your soundtrack to perusing the blog post?

Various Artists - Everybody Wants to Be a Cat: Disney Jazz, Vol. 1 (Disney)
Modern Mainstream, Straight Ahead

Russell Malone - Triple Play (MaxJazz)
Straight Ahead, Guitar, Modern Mainstream, Groove Jazz

Jason Moran - Ten (Blue Note)
Piano, New School, Cutting Edge, Modern Mainstream, Emerging Voices, New York, Best of 2010, Blue Note

Kurt Elling - The Gate (Concord)
Vocals, Chicago, Pop Composers, Mellow Jazz

Marcus Miller - A Night in Monte Carlo (Concord)
New School, Live Jazz, Bass, Third Stream

Jeremy Pelt - The Talented Mr. Pelt (HighNote)
New School, Modern Mainstream, Emerging Voices, New York, Trumpet

Donny McCaslin - Perpetual Motion (Greenleaf)
Saxophone, New School, Cutting Edge, New York, Fusion

Trio of Oz - Trio of Oz (OZmosis)
Piano, New School, Modern Mainstream, Pop Composers

Henry Threadgill Zooid - This Brings Us To, Vol. 2 (Pi Recordings)
New School, Avant-Garde, Best of 2010

Noah Preminger - Before the Rain (Palmetto)
Saxophone, New School, Modern Mainstream, Emerging Voices, New York, Avant-Garde, Mellow Jazz

Eric Reed - The Dancing Monk (Savant)
Straight Ahead, Modern Mainstream, Composers: Monk

Jerry Bergonzi - Convergence (Savant)
Saxophone, New School, Modern Mainstream

Vijay Iyer with Prasanna and Nitin Mitta - Tirtha (ACT)
Guitar, New School, Cutting Edge

Grace Kelly and Phil Woods - The Man With the Hat (Pazz)
Straight Ahead, Saxophone, Modern Mainstream, Emerging Voices, Women of Jazz

Jonathan Kreisberg - Shadowless (NFN Music)
Guitar, New School, Modern Mainstream, Fusion

Chantale Gagne - Wisdom of the Water (Self-Released)
Straight Ahead, Piano, New School, Modern Mainstream, Emerging Voices, Vibes, Women of Jazz

Wayne Wallace - To Hear From There (Patois)
Latin, Modern West Coast, Trombone

Steve Gadd and Friends - Live at Voce (BFM Jazz)
Straight Ahead, Modern Mainstream, Live Jazz, Organ, Drummers, Groove Jazz

Paquito D'Rivera - Panamericana Suite (MCG Jazz)
Latin, New School, Live Jazz, Best of 2010

Peter Hum - A Boy's Journey (Self-Released)
Piano, New School, Modern Mainstream

The Microscopic Septet - Friday the 13th: The Micros Play Monk (Cuneiform)
Saxophone, New School, Modern Mainstream, New York, Best of 2010, Composers: Monk

Marc Ribot - Silent Movies (Pi Recordings)
Guitar, Best of 2010, SFJazz

Hristo Vitchev - Perperikon Suite (First Orbit Sounds Music)
Guitar, New School, Modern Mainstream, Modern West Coast

Doug Webb - Renovations (Posi-Tone)
Straight Ahead, Saxophone, Modern Mainstream, Modern West Coast

Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth - Deluxe (Clean Feed)
New School, Cutting Edge, New York, Bassists

Nancy Marano - Magic (Laughing Face Productions)
Vocals, Women of Jazz

Chris Speed's Endangered Blood - Endangered Blood (Skirl)
Saxophone, New School, Cutting Edge, New York

Scott Amendola Trio - Lift (Sazi)
New School, Cutting Edge, Modern West Coast, Drummers

Matt Nelson - Nostalgiamaniac (Chicago Sessions)
Piano, Modern Mainstream, Emerging Voices, Chicago

Ehud Asherie - Organic (Posi-tone)
Straight Ahead, Modern Mainstream, Emerging Voices, New York, Organ

Bizingas - Bizingas (NCM East)
New School, Cutting Edge, New York, Avant-Garde

James Moody - Moody 4B (IPO)
Straight Ahead, Saxophone, Best of 2010

Jane Ira Bloom - Wingwalker (Outline)
Saxophone, New School, Modern Mainstream, Women of Jazz

David Cook - Pathway (Brooklyn Jazz Underground)
Piano, New School, Modern Mainstream, New York

Joseph Daley Earth Tones Ensemble - The Seven Deadly Sins (JoDa)
New School, Big Band, Third Stream

Mike DiRubbo - Chronos (Posi-Tone)
Straight Ahead, Saxophone, New School, Modern Mainstream, New York, Organ

Kermit Driscoll - Reveille (Nineteen Eight)
Guitar, New School, Cutting Edge, Bassists

Kellylee Evans - Nina (Plus Loin)
Vocals, Mellow Jazz, Women of Jazz

John Geggie - Across the Sky (Plunge)
New School, Modern Mainstream, Bassists

Gutbucket - Flock (Cuneiform)
New School, Cutting Edge, New York, Fusion

Kelly Harland - Long Ago and Far Away (Origin)
Vocals, Women of Jazz

Peter Paulsen - Goes Without Saying (SquarePegWorks)
New School, Modern Mainstream, Bassists

Dana Lauren - It's You or No One (Self-Released)
Vocals, Emerging Voices

Robert Hurst - Bob Ya Head (Bebop Music)
Fusion, Bassists

Robert Hurst - Unrehurst, Vol. 2 (Bebop Music)
New School, Modern Mainstream, Live Jazz, Bassists


Leslie Pintchik - We're Here to Listen (Pintch Hard)
Piano, New School, Modern Mainstream, New York, Women of Jazz

Steven Lugerner - These Are the Words / Narratives (Self-Released)
New School, Cutting Edge, Emerging Voices, New York, Avant-Garde

Eric Person - The Grand Illusion (Distinction)
Saxophone, New School, Fusion

Plunge - Tin Fish Tango (Immersion)
Saxophone, New School, Modern Mainstream, New Orleans, Trombone

Craig Pilo - Just Play (Rue De La Harpe)
Modern West Coast, Drummers, Fusion, Groove Jazz

Nelson Riveros - Camino al Barrio (Nelsongo Music)
Guitar, Latin, Brazilian, New School, Modern Mainstream, New York

Kermit Ruffins - Happy Talk (Basin Street)
Vocals, New Orleans, Trumpet

Matt Savage - Welcome Home (Savage Records)
Piano, Modern Mainstream, Emerging Voices

Undivided - The Passion (W. Zimpel)
European Jazz, Avant-Garde

Jason Stein's Locksmith Isidore - Three Kinds of Happiness (Not Two)
New School, Emerging Voices, Chicago, Avant-Garde

Josh Lawrence - Roots (Self-Released)
Modern Mainstream, Emerging Voices, Trumpet, Groove Jazz

Ben Syversen - Cracked Vessel (Self-Released)
New School, Cutting Edge, Emerging Voices, New York, Avant-Garde Jazz

Mostly Other People Do the Killing - Forty Fort (Hot Cup)
Cutting Edge, Emerging Voices, Avant-Garde, Best of 2010

Randy Weston - The Storyteller (Motema)
Piano, Latin, Modern Mainstream, Live Jazz, Best of 2010

Dee Dee Bridgewater - Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): to Billie with Love from Dee Dee (Emarcy)
Vocals, Best of 2010, Women of Jazz

Lorraine Feather - Ages (Jazzed Media)
Vocals

Helio Alves - Musica (Jazz Legacy Productions)
Piano, Latin, Brazilian, New School, Modern Mainstream, New York

Pablo Aslan - Tango Grill (Zoho)
Latin, Modern Mainstream, Bassists, Third Stream

John Beasley - Positootly! (Resonance)
Straight Ahead, Piano, Modern Mainstream, Modern West Coast

Stanley Clarke - The Stanley Clarke Band (Heads Up)
Bassists, Fusion

Jeff Lorber - Now Is the Time (Heads Up)
Fusion, Groove Jazz

Magnetic Ear - Aliens of Extraordinary Ability (Self-Released)
New School, New Orleans, Trombone

Hector Martignon - Second Chance (Zoho)
Latin, New School, Modern Mainstream

John McLaughlin - To the One (Abstract Logix)
Guitar, New School, Fusion

John Scofield and the Metropole Orchestra - 54 (Heads Up)
Guitar, New School, Modern Mainstream, Big Band

Mingus Big Band - Live at Jazz Standard (Jazz Workshop)
Modern Mainstream, Live Jazz, New York, Big Band

Chucho Valdes - Chucho's Steps (Four Quarters Entertainment)
Latin, New School, Modern Mainstream, Best of 2010, Groove Jazz

Sam Trapchak's Put Together Funny - Lollipopocalypse (Raw Toast Records)
New School, Cutting Edge, Emerging Voices, New York

Dan Rufolo Trio - Novelty (Self-Released)
Piano, New School, Modern Mainstream, Emerging Voices, New York

Tal Babitzky - Moments (Self-Released)
New School, Modern Mainstream, European Jazz

The Either Orchestra - Mood Music for Time Travelers (Accurate)
New School, Modern Mainstream, Big Band, Best of 2010, Groove Jazz

Phil Hawkins - The Sugarcane Suite (P. Note Music)
Latin, Modern Mainstream, Modern West Coast

Mario Pavone - Arc Suite t/pi t/po (Playscape)
New School, Cutting Edge, New York

Sofia Rei Koutsovitis - Sube Azul (World Village)
Vocals, Latin, New School, Modern Mainstream, New York

Mike Pride's From Bacteria to Boys - Betweenwhile (AUM Fidelity)
New School, Emerging Voices, New York, Avant-Garde, Drummers

Scanner with the Post-Modern Jazz Quartet - Blink of an Eye (Thirsty Ear)
Cutting Edge, New York, Avant-Garde, Fusion

James Falzone - Lamentations (Allos Documents)
New School, Cutting Edge, Chicago

Jordan Young Group - Jordan Young Group (Self-Released)
Straight Ahead, New School, Modern Mainstream, New York, Organ, Drummers

Arthur Lipner & Nanny Assis - Brazilian Vibes (MalletWorks)
Latin, Brazilian, Vibes

No BS! Brass - No BS! (Self-Released)
New School, Cutting Edge, Emerging Voices, Trumpet, Trombone, Fusion, Groove Jazz

Mike Reed's Loose Assembly - Empathetic Parts (482 Music)
Avant-Garde, Chicago

Alison Ruble - Ashland (Origin)
Vocals, Chicago, Pop Composers

Wide Hive Players - Players II Guitar (Wide Hive)
Guitar, New School, West Coast, Fusion, Groove Jazz

Patrick Williams - Aurora (ArtistShare)
New School, Modern Mainstream, Modern West Coast, Big Band

Mosaik - Metrization (Self-Released)
Modern Mainstream, Emerging Voices, Vibes, Chicago