AccuJazz News: Roll-Out Continues With "Regions: Chicago"

It's been a few weeks since I've treated you all to a new channel post, and the reason for that is not quite clear. Somehow, I managed not to get around to it. For this, I apologize. The two neglected new channels were "Regions: Europe" and "Good Vibes," the former playing all sorts of great jazz from across the pond, and the latter highlighting the many talented jazz musicians who use the vibraphone as their instrument of choice. Check 'em out.

But it's time to stop dwelling on the past: I have important news to impart! Today (yesterday, actually -- more procrastination) marks the launch of the highly anticipated "Regions: Chicago" channel! Now, when I say "highly anticipated," I am mostly referring to myself, but I'm hoping some other people out there share in the excitement.

As you may know, AccuRadio (the company that birthed AccuJazz) is based in Chicago. I am a [very small] part of the Chicago jazz community, and therefore Chicago jazz is a mild obsession. I have been working on building up a collection of current Chicago jazz for over a year now through a few different methods: personal contact with jazz musicians, in person or over the phone/email, building relationships with record labels like Delmark, Ears & Eyes, Origin, Atavistic, Blujazz, Chicago Sessions, and Bigfoot Jazz, and culling some stuff from my own personal collection. The channel currently spins about 1,200 different tracks by musicians as diverse as Louis Armstrong and Roscoe Mitchell.

Chicago has been home to many of jazz's most important movements. In the 1920's, New Orleans expatriates like Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton developed their sound here, and the '60s saw the rise of Chicago's legendary Avant-Garde scene, headed up by Mitchell, Fred Anderson, Joseph Jarman and others. Swing kings Gene Krupa and Benny Goodman were Chi Town natives, as were bebop masters Gene Ammons and Johnny Griffin. Herbie Hancock and Jack DeJohnette even grew up here!

Nowadays, there are hundreds of musicians making high quality music -- it's dizzying trying to think of them all. New York may still be the jazz mecca, but we've got a lot going for us here in the Midwest.

World-famous vocalists Patricia Barber and Kurt Elling still make their homes here, and play at the city's premier jazz room, The Green Mill, quite often. Other Chicagoans who have gained international reputations include reedman Ken Vandermark, flutist Nicole Mitchell, trumpeters Corey Wilkes and Orbert Davis, pianist Ryan Cohan, guitarists Fareed Haque and Bobby Broom, and drummers Hamid Drake and Kahil El'Zabar. The channel doesn't just focus on these folks, though. You'll hear a lot of really, really good music that's been self-released by hard-working cats who haven't gotten much exposure. It's like being in a Chicago jazz club, but you're sitting at a computer! There's no cover charge, and it's BYOB!

Well, that's enough out of me; get listening, and then let me know what you think of the channel, either here, or on Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, or the ShoutBox on the AccuJazz homepage.

Now Playing on AccuJazz - 6/17

Wow, it's been a while since I've done one of these "Now Playing" posts. I usually try to get one up as soon as I know an update has gone through, but I somehow managed not to for the last couple of updates. So anyway, we have a lot, and I mean A LOT of new CDs playing on the many channels of AccuJazz for you, and here they all are.

As usual, I've only included new releases. I recently uploaded dozens of trombone-led CDs for the recently-launched Trombone channel, but haven't included them here. Most every CD listed will be heard on both the Main Channel and the New Releases channel, and I've also noted the other channels where you'll hear each item. You'll notice a new feature in this post: instead of actually taking the time to write CD reviews or make regular posts of my favorite new releases, I'll put asterisks (**) around my favorites in the post. Music criticism of the highest order: I don't even need words. This is not to say I don't like the non-asterisked titles; the singled-out ones are just the releases that really hit me hard and have ended up in my car's CD player the most. All of the music is good stuff worth checking out. If it wasn't, would I put it on AccuJazz?

Enjoy! Actually, why don't you open up another window and start the listening to the New Releases channel right now, as a sort of appropriate soundtrack to reading this post?

**Allen Toussaint - The Bright Mississippi**
Piano, Old School, New Orleans, Ellington, Monk

Christian McBride & Inside Straight - Kind of Brown
Straight Ahead, New School, Modern Mainstream, Bassists

**Wynton Marsalis - He and She**
Straight Ahead, New School, Modern Mainstream, Trumpet, New Orleans

**Bobby Broom - Plays for Monk**
Guitar, Modern Mainstream, Chicago, Monk

**Steve Lehman Octet - Travail, Transformation and Flow**
New School, Cutting Edge, Emerging Voices, New York

Gary Burton / Pat Metheny / Steve Swallow / Antonio Sanchez - Quartet Live
Guitar, New School, Modern Mainstream, Live Jazz, Good Vibes

**Josh Berman - Old Idea**
New School, Emerging Voices, Chicago, Avant-Garde, Trumpet

Chick Corea & John McLaughlin - Five Peace Band Live
Piano, Guitar, New School, Modern Mainstream, Live Jazz, Jazz Fusion

**Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Strings - Renegades**
New School, Cutting Edge, Chicago, Avant-Garde, Women of Jazz

Joe Lovano Us Five - Folk Art
Saxophone, New School, Modern Mainstream, New York

**Darcy James Argue's Secret Society - Infernal Machines**
New School, Cutting Edge, Emerging Voices, New York, Big Band

**Chicago Yestet - JazzIsPolitics?**
New School, Modern Mainstream, Chicago, Big Band

Freddie Hubbard - Without a Song: Live in Europe 1969
Live Jazz, Trumpet

**Carl Allen and Rodney Whitaker - Work to Do**
Straight Ahead, New School, Modern Mainstream, Bassists, Drummers, Groove Jazz

Kermit Ruffins - Livin' a Treme Life
Vocal, New Orleans, Trumpet, Groove Jazz

**Geoffrey Keezer - Aurea**
Piano, Latin Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream, New York

Randy Crawford and Joe Sample - No Regrets
Vocal, Women of Jazz

Chris Botti - In Boston
New School, Modern Mainstream, Live Jazz, Trumpet

Justin Vasquez - Triptych
Saxophone, New School, Cutting Edge, Modern Mainstream, Emerging Voices, New York,

Eric Person - Rhythm Edge
Saxophone, New School, Modern Mainstream, New York, Groove Jazz

Diana Krall - Quiet Nights
Vocal, Women of Jazz

**Positive Catastrophe - Garabatos Volume One**
Latin, New School, Cutting Edge, New York, Big Band, Avant-Garde

Weasel Walter & Mary Halvorson - Opulence
Avant-Garde

Aaron Koppell - Falling Together, Falling Apart
Guitar, New School, Modern Mainstream, Emerging Voices, Chicago, Groove Jazz

**Sam Yahel - Hometown**
Piano, New School, Modern Mainstream, New York,

Crotty Corman and Phipps - Jazz Trio
Straight Ahead, Guitar

Michael Musillami - From Seeds
New School, Cutting Edge, New York, Avant-Garde,

Grant Geissman - Cool Man Cool
Straight Ahead, Guitar, Modern Mainstream, Groove Jazz

Deanna Witkowski - From This Place
Piano, Vocal, New School, Modern Mainstream, Emerging Voices, New York, Women of Jazz

Tiempo Libre - Bach in Havana
Latin Jazz, New School, Third Stream

Thomas Rotter - Traumzeit
New School, Modern Mainstream, Europe, Bassists

Phillip Johnston - Page of Madness
New York, Avant-Garde

Arve Henriksen - Cartography
New School, Cutting Edge, Europe, Avant-Garde, Trumpet, Third Stream

Mark Alban Lotz - Bite!
New School, Cutting Edge, Europe

Kendra Shank - Mosaic
Vocal, New School, Women of Jazz

Weasel Walter - Firestorm
Avant-Garde

**John Escreet - Consequences**
New School, Cutting Edge, Emerging Voices, New York, Europe, Avant-Garde

Indigone Trio & Strings - Cycles
Piano, New School, Modern Mainstream, Emerging Voices, Third Stream

The Joe Hurt Trio - Live
Piano, Live Jazz, Chicago

Corey Wilkes - Cries From Tha Ghetto
New School, Modern Mainstream, Emerging Voices, Chicago, Avant-Garde, Trumpet

Roch Lockyer - Nondirectional
Guitar, New School, Modern Mainstream,

Rhoda Scott - From C to Shining C
Straight Ahead, Organ, Groove Jazz, Women of Jazz

James Danderfer - Accelerated Development
New Sschool, Cutting Edge, Emerging Voices

Trudy Pitts - Live at the Great American Music Hall
Live Jazz, Organ, Women of Jazz

Jermaine Landsberger - Gettin' Blazed
Straight Ahead, New School, Modern Mainstream, Europe, Organ

**Lucky 7s - Pluto Junkyard**
New School, Emerging Voices, Chicago, New Orleans, Avant-Garde

Bill Heid - Asian Persuasion
Straight Ahead, New School, Modern Mainstream, Organ

Elizabeth! - Hot & Silver
Vocal, New York, Women of Jazz

Joey DeFrancesco - Finger Poppin'
Straight Ahead, New School, Modern Mainstream, Organ, Groove Jazz

Wil Blades - Sketchy
Straight Ahead, New School, Modern Mainstream, Emerging Voices, Chicago, Organ, Groove Jazz

Jim Rotondi - Blues for Brother Ray
Straight Ahead, New School, Modern Mainstream, New York, Trumpet, Organ, Groove Jazz

Yotam Silberstein - Next Page
Guitar, New School, Modern Mainstream, Emerging Voices, New York, Organ

Sam Rivers - Celebration
Avant-Garde

Charnett Moffett - The Art of Improvisation
New School, Bassists

Jared Gold - Solids and Stripes
Straight Ahead, New School, Modern Jazz, New York, Organ

D.J. Sweeney - Are You the One?
Vocal, Ellington, Women of Jazz

Ken Fowser and Behn Gillece - Full View
Straight Ahead, Saxophone, New School, Modern Mainstream, New York, Vibes

Steve Davis - Outlook
New School, Modern Mainstream, New York, Trombone,

Dave Binney and Alan Ferber - In the Paint
Saxophone, New School, Cutting Edge, Modern Mainstream, New York, Avant-Garde

**The Fully Celebrated - Drunk on the Blood of the Holy Ones**
Saxophone, New School, Cutting Edge, Avant-Garde

Zvonimir Tot - Eloquent Silence
Guitar, New School, Modern Mainstream, Chicago, Groove Jazz

Richard Harris - Songs From My Heart
Straight Ahead, Trumpet

Mike Clinco - Neon
Guitar, New School, Modern Mainstream

**Glows in the Dark - Music to Listen to Glows in the Dark By**
New School, Cutting Edge, Emerging Voices, Avant-Garde

Ed Palermo Big Band - Eddy Loves Frank
New School, Modern Mainstream, New York, Big Band, Fusion

Andy Milne and Benoit Delbecq - Where is Pannonica?
Piano, New School, Avant-Garde

Led Bib - Sensible Shoes
New School, Cutting Edge, Emerging Voices, Europe, Avant-Garde

Ron Jackson - FlubbyDubby
Straight Ahead, Guitar, New York, Groove Jazz

Jerry Granelli - Vancouver '08
New School, Cutting Edge, Avant-Garde

Ombak - Framing the Void
New School, Cutting Edge, Emerging Voices, Trombone

Andrea Fultz - The German Projekt
Vocal, Women of Jazz

Cynthia Scott - Dream for One Bright World
Vocal, Women of Jazz

Kyle Eastwood - Metropolitain
New School, Modern Mainstream, Bassists, Fusion, Groove Jazz

The Vignola Collective - Gypsy Grass
Guitar, Old School, New School, Modern Mainstream, Groove Jazz

Tine Bruhn - Entranced
Vocals, Emerging Voices, New York, Women of Jazz

Sophie Milman - Take Love Easy
Vocal, Women of Jazz

Jorge Sylvester - Following the Line
Saxophone, New School, Live Jazz, New York

Nora McCarthy - Circle Completing
Vocal, New York, Women of Jazz

Benny Powell - Nextep
New School, Modern Mainstream, Trombone

Kenny MacKenzie - There You Are
Straight Ahead, Piano, Modern Mainstream, New York

AccuJazz News: Roll-Out Continues With "A Great Day in Harlem"

It's new channel time again, and this week's is very unique: the common factor uniting the artists is not a time period, style, or instrument, but a historic photograph. It's the "Great Day in Harlem" photo. You know the one, right? Well, In case you don't, here it is:

Here's the story behind it: in 1958, a young photographer named Art Kane was assigned by Esquire Magazine to produce a photo to open an article about jazz. Looking back, Kane said he was young and naive to have believed that his ambitious plan could have been practical, but he went for it anyway and succeeded. He attempted to get every major jazz musician in New York to the same spot on 126th Street in Harlem at 10 a.m. Amazingly, 57 of them showed up, resulting in a photograph still unparalleled today in terms of cumulative jazz talent. While some of the musicians present never gained extremely wide name recognition, most of the people in the photo belong on a list of the greatest jazz musicians of all time.

A shortlist of legends present in the photo includes Sonny Rollins, Count Basie, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Horace Silver, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Art Blakey, Marian McPartland, Gene Krupa, Mary Lou Williams, Roy Eldridge, Jimmy Rushing, Benny Golson, Gerry Mulligan, Johnny Griffin, Hank Jones, Sonny Greer, Jo Jones, Milt Hinton, Oscar Pettiford, Dicky Wells and Pee Wee Russell.

The AccuJazz channel is playing recordings from throughout the careers of these magnificent players, from early Count Basie to Sonny Rollins's 2008 release, and lots of other great music in between.

The photo has attained legendary status, with an Academy Award-Nominated documentary about it, and even a starring role in a Spielberg movie. It was the first photo Art Kane took in his professional career, and he went on to become a very successful photographer, taking iconic pictures of rock musicians like The Who, The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan.

The idea for this channel actually came from fellow AccuRadio employee Paul Maloney. Thanks Paul! Give it a listen and let me know what you think, either here, or on Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, or the ShoutBox on the AccuJazz homepage.

AccuJazz News: Roll-Out Continues With "Trombone Jazz"

For this week's new channel, we highlight one of the more under-appreciated jazz instruments: the trombone. Sure, "Piano Jazz" is our most popular channel (even more popular than the main channel), but I have a feeling there are a lot of folks out there who have been waiting for this one.

The trombone is probably less popular simply because there are less people playing it. And why is that, you ask? Because it's really freaking hard to play! Nonetheless, young musicians decide to take up the trombone every year, and many of them go on to unlikely careers playing it. Many of the greatest musicians and composers in jazz history have been trombonists. From Tommy Dorsey to J.J. Johnson to Steve Turre, the instrument has attracted talented, creative individuals who play in plenty of different styles.

"Trombone Jazz" has been a long time coming; I knew when I first started working at AccuRadio that it would be a necessary addition to the "Jazz by Instrument" category, and I've been adding great music to the channel's play list ever since. If you find the channel less than satisfactory on first listen (which I'm pretty sure will not be the case), please come back and listen again on Monday, when a new update including about 600 more songs will have gone through.

The channel provides an education in the history of jazz trombone, from the early swing trombone of Dickie Wells and Jack Teagarden to the bebop mastery of Curtis Fuller and Frank Rosolino to the creative modern sounds of Roswell Rudd, Conrad Herwig, Robin Eubanks and Jeff Albert.

A recent listening session produced a playlist including youngster Josh Roseman, Herwig, modern hard-bopper Steve Davis, and J.J. Go on and listen, and see what trombonists show up for you. Then let me know what you think right here, or via Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, or the ShoutBox on the AccuJazz homepage.

Jazz World News: Jazz in the White House

Not long after Barack Obama was elected president, jazz advocates were already writing open letters to him about bringing "America's Classical Music" back to the White House -- as Jimmy Carter had done. In 1978, Carter went so far as to say this to the group of jazz legends gathered on the White House lawn: "What you have given America is as important as the White House and the Capitol building." For a jazz fan, hearing those words from a president's mouth are every bit as exciting as the most exhilarating Coltrane solo.

Obama, seen here briefly mentioning his intentions to fill the White House with jazz music, among other things, wasted no time in fulfilling his promise. Wynton Marsalis, the face of jazz to many Americans, entertained Obama and guests on Inauguration night in the White House.

Jazz personalities Tony Bennett and Esperanza Spalding were part of a Stevie Wonder tribute held at the White House in February, and last night Esperanza made another appearance, at the White House's first Poetry Jam.

From the tiny snippet of footage here, it looks like she and pianist Eric Lewis performed some pretty complex, challenging wordless jazz, a far cry from the pop-oriented Wonder tribute at her last appearance.

The president has been really, really busy: trying to resuscitate the world economy, chart out new directions in two wars, and lay the groundwork for comprehensive reform in the areas of health care, education and energy, not to mention find a replacement for Supreme Court justice David Souter. But it's good to know that despite all this, he still took the time to open up his new home to a group of artists who deserve to be recognized.

Hopefully Obama and his event planners will soon learn about a few other jazzers besides Esperanza. Nothing against her (after all she is the postergirl for our new young artists channel, "Emerging Voices") but it seems a bit unfair that she gets TWO White House appearances when there are thousands of other talented jazz musicians, young and old, worthy of the same treatment. I'm not complaining, though. He'll get around to it, just like fixing the world economy and ending the war in Iraq.

AccuJazz News: Roll-Out Continues With "Emerging Voices"

It came too late in the week to write about on the blog last week, but there was a new channel last week, so we're still sticking to our word of providing a new channel every week, for all you Internet radio watchdogs out there.

The new channel is called "Emerging Voices" and it's dedicated to music by the under-40 crowd, whether it be by unknown up-and-comers or superstars like Jason Moran and Esperanza Spalding [pictured].

There is a long tradition of the jazz elders making way for newcomers to shine, with most of the jazz legends making their recording debuts in their early twenties. Tony Williams joined Miles Davis' band when he was a mere 17 years old. With the rise of university jazz programs, there are more young jazz musicians dedicated to playing jazz than ever before. I'm one of 'em, and though I haven't recorded anything worth broadcasting on the channel, I hope to very soon, and I have personal relationships with plenty of the players you will hear.

As young folks come in all stripes, the stylistic variation on the channel is pretty wide - from Corey Wilkes' neo-soul-tinged jazz to Amir ElSaffar's Avant-Iraqi jazz. A recent listen produced some newer Roy Hargrove (just barely under 40; we'll have to take him off in October), a straight-ahead tune by Los Angeles-based drummer Devin Kelly, and a killing track from Chris Potter's 2001 disc, Gratitude.

Many lesser-known youngsters have also come up in recent listening sessions. The channel will no doubt be a great place for discovering new talent. If you're a jazz fan who finds him or herself wondering "is there any hope for the future of jazz?" then you'll want to listen to this channel. You'll find the answer is a resounding "Yes."

Go ahead and listen, and let me know how YOU like the channel, by commenting here, or via Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, or the ShoutBox on the AccuJazz homepage.

AccuJazz News: Roll-Out Continues With "Decade: '40s"

This week's new channel makes for the 4th Decade channel at AccuJazz, joining the Pre-1940 channel and a channel apiece for the '50s and '60s.

As with all decades, jazz didn't have a uniform sound or aesthetic during the '40s. In the earlier part of the decade, swing was still king. Tommy Dorsey and Duke Ellington were household names and Benny Goodman's band was one of the hottest touring acts in the country. That soon changed, with big bands becoming harder to keep together and pop crooners taking over the airwaves.

Jazz wan't just going to die, though, right? Nope. You know the story: Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie came swooping in and saved the day with their new, revolutionary style of jazz called "Bebop." The new style breathed life into jazz and spurred on further innovation that continues to this day.

You'll hear everything from Dorsey's sentimental swing to Bud Powell's fiery bop on the channel, as well as gypsy jazz by Django Reinhardt, raucous big band music by Woody Herman, and plenty more.

In my first listening session I heard great tunes by Nat King Cole, Mary Lou Williams, Bud Powell and Duke Ellington. Pretty good start, I'd say.

Go ahead and listen to the channel here, and then let me know what you think in the comments section, or on Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, or the ShoutBox on the AccuJazz home page.

AccuJazz News: Roll-out continues with "Regions: New York Now"

This week's new channel, arriving just in time to actually be truthfully called "This Week's 

New Channel," is the second addition to our Regions category, and it's focused on the great music coming out of the Mecca of the jazz world, New York Ciy.  "Regions: New York Now" is dedicated to music made in New York in the last two decades because a channel that played all the music from throughout jazz history made in New York would encompass almost all of the AccuJazz music collection.

It's amazing that even with the globalization and digitization of the music industry, New York remains an essential hub of jazz music, with most all of the important modern jazz being made there.  It is undoubtedly still the center of the jazz world, with everything from cutting edge cosmopolitan jazz to straight-up hard bop to austere Avant-Garde jazz filling the city's venues every night.  Listeners will hear all of the above, and plenty more, on the new AccuJazz channel.

A recent listen to the channel produced this playlist: a track from young Japanese-born New York pianist Eri Yamamoto, a song from Wynton Marsalis' Citi Movement, a track by Dave Holland with Jack DeJohnette and Steve Coleman from Holland's Triplicate, and a song from master trombonist Conrad Herwig.  It was great listening and represented well the stylistic variation inherent in an all-NY station.

Alright, here's the part of the blog where I tell you to go listen, now!  Let me know what you think right here, or on Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, or the Shoutbox on the AccuJazz homepage.

Now Playing on AccuJazz - 4/22/09

I've been adding new CDs to the AccuJazz collection non-stop ever since the last "Now Playing" update, and now they're up and running on the many channels of AccuJazz, creating a sonic utopia of jazz from every corner of the stylistic spectrum. There are also a lot of older CDs I imported for upcoming subchannels, but for the sake of space I've only included new releases here. I've also included recommendations on the channels where you'll hear them. Most of these CDs will be on the Main Channel and New Releases already; I've listed the other channels where you'll also hear them. Click on the album title to purchase it from Amazon.

Jack DeJohnette, John Patitucci and Danilo Perez - Music We Are
Piano Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream

John Scofield - Piety Street
Guitar Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream, Groove Jazz

Fly - Sky & Country
Saxophone Jazz, New School, Cutting Edge, Covering All the Bassists, Give the Drummers Some

Rudresh Mahanthappa - Apti
Saxophone Jazz, New School, Cutting Edge, Jazz Fusion

Jeff "Tain" Watts - Watts
New School, Modern Mainstream, Give the Drummers Some

Alex Cline - Continuation
New School, Cutting Edge, Avant-Garde Jazz, Give the Drummers Some

Nels Cline - Coward
Guitar Jazz, New School, Cutting Edge, Avant-Garde Jazz

Branford Marsalis - Metamorphosen
Saxophone Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream

Jimmy Greene - Mission Statement
Saxophone Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream

Julian Lage - Sounding Point
Guitar Jazz, New School, Cutting Edge

Red Holloway - Go Red Go!
Straight Ahead, Saxophone Jazz

Marco Benevento - Me Not Me
Piano Jazz, New School, Cutting Edge, Jazz Fusion

Sean Jones - The Search Within
New School, Modern Mainstream, Trumpet Jazz

Fareed Haque - Flat Planet
Guitar Jazz, New School, Cutting Edge, Jazz Fusion, Groove Jazz

Scott Hesse - Music Speaks
Guitar Jazz, Cutting Edge

Jon Burr Band - Just Can't Wait
Vocal Jazz

Clifton Anderson - Decade
Straight Ahead, Modern Mainstream

DC Improvisers Collective - Triangulation
Cutting Edge, Avant-Garde

Kathleen Gorman - Brand New Day
Vocal Jazz, Women of Jazz

Halie Loren - They Oughta Write a Song
Vocal Jazz, Women of Jazz

Various Artists - The Very Best of Prestige Records (60th Anniversary)
Everybody's Boppin'

The Russ Spiegel Jazz Orchestra - Transplants
New School, Modern Mainstream, Big Band

Garvin Bushell - One Steady Roll
Old School

Kristin Korb - In the Meantime
Vocal Jazz, Women of Jazz

Swing Masters - Vol. 3: Gene Krupa... Jazz Pioneer!
Straight Ahead, Old School, Give the Drummers Some

Pamela Luss - Magnet
Vocal Jazz, Women of Jazz

I Heart Lung - Interoceans
Cutting Edge, Avant-Garde Jazz

Matt Renzi - Lunch Special
Saxophone Jazz, New School, Cutting Edge

Mary Halvorson and Jessica Pavone - Thin Air
Guitar Jazz, New School, Cutting Edge, Avant-Garde Jazz, Women of Jazz

Rob Mazurek - Sound Is
New School, Cutting Edge, Avant-Garde Jazz, Trumpet Jazz

Judy Carmichael - Come and Get It
Piano Jazz, Women of Jazz

Paulinho Garcia - My Very Life
Vocal Jazz, Latin Jazz

Mikkel Ploug, Sissel Vera Pettersen and Joachim Badenhorst - Equilibrium
Cutting Edge, Avant-Garde Jazz

Dominick Farinacci - Lovers , Tales & Dances
New School, Modern Mainstream, Trumpet Jazz

Tony Do Rosario - New Beginnings
Guitar Jazz, New School, Modern Mainstream

Larry Gray - 1, 2, 3...
New School, Modern Mainstram, Covering All the Bassists

Steven Hashimoto - Tradewind
New School, Modern Mainstream, Covering All the Bassists

Marshall Vente - Marshall Arts
Piano Jazz, Latin Jazz, Modern Mainstream