Jazz & Blues Lounge

Is it really the last week in the month of May, already? Wasn’t it just New Years Day like, yesterday? At this rate the holidays will be here in the blink of an eye. I will be celebrating my niece’s birthday before I know it. Jeez, who hit the Fast-Forward button?

Anyway, AllAboutJazz.com has a great list of CD reviews and they have this great list of new releases and reissues. It’s a cool website filled with lots of news and other things too. It is mostly volunteer and they are currently looking for volunteers, you know, so if you have a desire to participate I suggest you check them out.

So, warm up your iPods, get to iTunes or visit your local music store for some of these great albums below. I have listened to a few tunes from the Al Green album you see listed before and it’s pretty good, so I want to recommend that on a personal level.

Tue 27-May-2008

NEW RELEASES

25 Best: Jazz Legends – 25 Best: Jazz Legends (Madacy Special MKTS )
Al Green – Lay It Down (Blue Note )
Ala Heiler – Changes (Zyx )
Andre Previn – What Headphones? (DRG )
Andreas Schmidt & D – In Berlin (Pid )
Art Kassel – Music, Maestro, Please (Living Era )
B.B Cooper – Saracubana-Stewart Curtis Trio Plays BB Cooper (Pid )
Basil Coetzee – Sabenza (Pid )
Bill Bruford / Michiel Borstlap – In Two Minds (United States Of Distribution LTD. )
Bireli Lagrene – Gipsy Routes (Dreyfus )
Bireli Lagrene / Didier Lockwood – Gipsy Routes (Dreyfus )
Bjornstad / Steene / Tomter – Light (Pid )
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Best Of Early Singles / Japanese Edition (Universal Japan )
Bossa Nova 50 – Bossa Nova 50 (Pid )
Bruford Borstlap – In Two Minds (United States Of Distribution LTD. )
Buddy Cole – Have Organ Will Swing/Buddy Cole Play (Collectables )
Cannonball Adderley & The Nat Adderley Sextet – Soul Zodiac (Pid )
Cannonball With Nat Adderley Adderley – Walk Tall-The David Axelrod Years (Pid )
Carlos Lyra – Sarava! (Pid )
Cartola – Verde Que Te Quero Rosa (Pid )
Cartola – 70 Anos (Pid )
Charlie Byrd – Bamba Samba Bossa Nova (Collectables )
Chick Corea – Inner Space (Collectables )
Cosmologic – Eyes In The Back Of My Head / Jewl (Cuneiform )
Costel Nitescu – Forever Swing, Grappelli Forever (Chant du Monde )
Curumin – Japan Pop Show (Pid )
Daniel Zamir – I Believe (Tzadik )
David Benoit – Heroes / Bonus Track (Universal Japan )
David Benoit – Heroes (Concord Records (USA) )
Eddie Gomez – Street Smart (Sony Japan )
Elmo Hope – Homecoming (Pid )
Eric Longsworth – Sans Souci (Pid )
Francois Lindemann – Thai (Amori )
Fumio Karashima – Piano Solo (Pid )
Furio Dicastri – Zapping (Pid )
Galliano / Louiss – European Jazz Masters: Richard Galliano & Eddy Lou (Dreyfus )
George Winston – Linus & Lucky Music Of Vince Guarldi (24 Bit K2 Re (Pid )
George Winston – Plains (BMG Japan )
Glenn Miller – Standard Book On Miller Sounds (Phantom Sound & Vision )
Glenn Miller Orchestra – Chesterfield Radio Shows (Pid )
Goodman / Lee – Where Or When (Pid )
Harumi Igarashi – Tears (Pid )
Herbie Hancock – Late Night Jazz Favorites (Cleopatra — Navarre — )
Hot Club De Norvege – Gloomy (Hot Club / Norway )
Hot Club De Norvege – Swing De Paris (Hot Club / Norway )
Humair / Koppel / Promalli – European Jazz Factory (Pid )
Ibomeka DK – I’m Your Man (Pid )
Ivan Lins – Modo Liver (Pid )
Jack Teagarden – Memories Of You (Collectables )
Jackie & Roy – Bits And Pieces/The Glory Of Love (Jasmine )
Jenny Scheinman – Jenny Scheinman (Koch Records (USA) )
Jens Joneleit – In-Between: Blues Pieces (Neos Productions )
Jens Joneleit – Maze Drum Solo (Neos Productions )
Joey Summerville – Like You Mean It (Three Keys Music )
Joey Summerville – Mean It (Three Keys Music )
Johnny Alf – Giagonal (Pid )
Lee Wiley – Lee Wiley (Pid )
Lee Wiley – Back Home Again (Pid )
Link Davis – Gumbo Ya Ya-The Best Of 1948-58 (Pid )
Lutzeier Quartet, Mi – Schlagerhitz (Pid )
Marcos Valle – Marcos Valle (Pid )
Mario Castro-Neves – Mario Castro Neves & Samba S.A (Pid )
Markus Stockhausen – Electronic Treasures (Pid )
Masahiko Sato – Amrphism (Sony Japan )
Maunalua – Ho’Okanaka (Pid )
Michiel Borstlap / Bill Bruford – In Two Minds (Summerfold Uk )
Miucha – & Antonio Carlos Jobim (Pid )
Mori / Parkins – Phantom Orchard (Tzadik )
Nils Wuelker – My Game (Pid )
Norma Winstone – Distances (Pid)
Ok I Ok – Eating Mantis (Now Forward )
Ok Ok – Eating Mantis (Kindred Rhythm )
Outhouse – Outhouse (Pid )
Pepi Taveira – Reunion (Pid )
Phantom Orchard – Orra (Tzadik )
Phantom Orchard – Phantom Orchard (Tzadik )
Plastic Art Foundati – Or (Pid )
Quadro Nuevo – Antakya (Pid )
Raul De Souza – Vontade Mesmo (Pid )
Rca Jazz! 100 – Rca Jazz! 100 (Pid )
Rebecca Jenkins – Blue Skies (Maximum Jazz) – Book
Red Garland Trio – Last Recording 1:My Funny Valentine (Phantom Sound & Vision )
Red Garland Trio – Last Recording 2:Autumun Leaves (Phantom Sound & Vision )
Rene Mailhes – Chtildo (Pid )
Revolutionary Snake Ensemble – Forked Tongue / Jewl (Cuneiform )
Richard Galliano – European Jazz Masters (Dreyfus Music )
Richard Galliano & Eddy Louiss – European Jazz Masters (Dreyfus )
Sabina Hank – Music In A Mirror (Quinton )
Scorch – Brolt (Rune Grammofon )
Sergio Mendes – Encanto (Pid )
Simone – Simone On Somone (Koch )
Simply The Very B.O. Today’s Smooth Jazz – Simply The Very B.O. Today’s Smooth Jazz (Shanachie )
Simply The Very B.O. Today’s Smooth Jazz – Simply the Very Best of Today’s Smooth Jazz Guitar (Shanachie )
Simply The Very Best Of Todays Smooth Jazz Guitar – Simply The Very Best Of Todays Smooth Jazz Guitar (Shanachie )
Soo Choo Quartet – Prayer (Challenge Records )
Stanley Clarke – Hot Fun-Best (Pid )
Stephane Grappelli – Stardust-180 GR (Pid )
Sun Ra All Stars – Milan Zurich West Berlin Paris (Transparency )
Tamba Trio – Tamba (Pid )
Tina May – Tina May Sings The Ray BR (Pid )
Tom Mcdermott – All The Keys & Then Some: Piano Music From New (Parnassus )
Tommy Whittle – Tommy Whittle (Pid )
Various Artists – Verve Unmixed 4 (Verve )
Various Artists – Simply The Very Best Of Today’s Smooth Jazz Guitar (Shanachie )
Verve Remixed 4 – Verve Remixed 4 (Universal Japan )
Wardell Gray – Gray,Wardell Vol. 2-Memorial (Pid )
Yan Steindl – Ode To A Mermaid (Gnp/Cresndo )
Yitzhak Yedid – Oud Bass Piano Trio: Suite In Five Movements (Challenge )
Yusa – Haiku (Pid )
Zeena Parkins – Phantom Orchard (Tzadik )

REISSUES

Art Farmer – Portrait Of Art Famer (Pid )
B.B Cooper – Uneasy Street Revisited (Pid )
Barney Kessel – Easy Like (Pid )
Barney Kessel – Some Like It Hot (Pid )
Benny Golson – Gone With Golson (Pid )
Benny Golson – New York Scene (Pid )
Blue Mitchell – Out Of The Blue (Pid )
Cannonball Adderley – Portrait Of Cannonball (Pid )
Charles Mcpherson – Bebop Revisited! (Pid )
Charlie Byrd – Bossa Nova Pelos Passaros (Pid )
Clark Terry – In Orbit (Victor)
Dinah Washington – Queen 1943-1957 (Pid )
Eric Dolphy – Far Cry (Pid )
Gadd Gang – Gadd Gang (Pid ) – SACD
Gene Ammons – All-Star Sessions With Sonny Stitt (Pid )
Gerry Mulligan & His Ten-Tette – Modern Sounds (DRG )
Hal McKusick – Triple Exposure (Victor)
John Coltrane – Believer (Pid )
John Coltrane – Wheelin’ & Dealin (Pid )
John Coltrane – Cattin With (Pid )
Kenny Dorham – 2 Horns 2 Rhythm (Pid )
Mal Waldron – Mal-2 (Pid )
Mark Isham – Best Of (Lakeshore Records )
Mark Isham – The Best Of (Lakeshore Records )
Miles Davis – Miles Davis & Horns (Victor)
Milt Jackson – Live At The Village Gate (Pid )
Naoki Nishi – Giant From West (Pid )
Naoki Nishi – Straight No Chaser (Pid )
Naoki Nishi – Day By Day (Pid )
Naoki Nishi – Have You Met Miss Jones (Pid )
Phil Woods – Phil & Quill With Prestige (Pid )
Phineas Newborn Jr. – Great Jazz Piano (Pid )
Phineas Newborn Jr. – Newborn Touch (Pid )
Prestige All Stars – All Night Long (Pid )
Red Garland – Manteca (Pid )
Return To Forever – Where Have I Known You Before/No Mystery (BGO – Beat Goes On )
Return To Forever – Anthology (Umgd/Concord )
Sonny Rollins – Tour de Force (Victor)
Stan Getz – Brothers (Victor)
Steve Allen – Cool Quiet Bossa Nova (Universal Japan )
Tamba Trio – Tamba Trio (Universal)
Thelonous Monk – Thelonious In Action (Pid )
Wes Montgomery – Movin’ Along (Pid )
Wes Montgomery – Fusion! (Pid )
Yasuko Agawa – Ouro Do Manaus (JVC Victor)
Yasuko Agawa – Sunglow (JVC Victor)
Yasuko Agawa – Journey (JVC Victor)
Yuzuru Sera – Bacchus Groove (Pid )
Yuzuru Sera & His Friend – Sera,Yuzuru & His Friend Vol. 1-Smork Ring (Pid )
Zoot Sims – Zoot Sims Quartets (Pid )

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