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2010

GLENN MILLER  Medley Time   Sounds of Yester Year DSOD 812 (2CDs)

DICK SUDHALTER  Legacy 1967-2001   Challenge CR 73298

JOONATAN RAUTIO TRIO  Commitment   PROPHONE PCD 104

SARAH ELLEN HUGHES  Darning the Dream   SAY SO RECORDS SEHO01CD

STAN KENTON  Swinging in San Francisco   Sounds of Yester Year DSOY 814

CLARK TERRY  Shades of Blues   Challenge Jazz CHR 70007

LENA HORNE  Four Classic Albums Plus   Avid AMSC 1009 (2CDs)

ACKER BILK  Vintage, Vol. 2   Lake LACD 281 (2CDs)

DEBBIE ARTHUR'S SWEET RHYTHM  The Talk of the Town   LAKE LACD288

DUDU PUKWANA, BOB STUCKEY  Night Time is the Right Time   Cadillac SGCD 007

ELLA FITZGERALD  Like Someone in Love   Essential Jazz Classics EJC 55465

MARK EGAN  Truth Be Told   BHM Productions BHM 1043-2

WDR BIG BAND KOLN  Caribbean Night   BHM Productions BHM 1045-2

SCOTT HAMILTON/ALAN BARNES  Hi-Ya   Woodville WVCD 130

KEN COLYER  1966   LAKE LACD285

ERROLL GARNER TRIO  The Most Happy Piano   American Jazz Classics 99021 (2CDs)

EDDIE "LOCKJAW" DAVIS  The Complete Cookbook Sessions   Solar (3CDs)

ROY ELDRIDGE and BENNY CARTER  Urbane Jazz   POLL WINNERS RECORDS PWR27230

GENE KRUPA/LIONEL HAMPTON/TEDDY WILSON  The Complete 1955 Session   Essential Jazz Classics EJC 55469

JIM COOPER  Nutville   Delmark DE 457

MAX ROACH  Deeds, Not Words   Jazz Plaza Music JPM 8804

BENNY CARTER  Jazz Giant   Fresh Sound FSR 2256

INTERPLAY  Introducing   Silvery Records SRCD 033

TERRY SMITH TRIO  Tenderly   Actone ARCD 1002

ANTONIO ADOLFO/CAROL SABOYA  Lá e Cá: Here and There   AAM Music AAM 0701

DAVE BRUBECK  Three Classic Albums Plus   Avid AMSC 998

SHAKATAK  Invitations   Vocalion CDSML 8461

THELONIOUS MONK  With John Coltrane   Jazzland OJC Remasters 0888072319899

THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET  Jazz at Oberlin   FANTASY RECORDS ORIGINAL JAZZ CLASSICS REMASTERS 0888072319912

HENRY ARMBURG JENNINGS QUINTET  Out of the Starting Blocks   HAJCD 01

ABBEY LINCOLN  Abbey is Blue   Poll Winners Records 27234

MICHEL PETRUCCIANI  Concert Solo - Lettre á Michel Petrucciani   Dreyfus Jazz FDM 46050 369239

JACKY TERRASSON  Push   Concord CJA 31640-02

GENE KRUPA  Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements   American Jazz Classics 99020

CY LAURIE  A Jazz Club Session   Lake LACD 284

AHMAD JAMAL  Jamal at the Penthouse   Essential Jazz Classics EJC 55463

The NIGEL KENNEDY QUINTET  Shhh!   EMI 6 08502 2

SECRET QUARTET  Bloor Street   Edition EDN 1019

JOHN GOLDSBY  The Innkeeper's Gun   Bass Lion BLM 008

SERGIO MENDES  Bom Tempo   Concord 0888072315754

ART PEPPER  Art Pepper meets The Rhythm Section   CONTEMPORARY RECORDS OJC REMASTERS 0888072319929

JOHN PIZZARELLI  Rockin' in Rhythm   Telarc TEL 31921-02

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA with WYNTON MARSALIS  Vitoria Suite   Emarcy 0602527378633

ERROLL GARNER  Swinging Solos + Soliloquy   Essential Jazz Classics EJC 55464

JIM RICHARDSON'S OCTOPUS  Chapter One   Actone ARCD 1004

STEVENS, SIEGEL & FERGUSON TRIO  Six   Konnex KCD 5243

JO JONES SPECIAL SEPTET  The Jo Jones Special   Poll Winners Records PWR 27232

NNENNA FREELON  Homefree   Concord CJA 31316-02

JOHN DANKWORTH  Movies 'n' Me   Vocalion CDSML 8469

BARRY TUCKWELL WITH THE TONY GOULD TRIO  The Very Thought of You   ABC JAZZ 270 7652

TOMMY DORSEY/JIMMY DORSEY  Three Classic Albums Plus   Avid AMSC 1008 (2CDs)

JOE PASS  Virtuoso   Original Jazz Classics Remasters Pablo 2310 708

DAVE BRUBECK  Songs of Praise - Sacred Choral Works   Dorian Sono Luminus DSL 90918

ANITA O'DAY  Sings for Oscar   Poll Winners Records PWR 27231

STAN TRACEY OCTET  The Later Works   Resteamed RSJ 109 (2CDs)

DICK HYMAN  Century of Jazz Piano   Arbors Jazz ARCD 19348 (5CDs and a )

BIX REIDERBECKE   Young Man with a Horn: His 52 Finest   Retrospective RTS 4154 (2CDs)

BARRETT DEEMS  Deemus   Delmark DD 492

CHRIS GREENE QUARTET  Merge   Single Malt Recordings SM 004

KEITH JARRETT / CHARLIE HADEN  Jasmine   ECM 273 3485

THE ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONAIRES  In the Mood   Decca 2736453

FRANK ROSOLINO / CONTE CANDOLI / TONY SCOTT  Live In Rome 1973   Jazz Lips Music JL770

ERIC REED / CYRUS CHESTNUT  Plenty Swing, Plenty Soul   Savant SCD 2104

DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND  My Feet Can't Fail Me Now   Floating World FW 604629

ANITA O'DAY  Live in '63 and '70   Jazz Icons by Naxos 2.119015

DAVID REES-WILLIAMS TRIO  Back from Before   DePaean DPNCD 005

JOHN MAYER  Dhammapada   DUTTON CDSML 8414

JOHN MAYER  Etudes/Radha Krishna   FIRST HAND FHR 01

SONNY ROLLINS  Way Out West   Original Jazz Classics 0888072319936

BENNY GOODMAN  Three Classic Albums Plus   Avid AMSC 1004 (2CDs)

PAUL MOTIAN  Lost in a Dream   ECM Records 273 2132

DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER  Eleanora Fagan: To Billie With Love   Emarcy 0602527241555

RICHARD GALLIANO  Tangaria   Milan 399 324-2

PEGGY DUQUESNEL   Summertime Lullaby   Joyspring Music JMP 203

JOHN STEIN / RON GILL  Turn Up the Quiet   Whaling City Sounds WCS 051

DIZZY GILLESPIE QUINTET  Complete Studio Recordings   American Jazz Classics 99018 (2CDs)

CAROL SLOANE  We'll Meet Again   Arbors Jazz ARCD 19400

GERRY GIBBS & THE ELECTRIC THRASHER ORCHESTRA  The Music of Miles Davis 1967-1975   Whaling City Sound WCS 047 (2CDs)

THE BONE SUPREMACY  Introducing   Lake LACD 283

HIROMI  Place to Be   Telarc CD83695

DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA  From His Treasure Chest: 1965-72   Nimbus NI 2736

HUMPHREY LYTTELTON  1959   Lake LACD 282 (2CDs)

BILLIE HOLIDAY  Lady Sings the Blues   Poll Winners Records PWR 27203

ANTOINETTE MONTAGUE  Behind the Smile   IGV In the Groove 212

MANU KATCHE  Third Round   ECM 273 2131

DUKE ELLINGTON  Original Album Series   Rhino 8122 79834 5 (5CDs)

RAY CHARLES  Original Album Series   Rhino 8122 79837 9 (5CDs)

BENNY GOODMAN  Vol. 5: NBC Broadcast Recordings 1936-1943   Nimbus NI 2734/5 (2CDs)

ACKER BILK  Vintage Acker Bilk Volume 2   LAKE LACD 281

BUDDY FEATHERSTONHAUGH et al.  Jazz Today   Vocalion CDNJT 5314

BENNY GOODMAN  Yale University Archives Volume 4   Nimbus NI 2731/33 (3CDs)

LONDON STREET JAZZ  1988-2009: 21 Years of Acid Jazz Records   BGP CDBGPD 207

DUKE ELLINGTON  The Great Concerts: Cornell University 1948   Nimbus NI 2727/28 (2CDs)

ARTIE SHAW  The Last Recordings, Volume 3   Nimbus 2729/30 (2CDs)

DUKE ELLINGTON  From His Treasure Chest 1965-1972   Nimbus NI 2736

OSCAR PETERSON TRIO  Live at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival   Poll Winners Records PWR 27211

Scott JOPLIN  The Complete Rags, Marches and Waltzes   Nimbus NI 2546/48 (3CDs)

JIMMIE RODGERS  Blue Yodel: His 52 Finest 1927-33   Nimbus RTS 4110 (2CDs)

EDDIE THOMPSON, etc.  Piano Moods   Vocalion CDNJT 5311

TERRY MYERS ORCHESTRA  A Tribute to Benny Goodman   TMO 1001

DUKE ELLINGTON  Festival Session   Poll Winners Records PWR 27209

CANNONBALL ADDERLEY  Somethin' Else   Poll Winners Records PWR 27212

BILL EVANS  Everybody Digs Bill Evans   American Jazz Classics 99008

DAVE SHARP'S SECRET SEVEN  7   Vortex VJR 1969

LOUIS ARMSTRONG  Masters of American Music: Satchmo   Medici Arts 2057088

COLEMAN HAWKINS  Live in '62 and '64   Jazz Icons by Naxos 2.119020

SVEND ASMUSSEN  Makin' Whoopee!...and Music!   Arbors Jazz ARCD 19390

COLEMAN HAWKINS & BEN WEBSTER  Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster   Essential Jazz Classics EJC 55434

JOHNNY HODGES  Four Classic Albums   Avid AMSC 999 (2CDs)

STEKPANNA  Starlight Barking   Slam SLAMCD 282

BENNY GOODMAN  Yale University Archives vol.4   Nimbus NI 2731/3 (3CDs)

BEBEL GILBERTO  All in One   Verve 0602527166902

DUKE ELLINGTON  The Great Concerts: Cornell University 1948   Nimbus NI 2727/28 (2CDs)

MOSTLY OTHER PEOPLE DO THE KILLING  Forty Fort   Hotcup 091

PAUL MEYERS QUARTET  Featuring Frank Wess   Miles High Records MHR 8609

LORRAINE DESMARAIS  Big Band   Analekta AN 2 9869

DIZZY PARKER & WOODY KENTON BIG BAND  He Beeped When He Should Have Bopped   Knowsense Records 000001278

JOEY DeFRANCESCO  Snapshot   HighNote HCD 7199

JOHN WARREN  Following On   Fuzzy Moon FUZ 004

TONY BENNETT & BILL EVANS  The Complete Recordings   Fantasy 0888072312814 (2CDs)

E.S.T.   Retrospective. The Very Best of E.S.T.   ACT 9021-2

BENNY BAILEY  In Sweden   Fresh Sound FSR-CD 562

TOMMASO STARACE QUARTET  Don’t Forget   Music Center BA234CD

CHRIS BARBER'S JAZZ BAND  Sonny, Brownie & Chris   Lake LACD 278

NICKI PARROTT & ROSSANO SPORTIELLO  Do It Again   Arbors Jazz ARCD 19387

RALPH SUTTON  In Copenhagen   Storyville 101 8525

SHELLY MANNE & HIS MEN  Complete Live at the Black Hawk   American Jazz Classics 99009 (4CDs)

RG ROYAL SOUND ORCHESTRA  Impact   RG Records RG 0201

ZOE SCHWARZ & ROB KORAL  Celebration   33Jazz 201

THE CHAQUITO BIG BAND  Spies and Dolls / TV Thrillers   Vocalion CDSML 8465

WYNTON MARSALIS QUINTET & RICHARD GALLIANO  From Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf CD +   Futur Acoustic F 209

HARRY EDISON  Patented by Edison   Jazz Collectors JC 424

PAT METHENY  Orchestrion   Nonesuch 7559-79847-3

STEVE HUFFSTETER BIG BAND  Gathered Around   AIX Records AIX 80026

ARTIE SHAW  The Last Recordings, Vol. 3   Nimbus 2729/30 (2CDs)

GIL EVANS  Blues in Orbit   Enja ENJ 2130-2

DUKE ELLINGTON  The Treasury Shows, Vol. 14   Storyville DETS 903 9014

JOHN STEIN QUARTET  Raising the Roof   Whaling City Sound WCS 050 (2CDs)

BOOGIE WOOGIE KINGS    Delmark DE 804

ART BLAKEY  Live in '65   Naxos Jazz Icons 2119017

LESTER YOUNG & HARRY EDISON  Going for Myself   Lonehill LHJ 10344

CARLA BLEY  Carla's Christmas Carols   Watt/35 271 2413

DIZZY GILLESPIE  Meets Phil Woods Quintet   Timeless CD SJP 250

SIDNEY BECHET  The Essential Collection   Avid AVC 994 (2CDs)

THE STORY OF JAZZ    Medici Arts 2057158

STEVE MARCH TORME  Tormé Sings Tormé   AIX 83042

GLENN CASHMAN & THE SOUTHLAND BIG BAND    Primrose Lane Music PLM 013

EMIL RICHARDS / JOE PORCARO ALLSTAR BIG BAND  Odd Men In   AIX 80035

RANDY SANDKE  Jazz for Juniors   Arbors Jazz ARCD 19385

MEMPHIS NIGHTHAWKS  Jazz Lips   Delmark DE 216

L'HISTOIRE DU PIANO JAZZ    Le Chant du Monde 5741801.25 (25CDs)

THE RHYTHMIC EIGHT  48 of the Best   Retrieval RTR 79059 (2CDs)

WAYNE WALLACE LATIN JAZZ QUINTET  ˇBien Bien!   Patois PRC 009

ERROLL GARNER  Live in '63 and '64   Jazz Icons by Naxos 2.119021

JOE HENDERSON  Porgy & Bess   Verve Originals 3145390462

KEITH JARRETT  Testament: Paris/London   ECM Records 270 9583 (3CDs)

MARTIN DREW BAND / TONY LEE  British Jazz Artists Vol. 3 / Street of Dreams   Vocalion CDSML 8462

DUKE ELLINGTON  The Great Concerts: Cornell University, 1948   Nimbus 2727/28 (2CDs)

GERRY MULLIGAN  Lonesome Boulevard   A&M 75021-5326-2

ART FARMER  Live in '64   Naxos 2.119019

RICKIE LEE JONES  Balm in Gilead   Fantasy 0888072317604

MANHATTAN TRANSFER  The Chick Corea Songbook   Four Quarters Entertainment FQT-CD-1819

GRAHAM DECHTER  Right on Time   Capri 74096-2

ANITA O'DAY  The Life of a Jazz Singer   Megaforce 2028613272

RALPH TOWNER / PAOLO FRESU  Chiaroscuro   ECM 179 7510

AL JARREAU  The Very Best of: An Excellent Adventure   Rhino 8122-79847-4

MIDLAND YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA  Twist of the Wrist  

BOB GREENE  St. Peter Street Strutters   Delmark DE 234

OLIVER NELSON  The Kennedy Dream   Impulse! 06025 27069999

JOHNNY GRIFFIN  The Best Of Johnny Griffin   Riverside 0888072313323

ARTIE SHAW  The Last Recordings, Vol. 3   Nimbus 2729/30 (2CDs)

PAUL TOWNDROW  Newology   Keywork Records KWRCD 009

CHARLESTON  The Definitive Album. The 26 finest original recordings 1924-30   Retrospective RTR 4150

DARYL SHERMAN  Johnny Mercer: A Centennial Tribute   Arbors Jazz ARCD 19388

RICHARD GALLIANO  Paris Concert   CAM Jazz PRM 7823-2