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2015

THE JOHN COLTRANE QUINTET  So Many Things: The European Tour 1961   ACROBAT MUSIC ACQCD7085 (2CDs)

THE DAN TRUDELL TRIO  Dan Trudell Plays the Piano   No Number

AHMAD JAMAL  Live in Marciac ACM PRODUCTIONS/JAZZBROOK RECORDS (CD + DVD)

ARNETT COBB  Funky Butt   Progressive PCD 7054

WOODY HERMAN  Four Classic Albums   Avid AMSC 1166 (2CDs)

JOHN FEDCHOCK NEW YORK BIG BAND  Like It Is   MAMA RECORDS MAA1048

CLARK TERRY/BOB BROOKMEYER QUINTET  Complete Studio Recordings   Phono 870232 (2CDs)

ABE LINCOLN & THE RAMPART STREET PARADERS  Their 18 Finest 1953-1957   RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4275

JULIAN ARGÜELLES  Tetra   WHIRLWIND RECORDINGS WR4678

CHRIS POTTER UNDERGROUND ORCHESTRA  Imaginary Cities   ECM 2387

MOSE ALLISON  Four Classic Albums Plus   AVID AMSC 1163 (2CDs)

KARRIN ALLYSON  Many a New Day   Motema 234083

STAN GETZ - CHET BAKER QUARTET  Live At The Haig 1953   Fresh Sound FRS-CD 870

PARTIKEL  String Theory   WHIRLWIND WR4671

BOBBY SCOTT  Joyful Noises   ÉL RECORDS ACMEM295CD

TONY COE  Les voix d'Itxassou   NATO 1957

NEW BLACK EAGLE JAZZ BAND  Fantasies   Own Label BE[LECD]4013

MATT HERSKOWITZ TRIO with PHILIPPE QUINT  Bach XXI   AvantiJazz 5414706 10502

LIZZ WRIGHT  Freedom and Surrender   CONCORD 0888072372207

TONY ADAMO and the NEW YORK CREW    URBAN ZONE RECORDS NO NUMBER

JOHN TROPEA  Gotcha Rhythm Right Here   STP RECORDS 101

SCOTT HAMILTON & JEFF HAMILTON TRIO  Live in Bern   Capri 74139-2

LOOSE TUBES  Arriving   Lost Marble LM008

JOHN PIZZARELLI  Midnight McCartney   Concord CRE 37634-02

CHICK COREA & BELA FLECK  Two   Concord CJA 37992-02 (2CDs)

BILLY STRAYHORN  Lush Life   Retrospective RTS 4273 (2CDs)

ROBERT KENNEDY TRIO  Big Shoes   NO NUMBER

DEBORAH LATZ  Sur l'instant   JUNE MOON PRODUCTIONS JMP40515

BILLY LESTER  Unabridged   JUJIKAAN JKA 002

DENNIS ROLLINS' VELOCITY TRIO  Symbiosis   dennisrollins.com DRV0001

HOT CLUB JAZZ  Benjamin Schmid and Diknu Schneebeerger tracing Django Reinhardt   GRAMOLA 99069

LIANE CARROLL  Seaside   Linn AKD 533

PERRY BEEKMAN  S'Wonderful   NO NUMBER

ANDY SHEPPARD QUARTET  Surrounded by Sea   ECM 471 4273

JAZZ AT BERLIN PHILHARMONIC IV  Accordion Night   ACT 9589-2

PETE OXLEY and NICOLAS MEIER  Chasing Tales   MPG RECORDS MGPCD016

DADO MORONI/ALFONSO ALBERTI  Duets   Limen DVD 005DTZ

BIX OFF THE RECORD  Original Recreations of Unrecorded Performances   Lake LACD339

MARIA SCHNEIDER ORCHESTRA  The Thompson Fields   ArtistShare AS0137

DANIEL HERSKEDAL  Slow Eastbound Train   EDITION RECORDS EDN1057

EYAL VILNER BIG BAND  Almost Sunrise   GUT STRING RECORDS GSR 019

STEVE SLAGLE and BILL O'CONNELL  The Power of Two   PANORAMA RECORDS 005

WYNTON KELLY  Four Classic Albums   Avid AMSC 1165 (2CDs)

TERELL STAFFORD  BrotherLee Love : Celebrating Lee Morgan   CAPRI Records 74138-2

THE BOOP BOOP A DOOP GIRLS  Hits of the Twenties and Thirties by the Gals That Sang `em   SOUNDS OF YESTERYEAR DSOY2003

Ask Your Mama  Music by Laura Karpman, poetry by Langston Hughes   AVIE RECORDS AV2346 (2CDs)

PAT HALCOX & OTHERS  Remembering Pat Halcox   Lake LACD338 (2CDs)

MICHEL BISCEGLIA  Singularity and My Ideal   PROVA RECORDS PR 1401-CD22

FOURPLAY  Silver   Heads Up HUP 36688-02

IVO NEAME  Strata   Whirlwind Recordings WR4674

NEW BLACK EAGLE JAZZ BAND  Classic Jazz   BE[LECD]4012

TED CURSON  Four Classic Albums   Avid AMSC 1139 (2CDs)

FRANKIE TRUMBAUER  The Collection   Fabulous by Acrobat FADCD 2053 (2CDs)

SAL SALVADOR & HIS COLORS IN SOUND ORCHESTRA  Complete Recordings 1958-1964   Fresh Sound FSR-CD 852 (2CDs)

LEO PARKER  The Last Sessions   Phono 870337 (2CDs)

CLIFFORD BROWN/MAX ROACH ALL STARS  Best Coast Jazz   FRESH SOUND FSR-CD 868

MARK EGAN  Direction Home   wavetone records WT8651

CARMELL JONES QUARTET    Fresh Sound FSR-CD 867

JOSHUA BREAKSTONE  2nd Avenue : The Return of The Cello Quartet   Capri Records 74137-2

COOL BRASS  The London Sound   Cala Records CACDO122

PHIL WOODS  Three Classic Albums Plus   AVID JAZZ AMSC 1144

JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY    CHARLY X 686

TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON  The ACT Years   ACT 9588 - 2

PRISCILLA BADHWAR  Mademoiselle   Self-released EP

KEN GREVES  Night People   Jazz Cat Productions

ERROLL GARNER  Misty   Le Chant du Monde 274 2458.60 (3CDs)

THE MILLS BROTHERS  Paper Doll: Their 56 Finest   RETROSPECTIVE RTS4263 (2CDs)

VALENTIN RADUTIU / BENJAMIN SCHAEFER / MARCUS RIECK  Remembering The Rain - A Jazz view   HÄNSSLER CLASSIC CD 93.331

YUSUF LATEEF  Four Classic Albums   AVID AMSC1128 (2CDs)

GRANT GREEN  Racing Green - Guitar Solos 1959/62   Cherry Red ACMEMD 265 CD (2CDs)

BOB BROOKMEYER QUARTET  The Blues Hot and Cold + 7 x Wilder   Phoenix 131613

CHARLES LLOYD  Manhattan Stories   RESONANCE RECORD SHCD-2016

STAFFAN MARTENSSON/LENNART SIMONSSON/JAN ADEFELT  Stockholm Chamber Jazz   Daphne 1051

THE PAUL EDIS SEXTET  Mr Hipster   Edis music (self-released)

SERGEY ZHILIN'S TRIO  Tchaikovsky in Jazz   MELODIYA MEL CD 60 01647

MARCUS MILLER  Afrodeezia   BLUE NOTE 0602547214416

DUDLEY MOORE  30 is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!   Martine Avenue MAPI 3275

DAVE STRYKER  Messin' with Mister T   STRIKEZONE 8812

COURTNEY PINE  Song (The Ballad Book)   Destin-E Records 777102468X

KEITH JARRETT  Creation   ECM 472 1225

WINGY MANONE  Trumpet On The Wing - His 55 Finest 1924-1964   RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4267 (2CDs)

VIJAY IYER TRIO  Break Stuff   ECM CD 470 8937

GENE AMMONS & BROTHER JACK McDUFF  Complete Recordings   Groove Hut Records GH66721 (2CDs)

TIM BERNE'S SNAKEOIL  You've Been Watching Me   ECM 472 2298

TOM BELMESSIERI'S FOG CITY STOMPERS  Play the Music of Bing Crosby & Bix Beiderbecke   Merry Makers Record Company MMRC-CD-49

KEN COLYER'S ALL STARS  Colyer from the Archives   Upbeat URCD265

CONTE CANDOLI QUINTET  With Bill Holman and Lou Levy: Complete Recordings   Phono 870224

STEVE GADD BAND  70 Strong   BFM JAZZ 302 062 429 2

KURT ELLING  Passion World   Concord Jazz

DIZZY GILLESPIE  Have Trumpet, Will Excite!   Poll Winners Records PWR 27343

MORTEN GUNNAR LARSEN  Creole Connections   LAWO LWC1070

Drop Me Off in HARLEM  A Vintage Jazz Portrait   Retrospective RTR 4247

CAROL SABOYA - ANTONIO ADOLFO - HENDRIK MEURKENS  Copa Village   AAM Music AAM0707

GARY PEACOCK TRIO  Now This   ECM 471 5388

HARRY ALLEN AND FRIENDS  For George, Cole and Duke   Blue Heron Records

VARIOUS BANDS  The Best of Dixieland   Alto Take: 2 ALN 1947

NEW BLACK EAGLE JAZZ BAND  On the River   Own Label BE[LECD]4011

ELIANE ELIAS  Made In Brazil   Concord CJA 36693-02

PAUL RILEY QUINTET  Into View   Jellymould Jazz JM-JJ018

CORAZÓN  The Music of Eleanor McEvoy   Moscojazz MOSJ 412

ELLA FITZGERALD  Rhythm is My Business   Essential Jazz Classics EJC 55672

VINCE GUARALDI TRIO  A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing   Poll Winners Records PWR 27321

GIOVANNI GUIDI TRIO  This Is The Day   ECM 470 9271

ERNESTINE ANDERSON  Swings The Penthouse   HighNote HCD 7273

JOHN LAW'S NEW CONGREGATION  These Skies In Which We Rust   33Extreme 06 (2CDs)

HARRY "SWEETS" EDISON  Edison Inventions   Retrospective RTS 4271 (2CDs)

KENNY CLARKE  Plays the Arrangements   Fresh Sound FSR-CD 864

SONNY ROLLINS  Complete Live at the Village Gate   Solar 4569959 (6CDs)

PAT BIANCHI TRIO  A Higher Standard   21-H Records 21H001

KID ORY  The Kid from New Orleans   Upbeat URCD236

EBERHARD WEBER  Encore   ECM 471 2051

RYAN TRUESDELL : GIL EVANS PROJECT  Lines of Color   Artist Share ASBN 0133

PAT HALCOX  Remembering Pat Halcox   LAKE LACD338 (2CDs)

BIG SCREEN  Take One   Linn AKD 504

BLUE MITCHELL    Boplicity CDBOPM 029

SAMUEL BLASER QUARTET  Spring Rain   Whirlwind Recordings WR4670

LUTZ EIKELMANN  Zeitreise   Stahlbau Stadler (No number)

BIX OFF THE RECORD  Original Recreations of Unrecorded Performances   LAKE LACD339

JACK DEJOHNETTE  Made In Chicago   ECM 378 0935

VARIOUS GROUPS FEATURING LOUIS ARMSTRONG AS SIDEMAN  Young Satchmo - Birth of a Jazz Genius   Upbeat URCD256

KENNY BURRELL  Kenny Burrell + Swingin'   Poll Winners Records PWR 27323

PHILHARMONIC CHAMBER SOLOISTS  Strings in Swingtime   BRIDGE 9439

NORBOTTEN BIG BAND FEATURING JAN ALLAN  Jan Allan (80)   PROPHONE PCD154 (2CDs)

YNGVIL VATN GUTTU  On The Crosswalk   Kachemak Records KR 003

LEM WINCHESTER  Four Classic Albums   Avid AMSC 1161 (2CDs)

SWEET LU OLUTOSIN with the Antonio Ciacca Quintet  Sweet Lou's Blues   TWINS MUSIC (UNNUMBERED)

DUKE ELLINGTON  The Treasury Shows Vol. 19   Storyville 903 9019 (2CDs)

British Traditional Jazz at a Tangent  Volume 7: The Chicago-Dixieland Style Bands   CARLO KRAHMER'S CHICAGOANS

JOE SAMPLE & NDR BIGBAND  Children of the Sun   PRA Records 61014

STEVE SMITH & VITAL INFORMATION  Viewpoint   BFM Jazz 302 062 430 2

SVEND ASMUSSEN  Embraceable   Storyville 101 4296

THE STAN GETZ QUARTET  The Steamer   Poll Winners Records PWR 27325

HUBERT LAWS  Crying Song/Afro-Classic/The Rite of Spring   BGOCD 1149 (2CDs)

BUDDY RICH  Birdland   Lightyear/Lobitos Creek Ranch 5365646223

DAVID HELLBOCK TRIO  Aural Colors   TRAUMTON RECORDS 4615

WILD BILL DAVISON  Rare Wild Bill   Sounds of Yester Year DSOD 989 (2CDs)

JIMMIE LUNCEFORD  The Collection 1930-47   FABULOUS FADCD2042 (2CDs)

CLARE FISCHER BIG BAND directed by Brent Fischer  Continuum   CLAVO CR201408

SONIA WIEDER ATHERTON  Little Girl Blue   NAIVE V5376

CURTIS NOWOSAD QUINTET  Dialectics   CELLAR LIVE RECORDS

DUKE ELLINGTON  Swingin' Suites, Bal Masque, Midnight in Paris, The Count Meets the Duke   Avid AMSC 1158 (2CDs)

BETTYE LaVETTE  Worthy   Cherry Red CDBRED 649

DICK HYMAN  House of Pianos   Arbors Jazz ARCD 19445

ANOUAR BRAHEM  Souvenance   ECM 379 7776 (2CDs)

JEFF HAMILTON TRIO  Great American Songs Through The Years   Capri Records-Limited Edition

ART LILLARD'S HEAVENLY BIG BAND  Certain Relationships   Summit Records DCD 646

FEDERICO BRITOS presents  Hot Club of the Americas   3 Knocks Entertainment No Number

CHARLIE CHRISTIAN  The Collection 1939-41   ACROBAT MUSIC FABCD352

BILLY STRAYHORN  Day Dream: Complete 1945-1961 Sessions as a Leader   Essential Jazz Classics EJC 55667 (2CDs)

DUKE ELLINGTON  With Johnny Hodges / Coleman Hawkins / Count Basie   Avid AMSC 1157 (2CDs)

KEITH JARRETT - CHARLIE HADEN - PAUL MOTIAN  Hamburg `72   ECM 470 4256

UPTOWN VOCAL JAZZ QUARTET WITH RICHIE COLE  Vocal Madness   HouseKat Records (Catalogue Number Not Supplied)

YUKO ITO  O Cantador   Funny Baby Face Record FBFR 1402

RUSSELL MALONE  Love Looks Good On You   HIGH NOTE HCD7268

ART TATUM, BENNY CARTER, LOUIE BELLSON TRIO    Poll Winners Records PWR 27334

THE GARY BURTON QUARTET  Duster, Country Roads and Other Places   BEAT GOES ON BGOCD1157

LOUIS ARMSTRONG  Intégrale Louis Armstrong Volume 14   Frémeaux & Associés FA 1364 (3CDs)

OSCAR PETERSON TRIO  The Complete Tokyo Concert 1964   Domino 891227 (2CDs)

RUBY BRAFF  Braff!!   Phoenix 131608

JACKY TERRASSON  Take This   Impulse! 0602547127488

NOEMI NUTI  Nice to Meet You   Ubuntu UBU0001

TERESA BREWER with COUNT BASIE/DUKE ELLINGTON  The Songs of Bessie Smith/It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing   Boplicity CDBOPD 032

ART TATUM  The Greatest Piano of Them All   Poll Winners Records PWR 27322 (2CDs)

GEORGE CHISHOLM  The Gentleman of Jazz   Retrospective RTS 4261

STAN GETZ QUARTET  Live in Europe   Salvo SALVOSVX 039 (CD+DVD)

LAURA JURD  Human Spirit   Chaos Collective CC004

KENNY WHEELER  Songs for Quintet   ECM 470 4653

VERNERI POHJOLA  Bullhorn   Edition Records EDN1056

ROBIN WILLIAMSON  Trusting in the Rising Light   ECM 378 0287

BILLY ECKSTINE  The Fabulous Mister B - Centenary Tribute - His 50 finest, 1940-1961   Retrospective RTS 4252 (2CDs)

CHARLES McPHERSON  The Journey   CAPRI RECORDS 74136-2

CHARLES McPHERSON  The Journey   CAPRI RECORDS 74136-2

STEVE TURRE  Spiritman   Smoke Sessions SSR 1502

RAY CHARLES  The Great Ray Charles   Poll Winners Records PWR 27330

MARIUS NESET  Pinball   ACT 9032-2

JAZZ SOUL SEVEN  Impressions Of Curtis Mayfield   BFM JAZZ 302 062 413 - 2

DANIEL HUMAIR  Quatre Fois Trois   LABEL BLEU LBLC 6619

KENNY WHEELER  Songs for Quintet   ECM 470 4653

CRESCENT CITY QUARTET  Sugar Blues   Produced by Alex Belhaj

STEVE POUCHIE  North By Northeast   Latin Jazz Alive Records

BEN SIDRAN  Blue Camus   BONSAI MUSIC BON141001

SARAH VAUGHAN  A Time in My Life   Boplicity CDBOPM 031

DUKE ELLINGTON  Ellington Uptown/The Liberian Suite/Masterpieces by Ellington   Essential Jazz Classics EJC 55655 (2CDs)

NILS LANDGREN  Redhorn Collection   ACT 6013-2 (2CDs)

WILBUR DE PARIS and his `New' New Orleans Music  Hot Mustard, his 38 finest   RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4259 (2CDs)

BUDDY DeFRANCO AND THE ALL-STARS  Wholly Cats   Phono 870222

BIX BEIDERBECKE  The Collection 1924-1930   Fabulous FADCD2038 (2CDs)

SIDNEY BECHET  French Movies   Moochin' About MOOCHIN 10

DIZZY GILLESPIE & STUFF SMITH    Poll Winners Records PWR 27324

LOUIS SCLAVIS QUARTET  Silk And Salt Melodies   ECM 378 6537

THE COOKERS  Time and Time Again   Motema Music 233883

YUSEF LATEEF  Four Classic Albums   AVID JAZZ AMSC 1147 (2CDs)

CHARLIE WOOD  New Souvenirs   perdido DOR-1401

ARTURO SANDOVAL/JORGE CALANDRELLI  Eternamente Manzanero   Perseverance PRD 079

DIANA PANTON  Red   INAKUSTIK INAK 9129 CD

MILES DAVIS QUINTET  All of You: The Last Tour 1960   Acrobat ACQCD 7076 (4CDs)

TOMMY SANCTON'S Black Eagle Jazz Band - 1971  Featuring Chester Zardis   Own Label BE[LECD]4010

PHIL CHESTER GROUP  Open Door Samba   (Self-produced)

JACK TEAGARDEN  Featuring Bobby Hackett   Solar 4569935

JUSTIN KAUFLIN  Dedication   Jazz Village JV579003

GILAD ATZMON AND THE ORIENT HOUSE ENSEMBLE  The Whistle Blower   Fanfare Jazz FJ1501

ARTURO SANDOVAL  The Collection   Concord Jazz CJA 36432-02

LARS DANIELSSON  Liberetto II   ACT 9571-2

STEVE GADD BAND  Gadditude   BFM JAZZ302 062 418 2

BIG JOE TURNER  Two Classic Albums Plus   Avid AMSC 1142 (2CDs)

MUGGSY SPANIER  RELAXIN' AT THE TOURO   RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4254 (2CDs)

CHARLIE PARKER  The Complete Charlie Parker - Study & Radio Volume 8   Frémeaux & Associés FA 1338 (3CDs)

TUBBY HAYES  Collection: The Very Best of   ACROBAT MUSIC ACMCD4374

JIMMY GIUFFRE  The Jimmy Giuffre 3 and 4; New York Concerts   ELEMENTAL MUSIC 5990425 (2CDs)

GEOFF EALES  Invocation   NIMBUS NI6287

Eddie GOMEZ  Per Sempre   BFM JAZZ 302 062 414 2

DON PULLEN  Richard's Tune   Sackville SK 3008

BACK DOOR  Back Door/8th Street Nites/Another Fine Mess   BGO BGOCD 1170 (2CDs)

REZ ABBASI ACOUSTIC QUARTET  Intents and Purposes   ENJA 9621 2

ORBERT DAVIS' Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble  Sketches of Spain Revisted   316 RECORDS CD31607

THE VANGUARD JAZZ ORCHESTRA  Over Time Music of Bob Brookmeyer   Planet Arts 101413

RONNIE SCOTT  Fast and Loose   ACROBAT MUSIC ACMCD4376

TEDDY WILSON  Collection 1933-1941   Acrobat FABCD357

DUKE ELLINGTON  Highlights of the Great 1940-1942 Band   Avid AMSC 1143 (2CDs)

RAY CHARLES  Live in Paris   Frémeaux & Associés FA 5466 (3CDs)

MUGGSY SPANIER  Relaxin' at the Touro; His 46 Finest 1924-57   RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4254

BEN COHEN with Brian White's Magna Jazz Band  Remembering Ben Cohen   LAKE LACD334

BUDDY TATE QUARTET  Texas Tenor   Sackville SK 3027

PHIL DeGREG & BRASILIA  Brazilian People   Prevenient Music

DOC STEWART BIG BAND RESURRECTION  Code Blue   CANNONBALL JAZZ CJ-2014

MIKE LeDONNE  I Love Music   SAVANT SCD2135

CHRIS BARBER'S JAZZ and BLUES BAND  The Class of `78   LAKE LACD337

SLIM GAILLARD  The Extrovert Spirit   Avid AMSC 1141 (2CDs)

HENRY MANCINI  Music for Peter Gunn   HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907624

DUKE ELLINGTON  The Complete Newport 1958 Performances   American Jazz Classics 99117

TUBBY HAYES  Without A Song: Rare Live Recordings 1954-73   ACROBAT MUSIC ACTRCD9042 (3CDs)

CHICK COREA TRIO  Trilogy   Stretch by Concord CJA-35685-02 (3CDs)

LARRY FULLER    Capri 74135-2

TOMMASO STARACE QUARTET  Italian Short Stories   UNIVERSAL CLASSICS AND JAZZ 0602537863877

STANLEY CLARKE  Up   Mack Avenue MAC 1083

NEW CITY JAZZMEN  Les Wood with the New City Jazzmen   Own Label (No number)

ANTONIA BENNETT  Embrace Me   Perseverance PRD 078

DEXTER GORDON  Three Classic Albums Plus   Avid AMSC 1138 (2CDs)

GERALD ALBRIGHT  Slam Dunk   HEADS UP HUI-35403-02

ANNIE ROSS  To Lady With Love   Red Anchor CAP 1047

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