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2016

VIC DICKENSON NICE WORK HIS 34 FINEST RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4294

John Lee Hooker – The Modern, Chess and Veejay Singles Collection 1949-62 ACROBAT ACQCD7103 (4CDs)

CHET BAKER Quartet Volume 1 Elemental Music 88520

CHET BAKER Quartet Volume 2 Elemental Music 88521

GEORGE ROBERT GEORGE ROBERT PLAYS MICHEL LEGRAND CLAVES RECORDS 50-1607

 

Jimmy O’Connell Sixtet – Arrhythmia OUTSIDE IN MUSIC 1603

FRANK SINATRA At The Royal Festival Hall / Sinatra In Japan (DVD) Eagle Rock Entertainment EREDV1242

NEW Black Eagle JAZZ BAND 20th Anniversary vols. 1 & 2 Own Label BE[LECD]4020-1/2

BUD SHANK AND CHET BAKER California Dreamin' Elemental Music 88519

Henning Sieverts – Double Quartet PIROUET PIT3092

Scott HAMILTON & Jeff HAMILTON Trio Live in Bern CAPRI #74139

Elisabeth Lohninger – Eleven Promises JAZZ SICK RECORDS 5097

KEN COLYER’S ALL STARS Recently Discovered Late Vintage Colyer Upbeat URCD271

SUNDAE + MR. GOESSL MAKES MY HEART SWAY SELF-PRODUCED NO NUMBER

US 4 My Scandinavian Blues : A Tribute To Horace Parlan Stunt Records STUCD 16012

BLUE TANGO The Very Best of Leroy Anderson Alto ALC 1324

Sergio Pereira – Swingando NO NUMBER

Matt Wilson’s Big Happy Family – Beginning of a Memory NO NUMBER

ANTONIO ADOLFO Tropical Infinito AAM Music AAM 0710

DAVID HELBOCK TRIO Into The Mystic ACT 9833-2

 

Melody Gardot – Live at the Olympia Paris DVD EAGLE ROCK EREDV1217

STEVE TURRE Colors For The Masters Smoke Sessions Records SSR - 1606

Miroslav Vitous – Music of Weather Report ECM 377 2956

Clare Teal – Twelve O’Clock Tales CDMUDCT6

Golden Era Songs Classic Hollywood Originals Alto Take: 2 ALN 1956

Dave Stryker – Eight Track II STRIKEZONE 8814

BORN TO BE BLUE : Music from the Motion Picture Rhino 081227 947 14 9

Bob Mintzer – All L.A. Band FUZZY MUSIC PEPCD022

Pablo Held Trio – Lineage PIROUET PIT3094 [45:34]

Billy Taylor – Four Classic Albums AVID AMSC1200

RANTALA DANIELSSON ERSKINE How Long Is Now? ACT 9823 - 2

Yellowjackets – Cohearence MACK AVENUE MAC1108

Ellery Eskelin Trio – Willisau Live HATOLOGY 741

Myriad3 – Moons ALMA ACD52062

Brenda Lee AVID POP AMSC 1211

 

BILLY MAY The Man with the Golden Touch Retrospective RTS 4297

CHET BAKER Chet Baker Sings DreamCovers Records 6100

STAN GETZ QUARTET WITH MOSE ALLISON The Soft Swing PHONO 870254

WARREN WOLF Convergence mackavenue MAC1105

Earl Bostic - Four Classic Albums AVID AMSC 1210

KEVIN HAYS NEW DAY TRIO North Sunnyside SSC 1464

DUKE ELLINGTON Hits Sure Shot 652 194 673-2

KITTY KALLEN Little Things Mean A Lot - Her 26 finest 1940-1962 RETROSPECTIVE RTR4290

PAUL EDIS Not Like Me/Just Like Me Edis Music

DICK OATTS/MATS HOLMQUIST NEW YORK JAZZ ORCHESTRA A Tribute To Herbie + 1 Summit Records MAA 1049

STAN GETZ- Moments In Time Resonance Records HCD-2020

BILL EVANS Some Other Time Resonance Records HCD 2019

GLAUCO VENIER Miniatures ECM 478 0266

Geoff EALES – Transience FUZZY MOON RECORDS FUZ008

When Louis Met Bix LAKE LACD 345

EDMOND HALL Profoundly Blue His 27 Finest 1937-1944 RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4286

CARLA BLEY/ANDY SHEPPARD/STEVE SWALLOW Andando El Tiempo ECM 477 9711

Marius NESET Snowmelt ACT 9035-2

Maria Schneider Orchestra The Thompson Fields ARTIST SHARE AS0137 [77:25]

Greg Abate and Phil Woods Kindred Spirits Live at Chan’s WHALING CITY SOUND WCS 077

Tiny Grimes – Three Classic Albums Plus AVID AMSC 1188 [78:17 + 79:26]

Jane Ira Bloom Early Americans OUTLINE OTL142

New Black Eagle Jazz Band 15th Anniversary vol. 1 & 2 Own Label BE[LECD]4019-1/2

Wadada Leo Smith / John Lindberg Celestial Weather TUM RECORDS CD 046 [62:21]

Sauter-Finegan Orchestra Four Classic Albums Avid AMSC 1212

Carol Saboya - Carolina AAM Music 0709

Tony Lustig Quintet Taking Flight

Wolfert Brederode Trio Black Ice ECM4779462

Savannah Jazz Band Sacred and Secular p.e.k. Sound PKCD392

Matt Lavelle’s 12 Houses Solidarity Unseen Rain RecordsUR-9945

STEVE LACY– Four Classic Albums AVID AMSC 1187

SONNY CRISS– Four Classic Albums AMSC1182

MASABUMI KIKUCHI Black Orpheus ECM 473 2215

LAURA PERLMAN PRECIOUS MOMENTS MHR8625

NOLA THE HAPPY PALS NEW ORLEANS PARTY ORCHESTRA New Orleans North CD-016

EARL SCHEELAR'S NEW ZENITH JAZZ BAND    Own label - no number

QUINCY JONES AND HIS ORCHESTRA  Live in Ludwigshafen 1961   JAZZ HAUS JAH-455

CHRIS BARBER'S JAZZ BAND WITH OTTILIE PATTERSON  Barber Back in Berlin 1960   Lake LACD346 (2CDs)

MICHAEL FORMANEK ENSEMBLE KOLOSSUS  The Distance   ECM 475 9407

THE BLACK EAGLES  Times Past   Own Label BE[LECD]4018-1/2(2CDs)

BENNY CARTER  with The Chocolate Dandies and with Mezz Mezzrow and his Orchestra, 1933-34   JSP RECORDS 6702

BILLIE HOLIDAY  The Complete Carnegie Hall Performances   Poll Winners Records PWR 27352 (2CDs)

JON BALKE  Warp   ECM 476 6047

DAVE ANDERSON  Blue Innuendo   LABEL L1-2003-2

DON ELLIS  Electric Heart. A Film by John Vizzusi   ARTHAUS MUSIK DVD 102 178

ERNIE WATTS QUARTET  Wheel of Time   FLYING DOLPHIN FD 1011

DUKE ELLINGTON/JOHNNY HODGES  Back to Back/Side by Side   Poll Winners Records PWR 27355 (2CDs)

NORDIC CIRCLES  Winter Rainbow   AMP Music And Records AS AT 002

LEW TABACKIN  Soundscapes   Own label - No Number

LUTZ EIKELMANN  Wochenend und Sonnenschein   SGDH (No number)

THE STRYKER/SLAGLE BAND EXPANDED  Routes   STRIKEZONE 8813

LOUIS ARMSTRONG  Complete Hot Five & Hot Seven   Essential Jazz Classics EJC55690 (4CDs)

HERLIN RILEY  New Directions   MACK AVENUE MAC1101

BOB JAMES/NATHAN EAST  The New Cool   Concord Records CRE - 39008 - 02

JACK MCLAUGHLIN'S FRENCHMEN STREET JAZZ BAND OF NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA  There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight   Frenchmen Street FSCD 151

TADD DAMERON  Four Classic Albums   AVID JAZZ AMSC 1175 (2CDs)

McKINNEY'S COTTON PICKERS, with Don Redman  Never Swat a Fly, Their 26 Finest 1928-30   RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4291

TORD GUSTAVSEN/SIMIN TANDER/JARLE VESPESTAD  What Was Said   ECM 475 8697

MISHA TSIGANOV  Spring Feelings   Criss Cross Jazz 1384

BLACK CAT JAZZ  Road of Sunshine!   Own label BCAT001

LIONEL HAMPTON  Milestones of a Jazz Legend   Intense Media 600290 (10CDs)

PAOLO FRESU/RICHARD GALLIANO/JAN LUNDGREN  Mare Nostrum II   ACT 9812-2

MICHEL BENITA AND ETHICS  River Silver   ECM 475 9393

RICH HALLEY 4  Eleven   PINE EAGLE RECORD S008

MO' BLOW  Live in Berlin   ACT 9675-2

MARLENE VEPLANCK  The Mood I'm In   AUDIOPHILE RECORDS ACD-348

BILLY STRAYHORN  A Centenary Tribute - his 44 finest   RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4273 (2CDs)

LILTIN' MARTHA TILTON  And The Angels Sing - A Centenary Tribute - Her 24 Finest   RETROSPECTIVE RTR4280

HARRY JAMES  The Music Maker - A Centenary Tribute - His 50 Finest   RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4281 (2CDs)

IRA HILL  Tomorrow   IRA HILL MUSIC 001

MAYNARD FERGUSON  It's My Time/Hollywood   BGOCD1202

RUSS FREEMAN  Four Classic Albums   AVID AMSC 1181

THE ASPIDISTRA DRAWING ROOM ORCHESTRA  Beguine and Bugatti Step   (No number)

BILLY STRAYHORN  Lush Life - A Centenary Tribute - his 44 finest   RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4273 (2CDs)

GEORGE SHEARING  Lullaby of Birdland - The Shearing Touch (A film by Jill Marshall)   ARTHAUS MUSIK 109217

THE BLACK EAGLE JAZZ BAND  Mt. Gretna Week-End   Own Label BE[LECD]4017-1/2 (2CDs)

KENNY WHEELER and JOHN TAYLOR  On the Way to Two   CAM JAZZ CAMJ 7892-2

MONTY SUNSHINE  Remembering Monty Sunshine   Lake LACD344 (2CDs)

BOB COOPER  Four Classic Albums   AVID AMSC1180 (2CDs)

FOOD  This Is Not A Miracle   ECM 473 9039

BORUT KRZISNIK with DATA DIRECT  La Dolce Vita   CLAUDIO CONTEMPORARY CC6010-2

JOHN ABERCROMBIE  The First Quartet   ECM 473 2437 (3CDs)

AVISHAI COHEN  Into the Silence   ECM 475 9435

STAN GETZ/BOB BROOKMEYER  Recorded Fall 1961   Poll Winners Records PWR 27351

THE BLACK EAGLES  Live at the World Music Concours, the Netherlands   OWN LABEL: BE[LECD]4016

MARTY PAICH  Four Classic Albums   AVID JAZZ AMSC1168 (2CDs)

Scott HAMILTON & Jeff HAMILTON Trio  Live in Bern   CAPRI #74139

HAL McKUSICK  Four Classic Albums, Second Set   AVID AMSC 1172 (2CDs)

THAD JONES/MEL LEWIS ORCHESTRA  All My Yesterdays   Resonance HCD 2023 (2CDs)

The MAN OVERBOARD QUINTET  Down in the Deep Deep Blue   CHAMPS HILL RECORDS CHRCD089

BLUE MUSE  Live   DOLPHINIUM RECORDS 889211942282

THOMAS STRØNEN  Time Is A Blind Guide   ECM 475 4115

WYNTON MARSALIS  Blood on the Fields - A Film by Susan Shaw   ARTHAUS MUSIK 109214

BLACK EAGLE JAZZ BAND  Brians' Songs   OWN LABEL: BE[LECD]4015

HOT JAZZ JUMPERS  The Very Next Thing   OTBR 0002

ELI & THE HOT SIX  Contemporary Classic Jazz   Own label - no number

RANDY WESTON  Four Classic Albums Plus Volume 2   AVID JAZZ AMSC 1155 (2CDs)

CHARLIE BARNET  The Charlie Barnet Collection 1935-47   Acrobat FADCD2039 (2CDs)

TUBBY HAYES  Symphony - The Lost session   ACROBAT RECORDS ACMCD4383

NEW BLACK EAGLE JAZZ BAND  On the Road   Own Label BE[LECD]4014

PEPPER ADAMS  Four Classic Albums   AVID AMSC 1164(2CDs)

The Pepper Adams Quintet/Critics' Choice   PHONO 870332

LASZLO GARDONY  Life in Realtime   SUNNYSIDE SSC 4019

BENNY GOODMAN  and the All Stars in Berlin 1958-59   SOUNDS OF YESTERYEAR DSOY2001 (2CDs)

DUKE ELLINGTON  Rotterdam 1969   Storyville 101 8440

PETE RUGOLO  Four Classic Albums   AVID JAZZ AMSC 1176 (2CDs)

KIT DOWNES  Tricko   COUP PERDU RECORDS CPCD003

EDMOND HALL  Profoundly Blue, His 22 finest 1937-44   RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4286

JAY McSHANN  Hootie's Blues; A Centenary Tribute, his 27 finest 1941-55   RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4279

URI CAINE  Introducing Uri Caine - Shortlist 1992 - 2015   Winter & Winter 910228-2

KID ORY  Storyville Nights   Upbeat URCD262D (2CDs)

BRIAN FIELDING  An Appropriate Response - Volume One   Broken Symmetries Incorporated BSI 1001

KEN PEPLOWSKI  Enrapture   Capri 74141-2

AIMÉE ALLEN  Matter of Time   AZULINE NO NUMBER

SCOTT HAMILTON AND JEFF HAMILTON TRIO  Live In Bern   CAPRI Records 74139-2

ELLA FITZGERALD  Sings the George & Ira Gershwin Song Book   Essential Jazz Classics EJC 689 (3CDs)

CHARLIE BARNET  The Collection 1935-47   Acrobat FADCD2039 (2CDs)

BRIAN LANDRUS TRIO  The Deep Below   BlueLand/ Palmetto Records BLR 2015

NEW BLACK EAGLE JAZZ BAND  On the Road   Own Label BE[LECD]4014

SIR ROLAND HANNA  This Must Be Love   PROGRESSIVE PCD-7030

CLAUDE THORNHILL  The Collection 1934-53   FABULOUS FACD2054 (2CDs)

JEAN-LUC PONTY  Original Album Series Vol. 2   Rhino 0081227955380 (5CDs)

JOHN MCLAUGHLIN  Black Light   Abstractlogix ABLX050

STAN SULZMANN, NIKKI ILES  Treasure Trove   ASC Records ASCCD7

NANCY LANE  Let Me Love You   Self-produced

KENNY WERNER  The Melody   PIROUET PIT2083

NILS LANDGREN with JANIS SIEGEL  Some Other Time   ACT 9813-2

LIONEL HAMPTON and his ORCHESTRA  Live in 1948   SOUNDS OF YESTERYEAR DSOD2005 (2CDs)

The JEFF BENEDICT BIG BIG BAND  Holmes   TAPESTRY 76025-2

EDDIE THOMPSON TRIO  The Bosendorfer Concert 1980   Hep CD 2102

LINDA CALISE  La Vie   NO LABEL OR NUMBER

TURTLE RECORDS  Pioneering British Jazz 1970-71   RPM RECORDS RPMBX 528 (3CDs)

DAVID PATRICK OCTET  Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring   BIRNAM 8099214370

MAYNARD FERGUSON  Chameleon/Conquistador/Hot   BGO Records BGOCD1199 (2CDs)

THE WHISKEY BROTHERS  Bottle Up and Go   BIG BEAR RECORDS CD54

CÆCILIE NORBY AND LARS DANIELSSON  Just The Two Of Us   ACT 9732-2

KARIN KROG AND STEVE KUHN  Break Of Day   Meantime Records MR22

KRISTINE MILLS  BossaToo   Kristine Mills Music - Self produced

OSCAR PEREZ  Prepare A Place For Me   Myna Records MR-0001

MARTY PAICH  Second Set : Four Classic Albums   Avid Jazz AMSC1173 (2CDs)

ROMAIN COLLIN  Press Enter   ACT 9583-2

JON IRABAGON  Behind The Sky   Irabbagast Records 004

NICK FINZER  The Chase   ORIGIN 82695

LESTER YOUNG, BEN WEBSTER, ROY ELDRIDGE, DIZZY GILLESPIE  J.A.T.P. Live at Carnegie Hall   Phono 870241 (2CDs)

LES McCANN  Live in Hollywood, New York and San Francisco   Groove Hug GH 66722 (2CDs)

IBRAHIM MAALOUF  Red & Black Light   IMPULSE 4756681

IBRAHIM MAALOUF  Kalthoum   IMPULSE 4749696

CHARLIE HADEN and GONZALO RUBALCABA  Tokyo Blues   IMPULSE 472 992-6

ABE LINCOLN and the RAMPART STREET PARADERS  Their 18 finest 1953-57   RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4275

JEFF BARNHART and SPATS LANGHAM  We Wish We Were Twins   LAKE LACD342

SATOKO FUJII ORCHESTRA BERLIN  Ichigo Ichie   Libra Records 212-037

MICHAEL WOLLNY TRIO  Nachtfahrten   ACT 9592-2

CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE TRIO  Live at the Village Vanguard   Mack Avenue MAC 1099

SULLIVAN FORTNER  Aria   IMPULSE 4735908

DAN TRUDELL  Plays the Piano   Self Produced

MACK AVENUE SUPERBAND  Live! From the Detroit Jazz Festival - 2014   Mack Avenue MAC 1096

KEN COLYER ALL STARS  Ken Colyer on Video: Rare Footage from the Vaults   Upbeat URDVD267

CARTER CALVERT  It's a Man's World   CD Baby

IBRAHIM MAALOUF  Kalthoum   Impulse!/Universal Music Group 474 570-5

JOHN SCOFIELD  Past Present   Impulse!/Universal Music Group 473 841-5

LOU VOLPE  Remembering Ol' Blue Eyes   Jazz Guitar Records 917

SYMPHONIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA  Looking Forward, Looking Back   Mackavenue.com MAC1102

FRED HERSCH  Solo   PALMETTO RECORDS PM2180

JAZZING THE CLASSICS  Vintage 30s and 40s   RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4276

TOM SCOTT  Apple Juice   BGO Records BGOCD 1217

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