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2020

December 2020

DAN COSTA Live in California Dan Costa (piano) www.dancosta.net

KEN COLYER’S JAZZMEN Live at Manchester Free Trade Hall 1959 Upbeat URCD 306

JELLY ROLL MORTON DOCTOR JAZZ His 51 Finest 1923-1940 Retrospective RTS 4376

KEITH JARRETT Budapest Concert Keith Jarrett (piano) rec. Live, Budapest, 2016. ECM2700/01

Alex Moxon Quartet Own label. www.alexmoxon.com

 

ANGELA TURONE & CHRIS PLATT Sounds of Brazil Self-Produced

WEST LONDON RHYTHM KINGS New Orleans Jazz: Remembering Dave Evans Own Label No Number

ADAM SIMMONS CREATIVE MUSIC ENSEMBLE Tribute to Zatoczka FAT RAIN FAT021

HUMPHREY LYTTELTON & HIS TRADITIONAL JAZZ BAND Conway Hall Revisited, 1969 Upbeat URCD 305

JIMMY SMITH Four Classic Albums (Second Set) Live AVID JAZZ AMSC1381 [2CDs]

Jimmy Heath Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC1375 .

Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie: His 27 Finest, 1939-50 RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4374

FRENCH PRESERVATION JAZZ BAND New Orleans to Lyon, Vol. 2 Jazz Crusade JCCD3108

BILL BRUNSKILL’S JAZZMEN Whatever Happened to Bill Brunskill? Upbeat URCD 307

MILES DAVIS The Lost Septet Sleepy Night Records SNRCD020

Ray Bryant Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC 1248

BILLY JONES 3’S A CROWD ACCOUTICAL CONCEPTS AC-49

SIDNEY BECHET Petite Fleur: His 48 Finest Retrospective RTS 4372

RED NORVO Knockin’ on Wood; His 44 finest 1933-1958 RETROSPECTIVE RTS4362

Dominic Ingham Role Models INGHAM 01

Charlie Parker Five Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC 1364

EASY RIDERS JAZZ BAND “Then” and “Now,” Vol. 1 Jazz Crusade JCCD3037

GENE AUSTIN The Voice Of The Southland His 26 Finest 1925-1933 RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4370

Sidney Bechet Petite Fleur – his 48 Finest: 1923-1958 RETROSPECTIVE TRS 4372

DUTCH SWING COLLEGE BAND Dixieland Goes Dutch Alto Take: 2 ALN 1975

Annie Chen Octet Secret Treetop Shanghai Audio & Video , No Number.

Geoff Cole & his Red Hot Five It’s Time You Learnt Jazz Crusade JCCD3070

Ike Quebec Four Classic Albums Avid Jazz AMSC 1322

French Preservation New Orleans Jazz Band Alive and Kicking in Europe Upbeat URCD299D

Paul Bley / Gary Peacock / Paul Motian When Will the Blues Leave ECM 2642

DARIO SAVINO DORONZO-PIERTO GALLO-MICHEL GODARD Reimagining Opera DIGRESSIONE DIG DCTT96

MARK SEGGER Sextet Lift Off 18th NOTE RECORDS [28:52]

CHRIS BARBER’S JAZZ BAND Chris Barber at the BBC, with Special Guest Joe Harriott Upbeat URCD158 [60. 38]

AHMED ABDUL-MALIK Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC 1248

JORGE NILA Tenor Time: Tribute to the Tenor Masters NINJAZZ RECORDS 001

Katy Hobgood Ray featuring Dave Ray I Dream of Water Out of the Past Music

LIL ARMSTRONG & HER SWING BAND Hot Miss Lil – Born to Swing Upbeat URCD301

CHRIS BARBER’S JAZZ BAND Barber Back in Copenhagen 1961 Lake LACD360

Willie Smith His 48 Finest RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4368

Daniel Garcia Trio Travesuras ACT 9880-2

WILLIE SMITH Alto-Sax All-Time Great; His 48 finest 1934-56 RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4368

ALBERT AMMONS The Boogie Woogie Man; His 23 finest 1936-46 RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4367

LOUIS ARMSTRONG The Paramount Recordings • 1923-1925 Black Swan BSCD-43

JOPLIN: RAGTIME PIANO GEMS William Bolcom, piano ALTO ALC1403

SARAH VAUGHAN Four Classic Albums AVID AMSC1352

ANITA O’DAY Tea for Two – A Centenary Tribute; her 53 Finest 1941-55 RETROSPECTIVE RTS4360

CARSTEN DAHL TRINITY Painting Music ACT 9891-2 [54:29]

WALTER DONALDSON My Blue Heaven: His 52 Finest Retrospective RTS 4364

MUGGSY SPANIER Rare and Unissued Recordings 1941-1952 Jazzology JCD-406/407

WEST LONDON RHYTHM KINGS New Orleans Jazz: Remembering Doug Kennedy Own Label

BARNES-BOCAGE BIG FIVE 1954 American Music (AMCD-141)

NEW ORLEANS CLARINETS Ken Grayson Mills – An Epilogue 504/La Croix Records CD 98

SAMMY RIMINGTON & BIG BILL BISSONNETTE In Denmark 1993 Volumes 1 & 2 Jazz Crusade JCCD3117/8

John Handy III Three Classic Albums Plus AVID JAZZ AMSC1357

RED NORVO Knockin’ on Wood; His 44 finest 1933-1958 RETROSPECTIVE RTS4362

FIRST REVOLUTION SINGERS OF Orleans, LA Heaven Is My Goal 504 Records CD 24

GOLDEN EAGLE JAZZ BAND Sail Along Silvery Moon Practical Sounds GECD002

PETE ALLEN’S DUKES OF WELLINGTON I Wish You Love Upbeat URCD291

SISTER ROSETTA THARPE The Sensational Sister Rosetta Tharpe from Carnegie Hall to Antibes Upbeat URCD296

WENDY KIRKLAND The Music’s on Me PRIVATE

Buster Bailey Memphis Blues: His 47 finest, 1924-1956 RETROSPECTIVE RTS4356 (2 Cds)

GREGORY HARRINGTON Without You ESTILE RECORDS

Some Like It Plucked Les Inventions GLOBE GLO5272

Nancy Wilson Four Classic Albums Plus AVID JAZZ AMSC 1349

SWEET MARY CAT & THEIR NORTH AMERICAN FRIENDS Time to Dance the New Orleans Way Jazz Crusade JCCD3079

Thierry Derckel Trio At Home Westland Music WM168

KEN COLYER TRUST band with JOE PAYTON At Café Brasil, New Orleans, LA 504 Records CD 29

BUSTER BAILEY Memphis Blues; His 47 finest, 1924-58 RETROSPECTIVE RTS4356

Miles Davis Three Classic Albums Plus AVID JAZZ AMSC1348

POTATO HEAD JAZZ BAND Stompin’ Around Big Bear Records No Number

MILDRED BAILEY The Rockin’ Chair Lady; her 52 finest 1929-47 RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4344

THE INCOMPARABLE HENRY “RED” ALLEN The Golden Years, Vols 1-4 Upbeat

Vadim Neselovsky Trio Get Up and Go BluJazz BJ3449

Sarah Gail Brand (trombone) All will be said, All to do again Regardless R03

EARLY HOT JAZZ AND RAGTIME Rags, Cakewalks, Shuffles, Trots and Frolics from the earliest days of ragtime and jazz

SAYDISC CDSDL451

ANGELA VERBRUGGE The Night We Couldn’t Say Goodnight GUT STRING RECORDS GSR 041

KEN COLYER’S ALL STARS Colyer Rarities: Farewell to Studio 51 Upbeat URCD293

Ethel Waters Am I Blue? Etherl Waters sings ’em: Her 51 Finest, 1923-1940 RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4352 2CDs

EASY RIDERS JAZZ BAND “Then” and “Now,” Vol. 2 Jazz Crusade JCCD3038

BILL COLEMAN An American in Paris; His 47 finest, 1934-1960 RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4350 2CDs

MATTHIAS BARTOLOMEY and KLEMENS BITTMANN Dynamo ACT 9043-2 [63:06]

ADAM BALDYCH QUARTET Sacrum Profanum ACT 9881-2 [51:23]

ROMAIN COLLIN Tiny Lights … XM RECORDS / REVIVE MUSIC GROUP 3349361832 [43:56 ]

ROGER MARKS’ BRASS FARTHINGS WITH PETE ALLEN Higher Ground Upbeat URCD290

French Preservation New Orleans Jazz Band Blues for Manny Paul Upbeat URCD286

PAOLO FRESU, RICHARD GALLIANO, JAN LUNDGREN Mare Nostrum III ACT 9877-2 [61:15]

JONATHAN BAUER Walk, Don’t Run PRIVATE [42:53]

DON CORNELL I’M YOURS Centenary Tribute - His 28 Finest 1942-1958 RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4349

BIG BILL BISSONNETTE & HIS EASY RIDERS JAZZ BAND Rhythm Is Our Business Jazz Crusade JCCD3003

KENNEY BURRELL Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC1327

Sonny Rollins Four Classic Albums (Second Set) AVID JAZZ AMSC1311

TOMMASO STARACE QUINTET Eleuthera All That Jazz MUSIC CENTER BA 406CD

NICK GRINDER Farallon OutsideInMusic OIM 1907

Shai Maestro The Dream Thief ECM 2616 [48:12]

Dave Young Lotus Blossom MODICA MUSIC [No number]

Kenny Werner The Space PIROUET PIT3106

Darrell Katz Rats Live On No Evil Star JCA RECORDINGS JCA1804

TOMMASO STARACE Harmony Less Quartet Narrow Escape MUSIC CENTER BA409CD

TENEMENT JAZZ BAND New Orleans Wiggle Own label – no number

DAN COSTA Skyness PRIVATE RELEASE [39:47]

Mel Tormé Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC1317

Jazz on A Summer’s Day 60th Anniversary Edition CHARLY B 920

Ethan Ardelli The Island of Form Self-released

THE CHRIS BLOUNT NEW ORLEANS JAZZ BAND Halcyon Days p.e.k. Sound PKCD-415

The new Black Eagle jazz band Missing Pieces Own Label • No Number

CHARLIE SHAVERS Decidedly Charlie Shavers, His Finest, 1937-1960 RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4340

MIKE WESTBROOK Starcross Bridge Mike Westbrook (Piano) HAT HUT RECORDS HATOLOGY 754

2018

Ernesto Cervini’s Turboprop Abundance ANZIC RECORDS ANZ-0063

Christopher Hollyday Telepathy Jazzbeat Productions [No number] Self-released

Curtis Fuller Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC1326

GEOFF COLE & HIS HOT FIVE A Tribute to Fats Waller & His Music Jazz Crusade JCCD3047

CELL BLOCK 7 JAZZ BAND Contempt of Court Own label – no number

Captain John Handy The Genius of Captain John Handy Upbeat URCD283

Frolov and Friends Igor FROLOV (1937-2013) DELOS DE3557

Luzia von Wyl Ensemble Throwing Coins hatOLOGY 753

Ernesto Cervini’s Turboprop Abundance ANZIC RECORDS ANZ-0063

Christopher Hollyday Telepathy Jazzbeat Productions [No number] Self-released

Joseph Daley The Tuba Trio Chronicles JoDa Music 004

PEGGY LEE Four Classic Albums AVID AMSC1290

AL MUIRHEAD Undertones Chronograph Records (Canada) CR068

AMBROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA When Day is Done. His 51 Finest, 1928-44 RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4338

Jazz Organists Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC1306

JAKOB BRO Returnings Jakob Bro (guitar); Palle Mikkelborg (trumpet); Thomas Morgan (double bass); Jon Christensen (drums) ECM 2546

CLARINET MARMALADE; a celebration of 24 great vintage jazz clarinettists, 1918-62 RETROSPECTIVE RTR4328

MARILENA PARADISI AND KIRK LIGHTSEY Some Place Called Where LOSEN RECORDS LOS 187-2

Nina Simone Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMS1268

John Bailey IN REAL TIME SUMMIT RECORDS DCD 720

Irving Fazola My Inspiration RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4337

Benny Golson Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC1310

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Four Classic Albums (Second set) AVID JAZZ AMSC 1269

DEANNE MATLEY Because I Loved Self-produced DNMBIL

Vijay Iyer Sextet Far From Over ECM 2581 567 7386 [57:53]

MATHIAS EICK Ravensburg ECM 6710239

Herb Geller Four Classic Albums AVID AMSC 1221

RYAN QUIGLEY What Doesn't Kill You Whirlwind Recordings WR4691

Jazz Drummers Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC 1297

Tenor Sax Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC 1285 CD1: [74:58] CD2 [78:10]

CHARLIE TEAGARDEN The Big Horn of ‘Little T’: His 21 finest, 1936-62 RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4332 [79:55]

ARILD ANDERSEN/PAOLO VINACCIA/TOMMY SMITH In-House Science ECM 671 6897

MAGDALENA KOŽENÁ Cole Porter BRNOFON BRF001-2

HOWARD JOHNSON and Gravity Testimony Tuscarora Records 17:001

PAT HAWES Live in London in 2000 Jazz Crusade JCCD3055

MACIEJ OBARA QUARTET Unloved ECM 576 4562

Django Bates’ Belovèd The Study of Touch ECM 2534

Panayiotis DEMOPOULOS (b. 1977) Nina’s Clock: piano improvisations: METIER JAZZ RECORDS MJD72405

OKB TRIO The Ing ... Queens Jazz OverGround QJOG-1801

JANE IRA BLOOM Wild Winds: Improvising Emily Dickinson Outline OTL142

ANDY SHEPPARD Quartet Romaria ECM 2577 5786980

RED GARLAND Four Classic Albums Avid Jazz AMSC1280

HORACE SILVER Four Classic Albums: Second Set AVID AMSC1287

LAURA DUBIN TRIO Live at the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival Self-Produced – No Number

MONIKA HERZIG Sheroes Whaling City Sound WCS 106

KEN COLYER with The crane river jazz band The Cranes Fly Again Upbeat URCD281

GERRY MULLIGAN Four Classic Albums AVID AMSC1282

OKB TRIO The Ing ... Queens Jazz OverGround QJOG-1801

ALTO SAX Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC 1292

JEFF HAMILTON TRIO Live from San Pedro CAPRI 74147-2

BILLY JONES 3’S A CROWD ACCOUTICAL CONCEPTS AC-49

JAN GUNNAR HOFF Stories 2L-131-SABD

LOUIS PRIMA Swing It; His 53 Finest 1933-1960 RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4326

DIZ DISLEY With Me Little Ukulele in Me Hand! Upbeat URCD280

JAZZ TRUMPET Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC 1293

CURTIS STIGERS WITH THE DANISH RADIO BIG BAND One More For The Road Concord Jazz 00011

JERI SOUTHERN Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC 1291

JEFF HAMILTON TRIO Live From San Pedro CAPRI 74147-2

GÁBOR GADÓ /LAURENT BLONDIAU Veil And Quintessence BMC Records BMC CD 255

NINA SIMONE The Colpix Singles Recorded 1959-62 STATESIDE 0190295735869

PERICOPES What What Emi Vernizzi (soprano and tenor saxophone); Alessandro Sgobbio (piano) UNIT RECORDS UTR4799

LEWIS WRIGHT featuring KIT DOWNES Duets SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD529

TARKOVSKY QUARTET Nuit Blanche ECM 572 9067

Jackie MCLEAN Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC 1288

JAZZ PIANO Four Classic Albums AVID JAZZ AMSC 1284

YUKO FUJIYAMA night wave innova 995 [50:29]

MARIA SCHNEIDER AND SWR BIG BAND JAZZ HAUS JAH-469 [54:18 + 53:17]

JACQUES GAUTHÉ In New Orleans Jazz Crusade JCCD3067

JIM YANDA TRIO Home Road CORNER STORE JAZZ CSJ0113-14

KATE McGARRY, KEITH GANZ, GARY VERSACE The Subject Tonight Is Love Binxtown Records

CAROL ROBBINS Taylor Street Jazzcats JCTS 109

CHRIS BLOUNT A Fond Farewell Jazz Crusade JCCD3046

HUMPHREY LYTTELTON Sir Humph’s Delight: Humphrey Lyttelton in Retrospect Upbeat URCD279

LAVERN BAKER Four Classic Albums AVID AMSC 1258

FABRICE ALLEMAN Udiverse CYPRES CYP06 10

ANDRÁS DÉS TRIO The Worst Singer in the World BMC CD 241

ANDRE CANNIERE The Darkening Blue Whirlwind Recordings WR 4693

SYBARITE5 Outliers BRIGHT SUNNY THINGS BSTC-0121

DON ELLIS Three Classic Albums Plus AVID JAZZ AMSC 12799

BILL FRISELL/THOMAS MORGAN Small Town ECM 574 6341

GOLDEN EAGLE JAZZ BAND From Out of Nowhere Own Label GECD0001

ECHOES OF SWING Travelin’ ACT 9104-2

BRENT GALLAHER Moving Forward V & B Records GAL-B-0003

AARON PARKS/BEN STREET/BILLY HART Find The Way ECM 478 1841

DAVE PIKE Four Classic Albums (It's Time For Dave Pike / Pike's Peak / Bossa Nova Carnival / Limbo Carnival) AVID JAZZ AMSC 1249

AKA MOON AND FABIAN FIORINI The Scarlatti Book : Sonata Inspiration outhere music OUT 658

BLACK MANHATTAN CLEF CLUB: Theatre and Dance Music of James Reese Europe, Will Marion Cook and Members of the legendary Clef Club NEW WORLD RECORDS 80611-2

Dave ZINNO & Unisphere River Of January WHALING CITY SOUND WCS 101

TOMAS COTIK TAO LIN Astor PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992) LEGACY NAXOS 8.573789

ERIC WYATT Look to the Sky WHALING CITY SOUND WCS104

MARK HETZLER Blues, Ballads and Beyond SUMMIT RECORDS DCD 668

CAROL ALBERT Fly Away Butterfly PRIVATE

TOMASZ STANKO NEW YORK QUARTET December Avenue ECM 572 6302

Wadada Leo Smith Najwa TUM CD 049 [55:43]

Wadada Leo Smith Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk TUM CD 053 [55:37]

Jacques Brel 1960-61 Live in Paris FRÉMEAUX & ASSOCIÉS FA 5650 [ 75:53]

Tex Williams I Got Texas In My Soul. Centenary Tribute – His 29 Finest, 1944-54 RETROSPECTIVE RTR 4309 [79:15]

MULO FRANCEL Mocca Swing ACT 6020-2 (2 CD Set)

The Liberation Music Collective Rebel Portraiture AD ASTRUM AD38162

Dan Costa Suite Três Rios HYPNOTE RECORDS HR003

AN EVENING WITH DELFEAYO MARSALIS KALAMAZOO TROUBADOUR JASS RECORDS TJR093017

Phil DeGreg Trio Queen City Blues PRIVATE