Javon Jackson – Once Upon A Melody Buy the CD or DRM-free MP3 download at Amazon.com Buy the download from iTunes Patricia Barber – The Cole Porter Mix Buy the CD at Amazon.com Buy the download from iTunes Promises Made: The Millennium Promise Jazz Project (with Kirk Whalum) Buy the CD at Amazon.com Nuspirit Helsinki [...]

There are a couple of other new releases out today that I didn’t list on my first post. In stores now are the latest recordings from Russell Gunn and George Colligan. I wasn’t able to quickly find a press release on Russell’s new one but I think the title says it all: Love Stories. There [...]

Drummer/composer Mike Reed releases two new recordings on the same day. Mike Reed’s Loose Assembly – The Speed of Change. Loose Assembly is Mike’s quintet with multi-reedist Greg Ward, bassist Josh Abrams, Tomeka Reid on cello, and vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz. According to the press release, the group moves from pastoral sonic explorations to edgy post-bop [...]