WUOT Jazz - "Improvisations"
Monday-Friday, 6:30 p.m.

Improvisations is produced and hosted locally by John Habel, Todd Steed, Paul Parris, and Cy Anders. Playlists, when they are available, are usually posted a day or so after air.
Questions? Email improv@utk.edu

DECEMBER 2008   (Grid: Monday-Friday)  

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December 1, 2008

JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET: Say It (Over and Over Again), from Ballads (Impulse 314-589-548-2)

CHARLIE PARKER/DIZZY GILLESPIE: Salt Peanuts, from The Quintet (Debut OJCCD-044-2)

BUDDY DeFRANCO: Kush, from Blues Bag (Koch Jazz KOC-DD-8545)

McCOY TYNER: Blues on the Corner, from The Real McCoy (Blue Note 97807)

JOHN COLTRANE: Alabama, from Live at Birdland (MCA/Impulse MCAD-33109)

DUKE ELLINGTON: Schwiphti, from Three Suites (Columbia CK 46825)

DUKE ELLINGTON: Zweet Zurzday (same as above)

LEE KONITZ/ALAN BROADBENT: Easy Living, from Live-Lee (Milestone 9329-2)

ABDULLAH IBRAHIM: Fats, Duke, and the Monk, from Fats, Duke, and the Monk (Sackville SKCD 2-3048)

JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET: You Don’t Know What Love Is (same as above)

TRYGE SEIM: The Aftermath/African Sunrise, from Different Rivers (ECM 1744)

JOHN COLTRANE: Afro-Blue (same as above)

JIM PEPPER/MAL WALDRON: Somewhere Over the Rainbow, from Art of the Duo (Tutu CD 888 106)

TUESDAY DEC. 2

BOBBY TIMMONS: Soul Time, from The Best of Bobby Timmons (Riverside RCD 3719-2)

RED GARLAND: Billie Bounce, from The Best Of The Red Garland Quintets (Prestige PRCD 5702)

THE LESTER YOUNG – TEDDY WILSON QUARTET, Louise, from Pres and Teddy (Verve 831 270 2)

PETER ERSKINE/ALAN PASQUA/DAVE CARPENTER: To Love Again, from Live at the Rocco (Fuzzy Music PepCD 007)

CANNONBALL ADDERLY: Sack Of Woes, from The Definitive Cannonball Adderly (Blue Note 723425 4004025)

CANNONBALL ADDERLY: The Jive Samba, from The Definitive Cannonball Adderly (Blue Note 723425 4004025)

BRAD MEHLDAU: Unrequited, from Songs (The Art Of The Trio Volume 3) (WB 9 47051 2)

DAVE DOUGLAS: October Surprise, from Live At The Jazz Standard (Leaf KOC CD 5574)

BRAD MEHLDAU: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, from Songs (The Art Of The Trio Volume 3) (WB 9 47051 2)

DAVE DOUGLAS: Tree And Shrub, from Live At The Jazz Standard (Leaf KOC CD 5574)

HERBIE HANCOCK: Maiden Voyage, from The Essential Herbie Hancock (82796 94593 2)

Wednesday, December 3

TOMMY FLANAGAN: Mr. P. C., from Giant Steps (Enja 4022-41)

CANNONBALL ADDERLEY: Autumn Leaves, from Somethin' Else (Blue Note CDP-7 46338 2)

LEE MORGAN: Dear Sir, from The Procrastinator (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 33579 2 5)

KIP HANRAHAN: Nocturnal Heart, from Desire Develops An Edge (American Clave 1008/9)

MINGUS BIG BAND: Haitian Fight Song, from Blues and Politics (Dreyfus Jazz 366603-2)

GIL EVANS: Las Vegas Tango, from The Individualism Of (Verve 833 804-2)

WILLIAM PARKER QUARTET: Groove, from Sound Unity (AUM Fidelity 034)

DAVID MURRAY: Valley Talk, from Ballads (DIW 840)

SONNY CLARK: Blue Minor, from Cool Struttin' (Blue Note CDP 7 46513 2)

GIGI GRYCE: The Rat Race Blues, from The Rat Race Blues (Prestige/New Jazz OJCCD-081-2)

TOMMY FLANAGAN: Naima, from Giant Steps (Enja 4022-41)

 

THURSDAY DEC. 4

KELLE JOLLY AND WILL BOYD: Blues For Chikka, from Dreams Of Muroran

PETER ERSKINE/ALAN PASQUA/DAVE CARPENTER: Caribe, from Live at the Rocco (Fuzzy Music PepCD 007)

DONALD BROWN: Don’t Forget To Tell Her You Love Her, from Fast Forward To The Past (Space Time Records BG 2826)

THE SOUTH FLORIDA JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Blues Gumbo, from The South Florida Jazz Orchestra (MAA 1036)

CANNONBALL ADDERLY: Mercy, Mercy, from The Definitive Cannonball Adderly (Blue Note 723425 4004025)

ART BLAKEY: Sweet N’ Sour, from Caravan (RD 30817)

ART BLAKEY: In The Wee Small Hours, from Caravan (RD 30817)

BILL FRISELL: Baba-Drame, from History, Mystery (Nonesuch 432412)

HORACE PARLAN: Light Blue, from The Complete Horace Parlan Sessions (Mosaic 197)

MCOY TYNER AND BOBBY HUTCHERSON: I Loves Your Porgy, from Manhattan Moods (Blue Note D 1065002)

CHARLES MINGUS: Myself When I Am Real, from Mingus Plays Piano (Impulse MFCD 783)

BOZ SCAGGS: Do Nothing Til You Hear From Me, from Speak Low (Decca)

PAUL MOTION: This Was Nearly Mine, from Time And Time Again (ECM 1992 BOO8585 02)

Monday, December 8, 2008

LOUIS ARMSTRONG: Back O’ Town Blues, from C’est Ci Bon: Satchmo in the Forties (Proper Box 24)

CANNONBALL ADDERLEY: Cyclops, from Domination (Capitol Jazz 7243 4 77560 2 3)

DONALD BROWN: Where Pelicans Fly, from Fast Forward to the Future (Space Time BG 2826)

ART PEPPER: Tin Tin Deo, from The Best of Art Pepper (Contemporary CCD-5714-2)

LOUIS ARMSTRONG: Body and Soul (same as above)

CANNONBALL ADDERLEY: I Worship You (same as above)

OLIVER NELSON: Stolen Moments, from Blues and the Abstract Truth (MCA/Impulse MCA-29063)

LEE KONITZ: Foolin’ Myself, from The Real Lee Konitz (32 Jazz 32157)

LOUIS ARMSTRONG: Muskrat Ramble (same as above)

TRYGVE SEIM/FRODE HALTLI: Redemption Song, from Yeraz (ECM 2044)

JAMES MOODY/HANK JONES: Soul Trane, from Our Delight (IPO IPOC 1013)

BUDY DeFRANCO: Twelve Tone Blues, from Blues Bag (Koch Jazz KOC-CD-8545)

TUESDAY DEC. 9

JOE NEWMAN: A.M. Romp, from Good N’ Groovy (Prestige OJCCD 185 2)

LEROY VINNEGAR: Walk On, from Leroy Walks! (Contemporary OJCCD 160 2)

KENNY GARRETT: Intro To Africa, from Live At The Iridium (Mac 1042)

KENNY BURRELL: Loie, from The Best of Kenny Burrell (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 30493 2 5)

BRAD MEHLDAU: Dear Prudence, from Largo (WB 9 43214-2)

DONALD BROWN: Don’t Forget To Tell Her You Love Her, from Fast Forward To The Past (Space Time Records BG 2826)

KENNY GARRETT: Sketches Of MD, from Live At The Iridium (Mac 1042)

AHMAD JAMAL TRIO: The Awakening, from The Awakening (Impulse IMPD 226)

STEPHANE GRAPPELLI: Django, from The Best Of Paris (Fuel 302 061 693 2)

AVISHAI COHEN TRIO: Seattle, from Gently Disturbed (SSC 4607)

TED NASH DOUBLE QUARTET: Prana, from Rhyme And Reason (Arabesque Jazz AJ01 46)

TED NASH DOUBLE QUARTET: Ishtar Gate, from Rhyme And Reason (Arabesque Jazz AJ01 46)

AVISHAI COHEN TRIO: Gently Disturbed, from Gently Disturbed (SSC 4607)

ANNA WILSON: Time Changes Everything, from Time Changes Everything (Transfer Records)

 

Wednesday, December 10

PAUL BLEY TRIO: Ida Lupino, from Plays Carla Bley (Steeplechase SCCD 31303)

GIL EVANS: Zee Zee, from Svengali (Koch 8518)

PETER EPSTEIN: The Leaf's Impression, from The Invisible (MA Recordings 050)

GARY PEACOCK TRIO: Nanshi, from Eastward (Sony Music Japan SICP 996)

HENRI TEXIER AZUR QUINTET: Cap Esparance, from Mosaic Man (Label Bleu LBLC 6608)

STEFANO BATTAGLIA-PIERRE FAVRE: Danse, from Omen (Splasch 691.2)

BRAD MEHLDAU: Song-Song, from The Art of the Trio Volume 3 (Warner Bros. 9 47051 2)

DAVE HOLLAND QUINTET: Blues for CM, from The Razor's Edge (ECM 1353)

CHARLES LLOYD: Dorotea's Studio, from Voice in the Night (ECM 1674)

DAVE DOUGLAS: Red Emma, from Tiny Bell Trio (Songlines SGL 1504-2)

THURSDAY DEC. 11

BRAD MEHLDAU: You’re Vibing Me, from Largo (WB 9 43214-2)

LEROY VINNEGAR: Would You Like To Take A Walk, from Leroy Walks! (Contemporary OJCCD 160 2)

MILT JACKSON: Opus De Funk, from The Best Of Milt Jackson (Riverside RCD 5707 2)

KENNY BURRELL: D.B. Blues, from The Best of Kenny Burrell (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 30493 2 5)

BARRY HARRIS: Lolita, from Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop (Riverside OJCDD 208-2)

ED SAINDON & DAVE LIEBMAN: 18th’s Child, from Depth of Emotion (WIM 1005)

MILES DAVIS: Walkin’, from Four And More, Recorded Live In Concert (Columbia CK 93595)

JORIS ROELOFS KWARTET: 6 AM, from Jazz At The Concertgebouw 2 (RNW MJCQ 42)

BILL FRISELL, RON CARTER PAUL MOTIAN: Raise Four, from Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian (Nonesuch 79897-2)

BILL EVANS: Seascape, from I Will Say Goodbye (Fantasy OJCCD 761 2)

BRUCE HORNSBY/CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE/JACK DEJOHNETTE: Camp Meeting, from Camp Meeting (Legacy 88697 09663 2)

JASON MORAN: Arizona Landscape, from Artist In Residence (Blue Note 0948 3 52711 2 5)

BLUE MITCHELL: The Thing To Do, from The Thing To Do (Blue Note 7243 5 94319 2 5)

CHARLES EARLAND: Black Talk, from Black Talk (Prestige OJCDD 335 2)

NIK BARTSCH’S RONIN: Modul 36, from Stoa (ECM 1939)

 

December 15, 2008

LOUIS ARMSTRONG WITH THE BENNY CARTER ORCHESTRA: Christmas in New Orleans, from Santa Claus Blues (Jass J-CD-3)

DONALD BYRD: Christo Redentor, from A New Perspective (Blue Note 99006)

JIM PEPPER: Witchi Tia To, from Comin’ and Goin’ (Europa JP 2014)

OLIVER NELSON: Blues for Mr. Broadway, from More Blues & the Abstract Truth (MCA/Impulse MCA-5888)

BOBBYWATSON & HORIZON: Vauncing Chimes, from Yule Struttin’ (Blue Note 94857)

RACHELLE FERRELL: Peace on Earth, from Yule Be Boppin’ (Blue Note 56991)

OLIVER NELSON: Creole Love Call, from Black, Brown and Beautiful (RCA Bluebird 6993-1-RB)

OLIVER NELSON: Rockin’ in Rhythm, from Black, Brown and Beautiful

JIM PEPPER: Goin’ Down to Muskogee (same as above)

JACKIE TERRASON: Adeste Fideles/Little Drummer Boy, from Yule Be Boppin’

LOUIS ARMSTRONG WITH THE BENNY CARTER ORCHESTRA: ‘Zat You, Santa Claus (same as above)

HERBIE HANCOCK/CHICK COREA: Deck the Halls, from Jingle Bell Swing (Columbia/Legacy CK 85997)

BEN ALLISON AND MEDICINE WHEEL: Love Chant Remix, from Riding the Nuclear Tiger (Palmetto PM 2067)

FRED KATZ: Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child, Folk Songs for Far Out Folk (Reboot RSR 007)

DEXTER GORDON: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, from Yule Struttin’

TUESDAY DEC. 16

GRANT GREEN: I Wish You Love, from Street of Dreams (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 21290 8)

WES MONTGOMERY: Milestones, from Finest Hour (Verve 0694906682)

THELONIOUS MONK: Ugly Beauty, from The Measure of Monk (Starbucks Entertainment)

BILL EVANS: Round Midnight, from Trio 65 (Verve 314 519 808 2)

STAN GETZ: Stan’s Blues, from Anniversary (Emarcy 838 769-2)

GRANT GREEN: Somewhere In The Night, from Street of Dreams (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 21290 8)

MILES DAVIS: All Blues, from Kind of Blue (Columbia 86829)

KEITH JARRETT/GARY PEACOCK/JACK DEJOHNETTE: On Green Dolphin Street, from My Foolish Heart (ECM 2021 22)

JEFF COFFIN MU’TET: Bloom, from Bloom (Compass 74395 2)

TIN HAT: The Secret Fluid of Dusk, from The Sad Machinery Of Spring

VASSILIS TSABROPOULOUS/ANJA LECHNER/ U.T. GANDHI: Song Of Prosperity, from Melos (ECM 2048)

MILES FROM INDIA: All Blues, from Miles From India (TSQ CD 1808)

Wednesday, December 17

RAY ANDERSON: Cheek to Cheek, from Wishbone (Gramavision R2 79454)

BOBO STENSON TRIO: Oleo De Mujer Con Sombrero, from War Orphans (ECM 1604)

BOBBY WATSON: Love Remains, from Love Remains (Red 123212-2)

CHARLIE HADEN'S QUARTET WEST: Lady in the Lake, from Haunted Heart (Verve 314 513 078-2)

MILES DAVIS: On Green Dolphin Street, from Stockholm 1960 (Dragon 228)

BUD POWELL-DON BYAS: I Remember Clifford, from A Tribute to Cannonball (Columbia/Legacy CK 65186)

JOE LOVANO NONET: Passion Flower, from 52nd Street Themes (Blue Note 7243 4 96667 2 6)

NAT ADDERLEY: Fortune's Child, from A Little New York Midtown Music (Galaxy OJCCD-1008-2)

JOE HENDERSON: A Shade of Jade, from Big Band (Verve 314 533 451-2)

GREG OSBY: Who Needs Forever, from The Invisible Hand (Blue Note 7243 5 20134 2)

ENRICO PIERANUNZI: La Dolce Vita, from Fellini Jazz (Cam 5002)

THURSDAY, DEC. 18

BILL EVANS: If You Could See Me now, from Trio 65 (Verve 314 519 808 2)

HENKE/STURM/ESPINA: Baku And Bismark, from Tricycle (WSM 120)

JANE IRA BLOOM: First Thoughts/This Was Nearly Mine, from Mental Weather (Outline OTL 139)

PETER ERSKINE/ALAN PASQUA/DAVE CARPENTER: My Most Beautiful, Nos. 1, 2 & 3, from Badlands (PEP CD 011)

TED NASH: Soldier In The Rain, from The Mancini Project (Palmetto)

MARIA SCHNEIDER ORCHESTRA: Cerulean Skies, from Sky Blue (A50065)

BILL FRISELL: Stand Up, Sit Down, from Quartet (Nonesuch 79401 2)

MILES FROM INDIA: Spanish Key, from Miles From India (TSQ CD 1808)

MILES FROM INDIA: Jean Pierre, from Miles From India (TSQ CD 1808)

December 22, 2008

LOUIS ARMSTRONG: Christmas Night in Harlem, from Santa Claus Blues (Jass J-CD-3)

WYNTON MARSALIS: Carol of the Bells, from Crescent City Christmas Carol (Columbia FL 45287)

GONZALO RUBALCABA: Looking in Retrospective, from Avatar (Blue Note 84185)

ZIM NGQAWANA: Unamaqhinga Na, from Vadzimu (Sheer Sound SSCD 096)

ELLA FITZGERALD: Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney, from Santa Claus Blues

LIONEL HAMPTON & HIS ORCHESTRA: Boogie Woogie Santa Claus, from Santa Claus Blues

LIONEL HAMPTON & HIS ORCHESTRA: Merry Christmas Baby (same as above)

ZIM NGQAWANA: Gum Boot Dance (same as above)

ABDULLAH IBRAHIM: Chisa, from Township One More Time (CDE MC J(WA) 5758)

ANNE PHILLIPS: We Three Kings, from Bending Towards the Light (Milan 35770-2)

EARTHA KITT: Santa Baby, from Jazz for the Holidays (Epic/Legacy EK 97699)

LAMBERT, HENDRICKS & ROSS: Deck us All with Boston Charlie, from Jingle Bell Swing (Columbia/Legacy CK 65997)

MILES DAVIS/BOB DOROUGH: Blue Xmas, from Jingle Bell Swing

DON BYRON: The Dicty Glide, from Bug Music (Nonesuch97438-2)

DON BYRON: Blue Bubbles (same as above)

CHARLES BROWN: Merry Christmas Baby, from Charles Brown’s Cool Christmas Blues (Bulls Eye Blues CD BB9561)

LOUIS ARMSTRONG: The Night Before Christmas, from Santa Claus Blues

TUESDAY Dec. 23

DUKE ELLINGTON: Mood Indigo/Solitude, from At The Piano (Calm CABI 525)

TED HOWE: Sophisticated Lady, from Ellington (DCD 472)

ELLIS MARSALIS QUARTET: Ruby My Dear, from An Open Letter To Thelonious (ELM 19787)

BILL EVANS: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, from Solo Sessions Volume 2 (Milestone MCD 91952 2)

MILES DAVIS: Easy Living, from Miles Davis Plays For Lovers (Prestige 6019 2)

TED HOWE: In A Sentimental Mood, from Ellington (DCD 472)

HERBIE HANCOCK: A Case Of You, from River, the Joni Letters (Verve B00163 02)

BELA FLECK AND THE FLECKTONES: The Hanukkah Waltz, from Jingle All the Way (Rounder)

BELA FLECK AND THE FLECKTONES: The 12 Days Of Christmas, from Jingle All the Way (Rounder)

BILL EVANS: I Loves You Porgy, from Solo Sessions Volume 2 (Milestone MCD 91952 2)

MILES DAVIS: Just Squeeze Me, from Miles Davis Plays For Lovers (Prestige 6019 2)

MICHAEL TINHOLME: When Winter Falls On New York, from When Winter Falls On New York

DAVID LEONHARDT: I’ll Be Home For Christmas, from I’ll Be Home For Christmas (BBR 9576)

Wednesday, December 24

ANTHONY COLEMAN: Quando El Rey Nimrod, from Sephardic Tinge (Tzadik TZ 7102)

MILES DAVIS: Flamenco Sketches, from Kind of Blue (Columbia CK 64403)

GARY BURTON QUINTET: Vox Humana, from Dreams So Real (ECM 1072)

BARNEY WILEN WITH THE MAL WALDRON TRIO: Autumn Leaves, from Movie Themes from France (Timeless SJP 335)

 

THURSDAY Dec. 25 ... MERRY CHRISTMAS

BELA FLECK AND THE FLECKTONES: Linus And Lucy, from Jingle All the Way (Rounder)

DAVID LEONHARDT: We Three Kings, from I’ll Be Home For Christmas (BBR 9576)

DAVID LEONHARDT: Let It Snow, from I’ll Be Home For Christmas (BBR 9576)

BILL EVANS: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, from Solo Sessions Volume 2 (Milestone MCD 91952 2)

BUSELLI WALLARAB: Silent Night, from Carol Of The Bells (Owl 00102)

BUSELLI WALLARAB: Christmas Time Is Here, from Carol Of The Bells (Owl 00102)

AN ENSEMBLE OF LONESOME FELLOWS: You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch, from Homeless For The Holidays (SVNW 0001)

AN ENSEMBLE OF LONESOME FELLOWS: Carol of The Tubular Bells, from Homeless For The Holidays (SVNW 0001)

AL JARREAU: Carol Of The Bells, Christmas

DAVID LEONHARDT: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, from I’ll Be Home For Christmas (BBR 9576)

DUKE ELLINGTON: Jingle Bells, from Jingle Bell Swing (CK 65997)

DUKE ELLINGTON: Sugar Rum Cherry, from Jingle Bell Swing (CK 65997)

TONY BENNETT: Winter Wonderland, from Jingle Bell Swing (CK 65997)

LOUIS ARMSTRONG: What A Wonderful World, from The Essential Louis Armstrong (Columbia CK 89280)

MARCUS ROBERTS: What Child Is This, from Prayer For Peace (Novus)

ROY HARGROVE: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, from A Merry Jazzy Christmas (BMG 63120 2)

RONNY JORDAN: Silent Night (4th and Bway PRCD 586-2)

MARCUS ROBERTS: Silver Bells, from Prayer For Peace (Novus)

ROY HARGROVE: Jingle Bell Rock, from A Merry Jazzy Christmas (BMG 63120 2)

CARMEN MCRAE, The Christmas Song, from A Merry Jazzy Christmas (BMG 63120 2)

JOEY CALDERAZZO: Chipmunk Christmas, from Yule Struttin’ (Blue Note CDP 7 94857)

December 29, 2008

CANNONBALL ADDERLEY: Cyclops, from Domination (Capitol Jazz 72434 77560 2 3)

DONALD BYRD/HANK MOBLEY: Flickers, from The Prestige Legacy, Vol. 3 (Prestige PRCD-24275-2)

BILL FRISELL: What Do We Do?, from Blues Dream (Nonesuch 79615-2)

DONALD BROWN: Dance Sucker, from The Classic Introvert (Space Time BG 2422)

BILL EVANS TRIO: Milestones, from Waltz for Debby (Riverside OJCCD-210-2)

CANNONBALL ADDERLEY: Experience in E (same as above)

ZIM NGQAWANA: Rainbow Nation, from Zimology (Sheer Sound SSCD 136)

BILL FRISELL: The Darkest Place, from The Sweetest Punch (Decca 314 559 8652)

JOE BONNER/JOHNNY DYANI: The Year of the Child, from Suburban Fantasies (SteepleChase SCCD 31176)

CASSANDRA WILSON: Dust My Broom, from Loverly (Blue Note 07699)

ABDULLAH IBRAHIM: Ocean & River, from Senzo (Intuition INT 34282)

TUESDAY DEC. 30, 2008

WILLIE NELSON/WYNTON MARSALIS: Bright Lights Big City, from Two Men With The Blues (Blue Note 5099 5 04454 2 4)

CASANDRA WILSON: St. James Infirmary, from Loverly (Blue Note 07699)

ELLIS MARSALIS QUARTET: Rhythm-a-ning, from An Open Letter To Thelonious (ELM 19787)

TED HOWE: Things Ain’t What They Used To Be, from Ellington (DCD 472)

DONALD BROWN: Don’t Forget To Tell Her You Love Her, from Fast Forward To The Past (Space Time Records BG 2826)

TED NASH: Cheryl’s Theme, from The Mancini Project (Palmetto)

VASSILIS TSABROPOULOUS/ANJA LECHNER/ U.T. GANDHI: Melos, from Melos (ECM 2048)

ROY HARGROVE QUARTET: Joy Is Sorrow Unmasked, from Earfood (BOO 10997 42)

CARLA BLEY: Ad Infinitum, from The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu (Watt/34)

MICHAEL MOORE/FRED HERSCH: The Sad Bird, from This We Know (Palmetto 3900)

JESSICA JONES QUARTET: Saratoga Avenue, from Word (NA 1045)

AVISHAI COHEN TRIO: Gently Disturbed, from Gently Disturbed (SSC 4607)

ANAT COHEN: Agada Yapanit, from Poetica (Anzic 1301)

BILL FRISELL: Probability Cloud, from History/Mystery (Nonesuch)

DAVE HOLLAND SEXTET: Processional, from Pass It On (Dare2 B0001 1860-02)

MARK WEINSTEIN: Loverin’, from Straight No Chaser. (JH 1161)

Wednesday, December 31

HANK JONES-DAVE HOLLAND-BILLY HIGGINS: The Oracle, from The Oracle (Emarcy 846 376-2)

LEE MORGAN: Search for the New Land, from Search for the New Land (Blue Note CDP 7 84169 2)

CHARLES MINGUS: Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, from Mingus Ah Um (Columbia/Legacy CK 65512)

CHRIS POTTER: Eurydice, from Gratitude (Verve 314 549 433-2)

CHARLES BRACKEEN: Bannar, from Worshippers Come Nigh (Silkheart 111)

ALBERT MANGELSDORFF QUINTET: Three Jazz Moods, from Now Jazz Ramwong (Bellaphon 71001)

AIR: Buddy Bolden Blues, from Air Lore (RCA 6578-2-RB)

JASON MORAN: Joga, from Facing Left (Blue Note 7243 5 23884 2 4)

DAVID MURRAY: At The Cafe Central, from Shakill's Warrior (DIW/Columbia CK 48963)

BRAD MEHLDAU: August Ending, from House on Hill (Nonesuch 79911-2)