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Musicians:Antonio Gavrila – piano Walther Castro – bandoneon Quique Sinesi – guitar Horacio “Mono” Hurtado – bassArtist: Antonio GavrilaTitle: Tango Suite Buenos AiresLabel: Zoho ZM 202309Release Date: 2023/12/08UPC Code: 880956230924

Artist: Nnenna Freelon & The John Brown Big Band Title: “Christmas”Label: (Brown Boulevard Records)Artist Website: www.cdbaby.com/cd/nnennafreelonandjohnbrowRelease Date: 2013/11/12

BOB DEVOS-guitar, RALPH BOWEN-tenor saxophone (Tracks 1,3,5,7,9), DAN KOSTELNIK-Hammond B-3 organ, STEVE JOHNS-drums Artist: Bob DeVosTitle: “Shadow Box”Label: (AMERICAN SHOWPLACE MUSIC ASH 5922)Artist Website: www.bobdevosjazzguitar.comRelease Date: 2013/09/10

Harmonie Ensemble New York, George Cables-Piano, Bill Easley-Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Lew Soloff-Trumpet, Lew Tabackin-Tenor Saxophone, Victor Lewis-Drums, Scott Robinson-Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Bamboo Flute, Art Baron-Trombone, Curtis Fowlkes-Trombone, Mark Gross-Alto Saxophone, Ron Jannelli -Bass Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone, Bob Millikan-Trumpet, Wayne Goodman-Trombone, Bobby Lavell-Tenor Saxophone, Hassan Shakur-Bass, Steven Richman -Conductor, Steve Bernstein-Trumpet […]

Paul Elwood – lead vocals, harmony vocals, banjo, bowed banjo,Dan Moore – vibes, marimba, keyboards, loops ,Matt Wilson – drums, percussion,Robert Paredes – clarinet Artist: MISFIT TOYS Title: “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?”Label: (INNOVA 864)Artist Website: www.innova.mu/albums/misfit-toys/does-anybody-really-know-what-time-itRelease Date: 2013/07/30

Jake Hertzog-Guitar, Randy Brecker-Trumpet and Flugelhorn (except # 3, 5 & 8), Harvie S-Acoustic and Electric Bass, Victor Jones-Acoustic and Electric Drums Artist: Jake Hertzog Title: “Throwback”Label: (Zoho ZM201314)Artist Website: jakehertzog.com Release Date: 2013/11/12

Ayman Fanous-guitar, Jason Kao Hwang-violin Artist: Ayman Fanous & Jason Kao Hwang Title: “Zilzal”Label: (Innova 869)Artist Website: www.innova.mu/albums/ayman-fanous/zilzalRelease Date: 2013/11/29

Craig Yaremko: soprano, alto and tenor saxophones, flute and alto flute; Matt King: organ; Jonathon Peretz: drums; Vic Juris: guitar (tracks 3 and 5) Artist: Craig Yaremko Organ TrioTitle: “CYO3″Label: (OA2 Records 22105)Artist Website: www.craigyaremko.comRelease Date: 2013/11/01

Phill Fest GUITARS AND VOCALS, Robert Prester PIANO, Russ Howard BASS, Ronie Martinez DRUMS AND PERCUSSION, and very special guest Hendrik Meurkens HARMONICA Artist: Phill FestTitle: “Projeto B.F.C.”Label: (Reifsteck/Fest Productions)Artist Website: www.phillfestmusic.comRelease Date: 2013/11/05

Chris Biesterfeldt-mandolin, Adam Armstrong-bass, Eric Halvorson-drums Artist: Chris BiesterfeldtTitle: “Urban Mandolin” Label: (Self Produced)Release Date: 2013/11/05

Bill O’Connell, piano & arrangements Conrad Herwig, trombone,Steve Slagle, soprano & alto saxophone; Luques Curtis, bass; Adam Cruz, drums; Richie Flores, percussion Artist: BILL O’CONNELL and the Latin Jazz All-StarsTitle: “Zócalo”Label: (Savant Records SCD 2129)Artist Website: www.billoconnell.netRelease Date: 2013/09/24

Denny Zeitlin — keyboards Artist: DENNY ZEITLIN Title: “Both/And: Solo Electro-Acoustic Adventures”Label: (Sunnyside Records SSC1352)Artist Website: www.dennyzeitlin.comRelease Date: 2013/07/16

Featuring 60 person orchestra Artist: Sachal Studios OrchestraTitle: “JAZZ AND ALL THAT” In Memory of Dave Brubeck Label: (Imagine Music SM026)Artist Website: sachal-music.comRelease Date: 2013/09/10

Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker by Chuck Haddix (University of Illinois Press) Publication date: September 2013 Cloth, $24.95 216 Pages, 16 Black & White Photographs   Artist: Bird The Life and Music of Charlie Parker by Chuck HaddixTitle: Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker by […]

Lucy Smith, vocals; Michael Caskey, drums; Marcin Fahmy, piano and keyboards; Junius Paul, bass Artist: Lucy Smith Title: “Autumn in Augusta: Songs My Mama Would Like”Label: (LMS 1263)Artist Website: lucysmithjazz.comRelease Date: 2013/09/10

Albare-guitar, Phil Turcio-piano, Yunior Terry-bass, Pablo Bencid-drums, Allan Harris vocals (#12) Artist: AlbareTitle: “The Road Ahead”Label: (ENJA-9598)Artist Website: www.albare.infoRelease Date: 2013/06/11

Tom Dempsey – Guitars, Ron Oswanski – Organ, Alvin Atkinson — Drums Artist: Tom DempseyTitle: “Saucy”Label: (Planet Arts 301318)Artist Website: www.tomdempseymusic.comRelease Date: 2013/09/17

Personnel: Alí Bello – violin (acoustic, electric & baritone), palmas & minor percussion, Luis Perdomo – piano # 2, 5 & 8, Juancho Herrera – guitars, cuatro & bandola #1, 3 & 6, Javier Olivencia – tenor & soprano sax #1 & 6 Raul Agraz – flugelhorn & trumpet #5, […]

Personnel: The Björkestra:, Travis Sullivan: alto saxophone, arranger & conductor, Becca Stevens: vocals, Ian Cook: laptop programming , Sean Nowell: tenor saxophone, Lauren Sevian: baritone saxophone, Ryan Keberle: trombone, Alan Ferber: trombone, Kevin Bryan: trumpet, Eli Asher: trumpet, Kelly Pratt: trumpet, Art Hirahara: piano, Yoshi Waki: bass, Joe Abbatantuono: drums […]

Featuring: Meg Okura (arrangements, violin, erhu), Anne Drummond (flute, alto flute), Helen Sung (piano)Martin Wind (bass), Willard Dyson, (drums)CHiKA (Visual) Artist: Meg Okura & The Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble Title: “The Music of Ryuichi Sakamoto”Label: (Self Produced)Artist Website: www.megokura.com/Release Date: 2013/09/03

Gary Keller (soprano), Gary Lindsay (alto), Ed Calle (tenor), Mike Brignola (baritone), Jim Gasior (piano), Chuck Bergeron (bass), John Yarling (drums), with guest appearances by Brian Lynch on trumpet and Svet Stoyanov on vibraphone and marimba.   Artist: Miami Saxophone Quartet Title: “Four of a Kind”Label: (Fourtitude Records 2013)Artist Website: […]

Jeri Brown Vocals, arranger — all tracks,Featuring Mon David vocals tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8,Woody Woods- Piano, Trevor Ware- Bass,Clayton Cameron- Drums Artist: Jeri BrownTitle: “Echoes – Live At Catalina Jazz Club”Label: Jongleur Productions(JP CDDVD-700)Artist Website: www.jeribrown.com/Release Date: 2013/09/03

Cheryl Bentyne & Mark Winkler – Vocals on all tracks. Musicians on all tracks except Tracks 9, 11, 14, Piano: Rich Eames, Bass: Tim Emmons, Drums: Dave Tull, Saxophones, Flute: Bob Sheppard, Musicians on track 9, Guitar:Anthony Wilson, Hammond B3: Joe Bagg, Drums: Mark Ferber, Musicians on track 11, Piano: […]

Craig Hartley-piano, Carlo De Rosa-bass, Henry Cole-drums,Fabio Morgera-trumpet, Dida Pelled-vocals Artist: Craig Hartley Title: “Books On Tape Vol 1” Label: (US Release Self Produced)Artist Website: www.craighartley.me/Release Date: 2013/09/03

Lou Caimano- Alto Saxophone, Eric Olsen — Piano   Artist: DYAD: LOU CAIMANO and ERIC OLSENTitle: “DYAD PLAYS PUCCINI”Label: (Self Produced)Artist Website: dyadplayspuccini.com /Release Date: 2013/09/03

Ron Boustead —vocals and stellar cast of jazz musicians including Bill Cantos, Kirk Whalum, Rick Braun, Gregg Karukas, Brian Bromberg, Fred Hersch, Pat Kelley and Bill Cunliffe       Artist: Ron BousteadTitle: “Mosaic” Label: (Self Produced)Artist Website: www.ronboustead.comRelease Date: 2013/09/03

Arturo O’Farrill, piano, musical director – Gregg August, bass – Vince Cherico, drums – Tony Rosa , congas – Joe Gonzalez, bongo and bell – John Walsh (lead), Jim Seeley, Pete Nater, Matt Hilgenburg, trumpets – Gary Valente, Sam Burtis (lead), Kajiwara Tokunori, trombones – Jack Jeffers, bass trombone – […]

Paul Carlon: tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, arrangements, Anton Denner: alto saxophone, flute, piccolo, Alex Norris: trumpet, Mike Fahie: trombone (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10), Mark Miller: trombone, Ryan Keberle: trombone (1, 6, 8), John Stenger: piano, Dave Ambrosio: acoustic bass, William “Beaver” Bausch: drumset, Christelle Durandy: vocals […]

Duduka Da Fonseca: drums, David Feldman: piano, Guto Wirtti: bass Artist: Duduka Da Fonseca TrioTitle: “New Samba Jazz Directions”Label: ( Zoho ZM201310)Artist Website: www.dudukadafonseca.net/Release Date: 2013/07/09

Dorado Schmitt-lead guitar & violin, Samson Schmitt-lead & rhythm guitar, Ludovic Beier-accordion & accordina, Pierre Blanchard-violin, Franko Mehrstein-rhythm guitar, Amati Schmitt-lead guitar, Bronson Schmitt-lead guitar, Doudou Cuillerier-rhythm guitar, Xavier Nikq-bass, Jisoo Ok-cello, Anat Cohen-alto sax Artist: Django Festival Allstars 2012Title: “Live At Birdland 2012″Label: (Three’s A Crowd Records TCR 5001) […]

TERELL STAFFORD – trumpet / flugelhorn DOUG STONE – tenor saxophone GARY VERSACE – piano / Hammond B3 organ JEFF CAMPBELL – bass RICH THOMPSON — drums Artist: Rich Thompson Title: “Less Is More”Label: (Origin 82636)Artist Website: www.esm.rochester.edu/thompson/Release Date: 2013/06/04

Annie Kozuch-vocals, Frank Ponzio-musical director and piano, Saadi Zain-bass, Vito Lesczak-drums, Sean Harkness-guitar, Cecilia Tenconi-flute & tenor sax, Edson ‘Café’ Aparecido da Silva —percussion Artist: Annie KozuchTitle: “Mostly Jobim”Label: (Self Produced)Artist Website: www.anniekozuch.comRelease Date: 2013/06/25

Carline Ray — vocals, Catherine Russell — vocals (6,8),Yuka Aikawa — piano (1,2,3,5,10),Mark Shane — piano (6),Atsundo Aikawa — bass (1,2,3,5,10),Greg Skaff — guitar (4,7,9),Mark McLean — drums (1,2,10),Akua Dixon — cello (7,9),Frank Anderson — organ (11) Artist: Carline RayTitle: “Vocal Sides” Label: (Carlcat Records)Artist Website: www.facebook.com/CarlineRayRelease Date: 2013/06/04

Brian Piper: All keyboards, John Adams: Bass, Steve Barnes: Drums and percussion, Chris McGuire: Sax solos on tracks 1, 4, 10, 12; clarinet on 5 & 8, Rodney Booth: Trumpet solo, tracks 2 & 11, Steven Story: Violin solo, track 6 , Pete Brewer: Flute solo, track 9, Big Band […]

Bernie Mora-guitar, Doc Anthony -Drums, Robert Vance-Bass, Doug Webb- Saxes, Lee Thornburg-all horns, Corey Allen — Keyboards, Munyungo Jackson— Percussion Artist: Bernie Mora and TangentTitle: “Dandelion”Label: (Rhombus Records RHO 7117)Release Date: 2013/06/04

Doug Sertl — trombone; Peter Bernstein – guitar; Rick Montalbano – B3 organ and Terry Clarke — Drums Artist: Doug SertlTitle: “Beautiful Friendship”Label: (Doug Sertl Music 2012)Artist Website: www.dougsertl.com/index/Release Date: 2013/06/04

Marlene VerPlanck-vocalsWith Special GuestsMike Renzi, Houston Person, Claudio Roditti, Jay Leonhart MIKE RENZI, piano, 1,3,5,6,8,10,11,13; HOUSTON PERSON, tenor, 1,3,5,13; CLAUDIO RODITI, flugle horn, 2,4,9,11; JAY LEONHART, bass, 1,3,5,6,8,10,11,13; TEDD FIRTH, piano, 2,4,7,9, 12,14,15; BOOTS MALESON, bass, 2,4,7,9,12,14,15; RON VINCENT, drums, all TRACKS   Artist: Marlene Ver Planck Title: “Ballads…mostly”Label: (Audiophile […]

Cynthia Sayer — banjo, vocals, arrangements, Charlie Giordano — accordion, Mauro Battisti — string bass, Larry Eagle — percussion, Sara Caswell — violin, Adrian Cunningham — clarinet, Jon Herington — electric guitar, Randy Sandke — trumpet, Scott Robinson — tenor sax & tarogato, Marcus Rojas — tuba, Mike Weatherly — […]

Marko Djordjevic, leader, composer, drums; Bobby Avey – piano; Desmond White – ac. bass; Eli Degibri – tenor sax, Tivon Pennicott – tenor sax Artist: Marko Djordjevic and SvetiTitle: “Something Beautiful”Label: (Goalkeeper Records GK-001) Artist Website: www.svetimarko.comRelease Date: 2013/05/03

PJ Rasmussen-guitar, Steve Johns-drums, Adrian Moring-bass, Chris Pattishall-piano, Nate Giroux-tenor saxophone, Danny Reyes-trumpet & flugelhorn, Kelly Green-vocals Artist: PJ Rasmussen Title: “Adventures In Flight”Label: (Third Freedom Music 1001)Artist Website: www.pjrasmussen.comRelease Date: 2013/06/04