Listen Before You Buy: Ron Sweetman reviews recent jazz releases by cornetists Josh Berman, Fred Lomberg-Holme, trumpeters Kevin Dean, Marquis Hill, Wadada Leo Smith, clarinetists Anat Cohen, Francois Houle, and pianists Brian Dickinson, Satoko Fujii, Roberto Magris,
RJ & Assignment, and organist Greg Lewis.
We’ll also play one cut by Pugs and Crows to publicise their November 19 concert at NAC4.
Artist: Fred Longberg-Holm’s Fast Citizens
Album: Gather
Tune: Lazy Days
Label: Delmark
Artist: Josh Berman & His Gang
Album: There Now
Tune: Jada
Label: Delmark
Artist: Kevin Dean
Album: Ubiquitous
Tune: Benny’s Ballad
Label: Cellar Live
Artist: Marquis Hill
Album: Sounds of the City
Tune: Clearfield’s
Label: Marquis Hill
Artist: Marquis Hill
Album: Sounds of the City
Tune: Like Lee
Label: Marquis Hill
Artist: Wadada Leo Smith & Louis Moholo-Moholo
Album: Ancestors
Tune: No Name In The Street, James Baldwin
Label: TUM
Artist: Pugs and Crows
Album: Fantastic Pictures
Tune: Blues for the 21st Century
Label: Promo
Artist: Anat Cohen with Paquito D’Rivera
Album: Claroscuro
Tune: Nightmare
Label: Anzic
Artist: Francois Houle
Album: Genera
Tune: Old Paradigm
Label: Songlines
Artist: Francois Houle
Album: Genera
Tune: Essay #7
Label: Songlines
Artist: Brian Dickinson Quartet
Album: Other Places
Tune: The Unreal McCoy
Label: Addo
Artist: Gato Libre [Satoko Fujii]
Album: Forever
Tune: Waseda
Label: Libra
Artist: Satoko Fujii/Natsuki Tamura
Album: Muku
Tune: Patrol
Label: Libra
Artist: RJ And The Assignment
Album: Deceiving Eyes
Tune: Dolphin Dance
Label: JK Melody
Artist: Roberto Magris
Album: Aliens In A Bebop Planet
Tune: On Cloud Nine
Label: JMood
Artist: Roberto Magris
Album: Aliens In A Bebop Planet
Tune: Sat
Label: JMood
Artist: Greg Lewis
Album: Organ Monk/Uwo in the Black
Tune: Little Rootie Tootie
Label: Greg Lewis
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