1. CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Ryan Montbleau Band's Martin Sexton-Produced Album out September 21
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New album by Boston band produced by Martin Sexton, with whom they toured for much of the year BOSTON, Mass.--"Time hangs heavy on the vine/Let's make wine," Ryan Montbleau sings in the lulling, ...

2. CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Review of the Dave Anderson Quartet's "Clarity": Making Modern Jazz Accessible
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Artist: Dave Anderson CD: "Clarity" (Pony Boy PB 50163-2) Seattle based saxophonist Dave Anderson's debut album "Clarity" offers an example of well-played, accessible modern jazz. It is infused with a ...

3. CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Some Positively Solid Releases from Posi-Tone Records (2009, 2010)
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By PicoOne of the newer jazz labels that's been on a roll lately is Marc Free's outfit, Posi-Tone Records. Started up in 2004, Posi-Tone is a rare independent label that's done a remarkable job in balancing ...

4. CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Herbie Hancock, "The Imagine Project" (CD Review)
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Herbie Hancock is back, with another all-star recording project. The results come across as a little uneven. Check out my review, below, or read it online, or click here to link directly to the review, ...

5. CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Trombone Shorty, "Backatown" (CD Review)
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New Orleans superstar du jour Trombone Shorty is rising fast with his hard-hitting Backatown CD. Click here to read my review, as published in Relix mag. Or see the full text below. Trombone Shorty, ...

6. CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Tuesday Morning Listen: Manu Katche, Third Round
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In Coltrane: The Story of a Sound, Times critic Ben Ratliff writes, "the sound of so many jazz gigs I've heard in the past fifteen years...is usually the sound of albums like Coltrane's Sound or Coltrane ...

7. CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Jazzwax List: 10 Sax-Organ Combos
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After my posts on Arnett Cobb and Lou Donaldson, I found myself with a severe craving for sax-organ combo tracks. So I started running through my library of reed and Hammond B3 albums trying to piece together ...

8. CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Recent Listening: Linda Ciofalo
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As always, the Rifftides staff is trying to keep up with new releases. It can't be done; the inflow never ceases and listening time is at a premium, but in the next few days we'll alert you to a few... ...

9. CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Allan Sherman's Warner Bros. LPS Reissued on Collectors' Choice
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Song parodist chronicled Jewish suburban life and more through the '60s with songs like "Harvey and Sheila," "Sarah Jackman," "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" and "Pop Hates ...

10. CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: The New World Jazz Composers Octet Releases Second CD: Transitions
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The New World Jazz Composers Octet is releasing its second CD, TRANSITIONS, on the Big and Phat Jazz Productions label. This exciting new CD features eight stylistically diverse compositions written by ...

11. CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Tortoise / Isotope 217 / Causa Sui : Special Release
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Adluna Records is announcing the release of the Chicago Odense Ensemble album as a subscription, offer a FREE track from the album, and talks about a special contest. Chicago Odense Ensemble is a unique ...

12. CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: The Brown Indian Band: Fusion Lounge, Free Album!
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The Brown Indian Band's Fusion Lounge is a chilled out, laidback sound of Indo-jazz fusion. The album features Dhiraj Kapadia on bansuri, Prashant Salil on santoor, Tony Dias on keyboards, Colin D'Cruz ...

13. CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Jazz Musician Wynton Marsalis and French Accordionist Richard Galliano Pay Tribute to Legendary Jazz Vocalists Billie Holiday and Edith Piaf
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The Wynton Marsalis Quintet and Richard Galliano From Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf: Live in Marciac New Live Concert Recording and DVD Available June 22nd In the summer of 2008 multiple Grammy award ...

14. CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Los Angeles Musician Nick Rosen Releasing Debut Solo Album "Into the Sky" on July 20
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Multi-instrumentalist and composer Nick Rosen boasts an impressive resume many artists would envy. In his short career, he has already recorded, performed and/or toured with the likes of jazz luminaries, ...

15. CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard Album Now Available
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Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard Available June 1st "Every tune a classic, every player a master, every tune sounding new, every player keeping the spirit of Charles Mingus alive and swinging!" ...

16. CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Eric Felten - Seize the Night (Melotone)
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A doubler on voice and trombone, Eric Felten shares a page in common with the Jack Teagarden playbook. His methods on both bespeak a more recent vintage, but there's still something classic in tone about ...

17. CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Ross Bolleter - Night Kitchen (2002-2009) (Emanem)
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Like Roland Kirk and his panoply of horns, Russ Bolleter faces the charge of gimmickry each time he holds forth on his instruments. Bolleter's province is ruined pianos, the specifics for which are delineated ...

18. CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Bryan and the Haggards - Pretend It's the End of the World (Hot Cup)
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Country and jazz have rarely been congenial bedfellows. Sure, there's the heyday of western swing to consider and much more recent cross-pollinations like the Blue Note-backed collaboration between Wynton ...

19. CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Sarah Manning - Dandelion Clock (Positone)
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A few seconds with Sarah Manning's cutting and passionate alto and it comes as no surprise that one of her key early mentors was none other than Jackie McLean. Manning also studied with Yusef Lateef on ...

20. CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Ethan Mann - It's All About a Groove (Petunia)
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Truth in titular advertising definitely applies to this trio date. Groove and feel are paramount to guitarist Ethan Mann's musical philosophy. Keyboardist Chip Crawford and drummer Greg Bandy are of a ...