Dear patient musicians: I know a lot of you have been waiting for quite a while. Please understand that I fully intend to write up every CD sent to me. I feel as bad as you feel frustrated, but I must sleep sometime.
The order below is not strict but the reviews will tend to be done from top to bottom.
| Type | Musician | Title | From | Preview |
| 1. project | Between The Lines | Many titles | BTL | ~14 older ones that will be grouped and ~10 new ones that will be done individually |
| 2. project | Tomasz Stanko | Secondary Stanko | wish | Kind of a discography of the rest of his output, after the BAJL |
| 3. project | Krzysztof Komeda | Komplete Komeda | wish | Relatively unknown, but very important person in modern European Jazz |
| 4. project | Either/Orchestra | E/O at 20: A Retrospective | wish | Russ Gershon's mother would be proud |
| 5. project | Wayne Shorter | Building a Jazz Library | wish | Have all the needed CDs, picking just 12 is hard |
| 6. project | John Abercrombie | John Abercrombie on ECM | wish | Big John is instantly recognizable, which is saying something |
| 7. wish | David Binney | A Retrospective | direct | Have all his output |
| 1. review | Wee Trio | Capital Diner Vol. 1 | publicist - RedCat | |
| 2. review | Andrea Centazzo | Mitteleuropa Orchestra Vol 1-5 | direct | See the Ictus review |
| 3. review | Scott Fields | Beckett | label | See above |
| 4. review | Bernardo Sassetti | Unreal: Sidewalk Cartoon | label | See above |
| 5. review | Alvin Fielder | Alvin Fielder Trio | label | See above |
| 6. review | Carlos Barretto | Radio Song | label | See above |
| 7. review | Wally Shoup | The Levitation Shuffle | label | See above |
| 8. review | Ethan Winogrand | Tangled Tango | label | See above |
| 9. review | Vijay Iyer | Still Life With Commentator | direct | Iyer always has interesting things to say |
| 10. review/article | Ron Thomas | Cycles/Doloroso/17 Solo Improvisations/Music In Three Parts | direct | Welcoming back an old friend, heady, but emotional music |
| 11. review | Ayler Records | Various titles | direct | A sampler of the download-only section |
| 12. article | Dave Douglas | Dave Douglas At The Jazz Standard | direct | 6 night, 12 set stand entirely recorded |
| 13. review | Darrell Grant | Truth And Reconciliation | publicist - Red Cat | Double CD - very direct and deep music |
| 14. review | Saga | Saga | musician referral | Fabulous far-out Lithuanian jazz |
| 15. review | Toxikum | Toxikum | musician referral | More very interesting jazz from Northern Europe |
| 16. review | Morrie Louden | Time Piece | publicist - TwoShow | New to me, but at first hearing, fine compositions, nice arrangements |
| 17. review | Jeff "Tain" Watts | Folk's Songs | publicist - TwoShow | Cool grooves, dynamic drumming with McBride, Strickland, Kikowski |
| 18. review | Phil Wilson | Celebrating The Music Of Antonio Carlos Jobim | label - Capri Records | ACJ arranged wonderfully |
| 19. review | Judi Silvano | Women's Work - Live at Sweet Rhythm, NYC | publicist - Ann B | I know Allison Miller |
| 20. review | Michael Marcus | The Magic Door | direct | Free-ish, interesting trio + |
| 21. review | Rodrigo Amado | Teatro / Surface | direct | Fabulous, gnarly, dense free jazz |
| 22. review | Finnish Jazz | Teemu Mattson / Nordic Trinity / Joona Toivanen / Eero Koivistoinen | FIMIC | Quite varied, all very good |
| 23. review | Raoul Bjorkenheim | The Sky Is Ruby | FIMIC | Dynamic playing by Aaltonen, Haarla, compositions by Bjorkenheim |
| 24. review | Loren Stillman | Trio Alto Vol. 2 | direct | All originals w/ trio - drums & bss |
| 25. review | Pete McGuinness | First Flight | publicist - B&K | Exciting big band arrangements |
| 26. review | Jason Lindner | Live At The Jazz Gallery | publicist - RedCat | Double CD. Interesting compositions |
| 27. review | Francois Carrier | Far North | direct | Free jazz and fabulous |
| 28. review | Moppa Elliot | Shamokin!!! | publicist - B&K | Fun, but serious |
| 29. review | Marcus Strickland | Open Reel Deck | publicist - RedCat | Live show from Jazz Standard |
| 30. review | McCoy Tyner | McCoy Tyner Quartet | Label - Half Note | Live Tyner! w/Lovano, McBride, Watts |
| 31. review | Ryan Cohan | One Sky | publicist - RedCat | A mixture of accessible music and deep thinking |
| 32. review | Donny McCaslin | In Pursuit | direct | Great group - heard them live |
| 33. review | Mark Weinstein | Con Alma | publicist - TwoShow | |
| 34. review | The Claudia Quintet | For | publicist - B&K | Super group |
| 35. review | Lee Konitz/Ohad Talmor | Portology | label - Omnitone | Boy is this good! |
| 36. review | Alper Yilmaz | Clashes | publicist - TwoShow | Hot electric bass with Binney |
| 37. review | John Stein | Green Street | publicist - Mixed Media | In the pocket guitar organ trio |
| 38. review | Howard Wiley | The Angola Project | publicist - GoMedia | Very emotion playing |
| 39. review | Opsvik/Saks/Maneri/Motian | Two Miles A Day | direct | Amazing music - Motian is the best at this |
| 40. review | Eivind Opsvik | Rocket Engine - What is This That Stands Before Me / Hari Honzu | direct | Black Sabbath (?!) and other things |
| 41. review | Chris Gestrin | after the city has gone: quiet | publicist - GoMedia | 2CD - evocative and free-ish, intriguing |
| 42. review | Michael Blake | Amor de Cosmos | publicist - GoMedia | Another interesting record |
| 43. review | Gregg August | One Peace | publicist - B&K | Edgy, always shifting - like Woody Shaw in the best way at times |
| 44. review | Zach Brock | Zach Brock And The Coffee Achievers - Live At The Jazz Factory | direct | Very active violinist - live. w/ Matt Wigton (Lily Maase) |
| 45. review | Nathan Eklund | The Crooked Line | publicist RedCat | Very good young original group |
| 46. review | 3 Cohens | Braid | publicist - RedCat | Individually high profile |
| 47. review | Grupo Los Santos | Lo Que Somos Lo Que Sea | publicist - B&K | With Paul Carlon |
| 48. review | Willie Williams | Comet Ride | publicist - B&K | Williams is only 50, but his playing is full of history |
| 49. review | Michael Dease | Clarity | direct | Extremely solid mainstream playing and composing. He has got that extra something |
| 50. review | Russ Nolan | With You In Mind | publicist - RedCat | Release 3/4 w/ Kenny Werner Trio |
| 51. review | NYNDK | Nordic Disruption | publicist - TwoShow | Danish Quartet w/Chris Washburne - hyper-modern post-bop |
| 52. review | Marc Copland | Voices | publicist - TwoShow | Second Volume of trios with Peacock and drummer, this one with Motian |
| 53. review | Benjamin Lapidus | Herencia Judia | publicist - B&K | |
| 54. review | Kali Z. Fasteau | Live at the Kerava Festival: Finland | direct | |
| 55. review | James Silberstein | Expresslane | publicist - TwoShow | Smokin' mainstream with All For One members |
| 56. review | Bruce Eisenbeil | Carnival | direct | Uncompromising! |
| 57. review | Satoko Fujii | Bacchus | publicist - B&K | From Vulcan to Minerva to Bacchus |
| 58. review | Hans Glawischnig | Panorama | label - Sunnyside | Exciting music from a super bassist |
| 59. review | Darren Sigesmund | Strands | direct | Approachable mainstream with an extra twist of complication - nice! |
| 60. review | John Chin | Blackout Conception | publicist - B&K | Mainstream player with exceptional compositional skills. |
| 61. review | Davidson / Murley / Braid / | DMBQ Live | direct | With Jim Vivian and Ian Froman. Live, great band. |
| 62. review | Drew Gress | The Irrational Numbers | publicist - RedCat | Extending Butterflies |
| 63. review | Bryan McNamara | Love For All | direct | Eclectic band - high energy, good music |
| 64. review | George Kontrafouris | Little Daddy's Blues | direct | Plays a lot of piano with Fins, but is also a killer organ player |
| 65. review | Lisle Ellis | Sucker Punch Requiem | label - Henceforth | Complex with many layers |
| 66. review | Denis DiBlasio | Where The Jade Buddha Lives | direct | |
| 67. review | Ernesto Cervini | Mem3 | direct | |
| 68. review | Dave Douglas | Moonshine | direct | |
| 69. review | Adam Kolker | Flag Day | label - Sunnyside | |
| 70. review | Dafnis Prieto | Taking The Soul For A Walk | publicist - TwoShow | Very emotional music |
| 71. review | Enrico Granafei | In Search Of The Third Dimension | publicist - B&K | How can one human do this? |
| 72. review | Samuel Hallkvist | Pa Begaran | direct | Guitar, sax and drums (Peter Nilsson from Plunge). Unique music. |
| 73. review | Taylor Eigsti | Let It Come To You | publicist - GoMedia | Unique vision of standards and originals |
| 74. review | Arturo O'Farrill | Song for Chico | publicist - TwoShow | Way beyond the standard "Latin" jazz. |
| 75. review | Moss | Moss | label - Sunnyside | Very interesting mix of instruments and voices |
| 76. review | Vijay Iyer | Tragicomic | label - Sunnyside | With Rudresh and others. The music is much less connected to India. |
| 77. review | Alexis Cuadrado | Puzzles | publicist - RedCat | With Stillman, both Ferbers |
| 78. review | Bernard/Emer/Lackner/Ferber | Night For Day | publicist - RedCat | Part of Brooklyn Jazz Underground |
| 79. review | Anne Mette Iversen | Best of the West / Many Places | publicist - RedCat | first album includes string quartet |
| 80. review | Bill Stewart | Incandescence | publicist - TwoShow | organ, piano & drums! |
| 81. review | Zlatko Kaucic | Visionarja | direct | A homage to Steve Lacy and Brecko Kosovel w/ McCandless and Cisi, others |
| 82. review | Pete Robbins | Do The Hate Laugh Shimmy | publicist - RedCat | |
| 83. review | Bill O'Connell | Triple Play | publicist - TwoShow | |
| 84. review | Andrew Rathbun | Affairs Of State | direct | |
| 85. review | Torben Waldorff | Afterburn | publicist - B&K | High energy w/ McCaslin, Clohesy and Wikan |
| 86. review | Sumi Tonooka | Long Ago Today | publicist - B&K | Highly inventive mainstream, feel lucky to have found her. |
| 87. review | Kevin Brow | Koptor | direct | Very exciting, FSNT strikes again |
| 88. review | Asher & Alex Stein | Quixotic | publicist - B&K | |
| 89. review | Geraldine Laurent | Time Out Trio | label - Dreyfus | Very strong and individual voice |
| 90. review | Sylvain Luc | Young And Fine | direct | With Jean Marc Jafet and Andre Ceccarelli. Luc and Ceccarelli were on Ourio's album Oversea |
| 91. review | Jean Michel Jarre | The Complete Oxygene | label - Dreyfus | 2 CD, 13 tracks of electronic keyboards excursions |
| 92. review | Philip Catherine | Guitars Two | label - Dreyfus | Solo Catherine on electric and acoustic guitar |
| 93. review | Bireli Lagrene | Just The Way You Are | label - Dreyfus | An amazing musician, starting with Django, but moving beyond. |
| 94. review | Andrea Centazzo | Andrea Centazzo Voyagers | direct | With Hans-Peter Salentin (tpt) and Sylwia Bialas (voice) - original, exciting music |
| 95. review | Kris Davis | Rye Eclipse | direct | New to me, but smoking controlled chaos! |
| 96. review | Los Gauchos | Filtros | label - Sunnyside | Unique mixture of music cultures, ending up being its own thing. |
| 97. review | Oleg Kireyev | Mandala | publicist - TwoShow | Powerful and multi-cultural |
| 98. review | Mark Weinstein | Straight No Chaser | publicist - TwoShow | With Dave Stryker, Victor Lewis |
| 99. review | Bennett Paster & Gregory Ryan | Grupo Yanqui Rides Again | publicist - B&K | Good music |
| 100. review | Steve Elmer | Fire Down Below | direct | |
| 101. review | Andy Middleton | The European Quartet Live | publicist - B&K | A really together quartet |
| 102. review | Sheila Cooper | Tales Of Love And Longing | direct | Cooper sings AND plays sax! |
| 103. review | Brinsk - Aryeh Kobrinsky | A Hamster Speaks | direct | One of the more original albums I have gotten in a while. New label - Nowt Records. |
| 104. review | Marc Copland | Another Place | publicist - TwoShow | The story continues... |
| 105. review | CNY Jazz Orchestra | Then, Now And Again | publicist - B&K | A high energy bunch! |
| 106. review | Kriktor | Bjarta Farger | direct | On the edge with two drummer and bass + electronics |
| 107. review | Harley Card | Non-Fiction | direct | Canada continues to impress - interesting music that is deep and accessible |
| 108. review | Sisters Euclid | Faith Cola | direct | From a completely different part of Canadian jazz, to be sure! |
| 109. review | Conrad Herwig | The Latin Side of Wayne Shorter | label - Half Note | Hey - it works! |
| 110. review | Humair/Kuhn/Malaby | Full Contact | label - Bee Jazz | All three players at the top of their form. |
| 111. review | Jay Foote | Anatomy and Birth | direct | Been a while, but worth the wait, for sure. |
| 112. review | Mark Sherman | Live @ The Bird's Eye | publicist - B&K | Top notch mainstream |
| 113. review | Antonio Ciacca | Rush Life | label - Motema | Very alive mainstream |
| 114. review | Various Artists | El Gallo Rojo Sampler | direct | Wonderful, varied jazz at the edge. |
| 115. review | Phil Markowitz | Catalysis | label - Sunnyside | Heck of a band |
| 116. review | Adrian Iaies | Vals De La 81st & Columbus | label - Sunnyside | Gorgeous fusion of classical, jazz and tango. |
| 117. review | Emilio Solla | Conversas (Al Lado Del Agua) | publicist - TwoShow | Another take on the fusion of tango, jazz and Argentine folk music |
| 118. review | Joe Parillo | Segments | publicist - MixedMedia | Very good compositions and playing |
| 119. review | Nilardi Kumar / U. Shrinivas | Zitar / Samjanitha | label - Dreyfus | Outstanding Indian fusion! |
| 120. review | Various Artists | ESP - reissues from the sixties | label - ESP | From the 60s: Milford Graves, Henry Grimes, Giuseppi Logan, The Holy Modal Rounders. |
| 121. review | Joanna Pascale | Through My Eyes | publicist - RedCat | |
| 122. review | The Flail | The Flail | direct | Live album - the guys are terrific |
| 123. review | Joel Harrison | The Wheel | publicist - TwoShow | A real fusion of string quartet and jazz quintet |
| 124. review | Noah Preminger | Dry Bridge Road | publicist - B&K | Startling debug |
| 125. review | Deborah Thurlow | The Darwin Effect | direct | More interesting music Thurlow (Patchworks) |
| 126. review | Rebecca Martin | The Growing Season | label - Sunnyside | Intriguing melodies and lyrics |
| 127. review | David Berger | I Had The Craziest Dream | publicist - Red Cat | Ya gotta love Swing |
| 128. review | Kenny Baron | The Traveler | label - Sunnyside | A true master |
| 129. review | Dominique Di Piazza | Princess Sita | label - Sunnyside | Amazing playing and musicianship |
| 130. review | OK/OK | Eating Mantis | direct - Tatsuya Koeda | Beyond genre! |
| 131. review | Bill Cole - Untempered Ensemble | Proverbs For Sam | publicist - B&K | Incredibly hot music |
| 132. review | Jim Duff | Jazz Mass | direct | |
| 133. review | Carlos Franzetti | Film Noir | label - Sunnyside | |
| 134. review | George Colligan | Runaway | label - Sunnyside | |
| 135. review | Lafont/Roman/Loeffler/Campion | Latches | label - Sunnyside | |
| 136. review | Adam Niewood | Epic Journey | publicist - TwoShow | |
| 137. review | Cory Combs | Farifax In The Pacific | direct | |
| 138. review | Sean Noonan | Live From New York And Beyond | direct | |
| 139. review | Sam Sadigursky | Words Project II | direct | |
| 140. review | Marshall Gilkes | Lost Words | publicist - TwoShow | |
| 141. review | Bill Cantrell | Axiom | publicist - TwoShow | |
| 142. review | Michael Bates | Clockwise | publicist - RedCat | |
| 143. review | Aaron Irwin | Blood And Thunder | publicist - B&K | |
| 144. review | Ramon Montager | Sambaso / Boyya | direct | |
| 145. review | Eli Degibri | Live at Lousi 649 | direct | |
| 146. review | Dan Cray | Over Here Over Heard | publicit - TwoShow | Most standard, very well done |
| 147. review | Bruno Raberg | Lifelines | publicist - B&K | Double CD - adventurous music w/Cheek, Monder, Wilson & Poor |
| 148. review | Benn Clatworthy | The Decider | publicist - MixedMedia | Nice sax, well done modern standards and some originals |
| 149. review | Aturo O'Farrill / Claudia Acuna | In These Shoes | publicist - TwoShow | Latin sounds - including Willow Weep For Me |
| 150. review | Pete Rodriguez | El Alquimista | publicist - TwoShow | |
| 151. review | Christophe Wallemme | Start "So Many Ways" | label - Bee Jazz | |
| 152. review | John Stein | Encounterpoint | publicist - MixedMedia | |
| 153. review | Tibgui | Retrato | direct | |
| 154. review | Simon Jermyn | Trot A Mouse | direct | |
| 155. review | Jo Lawry | I Want To Be Happy | direct | |
| 156. review | Conference Call (Ullmann/Jefries/Fonda/Schuller) | Poetry In Motion | direct | |
| 1. review | Mick Rossi | Inside The Sphere | direct/old | Outstanding trio playing Rossi's edgy compositions |
| 2. review | Elissa Lala | Eternal Now | direct/old | Another from a very fine singer |
| 3. review | Mick Rossi | Nosferatu | direct/old | Spooky film, spooky improvised, unordered music |
| 4. review | Johnnie Valentino | Searching Souls | direct/old | Quite a band, and such great music |
| 5. review | Peter van Huffel | Mind Over Matter | direct/old | 3 years old, but still sounds fresh |
| 6. review | Peter van Huffel | On Common Ground | direct/old | Live |
| 7. review | Gene Smith | No Attachments | direct/old | David Braid's first recording: very solid and interesting mainstream |
| 8. review | Mike Murley | Extra Time | direct/old | Very nice post-bop |
| 9. review | Mike Murley | Live At The Senator | direct/old | Has Ed Bickert on guitar |
| 10. review | Mike Murley | Conversation Piece | direct/old | Jim Vivian on bass |
| 11. review | Mike Murley | Duologue | direct/old | Sax-guitar duets |
| 12. review | Claudio Scolari | Reflex | direct/old | |