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Lionel Hampton Orchestra, 1948 (Alamac) Dave Brubeck Quartet, Jazz at Oberlin (Fantasy ten inch)

Lee Konitz, Jazz Nocturne (Evidence)

Harold Harris, Here's Harold (Vee Jay)

Kane Mathis, Bantam Ba Kouyate (Kaira Records)

Cal Tjader, Concert by the Sea, volume 2 (Fantasy)

Apples, Mind Twister (Odion Livingstone)

The Original Sound of Burkina Faso (Mr. Bongo)

Wes Montgomery In Paris: The Definitive ORTF Recording First official release of Wes Montgomery's one and only concert in Paris, France on March 27, 1965 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Second Resonance release in partnership with France's National Audio-visual Institute (INA) with remastered high-resolution audio transferred directly from the original tapes Deluxe limited-edition, 180-gram 2LP gatefold set released exclusively for Record Store Day's Black Friday Event on November 24, 2017 Deluxe 2CD & Digital Edition available January 26, 2018 Los Angeles, CA [November 2017] - Resonance Records is proud to announce the first official release of Wes Montgomery - In Paris: The Definitive ORTF Recording which captures the jazz guitar legend in concert during his only tour of Europe on the night of March 27, 1965 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, France. Considered perhaps the greatest live Wes Montgomery performance ever, In Paris is being released in partnership with the Institut national de l'audiovisuel (INA) with remastered high-resolution audio transferred directly from the original tapes, and will mark the first time the Montgomery Estate will be paid for this recording, which has been available as various bootlegs since the 1970s. This is also Resonance's second album released in partnership with INA in a series of ORTF recordings, following 2016's critically acclaimed Larry Young - In Paris: The ORTF Recordings. In Paris: The Definitive ORTF Recording will be released as a limited-edition, hand-numbered (of 3,000) 180-gram 2LP gatefold set exclusively for Record Store Day's Black Friday Event on November 24, 2017. Mastered by LP mastering icon Bernie Grundman and pressed by Record Technology Inc. (RTI). The album features an all-star band with venerable post-bop pianist Harold Mabern, bassistArthur Harper and bebop drummerJimmy Lovelace, along with special guest tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin (who played on another classic live Wes recording from 1962, Full House). The beautifully designed CD package by longtime Resonance designer Burton Yount includes an extensive 32-page booklet with stunning archival photos from the actual concert by famed French music photographer Jean-Pierre Leloir; essays from Wes Montgomery scholar and director of jazz studies at Rutgers University in New Jersey, Vincent Pelote, the Chargé de Mission Pascal Rozat from INA, and Resonance producer Zev Feldman; plus interviews with pianistHarold Mabern and contemporary jazz guitar icon Russell Malone. The deluxe LP edition also includes a collector set of 6 Jean-Pierre Leloir postcards.

Aziza Brahim, Soutak (Glitterbeat)

An LP of Blue Mitchell's Step Lightly, and a double LP of new music (plus a duplicate CD of the music) with the following contents: PEACE, LOVE & FISHING A double LP containing 80 minutes of new and unreleased recordings. Side A 1. Lady Gabor (Live from Royce Hall) – Charles Lloyd & The Marvels Charles Lloyd (flute), Bill Frisell (guitar), Greg Leisz (pedal steel guitar), Reuben Rogers (bass), Eric Harland (drums) 2. Footprints – Dr. Lonnie Smith Dr. Lonnie Smith (Hammond B-3 organ), Jonathan Kreisberg (guitar), Johnathan Blake (drums), Joe Dyson (drums) Side B 1. Take Me To The Alley (Live From Blue Note Jazz at Sea) – Gregory Porter & Blue Note All-Stars Gregory Porter (vocals), Keyon Harrold (trumpet), Lionel Loueke (guitar), Robert Glasper (piano), Derrick Hodge (bass), Kendrick Scott (drums) 2. Turnaround – Blue Note All-Stars Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet), Marcus Strickland (tenor saxophone), Lionel Loueke (guitar), Robert Glasper (piano), Derrick Hodge (bass), Kendrick Scott (drums) Side C 1. Memory of a Flame – Terence Blanchard Terence Blanchard (trumpet), Brice Winston (tenor saxophone), Lionel Loueke (guitar), Aaron Parks (piano), Derrick Hodge (bass), Kendrick Scott (drums) 2. To Be Fair – Derrick Hodge Derrick Hodge (all instruments) 3. Daydream – Kandace Springs Kandace Springs (vocals, piano), Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet) Side D 1. Zero Gravity #913 – Wayne Shorter Quartet Wayne Shorter (soprano saxophone), Danilo Perez (piano), John Patitucci (bass), Brian Blade (drums)

Toronto 65

Hiromi & Edmar Castaneda, Live in Montreal (Telarc)

Frank Wess/Kenny Burrell/Freddie Green/Eddie Jones/Kenny Clarke, Opus in Swing (Savoy)

The Modern Jazz Quartet at the Music Inn with Sonny Rollins, volume 2 (Atlantic) Clark Terry and Bob Brookmeyer, Previously Unreleased Recordings (Verve)

I have Sweet as Broken Dates--an anthology where I like just about every track.

Lately, in order to escape domestic politics, I've abandoned the U.S. news channels for the BBC News. Generally, I'm liking it much better; excellent reporting, a broader range of stories, and more interesting than the U.S. news. Tonight I stumbled across Africa Beat, a twenty minute show with brief portraits of three African musicians. A wonderful show, and I loved one of the musicians (Aziza Brahim). This would never happen on a U.S. channel.

He has three new records, all are good.

Don't know. Also saw him with Joe Zawinul, which was also fantastic.

Dizzy Gillespie, Big Band Diz (Verve)

I like that Odean Pope record and saw Gerald Veasley live a couple of times in the 1980s--with John Blake and with McCoy Tyner--he was fantastic. But now (coming to the Bishop Arts District Theater): 2018 Jazz Series – Jazz Fusion All-Stars Jazz Fusion All-Stars featuring Eric Marienthal, Lao Tizer, Gerald Veasley & Chieli Minucci November 10 7:00 pm & 9:45 pm

The Real Lee Konitz (Atlantic/London pressing) Coltrane (Impulse) Jimmy Smith, Respect (Verve)

Theo Croker, Escape Velocity (Okeh)

Some favorites from 2017: Dennis Coffey, Hot Coffey in the D Mokoomba, Rising Tide and Luyando Lee Konitz, Frescalalto Vieux Farka Toure, Samba The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Terence Blanchard and the E Collective, Live at the 2017 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Cedric Burnside Project, Live at the 2017 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Somi, Petite Afrique and The Lagos Music Salon Heads of State, Four in One Bobby Watson, Made in America Khari Allen Lee, The New Earth Chucho Valdes, Border-Free Charnett Moffett, Music from our Soul Ben Allison, Layers in the City Welcome to Zamrock, volume 2 Ote Maloya Martial Solal and Dave Liebman, Masters in Bordeaux Ahmad Jamal, Marseille Mike Stern, Trip Nikki Hill, Heavy Hearts Hard Fists Chet Baker, Live from the Moonlight Sameer Gupta, Namaskar Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa Christian Scott, Ruler Rebel, Diaspora and The Emancipation Procrastination

It's a genuine Leonard Da Vinci.

Christian Scott, The Emancipation Procrastination (Ropeadope)