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Ricardo Gallo’s Tierra de Nadie – The Great Fine Line (Clean Feed Records) — Dan Blake (soprano & tenor sax), Mark Helias (bass), Ray Anderson (trombone), Ricardo Gallo (piano), Satoshi Takeishi (drums & percussion), Pheeroan Aklaff (drums)

Billy Hart – Amethyst (Arabesque Records) — Billy Hart (drums), John Stubblefield (tenor & soprano saxes), Mark Feldman (violin), David Kokoski (piano), David Fiuczynski (guitar), Santi Debriano (bass) and Marc Copand (keyboards on two tracks); dedicated to the memory of Ed Blackwell. Wayne Horvitz & Zony Mash – Cold Spell (Knitting Factory Records) — With Wayne Horvitz - Hammond B-3 organ; Timothy Young - guitar; Fred Chalenor - electric bass; Andy Roth - drums

Billy Hart – Amethyst (Arabesque Records) — Billy Hart (drums), John Stubblefield (tenor & soprano saxes), Mark Feldman (violin), David Kokoski (piano), David Fiuczynski (guitar), Santi Debriano (bass) and Marc Copand (keyboards on two tracks); dedicated to the memory of Ed Blackwell.

Liberty Ellman – Tactiles (Pi Recordings) — Liberty Ellman - Guitar; Mark Shim - Tenor Sax; Stephan Crump - Bass; Eric Harland - Drums + Greg Osby - Alto Sax (3 tracks)

Art Blakey – 1958 Paris Olympia (Gitanes — Jazz in Paris / Universal (France)) — Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, Bobby Timmons, Jymie Merritt; Jazz in Paris series #69; originally issued on Fontana LP 680 202 & EP 460 642 in 1959; live

Jimmy Smith – Live at the Club Baby Grand, Vol. 2 (Blue Note RVG Edition) — With Thornel Schwartz, Donald Bailey; recorded live in Wilmington, DE

Roscoe Mitchell Trio – No Side Effects - CD 1 (Rogue Art) — Roscoe Mitchell - soprano, alto, tenor, bass saxophones, flute, piccolo, percussion; Harrison Bankhead - bass, cello; Vincent Davies - drums, percussion

Gerry Mulligan / Paul Desmond – Gerry Mulligan • Paul Desmond Quartet (Verve Records) — Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax), Paul Desmond (alto sax), Joe Benjamin (bass), Dave Bailey; three bonus tracks; notes by Harvey Pekar

Coleman Hawkins – The Hawk Swings — Vol. 1 (Crown Records / Fresh Sound Records) — Thad Jones (trumpet); Coleman Hawkins (tenor sax); Eddie Costa (piano & vibes); George Duvivier (bass); Osie Johnson (drums); Nat Pierce (piano on one track).

Randy Weston Trio plus Cecil Payne – With These Hands... (Riverside Records / OJC Limited Editioni Series) — With Randy Weston - piano; Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone; Ahmed Abdul-Malik - bass; Wilbert Hogan - drums

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra – Treasury Series No.45 [(8/31/46) on Vol. 23 of The Treasury Shows] (Storyville Records—D.E.T.S.) — With Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan, Cat Anderson, Francis Williams, Harold Baker(t); Ray Nance(t,vl,v); Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Wilbur De Paris, Claude Jones(tb); Jimmy Hamilton(cl,ts); Rusell Procope(cl,as); Johnny Hodges(as); Al Sears(ts); Harry Carney(cl,as,bar); Duke Ellington(p); Fred Guy(g); Oscar Pettiford(sb); Sonny Greer(d,ch); Kay Davis, Marion Fox, Al Hibbler(v). — Live ABC broadcast, Lincoln Theatre, Los Angeles, CA — Titles include: My Honey's Loving Arms, Warm Valley, Jumpin' Punkins, Things Ain't What They Used To Be, Three Cent Stomp, Moon Mist, Just Squeeze Me and a W.C. Handy tribute suite consisting of: Beale Street Blues, Memphis Blues and St. Louis Blues. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra – Treasury Series No.46 [(10/5/46) on Vol. 23 of The Treasury Shows] (Storyville Records—D.E.T.S.) — With Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan, Cat Anderson, Francis Williams, Harold Baker(t); Ray Nance(t,vl,v); Lawrence Brown, Wilbur De Paris, Claude Jones(tb); Jimmy Hamilton(cl,ts); Russell Procope(cl,as); Johnny Hodges(as); Al Sears(ts); Harry Carney(cl,as,bar); Duke Ellington(p); Fred Guy(g); Oscar Pettiford(sb); Sonny Greer(d,ch); Kay Davis(v). — Live broadcast from ABC Studio 6B, Radio City, NYC. — Titles include: Just Squeeze Me, Things Ain't What They Used To Be; live broadcast from Aquarium Restaurant, NYC.

Julian Barnes – Keeping An Eye Open: Essays on Art (Alfred A. Knopf) Interesting essays on Gericault, Delacroix, Courbet, Manet, Fantin-Latour, Cezanne, Degas, Redon, Bonnard, Vuillard, Vallotton, Braque, Magritte, Oldenberg, L. Freud, and Hodgkin; many of them previously published in the magazine Modern Painters] and elsewhere.

Miles Davis Quintet – Miles Smiles [session reel - CD 2a from The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5: Freedom Jazz Dance (Columbia / Legacy) — With Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams; "Orbits", "Footprints", "Gingerbread Boy"

Claude Debussy – Quartet for Strings in G minor Op.10 Maurice Ravel – Quartet for Strings in F major — Emerson String Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon)

Aretha Franklin – 30 Greatest Hits - CD 1 (Atlantic Records)

John Prine – Fair & Square (Oh Boy Records) — Mostly originals, including "Crazy as a Loon" & "Some Humans Ain't Human". John Prine – In Spite of Ourselves (Oh Boy Records) — Duets with Iris DeMent (4), Connie Smith (2), Dolores Keane (2), Melba Montgomery (2), Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris, Trisha Yearwood, Patty Loveless and Fiona Prine; covers of country tunes and Prine's title song. In a mood for some John Prine. He makes me feel good...or, at least, somewhat better.

Ben Webster & Joe Zawinul – Soulmates (Riverside Records / ZYX) — Ben Webster - tenor saxophone; Joe Zawinul - piano; Richard Davis or Sam Jones - bass; Philly Joe Jones - drums & Thad Jones - cornet

Dodo Marmarosa – Pittsburgh 1958 (Uptown Records)

Count Basie – Kansas City 6 (Pablo Records) — Count Basie - piano; Eddie Vinson - alto saxophone; Willie Cook - trumpet; Joe Pass - guitar; Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - double bass; Louie Bellson - drums; one bonus track

Now playing, CD 28: Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.1 in D Major “Titan” Johannes Brahms – Variations on a Theme by J. Haydn Op.56a — New York Philharmonic – Bruno Walter (Masterworks Heritage—Columbia / Sony Classical) I thought I only had Walter's 1961 performance of Mahler's First Symphony, but prompted by the recent discussion of Walter's 1954 performance, I realized that I had a copy of the 1954 performance in Sony's very nice Masterworks Heritage box.

Gene Ammons – The Boss Is Back! [plus Brother Jug!] (Prestige Records) Personnel: Gene Ammons – tenor saxophone, with: — [11/10/69 session] Junior Mance – piano; Buster Williams – bass; Frankie Jones – drums; Candido – congas; plus Prince James, Houston Person – tenor saxophones. — [11/11/69 session] Sonny Phillips – organ; Bob Bushnell; Bernard Purdie – drums; plus Billy Butler (guitar). These two dates were Ammons's first after spending seven years in prison on a harsh narcotics sentence. This reissue includes the original liner notes by Chris Albertson and Dan Morganstern and a look back by producer Bob Porter.

Joe Williams – Me and the Blues (RCA Victor) Collective personnel: Thad Jones or Clark Terry (trumpet), Urbie Green (trombone), Danny Banks, Phil Woods, Seldon Powell, Jerome Richardson & Ben Webster (saxophones), Hank Jones or Junior Mance (piano), Kenny Burrell or Barry Galbraith (guitar), Milt Hinton (bass), Osie Johnson (drums), Jimmy Jones, Oliver Nelson (arrangements); with three previously unissued bonus tracks.

Dick Hyman in Recital (Reference Recordings) — solo piano

Earl Hines – Live at the Village Vanguard (Columbia Records) — With Gene Ramey (bass), Eddie Locke (drums) + Budd Johnson (soprano & tenor sax)