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Carl Allen & Rodney Whitaker
Work to Do
Carl Allen (drums, producer), Rodney Whitaker (acoustic & electric bass, producer), George Colligan (piano), Rodney Jones (guitar), Brandon Lee (trumpet), Vincent Chandler (trombone), Vincent Herring and Kirk Whalum (saxophones); Dorsey "Rob" Robinson (B3 Hammond organ & piano)
Label: Mack Avenue
Release date: May 5, 2009
 
Ben Allison
Think Free
Ben Allison (bass), Steve Cardenas (guitar), Shane Endsley (trumpet), Jenny Scheinman (violin), Rudy Royston (drums)
Label: Palmetto Records
Release date: October 13, 2009
   
Ron Brendle and Mike Holstein
Rhizome
Ron Brendle and Mike Holstein (bass)
Label: LoNote Records
Release date: February 15, 2010
 
Brian Bromberg
It Is What it Is
Label: Artistry Music
Release date: August 25, 2009
 
The Brothers Johnson
The Best of Funk: Brothers Johnson (DVD)
Shot in 2003 at the Sixth Annual Stone Soul Picnic in Oakland
Label: ABC Records UK
Release date: May 5, 2009
 
Cameron Brown
Here and How! Volume 2!
Cameron Brown (bass, leader), Sheila Jordan (vocals), Dave Ballou (trumpet & flugelhorn), Leon Parker (drums)
Label: Omnitone Records
Release date: October 14, 2008
 
Chickenfoot
Chickenfoot
Sammy Hagar (vocals), Joe Satriani (guitar), Michael Anthony (bass), Chad Smith (drums)
Label: Fontana
Release date: June 5, 2009
 
Stanley Clarke
Jazz In the Garden
Stanley Clarke (bass), Hirmomi (piano), Lenny White (drums)
Label: Heads Up International
Release date: May 12, 2009
 
Les Claypool
Of Fungi and Foe
Label: Prawn Song
Release date: March 17, 2009
 
Deep Purple
Deep Purple: History, Hits & Highlights ’68-’76
Ian Gillan, David Coverdale (vocals), Ritchie Blackmore, Tommy Bolin (guitar), Roger Glover, Glenn Hughes (bass), Jon Lord (keyboards), Ian Paice (drums)
2 DVDs
Running time: 287 minutes
Label: Eagle Rock Entertainment
Release date: June 2, 2009
   
Mark Egan
Truth Be Told
Mark Egan: fretted and fretless basses; Bill Evans: saxophones; Mitch Forman: keyboards; Vinnie Colaiuta: drums; Roger Squitero: percussion.
Label: Wavetone Records
Release date: March 16, 2010
 
Bill Evans Trio
Turn Out The Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings, June 1980
Bill Evans (piano), Marc Johnson (bass), Joe LaBarbera (drums)
6-CD boxed set recorded June 4, 5, 6, and 8, 1980 (three months before Evans’ death)
Label: Nonesuch
Release date: May 12, 2009
 
Christian Fabian
Keys In Ascension
Christian Fabian (bass), Don Friedman (piano), Willard Dyson(drums), Ada Rovatti (tenor and soprano saxophone), Cleave Guyton (alto saxophone and flute), Brad Mason (trumpet and fluegelhorn), Elliot Mason (trombone)
Label: Consolidated Artists Productions
Release date: October 2009
   
Kam Falk
Retro-Respect
With special guests: Gary Bivona (keyboards, vocals), Alex Dean (sax, vocals), Jorge Garcia (guitar), Bob Hoose (guitar, vocals), Colin James (sax), Keith MacKendrick (guitar), K.D. MacKendrick (sax), Ricardo Mazzi (drums), Marcel Morejon (vocals), Jerry O'Malley (drums), Dorian Vaz (guitar)
Label: Falkreations
Release date: February 1, 2010
   
 
GMoney (Greg Cuffee)
Back On The Grind
GMoney (Greg Cuffee): bass, keyboards, Rhodes, synth programming,
drum programming, production, arrangments; Steven L. Carter: drums; Carlos Perez Jr: guitars; Orlando Cortez: trumpets; Winston T. Morris: sax
Label: GMoney Music
Release date: November 24, 2009
   

Assaf Hakimi
Some Other Day
Assaf Hakimi (double bass), Eli Degibri (saxophones), Jonathan Voltzok (trombone), Alon Yavnai (piano), Clarence Penn (drums)
Label: Assaf Hakimi
Release date: July 13, 2009

 
Heaven & Hell
The Devil You Know
Ronnie James Dio (vocal), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass) Vinny Appice (drums)
Release date: April 28, 2009
 
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Live at Woburn
Jimi Hendrix (guitar), Noel Redding (bass), Mitch Mitchell (drums)
Recorded: July 6, 1968 at the Woburn Pop Festival
Label: Dagger Records
Release date: July 28, 2009
 
Billy Cox co-authors detailed book on Hendrix
John McDermott, Billy Cox and Eddie Kramer
Ultimate Hendrix: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Live Concerts & Sessions
A session-by-session account of Hendrix's career, following his discharge from the army in 1963 right up to his untimely death in 1970. Cox played bass for Hendrix during 1969 and 1970, doing all the live shows during that period, including the unforgettable "Band of Gypsys" tour.
256 pages (Paperback)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Release date: January 1, 2009
   
Dave Holland Octet
Pathways
Dave Holland (bass), Chris Potter (tenor and soporano saxophone), Robin Eubanks (trombone), Steve Nelson (vibes, marimba), Nate Smith (drums), Antonio Hart (alto saxophone), Alex Sipiagin (trumpet), Gary Smulyan (baritone saxophone)
Label: Dare2 Record
Release date: March 23, 2010
 
Dave Holland Quintet
Live from the Zelt-Musik Festival, Freiberg 1986 (DVD)
Dave Holland (bass), Steve Coleman (alto saxophone), Kenny Wheeler (trumpet) Robin Eubanks (trombone), Marvin “Smitty” Smith (drums)
59 Minutes
Label: Arthaus Musik
Release Date: Jul 28, 2009
 
Dave Holland Quintet
Vortex (DVD)
Originally recorded: 1996
Dave Holland (bass), Steve Coleman (alto saxophone), Kenny Wheeler (trumpet), Robin Eubanks (trombone), Marvin “Smitty” Smith (drums)
60 Minutes
Label: View Video
Release Date: May 19, 2009
 
Mimi Jones
A New Day
Mimi Jones (acoustic bass and electric bass, vocals), Marvin Sewell (acoustic and electric guitars), Miki Hayama (keyboards), Ambrose Akinmisure (trumpet), Marcus Gilmore and Lucianna Padmore (drums)
Label: Hot Tone
Release date: September 15, 2009
 
Paul Keller/Steve Richko Quintet
Swingin' The Praise
Paul Keller (bass), Steve Richko (keyboards), Ben Jansson (saxophone), Randy Napoleon (guitar), Sean Dobbins (drums)
Label: PKO Records
Release date: June 19, 2009
 
Conrad Korsch
Live Love Leave
Conrad Korsch (bass), Rosanne Cash, Joy Askew (vocals), Shawn Pelton, David Palmer (drums), Matt Beck, Thad DeBrock (electric guitar), Alex Brofsky (French horn), Antoine Silverman, Jonathan Dinklage (violin), Hiroko Taguchi (viola), Anja Wood (cello).
Label: Scrumptious Music
Release Date: June 16, 2009
 
Victor Little
Inner Portrait
Victor Little (bass), Rusian Sirota (keyboards), Dennis Chambers (drums)
Label: Life’s A Groove Records
Release date: November 24, 2008
 
Living Colour
The Chair in the Doorway
Vernon Reid (guitar), Corey Glover (vocals), Will Calhoun (drums), Doug Wimbish (bass)
Label: Megaforce
Release date: September 15, 2009
 
Joe Martin
Not By Chance
Joe Martin (bass), Brad Mehldau (piano), Chris Potter (saxophone), Marcus Gilmore (drums)
Label: Anzic Records
Releast date: September 15, 2009
 
Christian McBride & Inside Straight
Kind of Brown
Christian McBride (bass), Eric Reed (piano), Warren Wolf (vibraphone), Steve Wilson (alto saxophone), Carl Allen (drums)
Label: Mack Avenue
Release date: June 16, 2009
 
Neal Miner
Happy Hour
Michael Kanan (piano), Joe Strasser (drums)
Label: Gut String Records
Release date: March 24, 2009
 
Charles Mingus
Ah Um
50th anniversary Legacy Edition Reissue
John Handy, Booker Ervin, Shafi Hadi (saxophones), Willie Dennis, Jimmy Knepper (trombones), Horace Parlan (piano), Charle Mingus (bass, piano), Dannie Richmond (drums)
Recorded: May 5 and 12, 1959
Original length: 45:56; Reissue length: 72:33
Producer: Teo Macero
Label: Legacy
Release date: May 26, 2009
 
Charnett Moffett
The Art of Improvisation
Scott Brown (keyboards), Pat Jones (guitar), Shane Barnes (guitar), RJ Avallone (trumpet), Angela Moffett (spoken word), Will Calhoun (drums), Eric McPherson (drums), Charnett Max (drums)
Label: Motéma Music
Release date: May 12, 2009
 
Mr. Big
Back to the Budokan
Billy Sheehan (bass), Eric Martin (vocals), Paul Gilbert (guitar), Pat Torpey (drums)
Live CD and DVD
Label: Frontiers Records
Release date: October 16, 2009 (Europe); October 27, 2009 (U.S.A.)
 
Mr. Big
Next Time Around
Limited deluxe edition with a bonus DVD.
Label: WHD Entertaiment
Release date: April 29, 2009
 
Curtis Ohlson
Better Than Ever (re-mastered reissue w/new bonus tracks)
Curtis Ohlson (Bass, Frettless Bass, Piccolo Bass, Keyboards); Marc Russo (Alto Sax); Andy Narell (Steel Drums); Karl Perazzo, Peter Michael Escovedo (Percussion); Rosie Gaines (Vocals); Peter Horvath (Piano); David K Mathews (Organ); David Garabaldi; William Kennedy, Billy Johnson (Drums); Vernon Black, Stef Burns, David Grant, Ray Obiedo (Guitar)
Label: Voiceprint  (www.voiceprint.co.uk)
Release date: September 14, 2009
 
Curtis Ohlson
So Fast (re-mastered reissue w/new bonus track)
Curtis Ohlson (Bass, Fretless Bass, Piccolo Bass, Keyboards); Branford Marsalis (Soprano Sax); Marc Russo (Alto Sax); Andy Narell (Steel Drums); Rosie Gaines, Maxine Jones (Vocals); Peter Horvath (Piano); Dan Shea (Keyboards); Will Kennedy, Billy Johnson (Drums; Vernon Black, Stef Burns (Guitar); Pete Escovedo, Kenneth Nash (Percussion)
Label: Voiceprint  (www.voiceprint.co.uk)
Release date: August 24, 2009
 
Michael Olatuja
Speak
Label: Backdrop
Release date: July 28, 2009
 
John Patitucci
Remembrance
Label: Concord
Release date: August 4, 2009
   
Gary Peacock and Mark Copland
Insight
Label: Pirouet Records
Release date: September 29, 2009
   
Rufus Reid
Out Front
Steve Allee, Duduka Da Fonseca
Label: Motema Music
Release date: March 9, 2010
   
Return to Forever
Return to Forever Returns
Chick Corea (keyboards), Al DiMeola (guitar), Stanley Clarke (bass) Lenny White (drums)
DVD (149 minutes); Label: Eagle Rock Entertainment; Release date: May 12
2 CDs; (live performance); Label: Eagle Records (Fontana);
Release date: March 17, 2009
 
Rush
Working Men (Live)
Label: Atlantic
Release date: November 17, 2009
   
Timothy B. Schmit
Expando
With special guests: Kid Rock, Dwight Yoakam, The Blind Boys of Alabama
Label: Lost Highway
Release date: October 20, 2009
 
Avery Sharpe
Autumn Moonlight
Onaje Allan Gumbs (piano), Winard Harper (drums)
Label: JKNM Records
Release date: April 14, 2009
   
Avery Sharpe Trio
Live
Onaje Allan Gumbs (piano), Winard Harper (drums)
Label: JKNM Records
Release date: April 13, 2010
   
Squarepusher
Solo Electric Bass 1
Squarepusher (a/k/a Tom Jenkinson), bass
Label: Warp
Release date: September 1, 2009
   
Sting
If On A Winter's Night
Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian pipes and fiddle), Peter Tickell (fiddle), Julian Sutton (Melodeon), Dominic Miller (guitar), Vincent Segal (cello), Mary Macmaster (harp), Ira Coleman (bass), Chris Gekker (trumpet), David Mansfield (violin and mandolin),
Cyro Baptista, Bashiri Johnson and Rhani Krija (percussion), Laila Biali, Lisa Fischer, Jo Lawry, and Steven Santoro (vocals)
Label: Decca Label Group
Release date: October 26, 2009
 
Norm Stockton
Tea In The Typhoon
Norm Stockton (basses), Gregg Bissonette (drums), Lincoln Brewster (guitar), Keith Felch (saxophones, clarinet), Tony Guerrero (trumpet, flugelhorn), Michael Manring (basses), Etienne Mbappe (basses, vocals), Rob Mullins (keyboards), David Owens (drums, percussion), John Patitucci (basses), Sachi Patitucci (cello), Rob Rinderer (keyboards), Kevin Rogers (guitar), Larry Williams (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Label:  Stocktones Music
Release Date:  November 13, 2009
 
Them Crooked Vultures
Them Crooked Vultures
Josh Homme (vocals), John Paul Jones (bass), Dave Grohl (drums)
Label: DGC Interscope
Release date: November 17, 2009
 
Vandermark/Guy/Sanders
Fox Fire (2-CS set)
Ken Vandermark (sax and clarinet), Barry Guy (bass), Mark Sanders (drums)
Label: Maya
Release date: September 29, 2009
 
Miroslav Vitous
Remembering Weather Report
Miroslav Vitous (bass), Franco Ambrosetti (trumpet), Gary Campbell (tenor sax), Michel Portal (bass clarinet), Gerald Cleaver (drums)
Label: ECM
Release date: July 7, 2009
 
Yellowjackets
New Morning - The Paris Concert (DVD)
Bob Mintzer (tenor saxophone, EWI), Russell Ferrante (piano, keyboards), Jimmy Haslip (bass), Marcus Baylor (drums)
Running Time: 90 minutes (main concert).
Bonus Feature: Soundcheck Sketches (8 minutes).
Label: Heads Up
Release date: July 7, 2009

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