Author: S. Shyam Sundar

SHIRLEY HORN—Basin Street Blues—Media Pix DJANGO FESTIVAL ALL STARS—Nuages—Django Festival All Starrs 2012—Three’s A Crowd Records—2013 KEITH JARRETT—Ritooria—Facing You—ECM—1971 ELLA FITZGERALD—Cheek to Cheek—Ella at the Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook—Verve—2022 KIKOSKI/CARPENTER/NOVAK/SHEPPARD—Bolivia—From the Hip—BFM Jazz—2013 MICHELLE LORDI—Lover Man—Break Up With the Sound—Cabinet of Wonder JAY T. VONADA—Sisaroo—Swing-Nova Live—Summit Records—2021 ROSA PASSOS—Alibi—Romance—Telarc—2008 AVISHAI COHEN—Shifting Sands—Shifting Sands—Naïve—2022 […]

LOUIS ARMSTRONG—Stompin’ at the Savoy—Media Pix BILLIE HOLIDAY—I Don’t Want To Cry Anymore—Media Pix CHARLIE PARKER—Cool Breeze—Media Pix LEE MORGAN—Gary’s Notebook—Media Pix SONNY ROLLINS—When You Wish Upon a Star—Media Pix DAVE STRYKER—Soul Friend—As We Are—Strikezone Records—2022 BENNY GREEN—Pittsburgh Brethren—Naturally—Telarc—2000 JOEY DEFRANCESCO+THE PEOPLE—Project Freedom—Project Freedom—Mack Avenue Records—2017 TK BLUE—Hallucinations—Another Blue—Arkadia Jazz—1999 NICHOLAS PAYTON—Levin’s Lope—Smoke Sessions—Smoke Sessions […]

CHARLIE CHRISTIAN—Gone with ‘What’—Media Pix HERBIE HANCOCK—Empty Pockets—Media Pix DJANGO REINHARDT—Twelfth Year—Media Pix LES BROWN & THIS BAND—On the Alamo—Media Pix THELONIOUS MONK—We See—Media Pix LESTER YOUNG—These Fooling Things—Media Pix ARTHUR GOLDSTEIN—Falling Grace—Media Pix HERBIE HANCOCK—Jessica—Media Pix CHET BAKER—Let’s Get Lost—Media Pix HOUSTON PERSON & RON CARTER—Blue Seven—Jazz for a Lazy Day—Jazz Heritage–1999 DIZZY GILLESPIE […]

ANTHONY BRAXTON—Triadic Spiral—Media Pix FREDDIE HUBBARD—Here’s That Rain—Media Pix DJANGO REINHARDT—Tea for Two—Media Pix BENNIE GREEN—We Wanna Cook—Media Pix JON FADDIS—Teranga—Teranga—Koch Records—2006 GEOFFREY KEEZER, JOE LOCKE & TIM GARLAND—Ripertoli—Storms/Nocturnes—Origin Records—2011 DANILO PEREZ featuring the GLOBAL MESSENGERS—Kalesma (True Calling)—Crisalida—Mack Avenue Records—2022 BOBBY SANABRIA—Somewhere—West Side Story Reimagined—Jazzheads—2018 BIRELLI LAGRENE—Minor Swing—Gipsy Project & Friends—Dreyfus—2002 CONNIE HAN—Iron Starlet—Iron Starlet—Mack […]

ANTHONY BRAXTON—You Go To My Head—Media Pix DAVID ‘FATHEAD’ NEWMAN—Davey Blue—Media Pix DJANGO REINHARDT—Swing 39—Media Pix CHARLIE HUNTER—Huggy Bear—Media Pix LESTER YOUNG—(It Takes) Two To Tango—Media Pix HANCOCK/BRECKER/HARGROVE—The Sorcerer—Directions in Music: Celebrating Miles Davis and John Coltrane—Verve—2002 AL DI MEOLA—Rebels—Opus—e.a.r Music—2018 JOHN PIZZARELLI—How Long Has This Been Going On?—Knowing You—Telarc—2005 HENDRIK MEURKENS—Driftin’—Cobb’s Pocket—In and Out […]

CYRUS CHESTNUT—Minor Funk—Media Pix GRANT GREEN—Hip Funk—Media Pix CHARLIE PARKER—One Bass Hit—Media Pix ROY HARGROVE & MULGREW MILLER—Monk’s Dream—In Harmony—Resonance Records—2021 KEITH JARRETT—Sundial Part 1—Staircase—ECM—1977 KENNY GARRETT—Hargrove—Sounds from the Ancestors—Mack Avenue Records—2021 DONALD VEGA—Mango Rengue—With Respect to Monty—Resonance Records—2015 GERALD CANNON—Every Man is a King—Combinations—Woodneck Records—2017 MICHAEL BRECKER, JOE LOVANO, DAVE LIEBMAN—Alexander the Great—Saxophone Summit: […]

LOUIS ARMSTRONG & ELLA FITZGERALD—There’s a Boat Dat’s Leaving So—Media Pix JULIE LONDON—S’Wonderful—Media Pix CHARLIE PARKER—Nearness of You—Media Pix ELIANE ELIAS—Brigas Nunca Mais—Media Pix THELONIOUS MONK—Bag’s Groove—Media Pix LESTER YOUNG—Almost Like Being in Love—Media Pix MADELEINE PEYROUX—Meet Charlie Parker—The Passion of Charlie Parker—Impulse—2017 BILL CHARLAP TRIO—Your Host—Street of Dreams—Blue Note—2021 CAROL MORGAN—A Night in Tunisia—Post […]

DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET—Take Five—Media Pix JACKIE MCLEAN—Dusty Foot—Media Pix CHARLES MINGUS—Peggy’s Blue Sky Light—Charles Mingus in Europe—Enja Records—1988 HOLOGRAPHIC PRINCIPLE—Someday—Dance of the Great Spirit—Truth Revolution Collective—2018 STEVE TURRE—Back in the Day—TNT with James Carter, Dewey Redman, & David Sanchez—Telarc—2001 WYCLIFFE GORDON & RON WESTRAY—Way Back When—Bone Structure—Atlantic—1996 AARON PARKS—Travelers—Invisible Cinema—Blue Note—2008 TRINEICE ROBINSON—Footprints—All or Nothing—4RM […]

ANTHONY BRAXTON—Pointillistic—Media Pix RODNEY JONES—Tears of a Forgotten Child—Media Pix CHARLIE PARKER—Cool Breeze—Media Pix HARRY SKOLER—Goodbye Pork Pie Hat—Living in Sound: The Music of Charles Mingus—Sunnyside Records—2022 ELIO VILLAFRANCA—The Capture (Part II)—Cinque—ArtistShare—2018 ANTHONY WONSEY—Blues for Hiroshi—Lorraine’s Lullabye—Cellar 20 Records—2021 PETE ZIMMER—Down or Up—Judgment—Tippin’ Records—2006 DAVE STRYKER—Joy Spring—Strykin’ Ahead—Strikezone Records—2017 MATTHEW WHITAKER—Caribe—Now Heart This—Resilience Music Alliance—2019 […]

ANTHONY BRAXTON—Relationship—Media Pix DIANA KRALL—Blossom Fell—Media Pix ZOOT SIMS—Honeysuckle Rose—Media Pix SHIRLEY HORN—I Fall in Love Too Easily—Media Pix CHARLIE PARKER & DIZZY GILLESPIE—A Night in Tunisia—Media Pix JOE LOVANO—I’ve Got You Under My Skin—Celebrating Sinatra—Blue Note—1996 LEE RITENOUR—Captain Fingers—Captain Fingers—Sony—1977 CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE BIG BAND—Full House—Bringin’ It—Mack Avenue Records—2017 CLAUDIA ACUNA—Prelude to a Kiss—Wind From […]