Jazz To Appreciate
April is Jazz Appreciation Month, and there’s plenty to appreciate in the new releases now in the studio — music by Brad Mehldau, Ahmad Jamal, Tony Monaco, Gunnar Mossblad and associates from the University of Toledo jazz faculty, and much more.
Continue reading to see our latest chart, including a list of the new releases. Tune in Jazz Unlimited from 9 a.m.-noon Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday to hear the music.
I hope you enjoy.
Mark Zaborney
jazz director
Jazz Top 10
Robert Glasper (Black Radio)
Esperanza Spalding (Radio Music Society)
Hiroe Sekine (After the Rainfall)
Jeremy Pelt (Soul)
Jeff Hamilton Trio (Red Sparkle)
Chano Dominguez (Flamenco Sketches)
Nicole Mitchell (Awakening)
Vijay Iyer Trio (Accelerando)
Marianne Solivan (Prisoner of Love)
Steve Turre (Woody’s Delight)
…the next 10
Trombone Shorty (For True)
Sheila Jordan/Harvie S (Yesterdays)
Lynne Arriale (Solo)
Cynthia Felton (Freedom Jazz Dance)
The Spokes (Not So Fast)
Charlie Haden/Hank Jones (Come Sunday)
Rez Abassi (Suno Suno)
Christian McBride (Conversations With…)
Sammy Figueroa (Urbannature)
Holli Ross (You’ll See)
Adds
Tony Monaco (Celebration)
Rhiannon (Spontaneous)
James Danderfer Trio (Swingin at the Patricia)
Dave Douglas (Bad Mango)
Throttle Elevator Music (Throttle Elevator Music)
Gunnar Mossblad (Cross Currents)
Ahmad Jamal (Blue Moon)
Kenny Garrett (Seeds From the Underground)
Brad Mehldau (Ode)
Kate McGarry (Girl Talk)
Billy Hart (All Our Reasons)
Adrian Cunningham (Walkabout)
Alfredo Rodriguez (Sounds of Space)
Lanny Aplanalp (Warm Winds)
Don Braden/Karl Latham (Big Fun(k) Live)
Mark Sherman (The LA Sessions)
Johnny Padilla (Bright Morning)
Kat Edmondson (Way Down Low)
Jazz Soul Seven (Impressions of Curtis Mayfield)
Royce Campbell (All Ballads and a Bossa)
Steve Lehman Trio (Dialect Fluorescent)
Tania Maria (Tempo)
Josh Levinson Sextet (Chauncey Street)
Yelena Eckemoff (Forget-Me-Not)
Clipper Anderson (The Road Home)
Ryan Davidson Trio (Ryan Davidson Trio)
Halie Loren (Heart First)
Richard Underhill (Free Spirit)
Joel Harrison/Lorenzo Feliciati (Holy Abyss)
Joe Guido Welsh (Nothing Left to Say)
Mike Cottone (Just Remember)
Jon Gold (Bossa of Possibility)
QED (Yet What Is Any Ocean)
Gene Ess (A Thousand Summers)
Pete Zimmer (Prime of Life)
Greg Garrison (Low Lonesome)
Bob Lark/Alumni Big Band (Reunion)
Peter Appleyard (Lost Sessions 1974)











