Off the Shelf: New Blues & Jazz CDs for the Fall

These recent arrivals to our music shelves show some veteran musicians displaying some new tricks as well as a few newcomers to the Jazz & Blues scenes.  Place a hold or two and see what’s new in Jazz or Blues music.

Songs of Mirth & Melancholy - Brandford Marsalis & Joey Calderazzo
Marsalis and his longtime pianist collaborator put their unique partnership on display in the highly regarded new collection.

Rocket Science - Bela Fleck
Fleck gets some of the original Flecktones back together and create more original recordings that have elements of many musical genres from world music to classical and more.

For True - Trombone Shorty
Troy Andrews continues to blend jazz, fusion, and hip hop genres in his high energy playing.

Standing on the Rooftop - Madeleine Peyroux
Peyroux pushes her vocal stylings to different places and with different collaborators in this vocal departure.

Forever – Chick Corea
This 2 disc album takes the listener back to the jazz fusion beginnings of Corea, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White’s early days in the 70s.

Revelator - Tedeschi Trucks Band
Successful married artists Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks join together for the first time musically on this album.

      

New Jazz and Blues arrivals offer unique sounds

Endless Planets – Austin Peralta
Talented new LA based musician Peralta offers up a jazz album that will please old school and newer jazz fans.

Tirtha – Vijay Iyer
Described as global chamber music, here, Iyer teams up with two up and coming Indian musicians for this new album.

Essential Django Reinhardt
If you’ve ever wondered what impact Django Reinhardt has had on music, this collection is a great place to start.

The Gate - Kurt Elling
One of the foremost male Jazz vocalists takes on many popular tunes from the likes of the Beatles and Joe Jackson for his new Jazz album.

Folk Art and Symphonica by Joe Lovano
Lovano forms a new five piece band including Esperanza Spalding to record an entirely original album featuring avant garde jazz and latin grooves.

      

New Jazz & Blues Recordings for fall

Chamber Music Society – Esperanza Spalding
Local musician releases her Sophomore CD to much acclaim.

In the Mind of Jamie Cullum - various
Jazz star Cullum collects some of his favorite tunes in this compilation.

Roadsongs – Derek Trucks Band
Energetic live recording from this eclectic blues rock group.

Backatown - Trombone Shorty
New recording with a trombone focus.

Junky Star & Mescalito - Ryan Bingham
The breakout star of the movie, Crazy Heart, delivers the goods on this new recording as well as with his older productions.

Byron Get One Free - Byron Stripling
Get familiar with Stripling as he performs with the Oregon Symphony this year.

Out Front - Rufus Reid
New recording from iconic Jazz bassist.

Order up for March – new Jazz recordings

These recent arrivals to our Jazz collection cover traditional and experimental new recordings.  Place a few on hold and give them a try.

Think Free by Ben Allison
Bassist and composer Allison continues to rethink his sound in this recording.

Astounding Eyes of Rita by Anouar Brahem
Tunisian artist Brahem mixes eastern and western music while using the lute like, string instrument, the oud.

All it Takes by Rick Braun
Braun and keyboardist Philippe Saisse take Braun’s flugelhorn and trumbet sound in new directions.

Vagabond by Spencer Day
Day uses intuition and improvisation to create sounds both familiar and new on this release.

Eleventh House with Larry Coryell by Eleventh House
An older jazz fusion recording requested by one of our library users.

Emergence by Roy Hargrove
Hargrove records and tours with a gigantic 19 piece band on this recording.

Songs from the Heart by Ramsey Lewis
A collection of songs from various performances over Lewis’s stellar career.

Observer by Jon Irabagon
Saxophonist Irabagon is jazz newest sensation.  Find out why here.

Orchestrion by Pat Metheny
Metheny examines a variety of instruments on this recording, many at the same time as he pushes the boundaries of modern recording.  Many of the instruments were made specifically for him.

Road Shows V. 1 by Sonny Rollins
The first collection in a series of some of Rollins’ best live recordings.

Sleepytime in Chinatown by Stolen Sweets
Popular local musicians and their new recording have arrived.

Unwrapped V. 6
The next volume in this series of rap and hip hop tunes recorded with a Jazz sound.

Good Day by Peter White
UK guitarist White unleashes this original recording after many years backing other musicians.

    

New Jazz in 2009 & the best of all time

If you enjoy Jazz, take a look at the recent additions to our collection.  We’ve also added several classic Jazz recordings based on a list Amazon recently posted.  Check those out at the bottom of this list.

Jazz in the Garden by Stanley Clarke

Disfarmer by Bill Frisell

My One and Only Thrill by Melody Gardot

True Love by Jessy J

Take Love Easy by Sophie Milman

Kind of Brown by Christian McBride

Five Peace Band Live by John McLaughlin and Chick Corea

Psychedelic Blues by Poncho Sanchez

Bright Mississippi by Allen Toussaint

Amazon’s Top 100 Jazz recordings of all time - We’ve added several of these titles to the collection recently.  Place holds on them below if you are curious.

Shape of Jazz to Come by Ornette Coleman