WEMU Staff Music Picks of 2006
Linda Yohn
- Jazz
- Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jungle Soul (Palmetto)
- Regina Carter, I’ll Be Seeing You: A Sentimental Journey (Verve)
- Tad Weed, Kurt Krahnke & Sean Dobbins, Odyssey (PKO)
- Sean Jones, Roots (Mack Avenue)
- SF Jazz Collective, II (Nonesuch)
- Hot Club Of Detroit, Hot Club Of Detroit (Mack Avenue)
- Avishai Cohen, Continuo (RazDaz)
- Diana Krall, From This Moment On (Verve)
- Karrin Allyson, Footprints (Concord)
- Larry Goldings, Quartet (Palmetto)
- Jimmy Cobb, Marsalis Music Honors Jimmy Cobb (Marsalis Music)
- Jerry Vivino, Walkin’ With The Wazmo (Zoho)
- Taylor Eigsti, Lucky To Be Me (Concord)
- Roberta Gambarini, Easy To Love (Kindred Rhythm)
- Tomasz Stanko, Lontano (ECM)
- Ed Wiley, Jr., All About the Soul (Talking House Productions)
- Louis Hayes And The Cannonball Legacy Band, Maximum Firepower (Savant)
- Jazz Reissues
- Gil Evans, The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings (Blue Note)
- Cannonball Adderley, Why Am I Treated So Bad? (Capitol)
- Jimmy McGriff, Big Band Tribute To Count Basie (Blue Note)
- Lee Morgan, City Lights (Blue Note)
- Serge Chaloff, Boston Blow-Up (Blue Note)
- Jazz Box Sets
- John Coltrane, Fearless Leader (Prestige)
- Sonny Stitt, Stitt’s Bits (Prestige)
- Fats Waller, If You Have To Ask, You Ain’t Got It (Columbia Legacy)
- Weather Report, Forecast: Tomorrow (Columbia Legacy)
- Miles Davis, The Legendary Quintet Sessions (Prestige)
- Blues
- Irma Thomas, After The Rain (Rounder)
- Catherine Russell, Cat (World Village)
- James Hunter, People Gonna Talk (Rounder)
- Charlie Musselwhite, Delta Hardware (Real World)
- Janiva Magness, Do I Move You? (Northern Blues)
- Al Basile, Groovin’ In The Mood Room (Sweet Spot)
- Jeremy Spencer, Precious Little (Blind Pig)
- The Jackie Payne-Steve Edmonson Band, Master Of The Game (Delta Groove)
- Spanky Wilson And The Quantic Soul Orchestra, I’m Thankful (Ubiquity)
- Willie Pooch, Funk & Blues (Chicken Coup)
- Blues Reissues
- Lou Rawls, The Best Of Lou Rawls: The Jazz & Blues Sessions (Capitol)
- Lou Rawls, Black & Blue/Tobacco Road (Capitol)
- Ted Taylor, An Introduction To Ted Taylor (Fuel 2000)
- Guitar Shorty, The Long & Short Of It (Shout! Factory)
- Nina Simone, Nina Simone Sings The Blues (RCA Legacy)
- World
- Nilson Matta & Friends, Walking With My Bass (Blue Toucan Music)
- Joyce With Dori Caymmi, Rio Bahia (Far Out)
- Moacir Santos, Choros & Alegria (Adventure Music)
- NOMO, New Tones (Ubiquity)
- The Budos Band, The Budos Band (Daptone)
- Duduka Da Fonseca, Samba Jazz In Black & White (Zoho)
- Pedro Giraudo, Desconsuelo (www.mrvivo.com)
- Brian Lynch-Eddie Palmieri Project, Simpatico (Artist Share)
- Tumbao Bravo, Amigos: From Our Hands (PKO)
- Ray Mantilla, Good Vibrations (Savant)
- Harvie S., Funky Cha (Zoho)
- Rebeca Mauleon, Descarga En California (Pimienta)
- Victor Noriega, Alay (T & D)
Michael G. Nastos
- Jazz
- Avishai Cohen, Continuo (RazDaz)
- Rashied Ali, Judgment Day, Volume 1 (Rashied Ali/Survival)
- Nik Bartsch's Roni, Stoa (ECM)
- Randy & Michael Brecker, Some Skunk Funk (Telarc)
- Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio w/ Billy Bang, Big M (Delmark)
- Jack DeJohnette & Bill Frisell, The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers (Golden Beams)
- Flat Earth Society, Psycho Scout (Bonk/Crammed/Ryko)
- Kenny Garrett, Beyond the Wall (Nonesuch)
- Andrew Hill, Time Lines (Blue Note)
- Steve Khan, The Green Field (Tone Center)
- Joe Locke & Geoffrey Keezer, Live In Seattle (Origin)
- Carmen Lundy, Live At The Madrid (Afrasia)
- Mark Masters, Wish Me Well (Capri)
- Bob Mintzer Big Band, Old School - New Lessons (MCG Jazz)
- Gary Smulyan, Hidden Treasures (Reservoir)
- SF Jazz Collective, II (Nonesuch)
- Sweeter Than The Day, Live At The Rendezvous, Seattle - 2004 (Kufala)
- Syntopia Quartet, Mars (Nemu)
- Don Thompson, Ask Me Later (CBC)
- Trio Beyond, Saudades (ECM)
- Roseanna Vitro, Live At The Kennedy Center (Challenge)
- Jazz Reissues
- Gil Evans, The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings (Blue Note)
- Grant Green, Live At Club Mozambique (Blue Note)
- Andrew Hill, Smokestack (Blue Note)
- Solomon Ilori, African High Life (Blue Note)
- Lee Morgan, City Lights (Blue Note)
- Todd Rhodes, Blues For The Red Boy (Specialty/Ace)
- Jazz Box Sets
- John Coltrane, Fearless Leader (Prestige)
- Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane, Complete 1957 Recordings (Riverside)
- Fats Waller, If You Have To Ask, You Ain’t Got It (Columbia Legacy)
- Weather Report, Forecast: Tomorrow (Columbia Legacy)
- Blues
- Catherine Russell, Cat (World Village)
- Mr. B/Bob Seeley, Back to Back (Megawave)
- Al Basile, Groovin’ In The Mood Room (Sweet Spot)
- Adolphus Bell, One Man Band (Music Maker)
- Mel Brown, Blues: A Beautiful Thing (Electro-Fi)
- Chicago Blues Reunion, Let's Work Together (Out The Box)
- Detroit Cobras, Baby (Bloodshot)
- Danny Draher, Big Fun Tonight (Double Dynamite)
- James Hunter, People Gonna Talk (Rounder)
- Chris Thomas King, Rise (21st Century Blues)
- Eddie Kirkland, Booty Blues (EKCD)
- Eric Lindell, Change In The Weather (Alligator)
- Janiva Magness, Do I Move You? (Northern Blues)
- Charlie Musselwhite, Delta Hardware (Real World)
- Phantom Blues Band, Out Of The Shadows (Delta Groove)
- Gary Primich, Ridin' The Darkhorse (Electro-Fi)
- Duke Robillard, Guitar Groove-A-Rama (Stony Plain)
- Jeremy Spencer, Precious Little (Blind Pig)
- The Subdudes, Behind The Levee (Back Porch)
- Texas All-Star Big Band, Bash Live (Top Cat)
- Irma Thomas, After The Rain (Rounder)
- Blues Reissues
- Ray Charles, Complete Recordings (Swingtime/Downbeat/Tuff City)
- Freddy King, Live At The Electric Ballroom, 1974 (Shout Factory)
- Memphis Slim & Canned Heat, Memphis Heat (Maison De Blues/Barclay/Sunnyside)
- Various Artists, Blues Around The World (Putumayo)
- Various Artists, New Orleans Will Rise Again (Tuff City)
- World
- Rebeca Mauleon, Descarga En California (Pimienta)
- Ray Barretto, Standards Rican-Ditioned (Zoho)
- Anouar Brahem, Le Voyage De Sahar (ECM)
- Vinicius Cantuaria, Live (Kufala)
- Oscar Castro-Neves, All One (Mack Avenue)
- Mamadou Diabate, Heritage (World Village)
- Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra, Boulevard De L'Independance (World Circuit/Nonesuch)
- Hamilton De Holanda, Brasilianos (Adventure)
- Miguel Anga Diaz, Echu Mingua (World Circuit/Nonesuch)
- Ian Dogole, Convergence (Jazzheads)
- Habana Abierta, Boomerang (Calle 54)
- Nachito Herrera, Live At The Dakota (Dakota Live)
- Antonio Carlos Jobim, Live At Minas (DRG)
- Nilson Matta & Friends, Walking With My Bass (Blue Toucan Music)
- Paoli Mejias, Transcend (PMCD)
- Guillermo Nojechowicz, El Eco-Two Worlds (Dreamland Media)
- NOMO, New Tones (Ubiquity)
- Victor Noriega, Alay (T & D)
- Philippe Baden Powell, Estrada De Terra (Adventure)
- Vittor Santos, Renewed Impressions (Adventure)
- Omar Sosa, Live a FIP (Ota)
Michael Jewett
- Jazz
- Don Byron, Do The Boomerang (Blue Note)
- Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jungle Soul (Palmetto)
- Don Braden, Workin’ (High Note)
- Avishai Cohen, Continuo (RazDaz)
- Dirty Dozen Brass Band, What’s Going On (Shout Factory)
- Dave Douglas, Meaning And Mystery (Greenleaf)
- Jon Faddis, Teranga (Koch)
- Kenny Garrett, Beyond The Wall (Nonesuch)
- Chico Hamilton, 6th. Ave. Romp (Joyous Shout)
- Manu Katche, The Neighborhood (ECM)
- Pat Martino, Remember – A Tribute To Wes Montgomery (Blue Note)
- Brad Mehldau, House On Hill (Nonesuch)
- Mingus Big Band, Live In Tokyo (Sue Mingus Music)
- Jason Moran, Artist In Residence (Blue Note)
- Ted Nash, In The Loop (Palmetto)
- Ben Riley, Memories Of T (Concord Jazz)
- Jazz Reissues
- Charles Mingus, At UCLA (Sue Mingus Music)
- Cannonball Adderley, Why Am I Treated So Bad? (Capitol)
- Lou Blackburn, Complete Imperial Sessions (Blue Note)
- Donald Byrd/Gigi Gryce, Complete Jazz Lab Studio Sessions #2 (Lone Hill)
- Booker Ervin, Tex Book Tenor (Blue Note)
- Jazz Box Sets
- Tony Williams, Mosaic Select – Tony Williams (Mosaic)
- John Coltrane, Fearless Leader (Prestige)
- Miles Davis, The Legendary Quintet Sessions (Prestige)
- Andrew Hill, Mosaic Select – Andrew Hill, solo (Mosaic)
- Sonny Stitt, Stitt’s Bits (Prestige)
- Blues
- Irma Thomas, After The Rain (Rounder)
- Slick Ballinger, Mississippi Soul (Oh Boy)
- Sweet Betty, Live And Let Live (Music Maker)
- Detroit Cobras, Baby (Bloodshot)
- Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials, Rattleshake (Alligator)
- Charlie Musselwhite, Delta Hardware (Real World)
- Harmonica Shah ‘Listen At Me Good, Electro fi) (
- Guitar Shorty, We The People (Alligator)
- Blues Reissues
- James Brown, The Federal Years – Vol. One (Hip-oSelect.com)
- Professor Longhair, Rock & Roll Gumbo (Sunnyside)
- Nina Simone, Nina Simone Sings The Blues (RCA Legacy)
- Andre Williams, Movin On (Vampisoul)
- Billy Wright, Don’t You Want A Man Like Me? (Rev-ola)
- Blues Box Sets
- John Lee Hooker, Hooker (Shout Factory)
Arwulf
- Jazz Box Sets
- Fats Waller, If You Have To Ask, You Ain’t Got It (Columbia Legacy)
George Klein
- Jazz
- Kenny Garrett, Beyond the Wall (Nonesuch)
- Ben Allison, Cowboy Justice (Palmetto)
- Karrin Allyson, Footprints (Concord)
- Fred Anderson, Timeless (Delmark)
- Regina Carter, I'll Be Seeing You: A Sentimental Journey (Verve)
- Avishai Cohen, Continuo (RazDaz)
- Bill Frisell/Ron Carter/Paul Motian, Nonesuch) (
- Kenny Garrett, Beyond the Wall (Nonesuch)
- Ben Goldberg, The Door, The Hat, The Chair, The Fact (Cryptogramophone)
- Larry Goldings Quartet, Palmetto) (
- Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth Band, Whereas (Dreyfus)
- Dave Holland, Critical Mass (Dare 2)
- Medeski/Scofield/Martin/Wood, Out Louder (Indirecto)
- Stanton Moore, III (Telarc)
- Ed Palermo, Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (Cuneiform)
- Chris Potter, Underground (Sunnyside)
- Randy Weston, Zep Tep (Random Chance)
- Jazz Box Sets
- John Coltrane, Fearless leader (Prestige)
- Miles Davis, The Legendary Quintet Sessions (Prestige)
- Sonny Stitt, Stitt's Bits (Prestige)
- Weather Report, Forecast: Tomorrow (Columbia Legacy)
- Blues
- Irma Thomas, After the Rain (Rounder)
- Mr. B/Bob Seeley, Back to Back (Megawave)
- Tab Benoit, Brother to the Blues (Telarc)
- Elvis Costello/Allan Toussaint, The River in Reverse (Verve Forecast)
- Irma Thomas, After the Rain (Rounder)
- Chris Thomas King, Rise (21st Century Blues)
- Charlie Musselwhite, Delta Hardware (Real World)
- Derek Trucks, Songlines (Columbia)
- Various, 35 x 35 (Alligator)
- Various, Our New Orleans (Nonesuch)
- World
- Jane Bunnett, Radio Guantanamo, Guantanamo Blues Project Vol. 1 (Blue Note)
- Annette Aguilar & String Beans, No Cheap Dates (aguilarsringbeans.com)
- Monty Alexander, Concrete Jungle (Telarc)
- Caribbean Jazz Project, Mosaic (Concord Picante)
- Edsel Gomez, Cubist Music (Zoho)
- Jerry Gonzalez & Ft. Apache Band, Rumba Buhaina (Random Chance)
- Charlie Hunter/Chinna Smith/Ernest Ranglin, Earth Tones (Breadfruit)
- Brian Lynch-Eddie Palmieri Project, Simpatico (Artist Share)
- Bobby Matos, Charanga Chango (Life Force Jazz)
- Rebeca Mauleon, Descarga En California (Pimienta)
- NOMO, New Tones (Ubiquity)
- Dafnis Prieto, Absolute Quintet (Zoho)
- Omar Sosa, Live a FIP (Ota)
- Tumbao Bravo, Amigos: From Our Hands (PKO)
- Diego Urcola, Viva (Cam Jazz)
Marc Taras
- Jazz
- Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Non-cognitive Aspects Of The City - Live At Iridium (Pi)
- Ted Nash, In The Loop (Palmetto)
- Kenny Garrett, Beyond The Wall (Nonesuch)
- Reeds and Deeds, Cookin' (Criss Cross)
- One For All, The Lineup (Sharp Nine)
- Wayne Wallace, Dedication (Patois)
- Don Byron, Do The Boomerang (Blue Note)
- Medeski/Scofield/Martin/Wood, Out Louder (Indirecto)
- SF Jazz Collective, II (Nonesuch)
- David Sills, Down The Line (Origin)
- Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Solo (Blue Note)
- Steve Khan, The Green Field (Tone Center)
- Donny McCaslin, Soar (Sunnyside)
- Pete Carney, Orange Alert (Loop Jazz)
- Grant Geissman, Sat That! (Futurism)
- Paul Motian, Garden Of Eden (ECM)
- Andrew Bishop, Time & Imaginary Time (Envoi)
- Faruq Z. Bey With Northwoods Improvisers, Rwanda (Qbico Records)
- Wallace Roney, Mystikal (High Note)
- Blues
- James Hunter, People Gonna Talk (Rounder)
- Darrell Leonard / Joe Sublett, Texacali Horns (New Light Entertainment)
- Rory Block, The Lady And Mr. Johnson (Rykodisc)
- Jeremy Spencer, Precious Little (Blind Pig)
- Elvis Costello/Allan Toussaint, The River in Reverse (Verve)
- Dr. John, Mercernary (Blue Note)
- John Luke Logan, The Truth Will Rock You (Mocombo)
- JW - Jones Blues Band, Kissing In 29 Days (Northern Blues)
- Howard Tate, Live (Shout Factory)
- Duke Robillard, Guitar Groove-A-Rama (Stony Plain)
- Janiva Magness, Do I Move You? (Northern Blues)
- World
- Jane Bunnett, Radio Guantanamo, Guantanamo Blues Project Vol. 1 (Blue Note)
- Anouar Brahem, Le Voyage De Sahar (ECM)
- Rigo Y Su Obra Maestra, Rumba Pa' Rumberos (Obra Maestra)
- Marta Topferova, Flor Nocturna (World Village)
- Alex Garcia's Afromantra, Uplifting Spirit / Espirito Optimista (Afro Mantra)
- Brian Lynch-Eddie Palmieri Project, Simpatico (Artist Share)
- Clave Y Guaguanco, La Rumba Que No Termina (Cuba Chevere)
- Bobby Matos, Charanga Chango (Life Force Jazz)
- Paoli Mejias, Transcend (PMCD)
- Chembo Corniel & Andrea Brachfeld, Beyond Standards (C.A.P.)
- Rebeca Mauleon, Descarga En California (Pimienta)
- Tumbao Bravo, Amigos: From Our Hands (PKO)
- Diego Urcola, Viva (Cam Jazz)
- Son Sublime, Bailando Con Son Sublime! (Lasem Co.)
- Sonando, Tres (Origin)
- Lila Downs, La Cantina: Entra Copa Y Copa… (Narada)
- Rick Davies, Siempre Salsa (Emlyn Music)
- Yosvany Terry Cabrera, Metamorphosis (Kindred Rhythm)
- Nati Cano's Mariachi Los Camperos, Concert Favorites of… (Smithsonian Folkways)
- Miguel Anga Diaz, Echu Mingua (World Circuit/Nonesuch)
- Almada / Iannacone, Tango Crash (Justin Time)
Wendy Wright
- Jazz
- Don Byron, Do The Boomerang (Blue Note)
- Eric Alexander, It's All In The Game (High Note)
- Karrin Allyson, Footprints (Concord)
- Dirty Dozen Brass Band, What's Going On (
- Taylor Eigsti, Lucky To Be Me (Concord)
- Joe Gilman, View So Tender: Wonder Revisited (Capri)
- Victor Goines, New Adventures (Criss Cross)
- Roy Hargrove, Nothing Serious (Verve)
- David Hazeltine, Perambulation (Criss Cross)
- Hot Club Of Detroit, Hot Club Of Detroit (Mack Avenue)
- Luther Hughes, Second Helping (Primrose Lane)
- Javon Jackson, Now (Palmetto)
- Pat Martino, Remember – A Tribute To Wes Montgomery (Blue Note)
- Madeleine Peyroux, Half The Perfect World (Rounder)
- Christian Scott, Rewind That (Concord)
- Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jungle Soul (Palmetto)
- Melvin Sparks, Groove On Up (Savant)
- Anthony Wilson, Power Of Nine (Groove Note)
- Cassandra Wilson, Thunderbird (Blue Note)
- Blues
- Irma Thomas, After The Rain (Rounder)
- Leon & Eric Bibb, Praising Peace: A Tribute To Paul Robeson (Stony Plain)
- Mel Brown, Blues: A Beautiful Thing (Electro-Fi)
- Elvis Costello/Allan Toussaint, The River in Reverse (Verve Forecast)
- James Hunter, People Gonna Talk (Rounder)
- Dr. John, Mercernary (Blue Note)
- Chris Thomas King, Rise (21st Century Blues)
- Janiva Magness, Do I Move You? (Northern Blues)
- Catherine Russell, Cat (World Village)
- Jeremy Spencer, Precious Little (Blind Pig)
- World
- NOMO, New Tones (Ubiquity)
- Monty Alexander, Concrete Jungle (Telarc)
- Ray Barretto, Standards Rican-Ditioned (Zoho)
- Oscar Castro-Neves, All One (Mack Avenue)
- Duduka Da Fonseca, Samba Jazz In Black & White (Zoho)
- Brian Lynch-Eddie Palmieri Project, Simpatico (Artist Share)
- Ray Mantilla, Good Vibrations (Savant)
- Harvie S., Funky Cha (Zoho)
- Tumbao Bravo, Amigos: From Our Hands (PKO)
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