WNUR Jazz: 1998 Monthly Charts
Compiled by:
Jason Karaian, Jazz Music Director
jazz-md@wnur.org
1920 Campus Dr.
Evanston, IL 60208
These are the top 50 releases month by month for the year 1998, based on actual
tabulated airplay by our 15 jazz DJ's. They're all together on one web page to facilitate easy searching.
* denotes reissue, @ denotes old but new to the station
November 1998
1. Jeb Bishop - 98 Duets - Wobbly Rail
2. Short/Scea Quartet - Removable Media - Southport
3. Zerang/Baker - The Earth Sessions (2 CD's) - BOXmedia
4. Ibarra/Charles - Drum Talk - Wobbly Rail
5. Bailey/Bennink* - Corti 9 - organ of Corti
6. NMPERIGN - 44'38"/5 - Twisted Village
7. Braxton/Gillmor - 14 Compositions (Traditional) 1996 - Leo
8. Leandre/Parkder - Contrabasses - Leo
9. Rammel/Mallozzi - Whole or by the Slice - Penumbra
10. Joe Morris/Ken Vandermark/Hans Poppel - Like Rays - Knitting Factory
11. Evan Parker & Eddie Prevost - Most Materiall (2 CD's)- Matchless
12. Sabir Mateen Trio - Divine Mad Love - Eremite
13. String Trio of New York - Faze Phour: A 20 Year Retrospective - Black Saint
14. Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith - Yo Miles! - Shanachie
15. William Parker* - Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace - Eremite
16. Mats Gustafsson & Barry Guy - Frogging - Maya
17. Zorn/Horvitz/Sharp/Previte - Downtown Lullaby - Depth of Field
18. Ben Allison - Medicine Wheel - Palmetto
19. Natsuki Tamura - A Song for Jyaki - Leo Lab
20. Steuart Liebig@ - Quartetto Stig: Pienso Oculto - 9 Winds
21. Ben Webster* - The Warm Moods - Reprise
22. AALY Trio + Vandermark - Stumble - Wobbly Rail
23. Frank Catalano - Cut It Out!?! - Delmark
24. Tony Williams Trio@ - Young at Heart - Columbia
25. Nova Ghost Sect-tet - Life on Uranus - A Records
26. Charles Pillow@ - Currents - A Records
27. David S. Ware - Go See the World - Columbia
28. Dave Douglas - Magic Triangle - Arabesque
29. Steve Lacy* - Saxophone Special+ - Emanem
30. Bhob Rainey - Ink - Sachimay
31. Mujician - Colours Fulfilled - Cuneiform
32. Cecil Taylor* - Love for Sale - Blue Note
33. Labrosse/Mori Tetreault - Ile Bizarre - Ambiances Magnetiques
34. Brad Mehldau - Songs: Art of the Trio Vol. 3 - Warner Bros.
35. Pyramid Trio - Ancestral Homeland - No More
36. Milford Graves - Grand Unification - Tzadik
37. Braaxtaal - Speechlos - Kontrans
38. Charlie Haden & Chris Anderson - None But the Lonely Heart - NAIM
39. Dexter Gordon* - The Art of the Ballad - Prestige
40. Grant Green* - Breakbeats - Blue Note
41. Robert LePage - Les clarinettes. . . - Ambiances Magnetiques
42. Simone Mauri - Produzione Propria Ensemble - Altri Suoni
43. Derek Bailey - Takes Fakes & Dead She Dances - Incus
44. Eve Packer & Noah Howard Trio - West From 42nd - Altsax
45. Peter Brotzmann - The Chicago Octet/Tentet (3 CD's) - OkkaDisk
46. Open Loose - Come Ahead Back. . . - Koch
47. Assif Tsahar Trio - Ein Sof - Silkheart
48. Lussier/Tetreault - Dur Noyau Dur - Ambiances Magnetiques
49. Queen Mab - Barbie's Other Shoe - 9 Winds
50. Charles Earland - Slammin' & Jammin' - Savant
October 1998
1. Mats Gustafsson & Barry Guy - Frogging - Maya
2. Spin-17 - Spin-17 - Quodlibet
3. AALY Trio + Vandermark - Stumble - Wobbly Rail
4. Cecil Taylor* - Love for Sale - Blue Note
5. Frank Catalano - Cut It Out!?! - Delmark
6. Various - The Jewish Alternative Movement - Knitting Factory
7. Peter Brotzmann - The Chicago Octet/Tentet (3 CD's) - OkkaDisk
8. Cecil Taylor@ - Alms/Tiergarten (Spree) - FMP
9. Bailey/Bennink* - Corti 9 - organ of Corti
10. Ben Goldberg - Twelve Minor - Avant
11. Mujician - Colours Fulfilled - Cuneiform
12. Orange Then Blue - Orange Then Blue - GM Recordings
13. Tina Brooks* - Back to the Tracks - Blue Note
14. Paul Plimley & Barry Guy - Sensology - Maya
15. Konitz/Giuffre* - Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre (2 CD's) - Verve
16. Grant Green* - Breakbeats - Blue Note
17. Zorn/Horvitz/Sharp/Previte - Downtown Lullaby - Depth of Field
18. Gebhard Ullman - Ta Lam - Songlines
19. Evan Parker - Tempranillo - New Contemporary Music
20. Assif Tsahar Trio - Ein Sof - Silkheart
21. FHMZ - Trios and Quartets - Zero Eggzie
22. Queen Mab - Barbie's Other Shoe - 9 Winds
23. Milford Graves - Grand Unification - Tzadik
24. Braaxtaal - Speechlos - Kontrans
25. Joe Morris/Ken Vandermark/Hans Poppel - Like Rays - Knitting Factory
26. Ben Webster* - The Warm Moods - Reprise
27. Paul Smoker/Vinny Golia Quartet - Halloween, the Sequel - 9 Winds
28. Simone Mauri - Produzione Propria Ensemble - Altri Suoni
29. Dave Brubeck Quartet - So What's New? - Telarc
30. Derek Bailey & Joelle Leandre - No Waiting - Potlatch
31. Joel Futterman/Kidd Jordan Trio - Southern Extreme - Drimala
32. Michael Formanek - Am I Bothering You? - Screwgun
33. Freddie Redd* - Shades of Redd - Blue Note
34. Ella Fitzgerald@* - Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook - Verve
35. Jimmy McGriff@* - Let's Stay Together - Beast Retro
36. Kenny Drew, Jr. - The Rainbow Connection - Evidence
37. Sonny Simmons - American Jungle - Qwest/Warner
38. Derek Bailey & Tony Oxley - Soho Suites (2 CD's) - Incus
39. Chet Baker* - The Art of the Ballad - Prestige
40. Robert LePage - Les clarinettes. . . - Ambiances Magnetiques
41. Derek Bailey - Takes Fakes & Dead She Dances - Incus
42. Companion Trio - Companion Tro - Mass Particles
43. Mark Taylor Quintet - Quiet Land - Mapleshade
44. Matt Wilson - Going Once, Going Twice - Palmetto
45. Kenny Dorham* - The Art of the Ballad - Prestige
46. Morgan Guberman - Hamadryas Baboon - Rusted Blade
47. Eric Alexander - Mode for Mabes - Delmark
48. Vinny Golia Large Ensemble - Portland 1996 - 9 Winds
49. Steuart Liebig@ - Quartetto Stig: Pienso Oculto - 9 Winds
50. Phil Woods/Lew Tabackin - Phil Woods/Lew Tabackin – Evidence
September 1998
1. AALY Trio + Vandermark - Stumble - Wobbly Rail
2. Assif Tsahar Trio - Ein Sof - Silkheart
3. Cecil Taylor@ - Alms/Tiergarten (Spree) - FMP
4. John Wolf Brennan - Das Wohlpraparierte Klavier - Creative Works
5. Peter Brotzmann - The Chicago Octet/Tentet (3 CD's) - OkkaDisk
6. Steve Lacy - Sands - Tzadik
7. Ben Webster* - The Warm Moods - Reprise
8. Ben Goldberg - Twelve Minor - Avant
9. Don Byron - Nu Blaxploitation - Blue Note
10. Charles Mingus* - Mingus Three - Roulette
11. Milford Graves - Grand Unification - Tzadik
12. Dave Brubeck Quartet - So What's New? - Telarc
13. Paul Plimley & Barry Guy - Sensology - Maya
14. Gebhard Ullman - Ta Lam - Songlines
15. FHMZ - Trios and Quartets - Zero Eggzie
16. Mats Gustafsson & Barry Guy - Frogging - Maya
17. Parker/Casserly - Solar Wind - Touch
18. Derek Bailey & Joelle Leandre - No Waiting - Potlatch
19. Joe Morris/Ken Vandermark/Hans Poppel - Like Rays - Knitting Factory
20. Berne/Formanek - Ornery People - Little Brother
21. Jack Millman* - Golden Era of West Coast Jazz - GTJ
22. Evan Parker - Tempranillo - New Contemporary Music
23. Michael Formanek - Am I Bothering You? - Screwgun
24. Zorn/Horvitz/Sharp/Previte - Downtown Lullaby - Depth of Field
25. Derek Bailey - Takes Fakes & Dead She Dances - Incus
26. Benny Golson Group - Remembering Clifford - Milestone
27. David Liebman Ensemble - John Coltrane's Meditations - Arkadia
28. various - Autumn Uprising (2 CD's) - Tautology
29. Patricia Barber - Modern Cool - Premonition
30. Dexter Gordon* - The Art of the Ballad - Prestige
31. Joel Futterman/Kidd Jordan Trio - Southern Extreme - Drimala
32. Mark Taylor Quintet - Quiet Land - Mapleshade
33. Lussier/Tetreault - Dur Noyau Dur - Ambiances Magnetiques
34. Frank Catalano - Cut It Out!?! - Delmark
35. Bill Evans* - Trio 64 - Verve
36. Joe Morris@ - Antennae - AUM Fidelity
37. Simone Mauri - Produzione Propria Ensemble - Altri Suoni
38. Chris Burn's Ensemble - Navigations - Acta
39. Chet Baker* - The Art of the Ballad - Prestige
40. Evan Parker & Eddie Prevost - Most Materiall (2 CD's) - Matchless
41. Lennie Tristano - Concert in Copenhagen - Jazz Records
42. Crispell/Fernandez - Dark Night, and Luminous - New Contemporary Music
43. Eve Packer & Noah Howard Trio - West Frm 42nd - Altsax
44. Kenny Dorham* - The Art of the Ballad - Prestige
45. Martial Solal - Just Friends - Dreyfus
46. Bergman/Braxton/Brotzmann@ - Eight By Three - Mixtery
47. Steve Coleman - Genesis & The Opening of the Way - RCA Victor
48. Geri Allen - The Gathering - Verve
49. Matt Wilson - Going Once, Going Twice - Palmetto
50. Eric Alexander - Mode for Mabes - Delmark
August 1998
1. Gerry Hemingway Quartet - Johnny's Corner Song - Auricle Records
2. Peter Brotzmann - The Chicago Octet/Tentet (3 CD's) - OkkaDisk
3. Gebhard Ullman - Ta Lam - Songlines
4. FHMZ - Trios and Quartets - Zero Eggzie
5. Charles Mingus* - Mingus Three - Roulette
6. Chris Burn's Ensemble - Navigations - Acta
7. Mats Gustafsson & Barry Guy - Frogging - Maya
8. Zorn/Horvitz/Sharp/Previte - Downtown Lullaby - Depth of Field
9. Fred Jackson* - Hootin' 'n Tootin' - Blue Note
10. Chet Baker* - The Art of the Ballad - Prestige
11. Milford Graves - Grand Unification - Tzadik
12. Evan Parker & Eddie Prevost - Most Materiall (2 CD's) - Matchless
13. Mujician - Colours Fulfilled - Cuneiform
14. Konitz/Giuffre* - Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre (2 CD's) - Verve
15. Dave Douglas - Moving Portrait - DIW
16. Derek Bailey - Takes Fakes & Dead She Dances - Incus
17. Crispell/Peacock/Motian@ - Nothing Ever Was, Anyway (Music of Annette Peacock) (2 CD's) - ECM
18. Freddie Redd* - Shades of Redd - Blue Note
19. Tina Brooks* - Back to the Tracks - Blue Note
20. Derek Bailey & Joelle Leandre - No Waiting - Potlatch
21. Jimmy McGriff@* - Let's Stay Together - Beast Retro
22. Lee Konitz - Unaccompanied Live in Yokohama - P.S.F.
23. Sonny Rollins* - Jazz Showcase - Prestige
24. Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris - Conduction #70: Tit for Tat - For 4 Ears
25. Spin-17 - Spin-17 - Quodlibet
26. Joe Morris/Ken Vandermark/Hans Poppel - Like Rays - Knitting Factory
27. Charlie Haden & Chris Anderson - None But the Lonely Heart - NAIM
28. Phil Woods/Lew Tabackin - Phil Woods/Lew Tabackin - Evidence
29. Derek Bailey & Tony Oxley - Soho Suites (2 CD's) - Incus
30. Bluiett Baritone Saxophone Group - Live at the Knitting Factory - Knitting Factory
31. Braaxtaal - Speechlos - Kontrans
32. Labrosse/Mori Tetreault - Ile Bizarre - Ambiances Magnetiques
33. Parker/Casserly - Solar Wind - Touch
34. Burgener/Teitelbaum/Muller - Shift - For 4 Ears
35. Ravi Coltrane - Moving Pictures - RCA Victor
36. Jazz Underground - Live at Smalls - Impulse
37. Matthew Shipp Trio - The Multiplication Table - hatOLOGY
38. Eric Alexander - Mode for Mabes - Delmark
39. Microscopic Septet - Take the Z Train - Koch
40. Leo Smith/Vinny Golia/Bertram Turetzky - Prataksis - 9 Winds
41. Benny Golson Group - Remembering Clifford - Milestone
42. Hasidic New Wave - Psycho Semitic - Knitting Factory
43. Ben Webster* - The Warm Moods - Reprise
44. Rosco Blur - Stable Chaos - Red Toucan
45. Lennie Tristano - Concert in Copenhagen - Jazz Records
46. various - The Jewish Alternative Movement - Knitting Factory
47. TanaReid - Back to Front - Evidence
48. Georg Grawe Quartet - Melodie Und Rhythmus - Okkadisk
49. Bailey/Bennink* - Corti 9 - organ of Corti
50. AALY Trio + Vandermark - Stumble - Wobbly Rail
July 1998
1. Peter Brotzmann - The Chicago Octet/Tentet (3 CD's) - OkkaDisk
2. Konitz/Giuffre* - Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre (2 CD's) - Verve
3. David Liebman Ensemble - John Coltrane's Meditations - Arkadia
4. various - CIMPosium Vol. 4 - CIMP
5. Sonny Rollins* - Jazz Showcase - Prestige
6. various - Autumn Uprising (2 CD's) - Tautology
7. Dave Douglas - Moving Portrait - DIW
8. Paul Smoker/Vinny Golia Quartet - Halloween, the Sequel - 9 Winds
9. Burgener/Teitelbaum/Muller - Shift - For 4 Ears
10. Derek Bailey - Takes Fakes & Dead She Dances - Incus
11. Mats Gustafsson & Barry Guy - Frogging - Maya
12. Kenny Drew, Jr. - The Rainbow Connection - Evidence
13. Sonny Simmons - American Jungle - Qwest/Warner
14. Gerry Hemingway Quartet - Johnny's Corner Song - Auricle Records
15. Grant Green* - Breakbeats - Blue Note
16. Zorn/Horvitz/Sharp/Previte - Downtown Lullaby - Depth of Field
17. Evan Parker & Eddie Prevost - Most Materiall (2 CD's) - Matchless
18. Microscopic Septet - Take the Z Train - Koch
19. Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris - Conduction #70: Tit for Tat - For 4 Ears
20. Lou Grassi's PoBand - Mo' Po - CIMP
21. Bergman/Braxton/Brotzmann@ - Eight By Three - Mixtery
22. Mujician - Colours Fulfilled - Cuneiform
23. Leo Smith/Vinny Golia/Bertram Turetzky - Prataksis - 9 Winds
24. Crispell/Peacock/Motian@ - Nothing Ever Was, Anyway (Music of Annette Peacock) (2 CD's) - ECM
25. Fred Jackson* - Hootin' 'n Tootin' - Blue Note
26. Derek Bailey* - Incus Taps - organ of Corti
27. Joe Mcphee - As Serious as Your Life - hatOLOGY
28. Leimgruber/Leandre/Hauser - No Try No Fail - hatOLOGY
29. Ravi Coltrane - Moving Pictures - RCA Victor
30. Kenny Werner Trio - A Delicate Balance - BMG
31. Vandermark 5 - Target or Flag - Atavistic
32. Spin-17 - Spin-17 - Quodlibet
33. Benny Golson Group - Remembering Clifford - Milestone
34. Hasidic New Wave - Psycho Semitic - Knitting Factory
35. Joe Morris/Ken Vandermark/Hans Poppel - Like Rays - Knitting Factory
36. Larry Willis - My Funny Valentine - Evidence
37. Charlie Haden & Chris Anderson - None But the Lonely Heart - NAIM
38. Phil Woods/Lew Tabackin - Phil Woods/Lew Tabackin - Evidence
39. Charles Mingus* - Mingus Three - Roulette
40. Parker/Guy/Lytton - At the Vortex (1996) - Emanem
41. Fred Ho & the Afro Asian Ensemble - Turn Pain into Power! - O.O.
42. Dexter Gordon* - The Art of the Ballad - Prestige
43. Gebhard Ullman - Ta Lam - Songlines
44. Donald Brown - The Sweetest Sounds - Evidence
45. Sunny Murray - 13# Steps on Glass - Enja
46. Glenn Spearman's G-Force - Let It Go - Red Toucan
47. Patty Waters - College Tour - ESP-Disk
48. Chris Burn's Ensemble - Navigations - Acta
49. Crispell/Fernandez - Dark Night, and Luminous - New Contemporary Music
50. Joe Morris@ - Antennae - AUM Fidelity
June 1998
1. Sun Ra* - Space is the Place - Impulse!
2. Joe Mcphee - As Serious as Your Life - hatOLOGY
3. Various - VISION ONE: Vision Festival 1997 Compiled (2 CD's) - AUM Fidelity
4. Joe Morris/Ken Vandermark/Hans Poppel - Like Rays - Knitting Factory
5. Parker/Guy/Lytton - At the Vortex (1996) - Emanem
6. Holz fur Europa - Comite Imaginere - FMP
7. Fred Jackson* - Hootin' 'n Tootin' - Blue Note
8. Gerry Hemingway Quartet - Johnny's Corner Song - Auricle Records
9. Revolutionary Ensemble@ - Revolutionary Ensemble - ESP
10. Milford Graves - Grand Unification - Tzadik
11. Vandermark 5 - Target or Flag - Atavistic
12. Charles Mingus* - Mingus Three - Roulette
13. Leimgruber/Leandre/Hauser - No Try No Fail - hatOLOGY
14. John Coltrane* - Live at the Village Vanguard - Impulse!
15. Pharoah Sanders* - Black Unity - Impulse!
16. Vinny Golia Large Ensemble - Portland 1996 - 9 Winds
17. Joelle Leandre - No Comment - Red Toucan
18. Derek Bailey* - Incus Taps - organ of Corti
19. Matthew Shipp Trio - The Multiplication Table - hatOLOGY
20. Kali Fasteau - Comraderie - Flying Note
21. Crispell/Fernandez - Dark Night, and Luminous - New Contemporary Music
22. Braaxtaal - Speechlos - Kontrans
23. Marc Ducret - Un Certain Malaise - Screwgun
24. Derek Bailey & Min Xiao-Fen - Viper - Avant
25. Bergman/Braxton/Brotzmann@ - Eight By Three - Mixtery
26. Derek Bailey & Tony Oxley - Soho Suites (2 CD's) - Incus
27. Other Dimensions in Music - NOW! - AUM Fidelity
28. Sonny Rollins - Global Warming - Milestone
29. Mujician - Colours Fulfilled - Cuneiform
30. various - Autumn Uprising (2 CD's) - Tautology
31. Fred Ho & the Afro Asian Ensemble - Turn Pain into Power! - O.O.
32. Joe Morris@ - Antennae - AUM Fidelity
33. Motoharu Yoshizawa@ - Cracked Mirrors - PSF
34. Evan Parker & Eddie Prevost - Most Materiall (2 CD's) - Matchless
35. Spontaneous Music Orchestra - For You to Share (1970) - Emanem
36. Eddie Prevost@ - Loci of Change - Matchless
37. Robert Mazurek/Chicago Underground Orchestra - Playground - Delmark
38. NRG Ensemble - Bejazzo Gets a Facelift - Atavistic
39. Whit Dickey Trio - Transonic - AUM Fidelity
40. Lol Coxhill & Veryan Weston - Boundless - Emanem
41. Kaoru Abe@ - Solo. 1972.1.21 - P.S.F.
42. Patty Waters@ - Sings - ESP
43. Orange Then Blue - Orange Then Blue - GM Recordings
44. Tina Brooks* - Back to the Tracks - Blue Note
45. Leo Smith/Vinny Golia/Bertram Turetzky - Prataksis - 9 Winds
46. Marilyn Crispell/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian@ - Nothing Ever Was, Anyway (Music of Annette Peacock) (2 CD's) - ECM
47. Paul Desmond/Gerry Mulligan@ - Two of a Mind - RCA Victor
48. Ella Fitzgerald@* - Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook - Verve
49. Elvin Jones@ - Puttin' It Together - Blue Note
50. Mats Gustafsson & Barry Guy - Frogging – Maya
May 1998
1. Sun Ra - Space is the Place - Impulse!
2. Joe Mcphee - As Serious as Your Life - hatOLOGY
3. Holz fur Europa - Comite Imaginaire - FMP
4. Parker/Guy/Lytton - At the Vortex (1996) - Emanem
5. Revolutionary Ensemble - Revolutionary Ensemble - ESP
6. Joe Morris/Ken Vandermark/Hans Poppel - Like Rays - Knitting Factory
7. Gerry Hemingway Quartet - Johnny's Corner Song - Auricle Records
8. John Coltrane - Live at the Village Vanguard - Impulse!
9. Pharoah Sanders - Black Unity - Impulse!
10. various - VISION ONE: Vision Festival 1997 Compiled (2 CD's) - AUM Fidelity
11. Vinny Golia Large Ensemble - Portland 1996 - 9 Winds
12. Leimgruber/Leandre/Hauser - No Try No Fail - hatOLOGY
13. Marc Ducret - Un Certain Malaise - Screwgun
14. Other Dimensions in Music - NOW! - AUM Fidelity
15. Crispell/Fernandez - Dark Night, and Luminous - New Contemporary Music
16. Charles Mingus - Mingus Three - Roulette
17. Fred Jackson - Hootin' 'n Tootin' - Blue Note
18. Derek Bailey - Incus Taps - organ of Corti
19. Motoharu Yoshizawa - Cracked Mirrors - PSF
20. Braaxtaal - Speechlos - Kontrans
21. Sonny Rollins - Global Warming - Milestone
22. Matthew Shipp Trio - The Multiplication Table - hatOLOGY
23. Eddie Prevost - Loci of Change - Matchless
24. Orange Then Blue - Orange Then Blue - GM Recordings
25. NRG Ensemble - Bejazzo Gets a Facelift - Atavistic
26. Joe Morris - Antennae - AUM Fidelity
27. Derek Bailey & Min Xiao-Fen - Viper - Avant
28. Paul Desmond/Gerry Mulligan - Two of a Mind - RCA Victor
29. Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook - Verve
30. Elvin Jones - Puttin' It Together - Blue Note
31. Kaoru Abe - Solo. 1972.1.21 - P.S.F.
32. Patty Waters - Sings - ESP
33. Leo Smith/Vinny Golia/Bertram Turetzky - Prataksis - 9 Winds
34. Fred Ho & the Afro Asian Ensemble - Turn Pain into Power! - O.O.
35. Henry Grimes Trio - The Call - ESP
36. John Zorn Masada - Tet - DIW
37. AALY Trio + Vandermark - Hidden in the Stomach - Silkheart
38. Liquid Soul - Make Some Noise - Ark21
39. Vandermark 5 - Target or Flag - Atavistic
40. Whit Dickey Trio - Transonic - AUM Fidelity
41. Lol Coxhill & Veryan Weston - Boundless - Emanem
42. Freddie Redd - Shades of Redd - Blue Note
43. Crispell/Peacock/Motian - Nothing Ever Was, Anyway (Music of Annette Peacock) (2 CD's) - ECM
44. Pharoah Sanders - Karma - Impulse!
45. Lee Morgan - Standards - Blue Note
46. Miles Davis Quintet - Miles Smiles - Columbia
47. Braxton/Newton - Composition 192 - Leo
48. Joelle Leandre - No Comment - Red Toucan
49. Milford Graves - Grand Unification - Tzadik
50. Larry Young - Into Somethin' - Blue Note
April 1998
1. Sun Ra and his Arkestra* - Cosmo Sun Connection - Recommended
2. Vandermark 5 - Target or Flag - Atavistic
3. Bluiett Baritone Saxophone Group - Live at the Knitting Factory - Knitting Factory
4. Oliver Lake String Project - Movement, Turns & Switches - Passin' Thru
5. Robert Mazurek/Chicago Underground Orchestra - Playground - Delmark
6. Denis Charles IVtet - Captain of the Deep - Eremite
7. AALY Trio + Vandermark - Hidden in the Stomach - Silkheart
8. Abrams/Dewar/Barry - Calamities Break - Savage Sound Syndicate
9. Lee Morgan - Standards - Blue Note
10. Matthew Shipp Trio - The Multiplication Table - hatOLOGY
11. Jean Derome - 3 Musiques pour UBU - Ambiances Magnetiques
12. Wadada Leo Smith/Harumi Makino Smith - Condor, Autumn Wind - Wobbly Rail
13. Marc Ducret - Un Certain Malaise - Screwgun
14. Jackie McLean Septet - Fire & Love - Blue Note
15. Georg Grawe Quartet - Melodie Und Rhythmus - Okkadisk
16. Klaxon Gueule - Bavards - Ambiances Magnetiques
17. Weather Report* - Heavy Weather - Columbia
18. Miles Davis Quintet@ - Miles Smiles - Columbia
19. Sten Sandell - Behind the Chords - LJ
20. Dewey Redman - In London - Palmetto
21. McPhee/Vandermark/Kessler - A Meeting in Chicago - Okkadisk
22. Trio Hurricane - Live at Fire in the Valley - Eremite
23. Han Bennink & Dave Douglas@ - Serpentine - Songlines
24. Jean Derome - La Bete: The Beast Within - Ambiances Magnetiques
25. Vijay Iyer - Architextures - Asian Improv
26. Malachi Thompson - 47th Street - Delmark
27. Collective 4tet - Live at Crescent - Leo Lab
28. Ganelin/Vysniauskas/Gotesman - Trio Alliance - Leo Lab
29. Mazzacane/Langille - Come Night - O.O.
30. Felix Huber - Al Fresco: Bilder keiner Ausstellung - UNIT
31. Haden/Allen/Motian - The Montreal Tapes - Verve
32. Gerry Mulligan* - Meets Ben Webster - Verve
33. Human Feel@ - Speak to it - Songlines
34. Le Quan Ninh - Ustensiles - For 4 Ears
35. Jazz at the Philharmonic - Frankfurt, 1952 - Pablo
36. Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges* - Play the Blues Back to Back - Verve
37. Jodie Christian - Soul Fountain - Delmark
38. Hamiet Bluiett - Ballads & Blues - Soul Note
39. Karayorgis/Maneri - Lift & Poise - Leo Lab
40. Charlie Haden & Kenny Barron - Night and The City - Verve
41. John Zorn Masada - Tet - DIW
42. Fred Hersch - Thelonious - Nonesuch
43. Paul Plimley@ - Everything in Stages - Songlines
44. Babkas@ - Fratelli - Songlines
45. Mengelberg/Gustafsson/Prins - Live in Holland '97 - X-OR
46. Brotzmann/Bergman/Cyrille - Exhilaration - Soul Note
47. Tom Varner - Martian Heartache - Soul Note
48. Music Revelation Ensemble - Cross Fire - DIW
49. Kowald/Ludi/Morris/Namchylak@ - When the Sun is Out You Don't See Stars - FMP
50. Various - A Chicago Jazz Tour - Big Chicago
March 1998
1. John Zorn* - The Parachute Years (7 CD's) - Tzadik
2. Abrams/Dewar/Barry - Calamities Break - Savage Sound Syndicate
3. Sten Sandell - Behind the Chords - LJ
4. Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges* - Play the Blues Back to Back - Verve
5. Myra Melford & Han Bennink@ - Eleven Ghosts - hatOLOGY
6. "Baby Face" Willette* - Face to Face - Blue Note
7. John Lindberg Ensemble - Bounce - Black Saint
8. Edward Wilkerson Jr.@ - The Path - Sound Aspects
9. Music Revelation Ensemble - Cross Fire - DIW
10. Houtkamp/Van Hove/Prins - Live in Canada - X-OR
11. Steve Lacy - Associates - Robi Droli
12. Brad Shepik and the Commuters - The Loan - Songlines
13. Gerry Mulligan* - Meets Ben Webster - Verve
14. Planet Construction - When Granny Sleeps - Storyville
15. Haden/Allen/Motian - The Montreal Tapes - Verve
16. Horace Silver Quintet* - Further Explorations - Blue Note
17. Scott Fields Ensemble - Sonotropism - Music & Arts
18. Various - A Chicago Jazz Tour - Big Chicago
19. Bluiett Baritone Saxophone Group - Live at the Knitting Factory - Knitting Factory
20. Sun Ra and his Arkestra* - Cosmo Sun Connection - Recommended
21. Miles Davis Quintet@ - Miles Smiles - Columbia
22. Konitz/Mehldau/Haden - Alone Together - Blue Note
23. Dewey Redman - In London - Palmetto
24. John Zorn Masada - Tet - DIW
25. Coleman Hawkins* - Encounters Ben Webster - Verve
26. Abbey Rader w/ David Liebman - Inner Voices - Abray
27. Kowald/Ludi/Morris/Namchylak@ - When the Sun is Out You Don't See Stars - FMP
28. Steve Lacy@* - Trio Live - Robi Droli
29. Blue Green Desires - Phone 3 Phone - Extraplatte
30. Brad Mehldau - The Art of the Trio - Warner Bros.
31. Kenny Barron - Things Unseen - Verve
32. Club Foot Orchestra - Plays Nino Rota - Rastascan
33. Spontaneous Music Ensemble - Withdrawal (1966-7) - Emanem
34. Vandermark 5 - Live at the Empty Bottle - Savage Sound Syndicate
35. Matt Darriau Paradox Trio - Flying at a Slant - Knitting Factory
36. Various* - Critics' Pick Sampler (Vol. 2) - Black Saint/Soul Note
37. Malachi Thompson - 47th Street - Delmark
38. Mengelberg/Gustafsson/Prins - Live in Holland '97 X-OR
39. Kaffe Matthews - cdAnn - Annette Works
40. Human Feel@ - Speak to it - Songlines
41. Marty Ehrlich & Ben Goldberg - Light at the Crossroads - Songlines
42. Clark/Thorn/Fell - Isthmus - GAS
43. Java Men - Void - self release
44. Charlie Haden & Kenny Barron - Night and The City - Verve
45. Haden/Rubalcaba/Motian - The Montreal Tapes - Verve
46. various - CIMPosium Volume 3 CIMP
47. Kansas City Band - KC After Dark - Verve
48. Lennart Aberg 4 The Zone - Mirrors
49. Billy Bang - Bang On! - Justin Time
50. Naftule's Dream - Search for the Golden Dreydl - Tzadik
February 1998
1. Vandermark 5 - Live at the Empty Bottle - Savage Sound Syndicate
2. Mengelberg/Gustafsson/Prins - Live in Holland '97 - X-OR
3. Edward Wilkerson Jr.@ - The Path - Sound Aspects
4. Steve Lacy - Associates - Robi Droli
5. Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges* - Play the Blues Back to Back - Verve
6. Kaffe Matthews - cdAnn - Annette Works
7. Sten Sandell - Behind the Chords - LJ
8. Jim Hall - Live at the Village Vanguard - Telarc
9. Fred Van Hove - PijP - WIMprovier
10. Music Revelation Ensemble - Cross Fire - DIW
11. Horace Silver Quintet* - Further Explorations - Blue Note
12. Andrew Cyrille Trio - Good to Go - Soul Note
13. Hamiet Bluiett - Ballads & Blues - Soul Note
14. Abrams/Dewar/Barry - Calamities Break - Savage Sound Syndicate
15. Myra Melford & Han Bennink - Eleven Ghosts - hatOLOGY
16. Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - 21st Century Union March - Silkheart
17. Brad Shepik and the Commuters - The Loan - Songlines
18. Tom Varner - Martian Heartache - Soul Note
19. Houtkamp/Van Hove/Prins - Live in Canada '97 - X-OR
20. Various* - Critics' Pick Sampler (Vol. 2) - Black Saint/Soul Note
21. Tim Berne/Bloodcount - Discretion - Screwgun
22. Hank Crawford & Jimmy McGriff - Road Tested - Milestone
23. Bobby Previte - Latin For Travelers - Enja
24. Naftule's Dream - Search for the Golden Dreydl - Tzadik
25. Spontaneous Music Ensemble - Withdrawal (1966-7) - Emanem
26. Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - The Continuum - Delmark
27. "Baby Face" Willette* - Face to Face - Blue Note
28. Steve Lacy@* - Trio Live - Robi Droli
29. Matt Darriau Paradox Trio - Flying at a Slant - Knitting Factory
30. Ben Monder Trio* - Flux - Songlines
31. Peep - The Joy of Being - Knitting Factory
32. Ivo Perelman@ - Soccer Land - Ibeji
33. Misha Mengelberg@ - Impromptus - FMP
34. Ivo Perelman & Joe Morris - Strings - Leo
35. C.I. Williams - When Alto Was King - Mapleshade
36. Marty Ehrlich & Ben Goldberg - Light at the Crossroads - Songlines
37. Konitz/Mehldau/Haden - Alone Together - Blue Note
38. Bennink/Borstlap/Glerum - 3 - VIA
39. Coleman Hawkins* - Encounters Ben Webster - Verve
40. Mark Dresser - Banquet - Tzadik
41. John Lindberg Ensemble - Bounce - Black Saint
42. Paul Bley & Gary Peacock - Mindset - Soul Note
43. Le Quan Ninh - Ustensiles - For 4 Ears
44. Hilario Duran Cuban Jazz All Stars - Killer Tumbao - Justin Time
45. Red Fire Ant Trio - Live in Iowa City - Toe Inc
46. various - CIMPosium Volume 3 - CIMP
47. European Chaos String Quintet@ - European Chaos String Quintet - For 4 Ears
48. Guenter Sommer@ - Saechsiche Schatulle - Intakt
49. Gerry Mulligan* - Meets Ben Webster - Verve
50. Mats Gustafsson - Impropositions - Phono Suecia
January 1998
1. John Zorn* - The Parachute Years (7 CD's) - Tzadik
2. Perelman/Parker/Ali - Live - Zero In
3. Tom Varner - Martian Heartache - Soul Note
4. Brotzmann/Bergman/Cyrille - Exhilaration - Soul Note
5. Le Quan Ninh - Ustensiles - For 4 Ears
6. Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - The Continuum - Delmark
7. Bobby Previte - Latin For Travelers - Enja
8. Hamiet Bluiett - Ballads & Blues - Soul Note
9. Fred Van Hove - PijP - WIMprovier
10. Mengelberg/Gustafsson/Prins - Live in Holland '97 - X-OR
11. Konitz/Mehldau/Haden - Alone Together - Blue Note
12. Edward Wilkerson Jr.@ - The Path - Sound Aspects
13. Malachi Thompson - 47th Street - Delmark
14. Mark Dresser - Banquet - Tzadik
15. Houtkamp/Van Hove/Prins - Live in Canada '97 - X-OR
16. Steve Lacy - Associates - Robi Droli
17. Flute Force 4 - Flutistry - Black Saint
18. Mats Gustafsson - Impropositions - Phono Suecia
19. Babkas@ - Fratelli - Songlines
20. Paul Rutherford - Sequences 72 & 73 - Emanem
21. Alati/Ielasi/Radaele/Sciajno - ...I am surprised while it is actually happening... - Leo
22. The Fringe - Live in Israel - Soul Note
23. Andrew Cyrille Trio - Good to Go - Soul Note
24. various* - Crime Jazz: Music in the First Degree - Rhino
25. Vandermark 5 - Live at the Empty Bottle - Savage Sound Syndicate
26. Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - 21st Century Union March - Silkheart
27. Guenter Sommer - Saechsiche Schatulle - Intakt
28. Jodie Christian - Soul Fountain - Delmark
29. Paul Bley & Gary Peacock - Mindset - Soul Note
30. Marty Ehrlich & Ben Goldberg - Light at the Crossroads - Songlines
31. various* - Crime Jazz: Music in the Second Degree - Rhino
32. Tom Bruno & Sabir Mateen - Getting Away With Murder - Eremite
33. Ben Monder Trio* - Flux - Songlines
34. Urban Voices - Not Missing Drums Project - Leo
35. Marc Copland Trio - Paradiso - Soul Note
36. Ellery Eskelin - One Great Day - hatOLOGY
37. Moscow Composers Orchestra - Let Peremsky Dream - Leo
38. Eric Person - More Tales to Tell - Soul Note
39. Naftule's Dream - Search for the Golden Dreydl - Tzadik
40. Hank Crawford & Jimmy McGriff - Road Tested - Milestone
41. Chicago Jazz Ensemble - The Chicago Jazz Ensemble - CMG
42. Steve Khan - Got My Mental - Evidence
43. C.I. Williams - When Alto Was King - Mapleshade
44. Steve Lacy@* - Trio Live - Robi Droli
45. Ensemble Sondarc - For Four Rooms - For 4 Ears
46. Theo Bleckmann & Ben Monder - No Boat - Songlines
47. Red Fire Ant Trio - Live in Iowa City - Toe Inc
48. various* - Critics' Pick Sampler (Vol. 2) - Black Saint/Soul Note
49. Norrie Cox & his New Orleans Stompers - Move the Body Over - Delmark
50. Don Braden - The Voice of the Saxophone - RCA
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