Tuesday Jazz

January 15, 2013 / / No Comments

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Roadside Attraction Big Band
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

THE ROYAL ROOM: The Songs For A Bookmark Project/New House Orchestra
5000 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, 8:00PM

JAZZ ALLEY: Hiroshima
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

MIX: Don Mock, Steve Kim & Jaques Willis
6006 12th Ave South, 206-767-0280, 9:00pm

OWL ‘N THISTLE: Jam w/ Eric Verlinde & Jose Martinez
808 Post Ave, 206-621-7777, 10:00pm

SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: McTuff Trio
2202 N 45th St, 206-633-1824, 10:00pm

COPPER GATE: Suffering F#ckheads
6301 24th Ave NW, 206-706-3292, 8:00pm

BOXLEY’S: Nate Parker Duo
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

BAKE’S PLACE: Hans Brehmer Trio
155 108th Ave NE, Bellevue, (425) 454-2776, 8:00pm

Online Fundraiser for Julian Priester

January 14, 2013 / / No Comments

There is currently an online fundraiser for trombonist Julian Priester who is in need of funds to help out with medical and living expenses.

From YouCaring.com:
Many of you know Julian Priester…
…if not personally, then as one of jazz’s living treasures. He’s performed and recorded with the likes of Duke Ellington, Max Roach, Dinah Washington, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Sun Ra… and has been a key member of the Seattle jazz community for the past 35 years.

Prof. Priester recently retired from his longtime faculty position at Cornish College of the Arts, and was hit with a “perfect storm” of events. He sufferred serious kidney troubles, incurring expenses and forcing him to stay near Seattle – both for treatment and to be available for a transplant should the opportunity suddenly arise. That prevents him from touring which, for lack of a pension, is his main source of income. He and his wife have already had to give up their home and put most of their posessions into storage. Even so, it has been a struggle to keep up with the costs of storage, and they cannot reclaim their belongings until the mounting fees are paid off. Soon their things will be auctioned off – not only practical possessions but a lifetime of artwork, music and family history.

If you would like to contribute (there are 83% towards their goal) you can do so here.

Monday Jazz

January 14, 2013 / / No Comments

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Dave Marriott Big Band
2214 Second Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

EL GAUCHO: Paul Richardson
2505 1st Ave, 6:00pm

PARATII: Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch
5463 Leary Ave NW, 206-420-7406, 9:00pm

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Primo Kim
555 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, 425-455-2734, 6:00pm

WHITE RABBIT: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
513 N 36th St Suite E, Seattle, 9:30pm

STILL LIQUOR: O’Brien & Kessler Trio w/ Nate Parker
1524 Minor Ave, Seattle, 9:00pm

ROYAL ROOM: The Syrinx Effect/Fruit and Vegetable
5000 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, 8:00PM

 

Friday Jazz

January 10, 2013 / / No Comments

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Michael Brockman Quartet
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Peter White
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

HIROSHI’S: Jazz and Sushi
2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726-4966

LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio
6423 Latona Avenue NE, 5:00 – 7:00pm, No Cover, 21+

VITO’S: Grace Love
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 206-682-2695, 9:00pm

ROYAL ROOM: Piano Royale/Picoso
5000 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle, 8:00pm

LAKESIDE BISTRO: Trish Hatley with Hans Brehmer
11425 Rainier Ave S, 206-772-6891, 7:00pm

GRAZIE: Blues Union
23207 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Bothell, 425-402-9600, 7:00pm

BOXLEY’S: Chris Clark Trio
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
TBA
1707 NW Market Street, Seattle, 206-789-1621

Jazz Northwest for January 13

January 10, 2013 / / No Comments

02xrms-cdMusicians from Portland, Seattle and Vancouver are regulary featured on Jazz Northwest, and this week, all three cities are represented.  Esperanza Spalding grew up in Portland and has become an international star. We’ll feature her in a song in tribute to her home town, “City of Roses”. The arrangement for the song has been nominated for a Grammy this year, and so has the CD, “Radio Music Society.”  Nancy King, Mary Kadderly and Eric Skye from Portland will also be featured.

New CDs by Jay Thomas and Bill Anschell represent the Seattle contingent this week, and Oliver Gannon‘s Quartet from Vancouver BC is also heard.  Olympia guitarist and bass player Steve Luceno represents his city.   There’s also news about where these musicians are performing.

Jazz Northwest is heard each Sunday afternoon at 2 PM Pacific on 88.5, KPLU and kplu.org..  The program is produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for KPLU and is also available as a podcast following the broadcast.

Thursday Jazz

January 10, 2013 / / No Comments

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Cory Weeds Quintet with Steve Davis
2214 Second Avenue, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

EARSHOT ART OF JAZZ: Greta Matassa Group
Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Avenue, 5:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Peter White
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm & 9:30pm

LAKESIDE BISTRO: Lakeside Jam
11425 Rainier Ave S, 206-772-6891, 6:00pm

COPPER GATE: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson & Tad Britton
6301 24th Ave NW, 206-706-3292, 8:00pm

VITO’S: Jimmie Herrod and Friends
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 206-682-2695, 8:00pm

BOXLEY’S: Tony Foster
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

BARCA: Phil Sparks / Adam Kessler Trio
1510 11th Avenue, Seattle, (206) 325-8263, 9:00pm

ROYAL ROOM: SuperSones
5000 Rainier Avenue South, 8:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Shmoo Seven
1707 NW Market Street, Seattle, 206-789-1621

Vancouver pianist Ross Taggart has died

January 9, 2013 / / No Comments

Vancouver pianist and tenor saxophonist Ross Taggart, who has performed in Seattle many times and who a number of Seattle musicians have worked with in Canada, passed away early this morning. Taggart had been hospitalized in the fall for renal cancer.

Vancouver saxophonist Cory Weeds, who performed frequently with Taggart and who is performing in Seattle Thursday night, posted on his Facebook page, “Tonight in Portland we play every song, every solo and every note for our friend Ross Taggart. I love you my man and I will miss you. You did more for me than anyone and were a support like none other. You have left a long beautiful legacy that will never ever forgotten.”

For more information, read the post by the Ottawa Citizen.

Wednesday Jazz

January 9, 2013 / / No Comments

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: The Jazz Misfits
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

ROYAL ROOM: Slingshot Songs with Jessica Lurie, Beth Fleenor, Sam Boshnack, Andy Coe, Evan Flory Barnes, and guests.
5000 Rainier Avenue South, 8:00pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Vicci Martinez
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: The Legacy Band with Clarence Acox
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

BOXLEY’S: 5:00pm: Future Jazz Heads; 7:00pm: Jazz Heads
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

418 PUBLIC HOUSE: 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-Felix
418 NW 65th St, 9:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Vocal Showcase featuring Mairin Gorman, Susan St. John, and Hanna Stevens
9pm – Vocal Jam hosted by Julie Olson
1707 NW Market Street, Seattle, (206) 789-1621

VITO’S: Jerry Zimmerman
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 206-682-2695, 8:00pm

CAFE CON LECHE: Brazilian jam w/ Jeff Busch
2901 1st Ave South, Seattle, 9:00pm

Review: Collabrations at The Chapel

January 8, 2013 / / No Comments

On The Scene with Howard LonderONE THE SCENE WITH HOWARD LONDNER

Collaborations:
Briggan Krauss – alto sax
Wayne Horvitz – electronics and electronic keyboards
Robin Holcomb – piano and voice
Peggy Lee – cello
Dylan Van Der Schyff – percussion

January 05,2013
Wayward Music Series
The Chapel Performance Space

Wayne, I enjoy when you play hammond B3 or piano, and I like a lot of the things you write, I’m sorry Man, I have a lot of trouble with electronics. And since I don’t like to watch tennis, my opinion of a match wouldn’t be any good, so I’m not going to say anything about the electronic end of the gig.

That, and I thought some songs ended too abruptly, should have stretched out further are the only things I didn’t care for…

Overall I think the music was either very good, or very excellant. The first part the ladies, Ms Holcomb and Ms Lee performed. Second part, only the gentlemen, Mr Krauss, Mr Horvitz, and Mr Van Der Schyff. The third and final part all five played together.

Someone told me once that Berg, the modern classical composer was erasing some of a composition students’ notes on the sheet music.When the student asked why he was doing that, Berg replied that the silence between the notes were as important as the notes themselves. I think Ms Holcomb has a pretty good handle on that. She and Ms Lee had the right amount of harmony and disharmony. I also thought there was some classical style impressionism involved. They did about six or seven songs (I don’t remember exactly. ) and Robin sang on about half of them. She has a nice pleasant voice. Both ladies are excellant musicians.

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Tuesday Jazz

January 8, 2013 / / No Comments

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Emerald City Jazz Orchestra
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

THE ROYAL ROOM: Chris McCarthy Trio Plays The Music of Ahmad Jamal; The Taylor-Clausen Quintet
5000 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, 8:00PM

JAZZ ALLEY: Vicci Martinez
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

MIX: Don Mock, Steve Kim & Jaques Willis
6006 12th Ave South, 206-767-0280, 9:00pm

OWL ‘N THISTLE: Jam w/ Eric Verlinde & Jose Martinez
808 Post Ave, 206-621-7777, 10:00pm

SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: McTuff Trio
2202 N 45th St, 206-633-1824, 10:00pm

COPPER GATE: Suffering F#ckheads
6301 24th Ave NW, 206-706-3292, 8:00pm

BOXLEY’S: Aaron Tevis Project
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

BAKE’S PLACE: Hans Brehmer Trio
155 108th Ave NE, Bellevue, (425) 454-2776, 8:00pm

 

Monday Jazz

January 7, 2013 / / No Comments

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Chris McCarthy Trio with D’Vonne Lewis and Nate Parker
2214 Second Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

EL GAUCHO: Paul Richardson
2505 1st Ave, 6:00pm

PARATII: Paratii session w/ Jeff Busch
5463 Leary Ave NW, 206-420-7406, 9:00pm

EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Primo Kim
555 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, 425-455-2734, 6:00pm

WHITE RABBIT: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
513 N 36th St Suite E, Seattle, 9:30pm

STILL LIQUOR: O’Brien & Kessler Trio w/ Nate Parker
1524 Minor Ave, Seattle, 9:00pm

ROYAL ROOM: Collective Music Ensemble
5000 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, 8:00PM

BOXLEY’S: 5:00pm: Mt. Si Vocal Workshop; 7:00pm: CCK Workshop
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

Canadian saxophonist Cory Weeds is a Renaissance jazz man

January 4, 2013 / / No Comments

Thursday, January 10
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB
2214 2nd Ave
7:30pm
Reservations: 206-443-4221

from The Seattle Times:

Most parents discourage their children from going into the arts, but when Canadian saxophonist Cory Weeds graduated from high school, his father promised to pay his first year of tuition — if he went to music school.

“Usually, it’s the other way around,” says the 39-year-old jazz man, who’s playing at Tula’s Thursday.

But Weeds’ dad loved jazz and could see his son had talent.

“I think he had designs that I would become a band teacher,” says Weeds. “If he had known that later I would be going into business, he probably wouldn’t have paid.”

The business Weeds refers to is Vancouver, B.C.’s, longest-running venue devoted exclusively to jazz, the Cellar. But that’s just one of the hats this Renaissance jazz man wears. He has a thriving career as a touring musician, heads a record label and hosts his own radio show.

“Jazz is my life,” he says.

When Weeds started the Cellar 12 years ago, he was pretty sure it would spell the end of his playing career. But his two vocations turned out to be symbiotic. In 2003, through booking the club, he met Hammond B-3 organ master Dr. Lonnie Smith, and they wound up touring and recording together.

“The Doctor Is In” was recorded at Weeds’ club, on his label, Cellar Live. So in one fell swoop, Weeds was launched — as a musician, club owner and label head.

Continue reading at The Seattle Times.

Friday Jazz

January 4, 2013 / / No Comments

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Katie King Quartet
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Pearl Django with Special Guest Connie Evingson
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm

HIROSHI’S: Jazz and Sushi
2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726-4966

LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio
6423 Latona Avenue NE, 5:00 – 7:00pm, No Cover, 21+

VITO’S: Tim Kennedy Trio
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 206-682-2695, 9:00pm

ROYAL ROOM: Piano Royale
5000 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle, 8:00pm

GRAZIE: Andre Thomas Quiet Fire
23207 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Bothell, 425-402-9600, 7:00pm

BOXLEY’S: Bill Anschell Trio
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Analog Honking Device, featuring Cynthia Mullis (tenor sax), Brent Jensen (soprano sax), Chuck Deardorf (bass), John Bishop (drums)
1707 NW Market Street, Seattle, 206-789-1621

Pearl Django at Jazz Alley this week

January 3, 2013 / / No Comments

Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents gypsy jazz artists Pearl Django in support of their new release Eleven. Joining Pearl Django will be special guest vocalist Connie Evingson. Band members include Troy Chapman (guitar), and Ryan Hoffman (Guitar), Rick Leppanen (bass), Michael Gray (violin), and David Lange (accordion). Set times Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday at 7:30pm, Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm and 9:30pm. Doors open at 6:00 pm Wednesday and 5:30pm all other nights.

Entering their sixteenth year of performing Pearl Django continues to be one of America’s most respected and busiest Hot Club style groups. Though still strongly influenced by the music of Django Reinhardt, Pearl Django’s repertoire now includes many original compositions. Their music reaches out across the divides of taste to a wide variety of audiences. The band’s fervent followers include Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli fans, guitar enthusiasts, lovers of string music, including bluegrass devotees, who relish nimble, clean, intricate picking, “world music” fans drawn to French and Gypsy accents, plus jazz buffs and aficionados of the new swing music. Transcending simple categorization, Pearl Django packs in enthusiastic audiences at dancehalls and nightclubs, at folk music festivals and jazz festivals alike.

The newest release by Pearl Django, Eleven (2012), showcases an even further evolving sound than their earlier recordings. While Pearl Django wears their love of Django Reinhardt and Gypsy Jazz on their sleeves, they also display a unique ability to stretch the genre in new directions. Eleven features a majority of original compositions, including two by Martin Taylor, their special guest on this CD. All of the group’s members contribute compositions to the repertoire. Eleven also solidifies a change in group personnel as Pearl Django founder Neil Andersson leaves the rigors of life on the road to enjoy the life of a painter while the new disc is the first full album length collaboration between guitarists Ryan Hoffman and Troy Chapman. Released to critical acclaim in June 2012, Eleven made it to #2 on the “US Roots Chart” and had a solid ten week run in the Jazz Week Top 40. JazzTimes says of Eleven in its recent review that it “points to the charm, wit, swing and lyricism that await Pearl Django devotees and newcomers alike. Small wonder that Martin Taylor was happy to oblige.” And, that indeed, is the Gypsy swing or ‘hot club’ sound that’s made Pearl Django a worldwide favorite.

Easy Street Records closing Lower Queen Anne branch

January 3, 2013 / / No Comments

from The Seattle Times:

Easy Street Records, a mainstay of Seattle’s thriving popular music scene and one of the few record stores left in the city, is closing its Lower Queen Anne branch.

“They wanted a long-term lease,” said store owner Matt Vaughan of his landlord, Diamond Parking. “The rent that was being asked was significantly higher.”

Vaughan declined to say what the rent was or by what percentage it would go up. But for each of the past two years, the store has signed a one-year lease at a rent he says the store could afford. A new tenant — Chase Bank — agreed to the new terms. Easy Street’s last day of operation at its 20 Mercer Street location will be Jan. 18.

Easy Street has been on Queen Anne for 12 years. Its other store, which remains in West Seattle, has been there since 1988.

Vaughan said the Queen Anne store did good business in 2012 but that it could not absorb a rent increase.

“What’s happened to South Lake Union has impacted real estate in the surrounding area,” he said. “There’s a commercial real-estate boom happening here in Seattle and for guys like myself it becomes too difficult to consider being in locations like the one I have here.”

Continue reading at The Seattle Times.

Thursday Jazz

January 3, 2013 / / No Comments

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Pete Christlieb with Linda Small and Bill Ramsay: Hadley Caliman Tribute
2214 Second Avenue, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Pearl Django with Special Guest Connie Evingson
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm & 9:30pm

THE CHAPEL: Analog Honking Device
Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 8:00pm

LAKESIDE BISTRO: Lakeside Jam
11425 Rainier Ave S, 206-772-6891, 6:00pm

COPPER GATE: Jon Alberts, Jeff Johnson & Tad Britton
6301 24th Ave NW, 206-706-3292, 8:00pm

BOXLEY’S: Tim Kennedy
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

BARCA: Phil Sparks / Adam Kessler Trio
1510 11th Avenue, Seattle, (206) 325-8263, 9:00pm

ROYAL ROOM: The Royal Ramble- Seattle’s All-Star Hootenanny Hosted by The Jelly Rollers
5000 Rainier Avenue South, 8:00pm

BAKE’S PLACE: Patricia Lee Allen
155 108th Ave NE, Bellevue, (425) 454-2776, 8:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Clausen-Strosahl Quintet, with Andy Clausen (trombone), Logan Strosahl (tenor sax), Mark Hunter (bass), Evan Woodle (drums) and Gus Carns (piano)
9pm – Harmelodics – The music of Ornette Coleman, with Xavier Del Castillo (tenor sax), Corey Dansereau (trumpet), Mat Muntz (bass) and Evan Woodle (drums)
1707 NW Market Street, Seattle, 206-789-1621

Cynthia Mullis debuts new group this Thursday

January 2, 2013 / / No Comments

Cynthia Mullis’ new band, Analog Honking Device, debuts this Thursday and Friday performing music based on the modern jazz repertoire approached with a free and open, improvisatory, experimental aesthetic. As notes on her website, “Compositions are explored intuitively based what each band member brings to the table from their own musical experience. The result is a seat-of-the-pants musical adventure that veers between the inside and outside parameters of the jazz experience.”

Both shows feature fellow saxophonist Brent Jensen who is familiar to Seattle jazz fans from his recordings on Origin Records.

Thursday, January 3rd, 2013 at 8pm:
Cynthia Mullis, tenor sax
Brent Jensen, soprano sax
Steve Kim, electric bass
Chris Symer, acoustic bass
Chris Icasiano, drums

WAYWARD MUSIC SERIES
Chapel Performance Space
Fourth floor of the Good Shepherd Center
4649 Sunnyside Ave. N, Seattle (SW corner of 50th & Sunnyside in Wallingford)
Admission: $5-15 sliding scale.

Friday, January 4th, 2013 at 7pm:
Cynthia Mullis, tenor sax
Brent Jensen, soprano sax
Chuck Deardorf,  bass
John Bishop, drums
Tim Kennedy, piano

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE
1707 NW Market Street
Seattle, WA 98107
Phone: 206-789-1621

Earshot accepting nominations for Golden Ear Awards ballot

January 2, 2013 / / No Comments

Earshot Jazz is currently accepting nominations for the 2012 Golden Ear Awards, which recognize and celebrate the outstanding achievements of the previous year in Seattle jazz.

Please email nominations to [email protected] by January 11, 2013.

The ballot for the 2012 awards will be available in the February.

Send Earshot your suggestions for:

  • NW Recording of the Year
  • NW Acoustic Jazz Ensemble of the Year
  • Alternative Jazz Group of the Year
  • NW Concert of the Year
  • NW Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year
  • Emerging Artist of the Year
  • NW Vocalist of the Year
  • Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame

Wednesday Jazz

January 1, 2013 / / No Comments

TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: 7:30pm: MWNW Honors Ensemble; 8:30pm: Smith/Staelens Big Band
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm

ROYAL ROOM: 6:30: The John Otten Quintet; 8:00pm: The Westerlies
5000 Rainier Avenue South, 7:30pm

JAZZ ALLEY: Pearl Django with Special Guest Connie Evingson
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm

NEW ORLEANS: The Legacy Band with Clarence Acox
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm

BOXLEY’S: 5:00pm: Future Jazz Heads; 7:00pm: Jazz Heads
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm

418 PUBLIC HOUSE: 418 session w/ Claudio Rochat-Felix
418 NW 65th St, 9:00pm

EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Evan Shay Group with Evan Shay (saxes), Xavier Del Castillo (tenor sax), Gus Carns (piano), Mat Muntz (bass) and Evan Woodle (drums) ($10 cover/$7 students)
9pm – Slant Quartet
1707 NW Market Street, Seattle, (206) 789-1621

CAFE CON LECHE: Brazilian jam w/ Jeff Busch
2901 1st Ave South, Seattle, 9:00pm

Jim Wilke’s Favorite Northwest Jazz CDs of 2012

January 1, 2013 / / No Comments

from Jim Wilke:

For Pacific Northwest jazz fans in particular, here are some of the exceptional releases from artists living in Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver.

Clipper Anderson – The Road Home – Origin
Human Spirit – Dialogue Live at Earshot Festival – Origin
Cory Weeds – Up A Step – Cellar Live
Pearl Django – Eleven– Modern Hot
Ezra Weiss/Rob Scheps Big Band – Our Path To This Moment– Roark
Bill Anschell/Brent Jensen/Chris Symer – Blueprints – Origin
Jon Hamar – Hymn – Origin
Jeff Johnson – Suitcase – Origin
Johnny Conga – Oye! – Hand to Drum
The Cats / Jay Thomas et al – Neo-Boogaloo – Pony Boy

Make sure and check out Jim Wilke’s complete 2012 list here.