JAZZ
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - ?..and his mother called him Bill?- RCA Bluebird 9026-63744-27
Bobby Previte: The 23 Constellations of Joan Mir?- Ensemble cond. By Kirk Nurock - Tzadik TZ 7072
Brad Mehldau - Largo - Warner Bros. 9 48114-2
Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans- Know What I Mean? - Analogue Productions CAPJ 9433 -Hybrid Stereo SACD
The Benny Goodman Quartet - Together Again! (Goodman, clarinet; Teddy Wilson, piano; Lionel Hampton, vibes; Gene Krupa, drums) - RCA Bluebird 09026-63881-27
Gary Burton & Makoto Ozone - Virtuosi - Concord Jazz CCD-2105-2
Jason Moran, solo pianos - Modernistic - Blue Note 72435-39838-2 6
Charlie Christian: The Genius of the Electric Guitar, 1939-1941 - Reissue produced by Michael Brooks & Michael Cuscuna - Columbia Legacy 65564 (4 CD set)
Miles Davis - Tutu (with Marcus Miller, Adam Holzman, George Duke, Michael Urbaniak & others) - Warner Bros. DVD-A 9 48429-9
Monty Alexander - My America - Telarc multichannel SACD 6355-2
Dave Holland Big Band - What Goes Around - ECM 1777 440 014 002-2
The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Max Roach) - Debut/Fantasy DCD-124-2
Artie Shaw Self Portrait - nearly 100 selections by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra from l936 thru 1954 on 5 CDs - Bluebird boxed set 09026 63808-2
Duke Ellington, Charlie Mingus, Max Roach - Money Jungle - Blue Note 7243 5 38227 2 9
Al di Meola - Flesh On Flesh - with Anthony Jackson, contrabass; Gumbi Ortiz, congas; Mario Parmisano, acoustic piano, synth, marimba & calliope; Alejando Santos, flutes & panpipes; Ernie Adams, drums; etc. - Telarc CD 83543
Ray Brown Trio - Some of My Best Friends Are...Guitarists (Ray Brown, bass; with John Pizzarelli, Herb Ellis, Russell Malone, Kenny Burrell, Bruce Forman and Ulf Wakenius, guitar; Geoff Keezer, piano; Karriem Riggins, drums) - Telarc CD83499
Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller (Incl. Wayne Shorter, sop. & tenor sax & Lyricon, tack piano; Joe Zawinul, piano, vocals, Melodica, synth, organ, percussion, Fender Rhodes; Miroslav Vitous & Alphonso Johnson, bass; Dom Um Romao & Ray Baretto, percussion; Skip Hadden & Ismael Wilburn, drums) - Columbia Legacy multichannel SACD (only) CS 65112
Joe Lovano - Viva Caruso (with Joe Lovano Street Band, Opera House Ensemble) Woodwind Orchestrations by Byron Olson - Blue Note 72435 35986-2 4
Bobby McFerrin - Beyond Words (with Chick Corea, piano; Bass/guitar/percussion, Richard Bona; Drums, Omar Hakim; Percussion, Cyro Baptista & guest soloists) - Blue Note/Angel 7243 34201 2 3
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (with Tommy Flanagan, piano; Doug Watkins, bass; Max Roach, drums) - Prestige/Fantasy/Analogue Productions Mono SACD CAPJ 7079SA
Clark Terry - One On One (with Monty Alexander, Geri Allen, Kenny Barron, Tommy Flanagan, Benny Green, Sir Roland Hanna, John Lewis, Marian McPartland, Junior Mance, Billy Taylor and others) Multichannel SACD - Chesky SACD231
Charles Mingus - Tijuana Blues - Bluebird 09026-63840
The Larry Goldings Trio (Goldings, B3; Peter Bernstein, guitar; Bill Stewart, drums/cymbals/gongs) - Moonbird - Palmetto/Hi Res Music stereo DVD-A HRM 2004
Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar - Swing Live (with Peter Appleyard, vibes; Allen Vache, clarinet; Bernard Purdie, drums; Michael Moore, bass) Chesky DVD A "2/4/6 disc" CHDVD222
Invisible Nature - John Surman (sop. & bar. Sax, bass clar., synthesizers); Jack DeJohnette (drums, electronic percussion, piano) - ECM 1796
Regina Carter, violin - Something for Grace - Atlantic 82975-2
Michael Camilo - Triangulo (with Anthony Jackson, bass; Horatio Hernandez, drums) - Telarc Jazz multichannel SACD SACD 63549
Jim Hall & Basses (Scott Colley, Charlie Haden, Dave Holland, George Mraz, Christian McBride) - Telarc CD-83506
Pat Metheny Group - Imaginary Day - Warner Bros. DVD-A 9 46791-9
CLASSICAL REISSUES
BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra - JVC xrcd JMCXR-0007
BELA BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra; The Miraculous Mandarin - New York Philharmonic/Pierre Boulez - Sony Classical SACD (only) SS 87710
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7; MOZART: Symphony No. 41 - Hans Knappertsusch conducts Munich Philh. and Vienna Philh. - Urania SP 4202
BEETHOVEN: Fidelio - Ferenc Fricsay cond. Orchestre de la Suisse Romande w/Metternich, Anders, Werth, Frick - Gebhardt JGCD 0045-2
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 73 "Emperor"; Piano Sonatas 8 "Pathetique" & 23 "Appassionata" Edwin Fischer/Wilhelm Furtwaengler cond. Philharmonia Orch. - EMI 7243 5 74800
FAURE: 13 Barcarolles; Theme and Variations - Germaine Thyssens Valentin, piano - Testament SBT 1215
Sergio Fiorentino Edition, Vol. 4 = LISZT and CHOPIN Orchestral Recordings - Fiorentino, piano w/Vernon Handley cond. Guildford Philharmonic - APR 5584
FRANCK: Symphony in D Minor - Boston Symphony Orch./Charles Munch - BMG/JVC xrcd JMCXR-0018
Michael Gielen Edition 75th Anniversary: STRAVINSKY, BUSONI, BEETHOVEN, RAVEL, BRUCKNER, GIELEN, STEUERMANN, SCHUBERT, BACH, SCHOENBERG, SCRIABIN - Hanssler 93.056-93.060 (5 CDs)
Clemens Krauss conducts BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1; MOZART: Symphony No. 41- Clemens Krauss/Bremen State Philharmonic Orchestra - Tahra TAH 455
MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" - Vincent, Ferrier, Otto Klemperer cond. 1951 Holland Festival - Guild GHCD 2210
Edith Picht, Axenfeld, Last Recital - BRAHMS: Klavierstuecke, Op. 117 119 - Camerata 28CM-637
RAVEL: Daphnis & Chloe (complete ballet) - Boston Symphony/Charles Munch - JVCXR-0222-2
RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome; Fountains of Rome - JVC xrcd JMCXR 0008
R. STRAUSS: Elektra (NY, 1949) - Varnay, Janssen, Nicolaidi, Jagel w/Dimitri Mitropoulos cond. NY Philharmonic - Guild GHCD 2213/14
Stokowski conducts SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2; HAYDn Symphony No. 53; music by R. STRAUSS, MOZART, HUMPERDINCK - Leopold Stokowski conducts Symphony Orchestra - Cala CACD0532
WAGNER: Der Ring des Nibelungens - Hans Knappertsbusch cond. 1956 Bayreuth Festival, w/Varnay, Uhde, Traxel, Windgassen, Greindl - Music&Arts CD-4009 (13 discs)
Bruno Walter conducts BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique and RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole - Bruno Walter conducts NBC Symphony - Arbiter 133
WALTON conducts WALTON = Cello Concerto (Fournier); Crown Imperial; Facade; The Twelve; Variations on a Theme of Hindemith; Coronation Te Deum - William Walton conducts Royal Philharmonic and BBC Symphony -
BBC Legends BBCL 4098-2
POP/ROCK
The Band - The Last Waltz = With guests Paul Butterfield, Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Dr. John, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Muddy Waters, Neil Young - Warner Bros./Rhino DVD-A R9 78260
Don Byron - You Are #6 (More Music for Six Musicians) - Byron, clarinet & bass cl.; James Zollar, trumpet & flugelhorn; Edsel Gomez, piano; Leo Traversa, bass & vocals; Milton Cardona, percussion & vocals; Ben Wittman, drums & percussion; 15 guest performers - Blue Note 32231
Eric Clapton - Reptile - Reprise DVD-Audio (also DTS) 9 47966-9
The Best of Mickey Hart - Over the Edge and Back - 360 Degrees/Ryko DVD-Audio DVDA 10494
Big Brother & The Holding Company with Janis Joplin - Cheap Thrills - Columbia Legacy multichannel (SACD only) CS 65784
B.B. King & Eric Clapton - Riding With the King - Reprise DVD-Audio 9 47612-9
The Grateful Dead - American Beauty - Warner Bros./Rhino DVD-A R9 74385-93
John Mceuen and Jimmy Ibotson - Nitty Gritty Surround - Special Appearance by Jennifer Warnes - AIX Records AIX 80008 DVD-A
Mofro - Blackwater - Hi-Res Music HRM 2002 Stereo DVD-A
Randy Newman - Little Criminals - Warner Bros./Rhino DVD-A R9 78349
Queen - A Night At The Opera; DTS-1091 DVD-A
Steely Dan - Two Against Nature - Giant Records 9 24719 9
James Taylor - JT - Multichannel SACD, Sony SONSAM69801
Muddy Waters - Folk Singer - Chess CHESA 940 - Single Layer Stereo SACD
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