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The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers

The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers

Jack DeJohnette featuring Bill Frisell
2012-01-12
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Daniel Bennett Group: Peace & Stability Among Bears

Daniel Bennett Group: Peace & Stability Among Bears

Daniel Bennett
2011-04-21
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John Williams: Guitar Recital

John Williams: Guitar Recital

John Williams
2011-02-27
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Lola Danza: Vision Quest

Lola Danza: Vision Quest

Lola Danza
2010-12-28
492
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 7

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 7

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
2010-12-26
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Basie's Beatles Bag

Basie's Beatles Bag

Count Basie
2010-12-25
286
Beethoven: The "Late" Quartets

Beethoven: The "Late" Quartets

The Tokyo Quartet
2010-11-23
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Abacus

Abacus

Frank Glover
2010-05-05
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More Mr. Nice Guy

More Mr. Nice Guy

Garaj Mahal
2010-04-03
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Politico

Politico

Frank Glover
2010-02-04
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Ages

Ages

Lorraine Feather
2010-01-26
468
Daniel Bennett Group: The Legend Of Bear Thompson

Daniel Bennett Group: The Legend Of Bear Thompson

The Daniel Bennett Group
2009-11-22
361
Louis Armstrong: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946)

Louis Armstrong: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946)

Louis Armstrong
2009-11-08
818
The Lester Young/Count Basie Sessions 1936-1940

The Lester Young/Count Basie Sessions 1936-1940

Lester Young
2008-10-11
540
Wha's Nine

Wha's Nine

Trio 3
2008-09-13
334
Esta Es Mi Rumba

Esta Es Mi Rumba

Yuba Ire
2007-09-22
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Migration

Migration

Antonio Sanchez
2007-09-21
359
Chu Berry: Classic Columbia And Victor Sessions

Chu Berry: Classic Columbia And Victor Sessions

Chu Berry
2007-09-08
737
Garden of Forbidden Fruit

Garden of Forbidden Fruit

Norman Hedman's Tropique
2007-07-01
323
Jazz Italiano Live 2006

Jazz Italiano Live 2006

Stefano Bollani
2007-06-15
432
Compulsion!!!!!

Compulsion!!!!!

Andrew Hill
2007-05-15
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OM/ShalOM

OM/ShalOM

Michael Stephans
2007-04-09
275
People of the Ninth: New Orleans and the Hurricane 2005

People of the Ninth: New Orleans and the Hurricane 2005

Kali Z. Fasteau/Kidd Jordan
2007-03-27
238
Il Colori Del Mare

Il Colori Del Mare

Daniela Schachter
2007-03-18
224
Techari

Techari

Ojos de Brujo
2007-02-13
383
SongSpirit

SongSpirit

Sathima Bea Benjamin
2006-12-06
305
Angel of the Presence

Angel of the Presence

John Taylor
2006-10-31
438
Falling Into Place

Falling Into Place

Slava Ganelin / Ned Rothenberg
2006-10-13
123
Unspoken Songs

Unspoken Songs

Tobias Sjogren and Per Jorgensen
2006-09-22
223
A Lazarus Taxon

A Lazarus Taxon

Tortoise
2006-09-18
206
In Orbit

In Orbit

Planet Jazz
2006-08-05
127
Husky

Husky

Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet
2006-07-07
431
The Rough Guide To Planet Rock

The Rough Guide To Planet Rock

Various Artists
2006-05-31
230
Ruff

Ruff

Monsieur Dubois
2006-05-16
298
Long Hidden: The Olmec Series

Long Hidden: The Olmec Series

William Parker
2006-05-03
227
Mulatos Remix

Mulatos Remix

Omar Sosa
2006-05-02
170
Une Chance pour l'ombre

Une Chance pour l'ombre

Kazue Sawai / Michel Doneda / Kazuo Imai / L
2006-04-30
165
Copperopolis

Copperopolis

Charlie Hunter Trio
2006-04-24
150
Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

Yosvany Terry Cabrera
2006-04-23
375
The Williamsburg Sonatas

The Williamsburg Sonatas

Gianni Gebbia / Lukas Ligeti / Massimo Pupillo
2006-04-07
251
The Exchange Session Vol. 1

The Exchange Session Vol. 1

Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid
2006-04-02
198
Me and Mr. Johnson

Me and Mr. Johnson

Jimmy Smith
2006-04-01
499
The London Concert

The London Concert

Derek Bailey / Evan Parker
2006-03-29
249
Black on White

Black on White

Ivo Perelman Trio
2006-03-28
191
One More Time

One More Time

Steve Lacy / Joelle Leandre
2006-03-27
221
Norrk

Norrk

Gush
2006-03-27
165
Rewind That

Rewind That

Christian Scott
2006-03-21
350
Journey to the Centre of an Egg

Journey to the Centre of an Egg

Rabih Abou-Khalil / Joachim Kuhn / Jarrod Cagwin
2006-03-19
335
Raccolto

Raccolto

Stefano Battaglia
2006-03-16
222
Hokane

Hokane

Aki Tsuyuko
2006-03-13
140

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