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The Watermelon Sessions

The Watermelon Sessions

Wide-Eyed Lounge Cats
2023-12-20
7
Shape Shifter

Shape Shifter

Jim Josselyn
2023-08-17
1
Diddle

Diddle

James Robert Murphy
2023-08-01
3
Calder's Universe

Calder's Universe

Eric Zolan
2023-04-24
5
Pachyderm

Pachyderm

Bonzo Squad
2023-03-28
4
Move Closer!

Move Closer!

Branko Arnsek
2023-02-22
3
The Standards, Vol. 2 (Live at The Drum Room in Kansas City)

The Standards, Vol. 2 (Live at The Drum Room in Kansas City)

Christopher Burnett
2023-01-27
12
Lonely Girl - I Remember Julie

Lonely Girl - I Remember Julie

Petra van Nuis
2022-12-05
4
We Have a Dream

We Have a Dream

Emiliano Sampaio
2022-11-18
3
Best Next Thing

Best Next Thing

Michael Dease
2022-08-06
2
Glass Spheres

Glass Spheres

Chris Mondak
2022-07-25
4
Gifts

Gifts

Aaron Stroessner Quartet
2022-07-17
4
Never More Here

Never More Here

Larry Bluth Trio
2022-07-03
8
Quarantine Dream

Quarantine Dream

Caili O'Doherty
2022-06-26
4
The Papillon

The Papillon

Vidya
2022-06-20
3
Long Way Home

Long Way Home

Dimitris Angelakis
2022-05-22
2
The Scarlet Jazz Room

The Scarlet Jazz Room

Justin Chart
2022-05-07
11
Roots

Roots

Vivian Buczek
2022-04-24
2
Episodes Of Grace

Episodes Of Grace

Out To Dinner
2022-03-30
2
In The Life

In The Life

Jan Sturiale
2022-03-23
7
Ethereal Kinks

Ethereal Kinks

Samuel Mösching
2022-03-10
6
Inner Shibori

Inner Shibori

Jesse Correll
2022-02-18
1
The Emissary

The Emissary

Alex Coke & Carl Michel
2022-02-07
10
First Things First

First Things First

Boris Kozlov
2022-01-31
5
All In

All In

The Shuffle Demons
2022-01-24
5
As We Are

As We Are

Dave Stryker
2022-01-04
6
The Dana Sessions

The Dana Sessions

Brad Felt
2021-12-28
3
GoBruCcio

GoBruCcio

Bob Gorry
2021-11-13
2
Feel The Love

Feel The Love

Farnell Newton
2021-11-01
4
Conversation #2: Oracle / Conversation #3: Neologism

Conversation #2: Oracle / Conversation #3: Neologism

Arbenz, Hart, Känzig
2021-10-03
1
Narratives

Narratives

Alisa Amador
2021-09-25
4
Swingin' Again

Swingin' Again

Scott Hamilton and Duke Robillard
2021-09-02
7
Blues & Hues New Orleans

Blues & Hues New Orleans

Clifford Lamb
2021-07-24
7
L.A. Source Codes

L.A. Source Codes

Will Lyle
2021-06-25
11
Ancient Grains

Ancient Grains

Will Bernard
2021-06-22
5
Dreamer

Dreamer

Pamai Chirdkiatisak
2021-06-13
12
Conversation #1: Condensed

Conversation #1: Condensed

Arbenz, Mehari, Veras
2021-05-18
4
What are the Odds?

What are the Odds?

Dennis Winge
2021-05-06
1
Still Doing Our Thing

Still Doing Our Thing

Behn Gillece
2021-04-14
11
The Standards, Vol. 1

The Standards, Vol. 1

Christopher Burnett
2021-04-03
6
Boss-A-Nova: Springsteen Plays Jazz

Boss-A-Nova: Springsteen Plays Jazz

Bruce Springsteen
2021-04-01
20
Lost and Found

Lost and Found

Justin Page
2021-03-30
6
Secret Suite

Secret Suite

Nick Lombardelli
2021-03-28
3
Give It All You Got

Give It All You Got

Michael Dease
2021-03-20
5
Irlandalucía

Irlandalucía

John Walsh
2021-03-12
4
Play On

Play On

Out To Dinner
2021-02-27
7
Indigenous

Indigenous

Diego Rivera
2021-02-16
8
New Sounds

New Sounds

New Faces
2021-01-30
9
Jammin' With KC

Jammin' With KC

Sylwester Ostrowski
2020-11-30
24
En Casa Limon

En Casa Limon

David Broza
2020-11-22
4

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