New Jazz Releases

Here are some new recently announced CDs and DVDs set for release during February and March:

NEW JAZZ CDs
Andy Summers - The X Tracks - features jazz tracks from 1997-2000 (Fuel 2000 Records; Feb. 8)
Astrud Gilberto & Shigeharu Mukai - So & So - two-CD set available on Feb. 14 (Columbia/Japan)
Astrud Gilberto & Stanley Turrentine - Astrud Gilberto with Stanley Turrentine - features two previously unreleased bonus tracks (CTI/Epic; Feb. 15)
Bob James - Explosions - from 1965 with Barre Phillps & Robert "Cleve" Pozar (Calibre ESP-Disk; Mar. 22)
Carmen McRae - Fine and Mellow - 2 CDs (Navarre: Mar. 29)
Chieli Manucci - Got It Goin'On! (Shanachie; Mar. 22)
Chuck Loeb - When I'm With You (Shanachie: Feb. 22)
Jane Monheit - In The Sun (Silverline: Mar. 22)
Jeff Lorber - Flipside (Narada: Feb 15)
Luiz Bonfa - Solo In Rio 1959 - includes 14 bonus tracks (Smithsonian/Folkways)
Marcus Miller - Silver Rain - features Gerald Albright, Kenny Garrett, Kirk Whalum, Macy Gray and Gregoire Maret (Koch; Mar. 8)
Monty Alexander - Live At The Iridium! (Telarc)
Nina Simone - Baltimore (CTI/Epic; Feb 15)
Nina Simone - Fodder On My Wings (Sunnyside 1144: Mar. 15)
Sakesho - We Want You To Say... - with Andy Narell, Mario Canonge, Michel Alibo and Jean Philippe Fanfant (Heads Up; Mar. 22)
Stan Getz - Tempus Fugit (Recall: Mar. 8)
Tito Puente - Doctor Feel Good - 2 CDs (Navarre: Mar. 29)
Yellowjackets - Altered State - both CD and SACD hybrid available (Heads Up; Mar. 22)

NEW JAZZ DVDs
Al Di Meola - One of These Nights - recorded live in Germany 2004 (Music Video Dist.; Feb. 15)
Cassandra Wilson - Travelling Miles (Blue Note: Feb 15)
Dianne Reeves - Live In Montreal - recorded live at the Montreal International Jazz Festival (Image Entertainment)
Lena Horne - An Evening With Lena Horne - from the Supper Club in New York City, Sept. 1994; with the Donald Harrison quintet and the Count Basie Orchestra (Blue Note)
Various Artists - Jazz Legends Live 8 - features Bob James, Lee Ritenour and Carmen McCrae (Quantum Leap; Feb. 15)