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There seems to be a higher-than-usual number of contemporary jazz recordings coming out this month. Here’s a quick breakdown of what the latest music costs at iTunes vs. the Amazon MP3 shop.
| Amazon | iTunes | ||
| Pat Metheny | What’s It All About | $8.99 | $11.99 |
| Michael Franks | Time Together | $6.99 | $9.99 |
| Corea, Clarke & White | Forever | $15.00 | $19.99 |
| Paul Taylor | Prime Time | $6.99 | $9.99 |
| New Gary Burton Quartet | Common Ground | $8.99 | $9.99 |
The ContemporaryJazz.com Store will feature a number of different categories, from new releases to best of lists. It’s just starting out and there are two departments to shop from so far – new releases and the 1988 store. Items are purchased from Amazon.com, which this site is a member of its affiliate program.
The new releases has six recordings that came out this week. More will be added.
The other department is 1988. This is the first of the yearly departments I’ll be adding as I develop content for 1989 contemporary jazz recordings and beyond. The 1988 department has the best-selling contemporary jazz recordings for that year – including music from the David Sanborn, Tuck & Patti, George Howard, Steve Kindler, Spyro Gyra, Najee, and more! Stop in there and see which recordings you remember!
Here is a list of new CDs and DVDs coming in May that I’m aware of. Click 
to order the CD from Amazon.com, or 
to download MP3s. Your purchases through these links help the site!
May 5
Poogie Bell Band – Get on the Kit |
Jim Beard w/ Vince Mendoza – Revolutions
Incognito – Live in Jakarta DVD
May 12
Return To Forever – Live at Montreux 2008 DVD / Blu-ray
Stanley Clarke Trio w/ Hiromi and Lenny White – Jazz in the Garden |
Candy Dulfer – Funked Up! |
Charnett Moffett (feat. Will Calhoun) – The Art of Improvisation
May 19
Richard Elliot – Rock Steady |
Nicola Conte – Rituals |
Terri Lyne Carrington – More To Say… (Real Life Story: NextGen) |
May 26
Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow & Antonio Sanchez – Quartet Live!
Diana Krall – Live In Rio DVD / Blu-ray
Here is a list of new releases coming in April that I’m aware of. Click to order the CD from Amazon.com, or to download MP3s. Your purchases through these links help the site!
April 7
Cassandra Wilson – Closer To You – The Pop Side |
Paul Brown and Marc Antoine – Foreign Exchange |
Rudder – Matorning
Jeff Kashiwa – The Very Best of Jeff Kashiwa |
Jack DeJohnette – Music We Are (with John Patitucci and Danilo Perez)
April 14
Bernie Williams – Moving Forward |
Medeski Martin & Wood – Radiolarians II |
April 21
Down to the Bone – Future Boogie
Grant Geissman – Cool Man Cool
April 28
Chick Corea and John McLaughlin – Five Peace Band (with Christian McBride, Kenny Garrett, and Brian Blade)
Spyro Gyra – Down the Wire
Melody Gardot – My One and Only Thrill
U-Nam – Unanimity
Marion Meadows – Secrets
Earlier this month, I posted some of the new contemporary jazz and jazz-related videos that have come out this year. Below are some of the new CDs that came out this month. On the carousel to order the latest from Diana Krall, Gregg Karukas, Chris Botti, the Rippingtons, Sean Jones, Chuck Loeb, Return To Forever, Nils, and Philippe Saisse.