Alas, winter quarter is coming to a close here at UCSC. Students eagerly toss away their notes without looking back and squish into cars like the Joads to race home. Still, there is plenty going on in the world of jazz here at the Great 88. There was the official handing over of the Jazz Director title or NPR highlighted band Moon Hooch playing at the Catalyst. All the same, one thing that does not change is our weekly installment of charts and adds.
Adds:
1 KERI JOHNSRUD This Side of the Morning self-released
2 STOCKTON HELBING Patina Armored
3 YELENA ECKEMOFF TRIO Lions L and H
4 JACKY TERRASSON Take This! Impulse
5 JOVAN ALEXANDRE Collective Consciousness Xippi Phonorecords
Charts:
1 TIGRAN HAMASYAN Mockroot Nonesuch
2 JACKY TERRASSON Take This! Impulse
3 JOSH NELSON Exploring Mars Origin
4 STEVE TURRE Spiritman Smoke Sessions
5 ROBERTA DONNAY Bathtub Gin Motema
6 DIANA KRALL Wallflower Verve
7 MALIKA TIROLIEN Sur La Voie Ensoleillee
8 MILES DAVIS Miles Smiles Columbia/Legacy
9 BRIAN BLADE AND THE FELLOWSHIP BAND Landmarks Blue Note
10 ESBJORN SVENSSON TRIO Seven Days of Falling Diesel Music