| Claudia Acuña
08 Jul Bruce Barth 12 Aug Dave Bass 06 May Ray Brown 25 Feb John Calloway 28 Oct Ndugu Chancler 29 Jul Rana Farhan 30 Sep Marque Gilmore 04 Nov Scott Hamilton 18 Feb Charles Hamilton 24 Jun | Jimmy Heath
22 Jul Dave LeFebvre 08 Apr Ivan Lins 02 Sep Bruno Louchouarn 21 Oct Joe Lovano 05 Aug George Mesterhazy 11 Mar Jason Moran 04 Mar Bodil Niska 01 Apr Jeff Oster 21 Jan Eddie Palmieri 02 Dec | Kat Parra
26 Aug Gene Perla 03 Jun Rudy Ramirez 29 Apr Putter Smith 10 Jun Rory Snyder 25 Mar Zan Stewart 19 Aug Keith Terry 18 Nov Kenny Washington 09 Dec Bruce Williamson 18 Mar Deanna Witkowski 01 Jul |
| Alex Monfort (2019) | |
|---|---|
| Pianist, composer and bandleader Alex Monfort comes from the same French musical stream that has brought us Martial Solal and Jacques Loussier, Christian Jacob and Jean-Michel Pilc, Michel Petrucciani and Jacky Terrasson.
Alex is still only 24 years old, but has years of formal musical education behind him. His recently released "Introspection" is a trio recording consisting of all originals, the titles of some of which make his influences obvious ("Mulgrew's Mood" for Mulgrew Miller, and "McColtrane" for McCoy Tyner and John Coltrane); for other influences, such as Chick Corea, you'll have to do yourself a favor and listen. |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # 1 | Chick Corea | Now He Sings, Now He Sobs | Matrix | Blue Note |
| # 2 | Chick Corea | Remembering Bud Powell | Bud Powell | Stretch |
| # 3 | Mulgrew Miller | Wingspan | Wingspan | Landmark |
| # 4 | Mulgrew Miller | With Our Own Eyes | Small Portion | Novus |
| # 5 | Kenny Barron | Wanton Spirit | Melancholia | Verve Gitanes |
| # 6 | The Chick Corea New Trio | Past, Present and Futures | Fingerprints | Stretch |
| # 7 | The Chick Corea New Trio | Past, Present and Futures | Rhumba Flamenco | Stretch |
| # 8 | McCoy Tyner | The Real McCoy | Passion Dance | Blue Note |
| Book | "I don't read [books]." | |||
| Luxury Item | A ghetto blaster | |||