Labels:
Concord • Concord Picante • Concord Jazz • Contemporary • Fantasy • Heads Up • Milestone •
Monterey Jazz Festival Records • Original Jazz Classics • Pablo • Prestige •
Riverside • Specialty Records • Stax • Telarc

	Interplay, a five disc set of John Coltrane’s recordings as a sideman while recording for Prestige Records between 1956 and 1958, is an excellent companion piece to last year’s 6 CD set Fearless Leader. Coltrane is heard here along with stellar sax players that include Frank Wess, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Paul Quinchette, Hank Mobley (all tenor players) as well as baritone sax greats Cecil Payne and Pepper Adams.
	Milestones Profiles Series: In celebration of Milestone’s 40th anniversary this year, Concord has issued these Milestones Profiles, each containing a bonus disk that includes an extra track by each featured artist as well additional tracks by artists like Flora Purim, Jim Hall, Ron Carter, and Hank Crawford. Each disc is remastered and sells for $11.98.
	Prestige Rudy Van Gelder (RVG) Editions: This is where you'll find discussion of remastered RVG editions of releases from Prestige Records' storied past. Sometimes there are straight ahead reviews, other times consideration of a particular artist whose catalog includes RVG releases. Explore the world of truly classic jazz through these new editions of some old friends.
	Prestige Profiles Series: Concord has recently reissued ten volumes of Prestige’s “Best of “ series from several years ago, adding to each release a “Prestige Profiles Collector’s Edition” featuring artists who either play the same instrument as the artist featured on the Profile disc or whose music is stylistically similar to the featured artist. Each bonus disc contains around 45 minutes of music in addition to the hour or so on the main Profile disc.
	Keepnews Collection: Concord Records, who bought Fantasy and all its extensive jazz catalogs, has unveiled the Keepnews Collection, a series of reissues of Keepnews-produced recordings from both Riverside and Milestone. While many of these are classic sessions that have never been out of print since their release (Everybody Digs Bill Evans, Live In San Francisco), others are less well-known gems that deserve to be heard by a wider audience.
	Concord's Jazz Moods series is a collection of albums with romantic themes featuring such legendary performers as Marian McPartland, Monty Alexander, Kenny Burrell, Ray Brown, Pancho Sanchez, Susannah McCorkle, Karrin Allyson, and more.