Dave Douglas: Letters from America at JazzBaltica 2008

Dave Douglas (Trumpet, Composer)
Joe Lovano (Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet)
James Genus (Bass)
Clarence Penn (Drums)
Simon Nabatov (Piano)
NDR Big Band
Dieter Glawischnig (Conductor)

Tracklist:
Letters From America
1. The Presidents
2. Dehyphenated Americans
3. Campaign Trail
4. Perilous Times
5. Lone Wolf
6. Pyrrhic Apology
7. Sunrise Highway
8. Change The Change
9. Blockbuster

Johannes Enders and the JazzBaltica Ensemble 2008

Johannes Enders (Tenor & Soprano Saxophone, Flute, Leader)
Axel Schlosser (Trumpet)
Karin Hammar (Trombone)
Nils Lyhne Løkkegard (Alto Saxophone)
Lutz Häfner (Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet)
Marcin Wasilewski (Piano)
Eva Kruse (Bass)
Michal Miskiewicz (Drums)
On track 4:
Hank Jones (Piano)
Matt Wilson (Drums)

recorded live at JazzBaltica 2008, Salzau, Germany, July 4, 2008

Tracklist:
The Jones Suite (Johannes Enders)
1. Part I: Elvin
2. Part II: Hank
3. Part III: Thad

4. We Are All Together (Hank Jones)
5. Beginner´s Mind (Johannes Enders)
6. Unknown Trails (Johannes Enders)

Ahmad Jamal Trio live in Germany 1999

Ahmad Jamal, piano

James Cammack, bass
James Johnson, drums

recorded live at Jazzfestival Viersen/ Jazzweek Burghausen, Germany 1999

Tracklist:
1. Bellows
2. Acorn
3. Then I´ll Be Tired of You
4. High Fly
5. The Tube
6. Mystifying
7. Spanish Interlude
8. Sun Lililand
9. Ultraviolet

In 1998 Jamal released the great album "Nature" on Atlantic:

Brad Mehldau Trio live at Estival Jazz Lugano 1999

Brad Mehldau, piano
Jorge Rossy, drums
Darek Oleszkiewicz, bass

recorded live at Estival Jazz, Lugano, Switzerland 1999

Tracklist:
1. Sehnsucht
2. All The Things You Are

This tour was accompanied by the release of "Vol.4" of the "Art of the Trio"-series on Warner. Larry Grenadier was busy this summer, playing with Pat Metheny, so "Oles" filled in.

Tim Hagans and the JazzBaltica Ensemble 2000

JazzBaltica Ensemble dir. by Tim Hagans

Tim Hagans – cond, tp, flh
Jukka Perko – ss, as
Vytautas Labutis – ss, as
Peter Weniger – ss, ts, fl
Per Goldschmidt – bs
Lars Lindgren – tp
Tomasz Stanko – tp
Robert Majewski – tp
Nils Landgren – tb
Sebastian Hoffmann – tb
Vladislav Sendecki – p
Lars Danielsson – b
Lisbeth Diers – perc
Anders Kjellberg – dr

recorded live at JazzBaltica Salzau, Germany, June 10, 2000

Tracklist:
1. No Words
2. Garage Band
3. Shorts
4. Lost In My Suitcase
5. Drum Row
6. From The Neck Down

Tim Hagans did some realy great Big Band recordings with the Swedish Norbotten Big Band, e.g. my favourite Big Band record "FUTURE MILES" on ACT Music:

Peter Weniger Project at JazzBaltica 2000

Peter Weniger – reeds
Lars Danielsson – b
Jukkis Uotila – dr
Tim Hagans – tp
Conrad Herwig – tb

recorded live at JazzBaltica Salzau, Germany, June 10, 2000

Tracklist:
1. People´s Case
2. Love Song
3. Scrootch
4. Space Dozen
5. Antonin

Peter Weniger released about ten records, the latest called "Sing Yourself A Dream":

Martial Solal Trio live at Münchner Klaviersommer 1999

Martial Solal, piano
François Moutin, bass
Louis Moutin, drums

recorded live at Münchner Klaviersommer 1999

Tracklist:
1. `Round Midnight
2. A Night In Tunisia
3. Tea For Two
4. Summertime
5. Aigue Marine
6. Zig Zag
7. Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise

Martial Solal recently released a new trio recording with the Moutin twins called "Longitude":

Bobo Stenson Trio live in Karlsruhe 2001

Bobo Stenson, piano
Anders Jormin, bass
Billy Hart, drums

recorded live at Jazzclub Yubetz, Karlsruhe, Germany, April 7, 2001

Tracklist:
1. Simple & Sweet
2. Living My Life
3. Melancholia

Bobo Stenson did some Trio recordings for ECM, among others the double album "Serenity" with Jon Christensen on drums:

Michael Portal Quintet live at Schloss Elmau 2001

Michel Portal, bass clarinet, clarinet, bandoneon
Flavio Boltro, trumpet
Bojan Zulfikarpasic, piano
Linley Marthe, bass
Laurent Robin, drums

recorded live at Schloss Elmau, Germany, October 31, 2001

Tracklist:
1. Barouf
2. Solitudes
3. Voyage
4. Domimonk

Michel Portal recorded some of these tracks with an american all star line up for his album "Dockings", released on Label Blue, a record quite hard to find...

Wollny/ Kruse/ Schaefer: [em] live in Munich 2005

Michael Wollny, piano
Eva Kruse, bass
Eric Schaefer, drums

recorded live at Studio II, Bavarian Broadcast, Munich, March 30, 2005

Tracklist:
1. Thursday Is The Last Day
2. Ictus
3. Bells
4. Takashi
5. The Mean Spider Of Tandorine
6. Felicia
7. Es sind Berge nicht länger Berge
8. Tale

This fantastic young geman trio did a great debut recording for the ACT label, called "call it [em]". Check it out!

Patricia Barber Trio live in Berlin 2000

Patricia Barber, vocals, piano
Michael Arnopol, bass
Tom Hipskind, drums

recorded live at Jazzfest Berlin, November 2, 2000

Tracklist:
1. Touch of Trash
2. All The Things You Are
3. Post Modern Blues
4. Use Me
5. Caravan

Get also Patricia´s album "Modern Cool" on Blue Note:

Romano/Sclavis/Texier live at Jazzfest Frankfurt 2000

Louis Sclavis, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone
Henri Texier, bass
Aldo Romano, drums

recorded live at Jazzfest Frankfurt, October 29, 2000

Tracklist:
1. Hauts-Plateaux
2. Annobon
3. Pingouin
4. Soul Is Free
5. Standing Ovation for Nelson Mandela
6. Les Petits Lits Blancs

These tunes were written during a tour with french photographer Guy Le Querrec through Africa and recorded for Label Blue on "Carnet de Routes":

Stockhausen/ Andersen/ Heral/ Rypdal live at Jazzfestival Viersen 2000

Markus Stockhausen, trumpet, sampler

Arild Andersen, bass, sampler
Patrice Heral, percussion, voice, sampler
Terje Rypdal, guitar

recorded live at Jazzfestival Viersen, Germany, September 15, 2000

Tracklist:
1. Sway
2. Medley: This Open/ Flower of Now/ Lighthouse/ Hyperborian

This great Quartet did their debut recording for ECM called "Karta":

Roy Hargrove Quintet live at JazzBaltica 2000

Roy Hargrove, trumpet
Sherman Irby, alto saxophone
Larry Willis, piano
Gerald Cannon, bass
Willie Jones III, drums

recorded live at JazzBaltica, Salzau, Germany, June 11, 2000

Tracklist:
1. Stranded
2. Style
3. Depth

You can find this edition of the Roy Hargrove Quintet on the album "Moment to Moment" on Verve:

Joe Lovano - Steve Kuhn Quartet: "Remembering John Coltrane" live at JazzBaltica 2008

Joe Lovano (Saxophone)
Steve Kuhn (Piano)
David Finck (Bass)
Joey Baron (Drums)

recorded live at JazzBaltica 2008, Salzau Germany

Tracklist:
1. Crescent
2. Fifth House
3. Configuration
4. Jimmy´s Mode
5. Spiritual
6. My Little Brown Book
7. Impressions
8. Interview with Joe Lovano and Steve Kuhn

A list of recordings by Joe Lovano can be found Here.