Janel Leppin. Photo by Shervin Lainez. 
Rich Peare and Don Messina. Photo by Ellen Sherman. 
Anat Cohen’s Quartetinho: Vitor Gonçalves, James Shipp, Cohen, Tal Mashiach. Photo by Shervin Lainez. 
Good Trouble: Jeff Lederer, Tia Fuller, Matt Wilson, Dawn Clement, Ben Allison. Photo by John Abbott. 
Jamie Baum. Photo by Erika Kapin.
Summertime presents a number of obstacles to listening, so I’m going to try to catch up on a few previous releases while also checking out some newer ones by posting some briefer reviews. This week, we feature five releases from five very different jazz neighborhoods: cellist Janel Leppin’s Ensemble Volcanic Ash; clarinetist Anat Cohen’s Quartetinho; guitarist and bassist, respectively, Rich Peare and Don Messina; drummer Matt Wilson’s Good Trouble quintet; and flautist Jamie Baum’s Septet +. Something for just about every jazz fan.
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