I start the December additions with a jazz album (as usual), the
beautiful all-ballad by Michael Brecker:

BRECKER, MICHAEL ~ NEARNESS OF YOU: THE BALLAD BOOK
VERVE 549705 (Barcode: 731454970525) ~ USA ~ Jazz
Recorded: 2000 Released: 2001
Michael Brecker is considered one of the top US saxophone players and...

Following the tragic death of the great Israeli poet and lyricist Eli
Mohar I added his album as a tribute to his great talent:

RECHTER, YONI / MOHAR, ELI ~ THOUGHTS AND POSSIBILITIES
HED ARZI 15690 (Barcode: 7293372569029) ~ ISRAEL ~ Progressive Rock
Recorded: 1995 Released: 1995
2nd album sharing the names of these two Israeli...

Another great Israeli album added today:

RECHTER, YONI ~ ANOTHER STORY
HED ARZI 64289 (Barcode: 7293372428999) ~ ISRAEL ~ Progressive Rock
Recorded: 2001 - 2002 Released: 2002
Yoni Rechter is Israel's most important songwriter and his albums...

Another great DVD added today:

PROCOL HARUM ~ LIVE AT THE UNION CHAPEL (COLLECTORS' EDITION)
EAGLE VISION 030 (Barcode: 5034504903098) ~ UK ~ Progressive Rock
Recorded: 2003 Released: 2004
If everything Procol Harum ever did was to record their 1967 singe "A
Whiter Shade Of Pale", they would have already ensured their position
in the Rock's Hall Of Fame as authors of the definitive, hypnotic and
most brilliant Rock song of all times. Of course (and luckily for all
Procol Harum's many admirers, myself included) they managed quite a bit

more with a long chain of brilliant albums recorded in the 1960s and
1970s and two reunions: the first one in 1991 and the second in 2003.
The 2003 reunion resulted in the recording of a new album called...

A brilliant new Israeli / US jazz album added today:

TALAT ~ THE GROWL
TZADIK 8113 (Barcode: 702397811329) ~ ISRAEL ~ Jazz-World Fusion
Recorded: 2006 Released: 2006
Klezmer / Hasidic music and Jazz have a lot in common, at times being
almost undistinguishable...

Another Patrick Moraz new remaster added today:

MORAZ, PATRICK ~ HUMAN INTERFACE
TIME WAVE 011 (Barcode: 604388670529) ~ SWITZERLAND ~ Progressive Rock
Recorded: 1987 Released: 2006
8th album and another solo effort with all the music composed by Moraz...

Here is another splendid Israeli album, one of the last editions for
2006:

CHAMELEON TRIO ~ IN BETWEEN
MINDOORS ~ ISRAEL ~ Jazz-Classical Fusion
Recorded: 2005 Released: 2006
Debut album by one of the most interesting ensembles active on the
burgeoning Israeli scene. Completely...

A nice Scandinavian surprise added today:

ELLINGSEN, HAAKON ~ WHAT IS TO COME...?
PERFECT POP 53 (Barcode: 7090001919985) ~ NORWAY ~ Progressive Rock
Recorded: 2004 Released: 2004
2nd album by Norwegian singer / songwriter / multi-instrumentalist...

A beautiful jazz / classical album added today:

MCLAUGHLIN, JOHN ~ THIEVES AND POETS
EMARCY 801075 (Barcode: 602498010754) ~ UK ~ Jazz-Classical Fusion
Recorded: 2003 Released: 2003
John McLaughlin is not only the world's finest guitar player, but
surely...

One superb new Prog album added tody - no Prog fan should miss this:

ADVENT ~ CANTUS FIRMUS
PRIVATE EDITION (Barcode: 702987024726) ~ USA ~ Progressive Rock
Recorded: 1992 - 2006 Released: 2006
Every time an album like this one lands in my lap a lot of questions
pop up...