New jazz albums: September 1979

11 jazz albums released in September 1979, including Joe’s Garage: Act I (Frank Zappa), Rise (Herb Alpert) and Mathis Magic (Johnny Mathis). Tracklists and line-ups.

Joe’s Garage: Act I 1979 · CBS Rise 1979 · A&M Records Mathis Magic 1979 · Columbia Hot 1979 · Capitol Records Back Street Boogie 1979 · Whitfield Records Product 1979 · Passport Records Ladies’ Night 1979 · Disques Vogue Endgame 1979 · Japo Records Woody and Friends: Monterey Jazz Festival 1979 1979 · Live Elm 1979 · ECM Records

Date	Album	Artist
17 September 1979	Joe’s Garage: Act I Frank Zappa	Frank Zappa CBS
17 September 1979	Rise Herb Alpert	Herb Alpert A&M Records
17 September 1979	Mathis Magic Johnny Mathis	Johnny Mathis Columbia
17 September 1979	Hot Freda Payne	Freda Payne Capitol Records
15 September 1979	Back Street Boogie Jr. Walker	Jr. Walker Whitfield Records
14 September 1979	Product Brand X	Brand X Passport Records
6 September 1979	Ladies’ Night Kool & the Gang	Kool & the Gang Disques Vogue
1 September 1979	Endgame Barry Guy, Howard Riley, John Stevens, Trevor Watts	Barry Guy, Howard Riley, John Stevens, Trevor Watts Japo Records
September 1979	Woody and Friends: Monterey Jazz Festival 1979 Live Woody Herman	Woody Herman
September 1979	Elm Richard Beirach	Richard Beirach ECM Records
September 1979	Buy Contortions	Contortions