23 Apr

[ May 3rd, 2024 release on Ansible Editions: Dun-Dun Band – Pita Parks Pt.1 Xam Egdub ]

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Constellation Records alumnus Craig Dunsmuir presents his hypnotic out-jazz tentet Dun-Dun Band (out 3 May on Ansible Editions)

For anyone at all acquainted with underground music in Toronto, Craig Dunsmuir is as ubiquitous as he is revered. Many locals know him for his profound knowledge and curiosity as a listener, traits he’s deployed as a DJ and while working at some of the city’s most beloved record stores. His famously encyclopedic vantage point, though, has also served as fuel for the vast musical output he has created over the past 20+ years.

17 Apr

[ April 19, 2024 release via Outside in Music: Owen Broder – Hodges: Front and Center, Vol. 2 ]

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For his second volume of his tribute to alto great Johnny Hodges, saxophonist Owen Broder explores Hodges work with Duke Ellington and beyond. Joining Broder on Hodges: Front and Center, Vol. 2 is a quintet featuring trumpeter Riley Mulherkar, pianist Carmen Staaf, bassist Barry Stephenson and drummer Bryan Carter. The album will be released April 19, 2024 via Outside in Music.

“A heartfelt tribute without ever aping the object of his affection or straying too far from the path. In short, [Broder] finds a perfect balance.” – Dan Bilawsky, New York City Jazz Record

13 Apr

[ April 19, 2024 release on Rune Grammofon Elephant9 – Mythical River ]

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release date: 19.04.2024 on Rune Grammofon

After a solid run of five studio albums and two double live albums, Psychedelic Backfire I and II, (both 2019),Elephant9 had taken their groovy mix of high energy rock and power jazz as far as they could. In this respect their previous album Arrival of The New Elders (2021) came as a welcome and most timely addition to their recorded output. More varied, mature and reflective, they were as groovy as ever, but more structured and less jam oriented.

11 Apr

[ April 12th, 2024 release via Songline: Noah Haidu w. Buster Williams & Billy Hart – Standards II ]

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Acclaimed pianist Noah Haidu’s heart-stopping new album Standards II, featuring bassist Buster Williams and Billy Hart, will be released April 12, 2024 via Sunnyside Records.

Haidu celebrates the album with a tour April 19 – 26 with stops in Brooklyn, NY; Baltimore, MD: Delray Beach, FL: Seattle, WA; Portland, OR; Oakland and LA, CA.

“Noah Haidu will take over the mantle of the Standards Trio.” –Takehiko Tokiwa, Intoxicate Magazine

“A work of stunning execution and heart.” – Alexa Peters, DownBeat

05 Apr

[ April 5th, 2024 release by Birckhead Music Group: Brent Brickhead – Cacao ]

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Release Date: April 5th, 2024

“ONE OF THE MOST RIVETING YOUNG IMPROVISERS IN NEW YORK”- NY TIMES

Brent Birckhead, the multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger, and composer, presents CACAO—an album that chronicles his journey of expansion and self-reclamation. This 9-track sophomore release serves as a testament to his evolution as both an artist and a person.

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03 Apr

[ April 5th, 2024 self-release by Sam Wilson – Wintertide ]

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“Best Jazz of 2019 : Resembling eyespots on moth wings, Sam’s music wards off what preys upon our tenderness […] Across nine glowing tracks, subtle themes develop with humble patience, inviting us to inhale their airy atmospheres […] Passing over edgier idioms preoccupying much of non-commercial jazz these days, the Canadian resident returns the genre to its simpler roots, connecting post-bop energy with contemporary production techniques.” — Todd B. Gruel, PopMatters on Groundless Apprehensions

“With her sophomore album, the young Halifax-based guitarist Sam Wilson has crafted a distinctive post-bop outing for her brass-forward quartet.” — Peter Hum, Ottawa Citizen on Groundless Apprehensions

“Wilson’s music is rooted in jazz — she is a St. Francis Xavier University grad with a bachelor of music — but that is just the starting block for the musician, bandleader, composer and educator whose own work draws from modern composition and improvisation, as well as African-American music traditions” — Saltwire

24 Mar

[ March 29th, 2024 release via Cygnus Recordings: Dan Weiss, Miguel Zenón and Matt Mitchell – Even Odds ]

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One of the most lauded drummers in modern jazz, Dan Weiss, releases his daring and compelling new trio album Even Odds – featuring longtime collaborators alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón and pianist Matt Mitchell – on March 29, 2024 via Cygnus Recordings.

“Undeniably virtuosic and progressive, Weiss works in unconventional ways.” – Filipe Freitas, JazzTrail

“[Weiss is] best known as a virtuosic, in-demand jazz drummer… and an ambitious, imaginative bandleader.” – Hank Shteamer, The New York Times

09 Mar

[ March 22nd, 2024 release via Odin Records: Kjetil Mulelid – Agoja ]

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Ketil Mulelid went through quite a long journey since his trio’s debut Not Nearly Enough To Buy a House in 2017. Two following trio recordings and finally , the solo one, framed his wonderful period with Rune Grammofon stables. Meanwhile , he collaborated in a vocal project and started to expand his expression pallet with the Wako Quartet, another very successful and highly received by both, the critics and the listeners, band, he was the part of long before he even started to explore the trio format. From this collaboration, further expanded the Agoja, came out, forefronted by the the single A Prayer For Peace.

06 Mar

[ March 8th, 2024 release on Pyroclastic Records: David Leon – Bird’s Eye ]

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Bird’s Eye, due out March 8, 2024 via Pyroclastic Records, features a pathfinding new trio with gayageum player DoYeon Kim and drummer/percussionist Lesley Mok.

“[David Leon’s] extroversion feels like a natural part of his musical personality, spiking his agile post-bop with nifty conceptual brio that never gets in the way of his desire to communicate.” – Peter Margasak, The Quietus

“[Bird’s Eye] maintained an easy and fluid connection… [Mok] effortlessly augmented Leon’s… solos and punctuated the texture without overpowering DoYeon Kim, who shredded so hard on the gayagum that she had to actually reassemble her instrument before the set was over.” – Lana Norris, I Care If You Listen

01 Mar

[ March 1st, 2024 release on Challenge Records: Lynne Arriale – Being Human ]

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Pianist and composer Lynne Arriale’s exquisite new album Being Human will be released March 1, 2024 via Challenge Records and she’s celebrating with a 15-date tour March 6 – 24 and May 4 – 24.

★★★★ “…easily the most outstanding album we have heard recently…summons all the resources that Arriale has at her disposal from composition to performance, deep immersion in the language of jazz piano and a trio that allows everything, beat, groove and pulse, to break through and shine.” – Marlbank UK

Being Human, pianist-composer Lynne Arriale‘s 17th album as a leader, is her fourth for Challenge Records International. Being Human, a suite of 10 original compositions, celebrates the ways that our lives are enriched by acts of passion, courage, love, persistence, heart, soul, curiosity, faith and joy. Featuring bassist Alon Near and drummer Lukasz Zyta, the album explores these life-affirming facets of humankind. Many of the songs are dedicated to people who’ve inspired Arriale, including climate activist Greta Thunberg, National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman and Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai.

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