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[ December 21th, 2023 release on Pyroclastic Records: Bertoia Sound Sculptures + 12 Master Improvisors = Sculpting Sound ]
Pyroclastic Records presents Sculpting Sound, a groundbreaking collection of six once-in-a-lifetime performances bringing together twelve master improvisers with the sound sculptures of visionary artist Harry Bertoia
These captivating performances, available on the Winter Solstice, December 21, 2023 via SculptingSound.org, feature Nels Cline, Ben Monder, Ambrose Akinmusire, Nate Wooley, Ingrid Laubrock, JD Allen, Jen Shyu, Brandon Seabrook, Marcus Gilmore, Dan Weiss, Kris Davis and Craig Taborn
[ December 14th, 2023 release on Newvelle Records: Ron Horton – Prayer for Andrew ]
out on 14.12.2023 on Newvelle Records
Newvelle Records Unveils Newest Release from Acclaimed Trumpeter and Composer Ron Horton, “A Prayer for Andrew” Honoring Jazz Icon Andrew Hill. The two-disc vinyl and digital release features powerful interpretations of Hill’s arrangements as well as original works from Horton paying homage to his friend and bandmate.
[December the 8th, 2023 release via PUNKT EDITIONS: JAN BANG with Benedikte Kløw Askedalen — Delia]
Delia is released today on Punkt Editions. The cover of the Harry Belafonte track is the first single to be released from Jan Bang‘s forthcoming album, Reading The Air, his first vocal-based solo album since 1998 and features the upcoming talent Benedikte Kløw Askedalen on vocals with Jan.
[December the 1st, 2023 release via Pine Eagle Records: Rich Halley, Matthew Shipp, Michael Bisio, Newman Taylor Baker — Fire Within ]
Saxophonist Rich Halley releases Fire Within on December 1, 2023 via Pine Eagle Records. It’s his third album with his quartet featuring innovative pianist Matthew Shipp, standout bassist Michael Bisio and creative drummer Newman Taylor Baker. The recording sees the group building on their intuitive chemistry in a series of powerful improvisations, recorded in Brooklyn in July 2023.
“Heartland American jazz of the very highest order.” Brian Morton, Point of Departure
“Saxophonist Rich Halley has been turning out smart, brawny music for a couple of decades.” James Hale, DownBeat
[ November 17th, 2023 release on Meta Records: Adam Rudolph’s Hu Vibrational – Timeless ]
Timeless, out November 17, 2023 on Meta Records, is the new album by composer, percussionist, and conductor Adam Rudolph and his ensemble Hu Vibrational.
“Earth heartbeating, modern day mysticism & star gazing ritualism from Hu Vibrational aka musical polymath Adam Rudolph, aided by the cream of New York’s esoteric instrument players who add a further culturally diverse twist to this already outernational journey through kosmische tribalism, universal resonances & Fourth World perpetuation.” – The Slow Music Movement Blog
[ November 15th, 2023 release on Corner Store Jazz: Phil Haynes – Chasing the Masters – A Life Improvised ]
The engrossing book, due out November 15, 2023, features stories of Haynes’ encounters with legends like Lee Konitz, Anthony Braxton, Dave Liebman and Paul Smoker, along with poetry, musical analysis and lessons from a life in music. The release will be accompanied by the career-spanning, eight-hour compilation A Life Improvised, a 62-track collection encompassing Haynes’ myriad projects and collaborations.
“In [Chasing the Masters], you find the beauty of Phil and his way of living. His artistry percolates beyond the rims of the glass (or of a drum), as all of the world becomes his canvas.” – Vocalist Nicholas Horner, from the Foreword to Chasing the Masters
“Since arriving in New York from Oregon in 1983, drummer Phil Haynes established himself as a potent force on the downtown composer/improviser scene.” – Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes
[ November 10th, 2023 release on Jazzdor Records Trio SAN – Hibiki ]
Trio San, featuring pianist-composer Satoko Fujii, mallet virtuoso Taiko Saito, and master drummer Yuko Oshima showcase their immediate and profound group chemistry on their debut album Hibiki out November 10, 2023 via Jazzdor Records. Recorded near the end of a European tour, Hibiki finds them immersed deeply in their own private musical world, a world full of delicate beauty, thunderous energy, and sudden surprises.
“Fujii’s music can’t get much closer to improvisational music perfection…” – Victor Aaron, Something Else!
“Oshima’s rigorously developing rudiments, as well as wild crescendos and diminuendos, seem to tell a stor ywith every stroke.” – Tampere Jazz Happening
“Saito celebrates mystery, clarity of vision, and rejection of blueprints and “best-laid plans” in favor of discovery and surprise combined with a wide-ranging sense of wonder.” – Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz
[ November 10th, 2023 release on Hubro: Trond Kallevåg : Amerikabåten ]
On his third album, recorded for HUBRO, as the other two: debut Bedeus & Hawaii and following Fengselsfugl , guitarist and composer, Trond Kallevåg, sets sail and explores the stories and mystique of American music and culture. With a cinematic quality reminiscent of Ry Cooder and Bill Frisell, it draws inspiration from transformative journeys of hundreds of thousands of Norwegians who embarked on transformative journeys across the vast ocean.
[ November 3rd, 2023 release via Morphius Records: Lafayette Gilchrist’s Undaunted ]
Iconoclastic pianist and composer Lafayette Gilchrist exudes his unconquerable spirit on his new album Undaunted, out via digital, CD and limited edition vinyl on November 3, 2023 via Morphius Records.
“New Orleans barrelhouse piano, the Impressionism of Ravel, and Duke Ellington’s jaggy solo-piano sound form the bedrock of Lafayette Gilchrist’s style at the keyboard. But if there’s one big influence on the way he thinks about rhythm, it’s the deeply swinging ‘pocket’ of a classic go-go beat. With its classic loping groove, built on heavy hand percussion and call-and-response flow, go-go is the unofficial musical idiom of Gilchrist’s native Washington, D.C.” – Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times