01 Dec

[December the 1st, 2023 release via Pine Eagle Records: Rich Halley, Matthew Shipp, Michael Bisio, Newman Taylor Baker — Fire Within ]

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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

15 Nov

[ November 17th, 2023 release on Meta Records: Adam Rudolph’s Hu Vibrational – Timeless ]

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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

12 Nov

[ November 15th, 2023 release on Corner Store Jazz: Phil Haynes – Chasing the Masters – A Life Improvised ]

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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

09 Nov

[ November 10th, 2023 release on Jazzdor Records Trio SAN – Hibiki ]

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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

05 Nov

[ November 10th, 2023 release on Hubro: Trond Kallevåg : Amerikabåten ]

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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.

02 Nov

[ November 3rd, 2023 release via Morphius Records: Lafayette Gilchrist’s Undaunted ]

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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

15 - Nicole Rampersaud — Saudade (Front Cover)

01 Nov

[ November 3rd, 2023 release via Ansible Editions: Nicole Rampersaud — Saudade ]

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release date: 03.11.2023 via Ansible Editions

Since 2008, Canadian trumpet player and composer Nicole Rampersaud has relentlessly probed the sonic boundaries of her instrument, crafting exploratory works for it alone that she montages spontaneously into riveting solo performances. On her debut LP Saudade for Toronto imprint Ansible Editions, she ventures further along this trajectory, augmenting her brilliant, individualistic playing with textural electronic treatments.

Last Night A Woman Saved My Life..._ cover

31 Oct

[ November 3rd, 2023 release via Ostinato Records: Dominique Dalcan — Last Night A Woman Saved My Life ]

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release date: 03.11.2023 via Ostinato Records

Belgian/Lebanese musician, Dominique Dalcan, releases a collaboration with female vocalists from the Arab World.

Loin de ma terre – feat Souad Massi (Far from my land)

“This is the first track I recorded for this project, taken from the music for my exhibition at Le Centquatre (2019). Souad’s voice is clear and reminds me of the voice of the singer Fairouz, whom I listened to as a child in our little flat on Ordener Street in Paris… Later, I wanted to meet the diva in Beirut, but unfortunately without success… For the record, Souad and I were the first two artists signed to Island Records France, but we never had the chance to meet at the time”.

29 Oct

[ Clean Feed’s AUTUMN 2023 RELEASES + NEW RELEASES – special promo ]

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For those who are not aware YET, Portuguese CLEAN FEED is one of those record labels which are working as a chronicles of the real changes taking place in the Jazz, and Creative music Avantgarde, in general. This is absolutely priceless work they do, similar to what Labels like, Swiss HAT HUT, (Hathut encompasses the labels hat ART, hatOLOGY, and hat NOIR) and INTAKT are doing. German ECM, JazzWERK or TRAUMTON. American TZADIK, CIMP, AUM Fidelity or Atavistic. French Label Bleu or NATO. British EMANEM, Leo Records, SLAM or INCUS. I can go on and on for long and still miss many who contributed into that titanic work. What matters is that, WE, listeners are aware of them and support them actively by buying their recordings and supporting artist which are going to be A Tomorrow TITANS!

26 Oct

[ October 27th, 2023 release via Pyroclastic Records: Angelica Sanchez — Nighttime Creatures ]

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Pianist/Composer Angelica Sanchez explores the vibrant hues of the nocturnal world on the debut album by her all-star Nonet

Nighttime Creatures, due out October 27, 2023 via Pyroclastic Records, Angelica Sanchez‘s NONET, features Michaël Attias, Ben Goldberg, John Hébert, Thomas Heberer, Sam Ospovat, Chris Speed, Omar Tamez and Kenny Warren

“One of the most persistently overlooked and under-recorded pianists of her generation, Angelica Sanchez… nonchalantly displays her versatility [on] fleet post-bop, fully improvised excursions, or… brooding introspection.” – Peter Margasak, The Quietus

” Angelica Sanchez is a pianist of great depth and imagination.” – Richard J. Salvucci, All About Jazz

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Pianist/Composer Angelica Sanchez explores the vibrant hues of the nocturnal world on the debut album by her all-star Nonet