An excellent debut Album JoJoNi, by the ENSEMBLE O, the French Trio , which had been around for over a decade now, hits the world on April, the 28th via famous Belgian Crammed Discs Label. The stables which are famous and well recognised for bringing to the World and promoting the best of what had happened in an Avant Garde music since middle of the 80ies. If you asked usual guy what he knows that the Belgium is famous for the ultimate answer would be: The Belgian Waffles & The Crammed Discs Made 2 Measure recordings. Period 😉
21
Apr
[ April the 28th, 2023 release via Trouble in the East Records: Taiko Saito – Tears of a Cloud ]
Available April 28, 2023 via Trouble in the East Records
“Taiko´s performance . . . embodied everything that moves me . . . Taiko not only displayed exceptional technique, but more importantly she projected her own voice on an instrument that dares one to uncover.” —Mike Mainieri, vibraphonist of Steps Ahead
★★★★ “Uncompromising originality…Tears Of A Cloud is spacious music, deliberative and way off the beaten path, hinting at some form of nondenominational spirituality, a mallet religion which makes time stand still, full of unexpected textures, holy resonances and colors we have never heard or seen before.” – Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz
18
Apr
[ April the 22th, 2023 release on Jaz Detective: Chet Baker – Blue Room – The 1979 VARA Studio Sessions in Holland ]
Collection Produced in Partnership with Elemental Music and Dutch Jazz Archive KRO-NCRV, Also Available on CD and Digital Download April 28,
Presents Two Superlative Sessions Recorded for Dutch Radio in 1979, Drawn from Tapes Unheard Since Their First Airing
Extensive, Newly Commissioned Notes Include an Overview by Journalist and Chet Baker Biographer Jeroen de Valk, Interviews with the Dates’ Producers and Sidemen, and Tributes from Trumpeters Randy Brecker and Enrico Rava
12
Apr
[ New England Conservatory Announces 2023 Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipients for its 152nd Commencement Ceremony ]
152nd Annual Commencement Exercises to be held on May 21, 2023 in historic Jordan Hall
Commencement Concert Will Showcase Graduating NEC Class of 2023 on May 20
04
Apr
[ April the 14th, 2023 release on Rune Grammofon: Fire! Orchestra – Echoes ]
release date: 14.04.2023 on Rune Grammofon
Now in its 14th year, the unique and constantly evolving Fire! Orchestra is back with their largest line-up so far, counting an international cast of no less than 43 members that includes mainstay singer Mariam Wallentin as well as newcomers David Sandström and Joe McPhee, both on vocals, McPhee also on tenor sax.
04
Apr
[ April the 7th, 2023 release on Superpang: MultiTraction Orchestra – Reactor One feat. Arve Henriksen ]
Reactor One is a diverse album of highly original contemplative experimental music by an ensemble of internationally acclaimed improvising musicians, led by guitarist Alex Roth. Following MultiTraction Orchestra‘s highly celebrated debut single ’emerge entangled’ (2020), Reactor One is the ensemble’s debut album due for release via the contemporary music label, Superpang. Out on Friday 7th April via digital retail and streaming services.
‘I really enjoyed that.This one really resonated with me.’ — Gilles Peterson, Worldwide FM
‘Powerful, immersive and intense.‘ — Jazzwise
‘Powerful and gorgeous…a true production feat.’ — LaidOffNYC
‘A mind-expanding epic with diverse textures invoking experimental jazz, electronica and black metal.’ — AJ Dehany
02
Apr
[ April the 7th, 2023 release via WhyPlay Jazz: Gebhard Ullmann’s Andere Planeten ]
The great German saxophonist/composer Gebhard Ullmann continues his 65th birthday celebration with the April 7, 2023 release of Andere Planeten, the latest experiment from Das Kondensat, on Why Play Jazz. The uncategorizable electro-acoustic trio with bassist Oliver Potratz and drummer/synth player Eric Schaefer expands for their third outing with guest keyboardist Liz Kosack.
“Few improvising artists can boast the stream of creative ideas that seem to bubble from Gebhard Ullmann… [He]leaves the strong mark of a disciplined sculptor of sound, who speaks his own compelling language.”
— Steven Loewy, Cadence
“[Ullmann] knows when to pull which tool out of the chest, and he uses the many devices at his disposal as means to an end, shaping his improvisations like a sculptor.” — Neil Tesser, Chicago Reader
27
Mar
[ 31 March, 2023 release via Kabell Records: Wadada Leo Smith’s Orange Wave Electric Ensemble – Fire Illuminations ]
release date: 31.03.2023 via Kabell Records.
Legendary trumpeter/composer Wadada Leo Smith debuts his new ensemble Orange Wave Electric with an exhilarating new digital album Fire Illuminations, available March 31, 2023 via Kabell Records. Joining Smith are an electric band with guitarists Nels Cline, Brandon Ross and Lamar Smith; bassists Bill Laswell and Melvin Gibbs; electronic musician Hardedge; percussionist Mauro Refosco; and drummer Pheeroan akLaff.
“Wadada Leo Smith has played an outsize role in American experimental music for the last 50 years.” – Seth Colter Walls, New York Times
“In a half-century of recording, [Wadada Leo Smith] has never stopped exploring the parameters of the form and instrument.” – Karl Ackermann, All About Jazz
23
Mar
[ 31 March, 2023 release via Pyroclastic Rec: Ingrid Laubrock w.Tomeka Reid, Brandon Seabrook, Mazz Swift, Michael Formanek, Tom Rainey – The Last Quiet Place ]
release date: 31.03.2023 via Pyroclastic Records
Saxophonist/composer Ingrid Laubrock fuses experimental jazz ensemble, avant-rock group, and altered string quartet in one electrifying sextet on her striking new album.
“Laubrock possesses one of the most fetchingly original free-improv styles out there–throaty, gutsy, bravely lyrical–but recently, her composing and arranging have proven as engaging as her soloing.” – Paul de Barros, DownBeat
“As a bandleader, the wildly inventive soprano and tenor saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock shepherds… category-defying projects with a bent toward unconventional instrumentation and disparate style-shifting.” – Brad Cohan, JazzTimes
19
Mar
[ 24 March, 2023 release on Soul Song Records: Yosef-Gutman Levitt & Tal Yahalom – Tsuf Harim ]
release date: 24.03.02023 on Soul Song Records
Bassist Yosef-Gutman Levitt is proud to announce the release of Tsuf Harim, his second duo release with the Israeli-born, New York-based guitarist Tal Yahalom. In 2021 Levitt and Yahalom came together for Tal Yasis, an intimate duo album for upright bass and nylon and steel-string guitars that conveyed the universality of Hasidic Jewish melodies in the hands of a player with Levitt’s globe-spanning experience: