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28 Nov

[ December the 3rd,2021 release on Biophilia Records: Sara Serpa & Emmanuel Iduma – Intimate Strangers ]

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release date: 03.12.2021 on Biophilia Records

“A fresh and riveting presence on the vocal-jazz landscape.” – Nate Chinen, JazzTimes
“ Serpa possesses a preternatural cool, injecting weightless sophistication and melodic grace into everything she touches.” – Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader

Intimate Strangers, due out December 3, 2021 via Biophilia Records, features vocalists Sara Serpa, Aubrey Johnson and Sofía Rei with pianist Matt Mitchell and synth player Qasim Naqvi, creating vivid soundscapes for stories from Emmanuel Iduma’s book A Stranger’s Pose

Album release concert Tuesday, December 14 at National Jazz Museum, Harlem

24 Nov

[ Tuesday, November 30 – Thursday, December 2, 2021: Grammy Award-winning vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant is guest artist for NEC’s Grow Your Art: A Music and Business Residency ]

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Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist and MacArthur Fellow Cécile McLorin Salvant is the guest artist for this year’s Grow Your Art: A Music and Business Residency, taking place Tuesday, November 30 through Thursday, December 2 at New England Conservatory. Presented by NEC’s Jazz & Entrepreneurial Musicianship departments, the residency features a master class,

17 Nov

[ November the 26th,2021 release via Pyroclastic Records: Sara Schoenbeck – DUOs debut ]

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release date: 26.11.2021 via Pyroclastic Records

Bassoonist Sara Schoenbeck engages in adventurous dialogues with some of creative music’s most inventive voices on her new self-titled album

“Sara Schoenbeck [is] one of the only bassoon practitioners to truly and successfully fold the instrument’s sound into the realm of chamber jazz.” – Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz

“Schoenbeck demonstrates the full sonic palette of the modern bassoon as a classical instrument that feels at home in many musical arenas.” – Eyal Hareuveni, The Free Jazz Collective

Throughout her career, Sara Schoenbeck has dedicated herself to discovering, exploring and expanding the role of the bassoon in contemporary composition and improvised music. Key to that development has been the relationships she’s forged with her fellow musical innovators. On her new self-titled album, Schoenbeck reconnects with several of her most intrepid collaborators – peers, mentors, inspirations and even family – for an adventurous and captivating set of dialogues.

14 Nov

[ November the 19th, 2021 release on JCA Recordings: Darrell Katz and Oddsong’s Galeanthropology ]

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release date: 19.11.2021 on JCA Recordings

Composer-arranger Darrell Katz’s New OddSong CD Features Original Songs, Pop Classics, and Jazz Standards. The Unique ensemble features four saxophones, violin, marimba, and voice.

“a progressive and creative orchestrator of new music in a way that few can claim.” — Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide

“Darrell Katz is the heir to the great George Russell–composer, arranger, innovator par excellence. Just as Russell invented the Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization… Darrell Katz has redesigned and integrated song form into the ‘jazz’ orchestration and attracted major soloists to his visioning of the art.” — Steve Day, Sandy Brown Jazz

12 Nov

[ November the 19th, 2021 release via Libra Records – Satoko Fujii & Taiko Saito FUTARI Duo – Underground ]

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release date: 19.11.2021 via Libra Records

Pianist-composer Satoko Fujii and mallet virtuoso Taiko Saito delve deeper into their duo project with the help of the Internet to make “real, free art”

“The always adventurous pianist-composer teams with vibraphonist Taiko Saito . . . for a beautifully surreal journey.”—Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz

“Saito and Fujii are one-of-their-kind adventurous and highly imaginative improvisers. It is clear that Fujii found in Saito a musical partner that can navigate her into uncharted sonic territories.”—Eyal Hareumeni, Salt Peanuts

Half a world away from each other, pianist-composer Satoko Fujii and vibraphonist Taiko Saito recapture the delicate intensity of their duo, Futari, on their new CD, Underground.

09 Nov

[ November the 19th, 2021 release via Libra Records – Satoko Fujii’s This is It! Trio – Mosaic ]

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release date: 19.11.2021 via Libra Records

Pianist-composer Satoko Fujii records live via the internet for the first time with her trio “This Is It!”

“…can’t get much closer to improvisational music perfection” — Victor Aaron, Something Else!

“This project…has lifted her artistry to a new level…. Always fresh, always adventurous.” — Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz

06 Nov

[ November the 19th, 2021 realizes via TUM Records: Wadada Leo Smith’s year-long celebration of his 80th birthday, following 3rd box: The Chicago Symphonies & A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday Trio Session ]

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release date: 19.11.2021

TUM Records continuous celebrating Wadada Leo Smith’s 80th Birthday Year!

TUM Records releases another two stunning new projects on November 19, 2021 from iconic trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith as he approaches his 80th birthday. They include his Great Lakes Quartet (Smith, Threadgill, Lindberg, DeJohnette) in The Chicago Symphonies (4 CDs), and Smith, Iyer and DeJohnette in A Love Sonnet for Billie Holiday. These are the second batch of TUM releases celebrating Smith’s birthday. All together there are six projects totaling 22 CDs.

05 Nov

[ November the 19th, 2021 release via Capri Records: Jeff Hamilton – Merry & Bright ]

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Merry & Bright, drummer Jeff Hamilton’s holiday album featuring his acclaimed trio with pianist Tamir Hendelman and bassist Jon Hamar, is out November 19, 2021 via Capri Records.

The swinging album showcases Hamilton‘s favorite Christmas tunes selected from his memories growing up in a family where everyone gathered around the piano at holiday time to sing in four-part harmony.

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04 Nov

[ November the 19th,2021 release via Rune Grammofon: Hedvig Mollestad Trio – Tempest Revisited ]

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release date: 19.11.2021 via Rune Grammofon

Hedvig Mollestad must surely be one of the hardest working musicians on the Norwegian music scene at the moment, with “Tempest Revisited” being her third album in a mere 18 months, all at a consistently high artistic level. Her first solo album, “Ekhidna” (2020), received a Spellemannpris (Norwegian Grammy), appeared on several jazz and rock best of the year lists and got her into Downbeat´s “25 for the future” selection.

02 Nov

[ November the 12th,2021 release via Laika Records: Martin Wind’s Quartet – My Astorian Queen ]

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release date: 12.11.2021 via Laika Records

Martin Wind is one of a few German jazz musicians that have been able to establish themselves and remain on the New York jazz scene. My Astorian Queen is a heartfelt thank you note to “this city and its welcoming artistic community in general, and some very special human beings in particular, that have guided and formed me over the last quarter of a century.” With this album he celebrates a 25 years in NYC, with his trusted quartet featuring Scott Robinson, Bill Mays and Matt Wilson.