03 Oct

[ October 9, 2020 release on Ridgeway Records: Edward Simon’s 25 Years ]

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release date: 09.09.2020 on Ridgeway Recs

4 stars: “In a musical journey that spans the titular 25 Years, Simon has crafted a lot of music, employing a Latin/jazz/classical approach with a seemingly effortless refinement, making sounds that are unfailingly engaging and beautiful.” – Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz

“One of the strongest pianists of his generation, with intuitive empathy and drum-like ingenuity, and solos compositionally with passionate elegance.” — Ted Panken, DownBeat

Featuring tracks drawn from 13 albums spanning more than two decades, 25 features a brilliant cadre of Simon’s closest collaborators including tenor saxophonist Mark Turner, altoist David Binney, bassists Scott Colley, John Patitucci and Ben Street and drummers Brian Blade and Adam Cruz.

02 Oct

[ October 9, 2020 release via FiP recordings: Josh Sinton – “cérémonie/musique” ]

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release date: October 9, 2020 via FiP Recordings

“…[the music] sounds like an avant-garde version of early Miles Davis, with slow, spaced-out notes, here played by Sinton over the bitonal underlay of an electric guitar and bass, neither of which are trying to break the sound barrier. It’s music that draws you inward….if you just let yourself go and let it wash over you, it creates a spell that is hard to break..” – Lynn Bayley, Art Music Lounge

“The balance between the more serious and more playful moments is well paced here. A serious listen will unleash several underlying layers of subdued connections. Take your time with this.” – Bruce Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery

“I hear the freedom of making a chamber sound-object, something that breathes well in a small, closed space. More than a sculpture, I’m thinking of those early twentieth-century paintings that incorporate three- dimensional collages. Images that look naïve exactly because of their freedom, but they occupy their space so perfectly.”
– Giacomo Merega describing cérémonie/musique

01 Oct

[ October the 2nd, 2020 release via Pyroclastic Records: Angelica Sanchez with Marilyn Crispell – How to Turn the Moon ]

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release date: October 2, 2020 on Pyroclastic Records

“Ms. Sanchez improvises with crisp articulation and muscular command. Her chords, both dense and concise, offset free improvisations that reflect careful attention to narrative clarity.” — Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times

For the past two decades, pianist-composer Angelica Sanchez has shocked, bent and blurred lines and perceptions that separate composition from improvisation. How to Turn the Moon, her first release on Pyroclastic Records, offers a momentary culmination of that expression.

28 Sep

[ October the 2nd,2020 release via Lafayette Gilchrist Music: Lafayette Gilchrist -NOW ]

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Available October 2, 2020 via Lafayette Gilchrist Music

“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

“Lafayette Gilchrist has dug deep into [jazz piano] history… he’s tapping into jazz’s spiritual, historical and cultural roots. He’s an old soul at ease in the modern world.” – Kevin Whitehead, NPR’s Fresh Air

18 Sep

[ October the 2nd,2020 release on Sunnyside Records: Noah Haidu – Doctone]

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release date: 02.10.2020 Via Sunnyside Records

“Haidu is one of the finest young jazz lions…with jazz luminaries like trumpeter Jeremy Pelt and alto saxophonist Jon Irabagon gracing the band as part of a core quintet, rising above their powerful performance is quite an accomplishment and Haidu does just that.” – Edward Blanco, JazzTimes

“Haidu’s ability to express deep feelings is striking.” – Tony Hall, Jazzwise (UK)

11 Sep

[ September 18th, 2020 release via Destiny Records: Tom Guarna’s Spirit Science]

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release date: 18 September 2020 via Destiny Records

“…a guitarist of broad fluency and deep lyrical instinct…“ — Nate Chinen, WBGO’s “Take Five”

“Name any guitarist – Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, John Scofield – and the comparison falls short or fails entirely, because Tom Guarna is his own man.” — JazzTimes

Spirit Science showcases the New York-based guitarist in nine flowing, melody-laced originals inspired by the science of sacred geometry, complemented by a “dream team” of a band. Spirit Science – Guarna’s eighth album and second release via Destiny Records, due out September 18, 2020 – showcases the New York-based guitarist in nine flowing, melody-laced originals inspired by the science of sacred geometry.

07 Sep

[ September the 18 th,2020 release via Circum/Libra Records: KAZE & Ikure Mori- Sand Storm ]

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release date: 18th of September, 2020 via Circum / Libra Recs.

“…genius….[Sand Storm] reveals the true spirit of jazz in the way the ideas and themes slowly emerge from that odd sonic landscape.” – Marc Phillips, Part Time Audiophile

“Intense and playful, down-to-earth and international, Kaze communicates in a musical language of contrasts and continuity.” —Virginia Schaefer, JazzTimes

“If you think you can imagine what piano, drums, and two trumpets will sound like, think again.” ― Derk Richardson, KPFA Radio

On Sand Storm , Kaze – the cooperative quartet featuring Japanese composer-pianist Satoko Fujii and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura along with French trumpeter Christian Pruvost and drummer Peter Orins – welcomes pioneering laptop player Ikue Mori as a special guest. It’s no easy task for a band that’s been together for 10 years to add a player without upsetting a well-developed group balance, but the merger proves to be a natural one.

05 Sep

[ 18th of September 2020 release on JazzLAND: RYMDEN – Space Sailors ]

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release date: 18th September 2020

It is the perfect sequel to “Reflections and Odysseys”, their highly acclaimed debut that spawned an equally acclaimed series of live performances. The trio have taken the dynamics, textures, moods, and perfect blend of subtle detailing and big sonic gestures to new levels, and have picked up new elements of 60s psychedelia and punk energy along the way. If you ever wondered what would happen if a Krzysztof Komeda score collided with Fugazi, look no further; if you need to know what Chopin writing doom metal might sound like, you might just find the answer you seek. The prog and fusion elements you already know and expect are still here, but with different colours and markings. If “Reflections and Odysseys” was a first expedition into earth orbit, “Spacesailors” goes far beyond. This just might be their “moon landing” album.

01 Sep

[ 11th of September release via Pyroclastic Records: Eric Revis – Slipknots Through A Looking Glass ]

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available September 11 on Pyroclastic Records

The opening track, ‘Baby Renfroe,’ suggests James Brown funk as refracted through a dichroic prism…. It’s a good first taste of the album, in that it conveys a certain in-betweenness: the band sounds tight but open, calm but spring-coiled.” – Nate Chinen, WBGO’s “Take Five”

” A Basist with a strong rhythmic compass and a stout, beefy tone” — The New York Times

Poised to challenge those limited views of Revis’ expression, Slipknots Through a Looking Glass — his eighth solo-led album, and first release on Pyroclastic Records — explores new territory alongside familiar travelers: drummer Chad Taylor, pianist Kris Davis and saxophone masters Darius Jones and Bill McHenry.

14 Aug

[ August 28th,2020 release on Whirlwind Recordings: Rez Abbasi Trio – Django-shift ]

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release date: 20.08.2020 via Whirlwind Recs

“Guitarist Abbasi’s homage to Django Reinhardt is no nostalgia bath. Quite the contrary, Abbasi uses Reinhardt’s ingeniously constructed compositions as a touching-off point for unusual sonic explorations with drummer Michael Sarin, and Neil Alexander playing organ, electronics and synthesizers. The textural effects are often startling, casting Reinhardt tunes in unlikely, sometimes otherworldly contexts.” – Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune “The best jazz recordings of 2020 to date: From Wynton Marsalis to Adam Palma”

“On Django-shift, guitarist and composer Rez Abbasi deconstructs two separate traditions simultaneously: the music of 1930s Gypsy swing icon Django Reinhardt, and the 1960s organ trio…. Abbasi’s take on Reinhardt’s compositions is neither driving swing nor funk – instead, it’s played in his own now well established style, which is complex, knotty, chromatic, and timbrally unique (note his extensive use of the fretless guitar)…. challenging and rewarding.” – Rick Anderson, CD Hotlist

“Abbasi is living, breathing proof that jazz music can be as vital and boundary-pushing as ever.” – AllAboutJazz.com.