Reedist/composer Josh Sinton, pianist Jed Wilson and drummer Tony Falco celebrate their twenty-year friendship with Adumbrations, out June 3, 2022 via Form is Possibility Recordings
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May
[ May the 27th, 2022 release on SOFA Records: Propan – Swagger ]
PROPAN release their new album Swagger on CD, LP and DL on SOFA on the 27th May 2022. An unusual sonic tapestry which is weaved around Duo’s voices with all sorts of beats, noises, samples, loops, crackles – you name it. All very surreal and hypnotic, but in the same time heeling and calming with its repetitive patterns and choruses. Nocturnal journey inside your own head.
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May
[ May the 27th, 2022 release on SOFA Records: Martin Taxt – Second room ]
Martin Taxt releases new album Second Room on CD, LP and DL on SOFA on the 27th of May.
Second Room is Taxt’s second album in a series of works investigating possible relations between music and architecture. In this work written for alto saxophone, two microtonal tubas, double bass, church organ, hand bells and modular synthesizers he is inspired by the Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, and his ideas on different concepts of living.
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May
[ May the 20th, 2022 release on Strut Records: FLOCK – Flock ]
release date: 20.05.2022 on Strut Records
more than the sum of its parts, Flock is never less than intriguing. ★ ★ ★ ★ MOJO
recorded in a single day when the players were clearly on cracking form, this quietly magnificent debut dips into modal jazz, Afrofunk and analogue glitch 8/10 UNCUT
a forward-thinking, highly atmospheric and distinctive concoction of modern jazz and experimentalism with an electronic edge 8/10 FUTURE MUSIC
Flock is gloriously unpredictable, and you only hope there’s more of this to come. ELECTRONIC SOUND
Major new project announcing on Strut today featuring a heavyweight line-up of forward-thinking UK jazz players. Flock comprises Bex Burch (Vula Viel), Danalogue (The Comet Is Coming, Soccer96), Sarathy Korwar, Al MacSween (Maisha) and Tamar Osborn (Collocutor).
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May
[ May the 20th, 2022 release on Traumton: Olga Reznichenko Trio – Somnambule ]
release date: 20.05.2022 on Traumton
Whoever expects only calm, dreamy music because of the album title, Somnambule, will be surprised. Olga Reznichenko does not take the name of the album so literally, but rather in an associative way. “It’s not directly about sleepwalking, but about different nocturnal states. These also included semi-conscious phases in which my thoughts don’t come to rest or melodies that I played before still reverberate.”
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May
[ May the 20th, 2022 release via Odin Records – Espen Berg Trio – Fjære ]
In May 2022, Espen Berg Trio are releasing their fourth album on Odin Records. Fjære [Tide] consists of seven new compositions by Berg and was recorded during a time where being together has been difficult. As a counterweight to this and as a symbol of togetherness and friendship, the trio has invited three guests artists for the first time: Mathias Eick (trumpet), Hanna Paulsberg (sax) and Silje Nergaard (vocal).
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May
[ May the 13th, 2022 release on Newvelle Records: Noah Preminger, Ben Monder, John Patitucci & Billy Hart – Some Other Time ]
“This music is too urgent to be missed.” –The Audio Beat
“It’s a gorgeous, ballad-focused album…combining musicianship of the highest order with benchmark-setting recording and production values.” —London Jazz News
Newvelle Records is proud to announce the May 13, 2022 digital release of Noah Preminger‘s – Some Other Time, with Ben Monder, John Patitucci and Billy Hart
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May
[ May the 13th, 2022 release on Thanatosis: Martin Küchen – Utopia ]
Thanatosis Records release Martin Kuchen’s Utopia on LP / CD / DL on Thanatosis Records on the 13th May 2022.
For more than two decades Swedish reedist Martin Küchen has cemented his place as one of the most versatile musicians within improvised and experimental music, following his innate curiosity to pursue many different approaches. Depending upon one’s aesthetic preferences one might know him as a free jazz firebreather
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May
[ May the 12th, 2022 release on Segell Microscopi label: Manel Fortià – Despertar ]
“Despertar is a gorgeous declaration of emancipation from the assumptions that sometimes are erroneously made about Spanish jazz. This is fresh thinking and beautiful playing from a trio that is led by the extraordinary bassist Manel Fortià. His bass sound is huge and fluid and his bandmates are almost telepathic in their interaction with it. This is an incredible outing for a young bandleader and should firmly establish Manel as a voice to be heard for years to come.” – Grammy Award-winning pianist and composer Arturo O’Farrill
“Wonderful interaction and beautiful compositions are highlighted on this recording. I hear the influence of Spain throughout. This is a great trio which will be listened to by serious musicians and enjoyed.” – NEA Jazz Master, saxophonist and composer Dave Liebman
Barcelona-born bassist Manel Fortià bridges his Mediterranean and Spanish roots with the sounds of modern New York jazz on his trio album Despertar, available May 12, 2022 via Segell Microscopi/Altafonte Distribution.
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May
[ May the 6th, 2022 release on Pyroclastic Records: Ches Smith Quartet – Interpret It Well ]
release date: 06.05.2022 on Pyroclastic Records
★★★★ “Every track has an architecture, a flow, a journey, a story…again and again one can admire and be touched by the ability of all four of these musicians to make the pacing, the story-telling all feel as natural as breathing.” – Sebastian Scotney, The Arts Desk
“A smartly unruly drummer active in devious art-rock and outsider jazz.” – Nate Chinen, New York Times
“[The] nondescript term ‘drummer’ doesn’t get near the chemistry of earworm hooks, sharp-end jazz innovation and global-musical openness of New York percussionist/composer Ches Smith.” John Fordham, The Guardian
Interpret It Well, the new album featuring drummer/vibraphonist/composer