release date: 18.02.2022 on Slow Music Movement
High & Lonesome is The Howard Hughes Suite’s 13th release, it comes out as a mark of extraordinary time which entire creative artists faced in very special way, when it comes to the isolation. The title underlines that fact and gives it a special meaning as well, as we have seen recently on many post pandemic outcomes. But the true message is there in between the notes, so just listen to it.
release date: 11.02.2022 via Libra Records
“extremely beautiful music, defined by its intelligence and risk.” ― Jason Bivins, Cadence
“wondrous facility and articulation,… a musical sense of humor … a fresh approach to improvised music… Adventuresome and rewarding.” — Stuart Kremsky, IAJRC Journal
Trumpeter-composer Natsuki Tamura adds a new dimension to his unaccompanied music, several in fact, on his new multi-tracked solo album, Summer Tree. Only his fifth solo album in a career that has spanned more than five decades, Summer Tree displays all the inventiveness, lyricism, and wit as his previous solo albums, but with a few new wrinkles. For the first time, he
Animal Crossing, due out digitally February 4, 2022 via Whirlwind Recordings, tackles eclectic repertoire including the theme from the wildly popular video game and songs by Pat Metheny, Chuck Mangione and George Michael
“Its central achievement is bridging the gap between supposed high and lowbrow, as Mahanthappa’s trio convincingly puts a distinctive stamp on the eclectic source material, with sparkling cocktails of grooves, hooks and solos…” – Kevin LeGendre, Jazzwise
“ [Mahanthappa is] making truly some of the most original jazz out there at the moment.” – Brian Zimmerman, Jazziz
release date: 21.01.2022 on TUM Records
2 Blues For Cecil brings together three legends of modern improvised music, drummer Andrew Cyrille, bassist William Parker and flugelhornist Enrico Rava, in a tribute to the late, great pianist and bandleader Cecil Taylor (1929-2018). Although the three played together for the first time as members of this trio, they share a common bond through their separate time spent performing and recording with Taylor.
release date: 21.01.2022 on TUM Records
Ode to O is the second release by the OGJB Quartet featuring four leaders in their own right, saxophonist Oliver Lake, cornetist Graham Haynes, bassist Joe Fonda and drummer Barry Altschul. As with their first release, Bamako, each member has contributed compositions to the new recording which also features two collective improvisations.
out January 14, 2022 via Planet Arts Recording
On the Town – Pete Malinverni plays Leonard Bernstein– featuring pianist Malinverni with bassist Ugonna Okegwo and drummer Jeff Hamilton.
“Pete Malinverni is a pianist with a forthright and elegant style.” – Nate Chinen, New York Times
“Pianist Pete Malinverni is a wild cat. [His] playing can be dark, gritty and oddly rapturous…he digs into the piano and emerges with exotic treasure.” – Karl Stark, Philadelphia Inquirer
release date:07.01.2022 via Pyroclastic Records
[The] tenor and soprano saxophonist Tony Malaby has earned a reputation as one of New York’s stalwart improvisers, through an array of sideman appointments and some rigorously rewarding albums.” – Nate Chinen, New York Times
” Malaby will play inside, outside and all around his saxophone, but never once will it sound out of place with whatever else is happening.” – Paul Acquaro, The Free Jazz Collective
Saxophonist/composer Tony Malaby reconvenes his stunning quartet Sabino with guitarist Ben Monder, bassist Michael Formanek and drummer Tom Rainey.
release date: 07.01.2022 via Paletto Records
“[Fred Hersch is] a pianist, composer and conceptualist of rare imaginative power.” – Nate Chinen, The New York Times
“Hersch’s work has developed an intensity of intelligence and emotional directness unparalleled among his peers.” – Steve Futterman, The New Yorker
Iconic pianist/composer Fred Hersch was an early adopter of new technologies and new ways forward when the pandemic hit in early 2020. But he’s also been among the most eager to return to live performance and collaboration now that life has begun to resume some semblance of normality. In August he returned to the studio to record one of his most ambitious projects to date: Breath By Breath, his first album ever pairing jazz rhythm section with string quartet.
release date: 07.01.20222 self release
“A composer of enchanted, majestic soundscapes; a daring songwriter unafraid to break form, time, and harmony in pursuit of new truths; a poet full of mysterious yearning; an intensely subtle vocalist who can soar, glide, hover, shapeshift, and dive into the abyss — Claire is somehow all of these geniuses at once. ‘Cinematic’ barely covers it — she’s a world-builder…This album will stay with me for years to come. ” – Vijay Iyer
“Claire Dickson dares to be dreamy…the sound is completely one-of-a-kind, a flash of musicianship that has no comparison.” – Highclouds
“Myrtle casts a spell…the old categories are useless here.” – All Songs Considered
