release date:17.09.2021 via Capri Records
[ September the 3rd, 2021 release via ODIN Records: Flukten – Velkommen håp ]
release date: 03.09.2021 via Odin Records
“A wide spanning debut that makes the most of Hanna Paulsberg’s blistering sax over a riotous rhythm section seemingly battling severe ADHD. Flukten’s lovelier side surfaces amid Klovning’s mellow guitar ruminations, while sideways nods to Per Johansson and Paul Motion complete a thrillingly uneasy listen.”
★ ★ ★ ★
MOJO
Flukten [The Escape] release their debut album, Velkommen håp [Welcome Hope) on CD, LP & DL through ODIN Records on the 3rd September 2021.
[September 15 to 19,2021: The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal – The Fest is Back – 41st edition Program]
JAZZ FEST IS BACK
and unveils its 41st edition!
[ 2021 Why Play Jazz – 3rd Sempteber release – (WPJ057) – Das Kondensat 2 ]
releases September 03, 2021
Chapter two of an amazing story. The music seethes with dense, sharply focused energy. Lush bass lines, intense drums, explosive saxophone play – three German masters of improvised music fuse acoustic instruments with digitally generated sounds. All of this is done live without overdubs. equally integrated into their live concept. Together it creates an unprecedented mix of man and machine.
[August the 29th, 2021 release via Endectomorph Music: Kevin Sun’s ‘<3 Bird']
release date: 29.08.2021 via Endectomorph Music
“An engaging, delightful excursion into Birdology.” — George Kanzler, Hot House
“Radically inventive original compositions inspired by Charlie Parker.” – Mat Micucci, Jazziz
“…Sun swings for the fences with his sense of form and scale.” – Nate Chinen, WBGO
“Sun has a warmth, richness and rhythmic vitality to his playing that at times brings Lester Young or Sonny Rollins to mind.” – Troy Dostert, All About Jazz
“An outstanding recording…The album acknowledges the past, lives in the present and looks to the future… The spirit of Charlie Parker is very much alive on this one, an album that seems to bring new discoveries with every listen. Highly recommended.” – Miguel Zenón, saxophonist/composer
Kevin Sun‘s visionary, radical re-imagining of the music of Charlie Parker for a new century. The ‘<3 Bird’ album will be released on August 29, 2021, Parker’s 101st birthday.
[ August the 27th, 2021 release via HUBRO: SKRIM – The Crooked Path ]
release date: 27.08.2021 via HUBRO
Morten Qvenild and Gard Nilssen, previously know as the duo “sPacemonKey”, have returned as the duo SKRIM; the magical musical interaction they have refined for over 10 years, just as present. This time they are extended with guests Ståle Storløkken and Stian Westerhus – a constellation that formed under Gard Nilssen’s residency at Moldejazz 2019. These four improvising musical wanderers went in the studio, or out for a walk if you will. They walked on crooked paths into a wild musical landscape that you are guaranteed to have never heard before.
[ August the 20th, 2021 release via Cornerstone Jazz: Jim Yanda – A Silent Way ]
release date: 20.08.2021 via Cornerstone Jazz
“[Yanda] flaunts melodic imagination and a brisk feel for swing.” – Bob Doerschuk, DownBeat
“[Yanda] is a wonderful guitarist… He combines [Larry] Coryell’s looseness with [Jim] Hall’s precise tone in a unique burning style.” – Jerome Wilson, Cadence
[ August the 13th, 2021 release via Consolidated Artists Productions: Falkner Evans – Invisible Words ]
[ August the 6th, 2021 release via 4RM Music Productions: Trineice Robinson – All Or Nothing ]
release date: 06.08.2021 via 4RM Music Productions
“With the right sass and style to be a first class jazz vocalist, this later in life debut hits all the right notes throughout.” – Chris Spector, Midwest Record
“soulful , warm, intense, with daring improvisation in her scat – singing, bringing out a certainty of joy and celebration…. a production that reveals from the beginning its aspirations and achieves them to the fullest extent.” – Phontas Troussas, Vinylmine
All Or Nothing, brings together a lifetime of experience and influences from jazz, R&B, gospel and classical music with an all-star band featuring Don Braden, Cyrus Chestnut, Kenny Davis and Vince Ector,
[ July the 30th, 2021 release on Not Two records: Barry Altschul’s The 3dom Factor – Long Tall Sunshine ]
release date: 30.07.2021 on Not Two
“Altschul remains a master drummer and bandleader. Long Tall Sunshine pulls off a delightful paradox: it combines in-your-face vigor with subtlety, probing free improvisations with appealing compositions.” – Michael Ullman, Arts Fuse
“And so this album goes: surprise after surprise…Clearly one of the most exciting jazz recordings ever made!” – Lynn Bayley, Art Music Lounge
On The Long Tall Sunshine, Not Two, reconvenes Altschul’s adventurous group. Three, as those of us who grew up on Schoolhouse Rock will remember, truly is a magic number. It’s enshrined in the name of The 3dom Factor, the astounding trio led by legendary drummer/improviser Barry Altschul for the last decade or so. That sobriquet reflects the vital importance of all three voices in the band: not only Altschul’s powerful, ever-inquisitive drumming, but the tirelessly venturesome saxophone playing of Jon Irabagon and the acrobatic muscularity of bass great Joe Fonda.