21 May

[ May 31st, 2023 release via ArtistShare: Edward Simon – Femeninas: Songs of Latin American Women ]

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Acclaimed Venezuelan pianist, composer, and arranger Edward Simon has built his career around a distinct repertoire of original compositions and imaginative, jazz-informed instrumental arrangements of pieces from the Great Latin American Songbook.

His brilliant new album Femeninas: Songs of Latin American Women is out May 31, 2023 via ArtistShare. Joining Simon are his trio with Adam Cruz on drums and Reuben Rogers on bass, and special guests Mexican vocalist Magos Herrera, Venezuelan percussionist Luis Quintero, and Brazilian guitarist Romero Lubambo. The album features songs by both established and emerging songwriters such as Violeta Parra(Chile), Marta Valdés (Cuba), Chabuca Granda (Perú), Elizabeth Morris (Chile), Rosa Passos (Brazil), Georgina Hassan (Argentina), and Joyce Moreno (Brazil).

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27 Mar

[ 31 March, 2023 release via Kabell Records: Wadada Leo Smith’s Orange Wave Electric Ensemble – Fire Illuminations ]

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release date: 31.03.2023 via Kabell Records.

Legendary trumpeter/composer Wadada Leo Smith debuts his new ensemble Orange Wave Electric with an exhilarating new digital album Fire Illuminations, available March 31, 2023 via Kabell Records. Joining Smith are an electric band with guitarists Nels Cline, Brandon Ross and Lamar Smith; bassists Bill Laswell and Melvin Gibbs; electronic musician Hardedge; percussionist Mauro Refosco; and drummer Pheeroan akLaff.

“Wadada Leo Smith has played an outsize role in American experimental music for the last 50 years.” – Seth Colter Walls, New York Times

“In a half-century of recording, [Wadada Leo Smith] has never stopped exploring the parameters of the form and instrument.” – Karl Ackermann, All About Jazz

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03 Dec

[ December the 2nd,2022 release on Bandcamp: Natsuki Tamura & Ittetsu Takemura – Lighting ]

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Lightning, trumpeter-composer Natsuki Tamura’s duet with drummer Ittetsu Takemura – a digital only release – is available today, December 2, 2022 via Bandcamp.

It’s an adrenaline rush of joyful sound. They dive headlong into the music, taking the listener along on a wild journey of exploration. The sounds and ideas come fast and furious as the two challenge one another and push things as far as they can go.

“a fresh approach to improvised music… Adventuresome and rewarding.” — Stuart Kremsky, IAJRC Journal
“…a remarkable trumpeter, individual, lyrical and dramatic.” ― Ray Comiskey, The Irish Times

07 Nov

[ November the 11th, 2022 release via Sunnyside Records: Jason Yeager – Unstuck in Time, The Kurt Vonnegut Suite ]

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Due out via Sunnyside Records on the author’s 100^th birthday, November 11, 2022, Unstuck in Time: The Kurt Vonnegut Suite features Yeager’s gifted septet along with guest soloist Miguel Zenón

“ [Jason] always impressed me with his talent, his curiosity and his desire to create his own music while really investigating the jazz piano tradition.” – Fred Hersch, pianist/composer, Doris Duke fellow

“This music is marvelous and I believe would have been right up my father’s alley.” – Edith Vonnegut, artist

Album Release Concerts Oct. 28 Framingham, MA; Oct. 29 Portland, ME; Nov. 10 South Bend, IN; Nov. 11 Indianapolis, IN; Nov. 12 Jasper, IN; December 9 Brooklyn, NY and more

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01 Nov

[ November the 4th, 2022 release on Challenge Rec: Jussi Reijonen’s Three Seconds – Kolme Toista ]

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Three Seconds | Kolme Toista Brings Together an All-Star International Ensemble for Reijonen’s Ambitious and Heartfelt Project

“… extraordinary music…. his playing is deep, profoundly nuanced, and essentially unique throughout.” — Barry Cleveland, Guitar Player about Jussi’s debut album Un

“Musical cultures and sensibilities cross, evocatively…without blinking or apologizing.” – Josef Woodard, DownBeat

“Reijonen’s musical universe has no frontiers. It is a beautiful, sensual mosaic of traditions and influences.” – Eyal Hareuveni, All About Jazz

US Release Dates: CD November 4, 2022, Digital October 14, 2022 – Worldwide release date for digital and CD: October 14, 2022 via Challenge Records International

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10 Oct

[ October the 14th,2022 release on Strut: DETROIT ARTISTS WORKSHOP – Community, Jazz And Art In The Motor City 1965-1981 ]

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release date: 14.10.2022 on Strut records

Strut and Art Yard present the culmination of a 5-year project researching the archives of author, DJ and activist John Sinclair with the first ever retrospective of the influential Detroit Artists Workshop spanning 1965 to 1978.

08 Oct

[ October the 14th,2022 release on Jazzland Recordings: Bugge Wesseltoft & Henrik Schwarz – DUO II ]

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release date:14.10.2022 on Jazzland Recordings / Punkt Edition series

Wesseltoft / Schwarz return with a new selection of tracks, DUOII, demonstrating that while neither acclaimed jazz composer and keyboardist Bugge Wesseltoft nor electronics maestro and producer Henrik Schwarz could be described as predictable, as a duo they are absolutely mercurial. Their natural affinity and symbiotic musical relationship seem to provide both with equal amounts of inquisitive, experimental and creative energy, and all without sacrificing their accessibility.

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07 Oct

[ October the 14th, 2022 release on Outside in Music: Owen Broder ‘Hodges Front and Center, Vol. 1 ]

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“ The combination of traditional folk tunes, Copland-like flourishes and superb musicianship result in a transcendent work of art—one that celebrates human imagination while evoking the natural beauty of windswept prairies.” – Bobby Reed, DownBeat (review of Heritage)

“ [Owen Broder] employs a past-via-the-present compositional technique with ingenuity and skill, producing music of genuine warmth and majesty.” – Brian Zimmerman, Jazziz

04 Oct

[ October the 7th, 2022 release on Bandcamp: Natsuki Tamura’s 5 Trumpets]

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release date: 07.10.2022 on bandcamp

“…sounds that elevate, startle and thrill.” ― Jerry D’Souza, All About Jazz

“Tamura has an especially wide vocabulary of sounds, ranging from comic, muted gurgling to soulful harmonics.” ― Rob Adams, The Glasgow Herald

23 Sep

[ September the 30th, 2022 release on Hubro Records: Geir Sundstøl -The Studio Intim Sessions, Vol. 1 ]

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release date: 30.09.2022 on Hubro Records

Geir Sundstøl has made a name for himself as an innovative session musician on hundreds of Norwegian and international albums. 2015 saw the release of Furulund, the first self-composed long player from this Master of Strings. Langen Ro, Norwegian Grammy winner Brødløs and St.Hanshaugen Steel, followed soon after.

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