release date: 07.02.2025
After singles And Then We Turned Away and Singing Sands emerged on air at the end of December and the middle of January, respectively, all that was left for the KMT fans was to wait until the release date of the quartet’s fourth album, And Now. And this day is… TODAY!
Out February 7, 2025,
The Griot Songs marks the return of the Omar Thomas Large Ensemble after more than a decade, featuring soloists Jason Palmer, Mark Zaleski, Alex Brown, Mark Cocheo and others
“Griot Songs firmly plants Omar Thomas in the pantheon of distinguished and exceptional writers. He blurs the lines stylistically in the best of ways withz a texturally compelling ‘heart and soul’ sonic story all his own.” – Grammy-winning drummer/composer Terri Lyne Carrington
“Omar Thomas… proves himself a modern-day griot – summoning influences, traditions, and narratives from both past and present, framing them in a manner that is at varying times tender, dramatic, mystical, and joyful – but always absolutely captivating!” – Composer/bandleader Chuck Owen
release date: 07.02.2025 on Jazzland Recordings
In the Country, Slettahjell & Reiersrud’s third album “Remembrance” is a unique feminist Norwegian music project rooted in the powerful poets based on the three English Brontë sisters and American Emily Dickinson, who wrote poems on each continent nearly 200 years ago. Brontë and Dickinson had a huge production of high quality poems, often quite emotional, which still today hits home.
Hello Friends,
On behalf of Susan’s family, I’m saddened to confirm the passing of the pioneering musician Susan Alcorn due to natural causes.
One of the world’s foremost pedal steel guitar players who took the instrument to new heights, Alcorn was also a beloved collaborator, a kind and generous person whose mark on the music world and the musicians she played with was indelible. A memorial service will be on February 20, 2025, 4:00 PM, at the Evans Funeral Chapel, 8800 Harford Road, Parkville, MD.
release date: 31st January 2025
Guitarist and composer Stein Urheim has been a prominent artist in the HUBRO catalog for over ten years. “Speilstillevariasjoner” is his seventh album for the label under his own name, in addition to contributions to albums by Erlend Apneseth, Benedicte Maurseth, a duo with Jørgen Træen, and most recently the critically acclaimed “Barefoot in Bryophyte” with Mari Kvien Brunvoll and Moskus.
original release date: September 7th, 2024
We are exited to present you the latest release from pianist, composer & arranger Monique Chao with her Jazz Orchestra. An official release in China & Japan was on September the 7th, 2024. Now it is time for Us, the rest of the world to enjoy that wonderful music. Due to misfortune with the marketing procedures related to distribution & publicity on the American market the copyrights has been just granted and PR passed to us. So let’s help this great music not to get missed or forgotten due to bureaucratic battlefields misery.
Get ready for some serious, subversive fun on What happened there? the first-ever collaboration between two of improvised music’s greatest provocateurs: trumpeter Natsuki Tamura and guitarist Keiji Haino. The album is out January 24, 2025 via Libra Records.
Tamura is internationally recognized for a unique musical vocabulary that blends jazz lyricism with extended techniques in a wide variety of settings including ensembles with Satoko Fujii. Haino is a monster-free jazz, noise rock, and free improvisation player who has made music with the likes of Peter Brötzmann, John Zorn, Derek Bailey, Jim O’Rourke, and Fred Frith.
“Tamura has entered territory that no one has ever explored.” ―Masahiro Imai, Musen to Jikken
“Haino has achieved a reputation as a kind of unearthly visionary.” —Ben Ratliff, Art Forum
Altitude 1100 Meters to be released on January 24, 2025 via Libra Records.
Pianist-composer Satoko Fujii’s New String Ensemble, GEN, Makes a Stunning Debut on Her Latest Album, Altitude 1100 Meters
“Fujii’s music is unique. . . . she keeps inventing herself, with all her many bands playing totally different things, but all with the same underlying quality and recognizable vision.” – Stef Gjissels, Free Jazz Collective
“Satoko Fujii does not set boundaries and limits to her creativity – passionate and determined to search for every possible exploratory solution of sound, composition and improvisation.” – Guiseppe Mavilla, Scrivere di Jazz (Italy)
Eugenie Jones’ self-titled album of groove-infused melodies, exquisite string arrangements, and songs of passion, betrayal, and revenge releases on January 20th, 2025.
Produced by legendary bassist Lonnie Plaxico, EUGENIE sets to melody the singer/songwriter’s poignant experiences and observations within new original songs, fresh-take jazz standards, and beloved soul classics.
“An extraordinary singer, songwriter, and a source of light we’re fortunate to experience.” – NEA Jazz Master and John Coltrane bassist Reggie Workman
“Tremendous talent, tireless energy and buoyant spirit.” – Thomas Staudter, The Gazette/New York
“…keen sense of phrasing … like a veteran horn soloist, she slides effortlessly from one octave to the next, always landing on the right, pitch-perfect note.” – Mark Holston, Jazziz
Release Date: January 17th, 2025
DRUMMER ANTOINE CARA CONVENES AN EXTRAORDINARY LINEUP ON HIS UPCOMING RELEASE “STATUS QUO”
