release date: 10.07.2026 on BMG Records
Saxophonist/Composer Brent Birckhead to release “Exchange, Live At The Keystone Korner“
“When I moved back to Baltimore, Keystone became my musical home. It was only right to record there.” – Brent Birckhead
“One of the most riveting young improvisors in New York” – New York Times
Newly Discovered Recording of a Satoko Fujii Orchestra Project Is a Revelation.
Satoko Fujii’s Bunker Ulmenwall Orchestra to be released July 10, 2026, via Libra Records. First of five orchestra albums Fujii will release in 2026, and her 24th orchestra album overall!
“It’s difficult to find another composer like Fujii who can write improvised music for a large ensemble so well and I doubt that there ever will be.” – Nick Davies, London Jazz News
“The orchestra is her instrument … and she uses it to make epic gestures.” ― John Chacona, Coda
“A pianist of taste and resourcefulness.” – Steve Futterman, The New Yorker
“Everything about Ingram’s music is completely self- assured and big, creating extended aural landscapes that envelop and excite, soothe and invigorate.” – Bud Koopman, All About Jazz
release date: 05.07.2026 via Groundtone Records
The Pentland/Bergonzi Quartet is an intersection of generations and singular voices, where saxophone legend Jerry Bergonzi joins forces with bassist/composer Sean Pentland, pianist Julian Shore, and drummer Jongkuk Kim. The eminently individual sounds of the tenor master and younger luminaries animate Pentland’s intricate and vivid compositions, which feature colourful, contrapuntal harmonies and nuanced, polyrhythmic grooves,
Border Crossings is the newest album by New York guitarist and composer Early Times. This is a straight-ahead jazz album spiced with soul and Latin rhythms.
release date: June 26, 2026 on Miel Music
Barcelona Art Orchestra & Miguel Zenón explore the many faces of human expression in a new large-scale work. Expressions – Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra, a collective composition by four leading voices of the Barcelona jazz scene.
Giant Step Arts continues its Modern Masters and New Horizons series with Tomorrow Is Today, the debut recording from The Phoenix Trio, a cooperative, deeply connected group featuring tenor saxophonist Mark Turner, bassist Joe Martin and drummer Marcus Gilmore. It’s out this Friday.
Recorded live in front of an audience at Brooklyn’s Ornithology Club in May 2025, the album fuses compositional depth, improvisational daring and powerful solos into a group sound both riveting and unique.
release date: 16.06.2026 via Ruzztone Music
“Intellectual to the core, melodic and elegant, Spiegel’s music will engage and challenge you at the same time.” — Ed Blanco, EJazzNews
The multicultural Ize Trio returns with an even more expansive reflection on jazz, classical and Middle Eastern cultural traditions
Global Prayer, out June 12, 2026, features pianist Chase Morrin, percussionist George Lernis and cellist Naseem Alatrash, with special guests including Grammy-winning bassist John Patitucci.
“[Ize Trio] are exuberantly and deliberately international, dedicated to finding new ways to meld their various musical and cultural traditions.” – Michael Ullman, Arts Fuse
“Ize Trio is a Boston-based trio redefining the traditional jazz piano trio sound… [blending] the American art form of jazz with Middle Eastern music, promoting a mission focused on social good.” – Tim Larsen, Jazz Views
