19 Mar

[ March the 21st, 2025 release on TMR Music: Ted Rosenthal Trio – High Standards ]

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Release Date: March 21st, 2025

Pianist and composer Ted Rosenthal is set to release “High Standards,” the first of four distinct new albums over the next year, titled “Trio in 4 Acts,” on TMR Music.

“Rosenthal is a pianist of the rarest skill, weaving rapid single-note lines that expand into rich chordal patterns, parallel octaves, and hints of the blues,” – Leonard Feather, Los Angeles Times.

“There are not many modern jazz pianists as dexterous as Mr. Rosenthal,” – Nate Chinen, New York Times.

“A musician’s musician who expertly balances technique and taste,” – The New Yorker.

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13 Mar

[ Pianist and composer Aruán Ortiz receives major award from American Academy of Arts and Letters ]

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One of two “composers of extraordinary gifts” to receive Goddard Lieberson Fellowship

Pianist and composer Aruán Ortiz is one of two “composers of extraordinary gifts” awarded with the Goddard Lieberson Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Shawn Okpebholo also received this fellowship as part of the seventeen 2025 Awards in Music honoring both established and emerging composers.

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10 Mar

[ March the 14th, 2025 release via Pyroclastic: Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson – Bone Bells ]

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Bone Bells, out March 14, 2025 via Pyroclastic Records, thrives on the pair’s bold instincts, improvisational daring and far-ranging compositional vision

“Courvoisier and Halvorson have a chemistry that brings out something new in both of them… [Searching for the Disappeared Hour] is a totally involving and, in its own warped way, beautiful session of music.” – Jerome Wilson, All About Jazz

“Courvoisier and Halvorson reach across the specifics of their approach to celebrate a mutuality of taste: of melodic shapes, of rhythmic structures, of harmonic colour.”– J.D. Considine, JazzTimes

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07 Mar

[ March the 7th, 2025 reissue on Ambiances Magnétiques: Quatuor Bozzini – Jürg Frey’s String Quartets ]

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release date:07.03.2025 on  Ambiances Magnétiques

From Collection QB, Quatuor Bozzini‘s imprint, comes a legendary recording originally produced by Editions Wandelweiser in 2006. This reissue commemorates the quartet’s 25th anniversary, and brings back an essential piece of their eclectic discography back into circulation. Swiss composer Jürg Frey‘s String Quartets disc was met with enthusiasm upon its release and has since been name-checked by Björk (in her interview with the Creative Independent), praised by beloved critic Alex Ross, and cited as inspiration for many others, and justifiably so. Its initial run is now out-of-print.

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05 Mar

[ March the 7th, 2025 release on Adhyâropa Records: Claire Cope’s Ensemble C – Every Journey ]

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Out March 7, 2025, Every Journey celebrates an 💓 International Woman’s Day 💓 with gorgeous compositions inspired by pioneering women and the courage to embark on life’s adventures

“[Ensemble C’s debut album Small World] reveals Cope as a musician with a deep sense of communication and musical community.” – Sammy Stein, Jazz Views

“Claire’s music is beautiful; imaginative, uplifting, thoughtful and reflective. The beauty is the subtlety; of the journey of a melody, the gently shifting sands of texture and the control of form, energy and dynamic.” – Andy Scott, award-winning saxophonist and composer

An oft-repeated Chinese proverb states, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Looking back from a vantage point several steps along her own proverbial journey, British composer and pianist Claire Cope came to discover that no matter how daunting a venture may become, it’s always taking that first step that requires the most courage. That realization provided the inspiration behind Every Journey, the gorgeous second album by Cope’s Ensemble C.

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01 Mar

[ March the 7th, 2025 release on Ambiances Magnétiques: Nour Symon – je suis calme et enragé•e ]

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release date:07.03.2025 on  Ambiances Magnétiques

je suis calme et enragé•e, (I am calm and enraged), is Nour Symon‘s latest creation. Oscillating between the form of the musical, poetical manifestó or theatrical performance, yet framed with the visual extravaganza while staged, it is not your usual piece of cake easy to classify. Many contradicting acts take place throughout the runway of the six tracks, all containing neither vocalise nor spoken or recited words. Not to mention the music framework wrapping it into the complex, finished work, yet with the score executed in a far from conventional way. 

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18 Feb

[ February the 21st, 2025 release via Chill Tone: Noah Preminger – Ballads ]

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Out February 21, 2025, via Chill Tone,

Noah Preminger‘s Ballads feature the daring saxophonist luxuriating in beauty for beauty’s sake with pianist Julian Shore, bassist Kim Cass and drummer Allan Mednard.

“[Preminger] plays with not just chops and composure, but already a distinct voice: His approach privileges mood and reflectiveness, favouring weaving lines that can be complex but are also concise, without a trace of over-playing or bravado.” – Siddhartha Miller, Boston Globe

“Mr. Preminger designs a different kind of sound for each note, an individual destiny and story.” – Ben Ratliff, The New York Times

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15 Feb

[ February the 21st, 2025 release via Irabbagast Records: Jon Irabagon – Server Farm ]

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Out on  February 21, 2025, on Irabbagast Records
Server Farm charts the tension between humans and the virtual with a phenomenal band featuring Mazz Swift, Peter Evans, Miles Okazaki, Wendy Eisenberg, Matt Mitchell, Michael Formanek, Chris Lightcap, Dan Weiss and Levy Lorenzo.

“As a strikingly original player with an imaginative vision, Irabagon keeps his music refreshingly focused but also bursting with freedom.” – Filipe Freitas, JazzTrail

“Irabagon is one of the most exciting talents to enter jazz in the new millennium… No other current saxophonist encompasses his mix of explosive energy, stylistic diversity, lethal chops and radical ideas.” – Thomas Conrad, JazzTimes

“Visceral clamour meets groove…. Server Farm moves nimbly between extremes of structure and texture. The beauty lies where the layers intersect.” – James Hale, DownBeat

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12 Feb

Fabienne Ambühl Quartet – Thrive (realised on 17th of January 2025) Label: Ubuntu Music / JAZZ

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Ten years have passed since I first came across Fabienne’s debut recording in the trio, titled Glitterwoods, which I further reviewed. That was one of my favourites back in time and I kept my eye on her, but nothing came out after. I later reached the label to hear that she became fully involved in musical education. I kept enjoying the debut recording then and hoping that one day she would make her comeback. Imagine my surprise when I heard from Fab, out of a sudden 10 years later, at the end of the year, through the ever-present social media, that she came back with her second recording, Thrive.

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