release date: 13.06.2025 on Hubro Records
The new supergroup in Hubro Records stables Beiggja – made of a Dutch saxophonist Kika Sprangers, and well-established Norwegian musicians, long-time being a part of the label’s family, pianist Kjetil Mulelid, and rhythmic section featuring bassist Mats Eilertsen and drummer Per Oddvar Johansen – releases their debut album, Morning, this Friday!
release date: 13.06.2025 on Hubro Records
In the night and darkness, Hekate reigns. Hekate (Hecate) was the goddess of magic, witchcraft, the night, moon, ghosts and necromancy. Composed of three bodies, each with their own distinct powers, she guards the moon, crossroads, and holds the key to the portal between worlds. Therefore, made up of the three female voices, the young Norwegian Trio addresses their art to the right patron from the beginning.
The vocal trio HEKATE—Malin Alander, Silje Risdal Liahagen, and Synnøve Brøndbo Plassen—opens the door to a new musical realm where ancient power meets modern club energy.
Out June 6, 2025 via Capri Records.
“Taken together, ‘Sam Rivers 100’ and ‘Dance, Eternal Spirits, Dance!’ are more than just records, they’re statements of purpose. They revive the works of two jazz masters not merely as museum pieces, but as living, breathing forms. As such, they belong not only in your collection but in your conversations, in your classrooms, and in your ears.” – Thierry De Clemensat, Paris Move
” Masters recomposes his chosen material in ways that open fresh insight into both the mind of the original composer and the mind of Mark Masters.“ – Thomas Conrad, JazzTimes
“ Whatever the theme, Masters and the ensemble always deliver the goods.” – Jack Bowers, All About Jazz
release date: 06.06.2025 via Chill Tone Label
“Pianist Julian Shore [is] a rising star with a wide gaze and a firm sense of self… a sense of personalised sophistication and quiet intelligence.” – Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz
“[Shore’s] name belongs among the leaders of the young Jazz piano scene.” – Travis Rogers, JazzTimes
“Sub rosa” – the term conjures shadowy images of secret messages and covert operations, espionage and investigation. Jazz has always been something of a coded language, able to convey deep and complex meaning in abstract form, communicating emotions without explicit explanation. Pianist Julian Shore delivers his own collection of clandestine communications on his compelling new album Sub Rosa.
Legendary saxophonist, composer and lifelong musical innovator Anthony Braxton turns 80 today — June 4, 2025 — and Burning Ambulance Music is helping to celebrate his life of creativity with the release of Quartet (England) 1985, a digital collection of four complete, previously unreleased concerts featuring pianist Marilyn Crispell, bassist Mark Dresser, and drummer Gerry Hemingway.
“We could have a box set. Show the complete spectrum of what this group is capable of.” – Anthony Braxton, November 1985
“THIS MUSIC IS REALLY SOMETHING! The music is equal to the best of the quartet – maybe it’s even better than that.” – Anthony Braxton, November 2024
Out June 6, 2025 via Capri Records.
“Taken together, ‘Sam Rivers 100’ and ‘Dance, Eternal Spirits, Dance!’ are more than just records, they’re statements of purpose. They revive the works of two jazz masters not merely as museum pieces, but as living, breathing forms. As such, they belong not only in your collection but in your conversations, in your classrooms, and in your ears.” – Thierry De Clemensat, Paris Move
” Masters recomposes his chosen material in ways that open fresh insight into both the mind of the original composer and the mind of Mark Masters.“ – Thomas Conrad, JazzTimes
“ Whatever the theme, Masters and the ensemble always deliver the goods.” – Jack Bowers, All About Jazz
On the heels of glowing reviews from national press, widespread streaming and radio play, and sold-out touring across the U.S., New York pianist Noah Haidu releases Standards III (Infinite Distances) on June 6, 2025.
The album continues Haidu’s collaboration with Buster Williams and Billy Hart and debuts an impressive new band featuring Gervis Myles and Charles Goold.
Special guests Steve Wilson, Peter Washington and Lewis Nash featured on one track.
“He has developed his own compelling brand of pianism,” declares The Wall Street Journal. Recent work has been hailed as “extraordinary” by Jazz Magazine, “really beautiful” by National Public Radio, and “stunning” by DownBeat. Indeed, it seems that audiences have caught up to the praise long bestowed upon this important voice in jazz – a multi-dimensional artist who combines modernism, soul, and swing into his own singular style.
“three masters of the craft of trio playing, conjuring magic” (Jazzwise).
Transcending expectations at every turn, Haidu “by now has his own unique approach…sounding buoyant and free, like a pent-up spirit released.” (Wall Street Journal).
Out today, May 30, 2025 on the Sounds Familiar Label, All the Light of Our Sphere layers clarinet and synths to achieve a sound that is at once lush, orchestral, and intimate. Acclaimed clarinettist Glenn Dickson and synthesiser wizard Bob Familiar join forces on a new album combining the acoustic and the electronic
“When klezmer master Glenn Dickson’s wooden reed meets Bob Familiar’s electronic arsenal…the result is more than just a collaboration—it’s a complete reimagining of what these instruments can say to each other.” – Tim Larsen, Jazz Views
“Forget comparisons. This is no echo of past giants. What Dickson and Familiar deliver is deeply rooted in the now, anchored in the possibilities and dissonances of the 21st century.” – Thierry de Clemensat, Paris Move
release date: 30.05.2025
Trumpeter/Composer Connor Young to self- release his new recording “Here’s to Now“. An ambitious project with the String Quartet included on the side of the regular jazz quartet he leads contrasts nicely two music universes and give him a chance to explore rich palette of textures that string are providing and add his own trumpet’s flavour to carefully constructed framework.
Multi-Grammy Award-winning artist Ryan Truesdell reopens the Gil Evans Project vaults for the May 30, 2025 release of a powerful new album SHADES OF SOUND: Gil Evans Project Live at Jazz Standard, Vol. 2
Following in the footsteps of the band’s two critically acclaimed and Grammy Award-nominated albums, Centennial (2012) and Lines of Color (2015), SHADES OF SOUND (Outside In Music) continues to peel back the hidden layers of Gil Evans’ musical legacy. This exhilarating new collection marks the first time the band appears on vinyl and features some of New York’s finest musicians including Lewis Nash, Donny McCaslin, Steve Wilson, Ryan Keberle, Wendy Gilles, and the late Frank Kimbrough.
★★★★ “an album of rare depth and resonance…The arrangements, while infused with a modern sensibility, preserve the soul of the originals, making the music feel as urgent and contemporary as ever….From the first note to the last, Shades of Sound casts a spell.” – Thierry De Clemensat
“Truesdell’s approach to Evans’s legacy transcends mere homage. Rather than modernizing Evans, he illuminates just how forward-thinking this musical visionary truly was.” – Nick Lea, Jazz Views
“The gorgeous lilt of Evans’ still startling original arrangements for horns is preserved, not in the aspic of academia but in the living, breathing performances of a group of New York’s finest musicians such as Evans might have selected himself.” — Cormac Larkin, The Irish Times
