06 Oct

[ October the 11th, 2024 self-release: Ittetsu Nasuda – Tailwind ]

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Young Tokyo-born, USA-based Pianist & Composer Ittetsu Nasuda comes with a self-released debut recording titled “Tailwind“. The quintet sports, after the leader, vibraphonist Dan Neville, bassist Gabriel Vivas, and drummer Juan Chiavassa. Line up closes Japanese percussionist Takafumi Nikaido.

This must be one of the most elegant debuts I came across this year. Nasuda’s virtuosity is unquestionable and the repertoire is executed on the top level. The blend of the leader’s piano melodic eloquence, with the dynamic vitality of the Latin rhythm Section brought to my memories the great Danilo Perez as the first thought …

” You wouldn’t expect a band like that to come to fruition, but here they are … the hybrid of Latino – Caribbean folk & contemporary jazz makes a debut recording of young Japanese pianist …  ” – Greg Drygala, Jazzpress

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04 Oct

[ October the 8th, 2024 release via Playscape Recordings: Jason Robinson’s Ancestral Numbers II ]

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The second volume of Jason  Robinson’s “love note to my family” is out October 8, 2024 via Playscape Recordings, with trombonist Michael Dessen, pianist Joshua White, bassist Drew Gress and drummer Ches Smith

“Jason Robinson tends to weave his musical projects with multiple and overlapping narrative layers… [his] richly nuanced, storytelling compositions are full of freedom, flexibility, inventiveness and humor.” – Eyal Hareuveni, All About Jazz

“Jason Robinson is a sure-footed reedist, composer, bandleader and improviser… There is certainly jazz tradition here, but also a blissful sense of contemporary vitality.” – Filipe Freitas, Jazz Trail

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03 Oct

[ October the 4th, 2024 release via Zennez Records: Nick Adema – Urban Chaos ]

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Due out October 4, 2024 via ZenneZ Records, the wide-ranging album features tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger joining Adema’s quartet along with a string quartet and a host of guests.

“Each of his compositions contains a myriad of ideas, gradually revealing themselves over time and yet all coming together to form a satisfying whole. Adema’s writing possesses immense beauty while also managing to zig where others would normally zag.” – Yoshi Wall, The Whole Note

“It is especially evident that Canadian trombonist, composer and arranger Nick Adema deserves worldwide recognition.” – Georges Tola Briquet, Jazz Halo

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02 Oct

[ October the 4th, 2024 release on Capri Records: Mark Masters features Tim Hagans – Sui Generis ]

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Sui Generis, due out October 4 on Capri Records, presents a cycle of nine original compositions performed by an octet and designed as feature vehicles for trumpeter Hagans

“Mark Masters has emerged as one of the great jazz arrangers of the 20th and 21st century.” – Michael G. Nastos, Allmusic

“Masters paints complex, intricate, detailed jazz landscapes, and he has always invited some of the most adventurous and innovative players into his ensemble.” – Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz

It was nearly fifty years ago that a teenage Mark Masters, then an aspiring young jazz trumpeter, first encountered the sound of trumpeter-flugelhornist Tim Hagans, who was playing in the Stan Kenton Orchestra.

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25 Sep

[ September 27th, 2024 release on Pyroclastic Records: Kris Davis – Run the Gauntlet ]

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Grammy-winning pianist/composer Kris Davis pays tribute to six extraordinary women pianists with her new trio album Run the Gauntlet

Out September 27, 2024 via Pyroclastic Records, the album – with bassist Robert Hurst and drummer Johnathan Blake – celebrates Geri Allen, Carla Bley, Marilyn Crispell, Angelica Sanchez, Sylvie Courvoisier and Renee Rosnes

“Davis’ music is precisely and unmistakably the sound of today… [she] has the acuity and focus to root a farsighted vision firmly in the present.” – Michael J. West, DownBeat

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