Elemental Music presents So Many Lovely Things: Live in Brecon, an interactive, inexorably swinging document of “real jazz” by Kenny Barron’s superb go-to 1990s trio with bass titan Ray Drummond and Thelonious Monk’s drummer of choice, Ben Riley. Captured live at the Brecon Jazz Festival in Wales in 1995, the never-before-released album will appear as a limited-edition 2-LP set on June 12, 2026. The album is also available on June 12 as a 2-CD set and via digital download and streaming.
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Jun
[ June 12th,2026 release on Elastic Recordings – David Occhipinti — Looking Glass ]
release date: 12.06.2026
David Occhipinti launches his new album on Elastic Recordings, Looking Glass, which—like his other recent offerings—showcases his intricate vision of ensemble writing alongside his formidable and singular guitar work.
03
Jun
[ June 5th, 2026 release via Royal Potato Family – Steven Bernstein’s ResoNation Trio – Ultra Resonance ]
Out June 5, 2026 via Royal Potato Family, ResoNation Trio features Bernstein in a rare outing solely on valve trumpet with bassist Scott Colley and drummer Nasheet Waits . Companion record Ultra Resonance finds longtime collaborator Scotty Hard wholly reimagining the trio’s music
“Arranger, composer, brass maniac, and musical alchemist Steven Bernstein is an all-purpose gift to human ears. If you’re a living soul who has ever felt your foot tap or your bottom swing side-to-side because of, say, Ray Charles or Little Feat or Louis Armstrong, then you owe it to yourself to get Bernstein-ized. His musical net is wider than that, but let’s start there.” – Will Layman, PopMatters
03
Jun
[ June 5th, 2026 release on Svale – Espen Berg Trio – Entropies ]
release date: 05.06.2026 on Svale Records
Four years after their previous release, the award-winning and critically acclaimed Espen Berg Trio returns with their fifth album, Entropies, out on 5 June 2026 on Svale Records. Created over a period of nearly three years, the album nevertheless emerges as their most focused and fully realised recording to date, carrying forward the trio’s defining qualities in the very best way.
02
Jun
[ June 5th, 2026 release via Not Applicable – Leverton Fox – Eternal Gong Bath of the Sunbed Mind ]
release date: 05.06.2026 via Not Applicable
Featuring Alex Bonney, Tim Giles and Isambard Khroustaliov, Eternal Gong Bath… is Leverton Fox’s ninth release and is due for LP / DL release via the Not Applicable label…
“Like the overlap of Faust’s “Krautrock” and Miles Davis’s Pangaea… a very singular hybrid” – The Wire
“Improvisational magic, conjuring up myriad images of a hidden world.” – Freq
”An extremely tactile avant-electronica that makes full use of mind-bending stereo production … ranging from squat, stunted machine-funk beats to bubbling, aquatic ambient environments.” – Jazzwise
“Stunningly beautiful, full of subtle changes as it develops, the creativity and variety we associate with the best contemporary jazz.” – UK Jazz News
”Leverton Fox come across a lot more gritty and demented than Polar Bear and there are even shades of 23 Skidoo and, more substantially, Nurse With Wound and very early Cabaret Voltaire.” – Freq
01
Jun
[ June 5th, 2026 release via Summit Records – Chuck Bergeron – Bass & Faces ]
Bassist Chuck Bergeron presents a joyful album of intimate bass and voice duets with ten world-class vocalists
Bass and Face, out June 5, 2026 on Summit Records, features Bergeron in musical conversation with Janis Siegel, Sheila Jordan, Kevin Mahogany, Pete McGuinness, Roseanna Vitro, George Rabbai, Deborah Silver, Lisanne Lyons, Kate Reid and Nicole Yarling.
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“Jazz bassist and composer Chuck Bergeron is considered one of the most innovative musicians working in the jazz field today… [His] unique compositional style and approach to improvisation reflect a wide variety of musical influences, underscoring a deep commitment to the rich polyrhythmic characteristics of his musical and cultural heritage.” – Jon Liebman, For Bass Players Only
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May
[ May 29th, 2026, release on Crossing Styx Records – Luke Bainbridge – Petstep ]
Out on Friday, 29th May, 2026: Luke Bainbridge’s PETSTEP, an album of avant-chamber jazz and improvisation.
Bainbridge’s second album features a band of critically acclaimed musicians: Kieran McLeod (trombone), Ralph Wyld (vibraphone), Huw V Williams (bass), and Luke Bainbridge as drummer and composer. The album showcases Bainbridge’s exquisitely structured “palindromic” compositional techniques, influences ranging from MF DOOM to Messiaen, and has echoes of Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus and Morton Feldman.
Ahead of the album release, two singles had already been out: ‘Spillage in the Village’ on Fri 10th April, and ‘It’ll Pass’ on Fri 8th May, both on streaming and retail services.
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May
[ May 22th, 2026, release on Burning Ambulance Music – Ava Mendoza – Alive Alone, Alive Together ]
Guitarist/vocalist Ava Mendoza will release Alive Alone, Alive Together on B, May 22, 2026.
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May
[ May 22th, 2026, release on Burning Ambulance Music – Joel Futterman & William Parker – Transcendent Universe ]
Pianist Joel Futterman and bassist William Parker will release Transcendent Universe on Burning Ambulance Music, May 22, 2026.
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May
[ May 15th, 2026, self-release – Amrita – Amrita ]
Release date: 15.05.2026 – self-release
The Toronto-based duo of Anita Katakkar (tabla) and Kayla Milmine (soprano saxophone) is releasing their new recording, Amrita, this Friday on CD and digital formats, available directly through the group’s Bandcamp fanpage.