release date: 20.06.2025 on Hout Records
Galician Jazz Guitarist/Composer/Producer Daniel Casares to release his latest, 3rd recording “1971” on the Hout Records, following the 2022 EP Villa Bonita & 2023 From Cabin in the Woods. As always in his case, he takes care of all the instruments in the mix.
release date:20.06.2025
St. Louis-based Hard Bop Messengers to release “Live at Old Rock House” – Unique jazz interpretations of Grateful Dead classics!
The Hard Bop Messengers is a proven force in the St Louis Jazz scene. Regularly sold-out shows showcasing their original compositions, as well as thematic deep-dives exploring other genres, have galvanised their unique brand. Whether you are listening to their rendition of “You Brought a New Kind of Love”, or their all-original Jazz opera album “Live at The Last Hotel”, you will hear the group infusing Hard Bop stylings.
Matthew Shipp String Trio reconvenes to commune with tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman for the epic Armageddon Flower to be released by TAO Forms on June 20, 2025
★★★★ “Throughout the album, the quartet achieves something rare: they balance abstraction with emotional directness…. Armageddon Flower is a sound painting that evolves in real time. A meditation on spontaneity, unity and expression. In its openness, its refusal to impose order where none is needed, it echoes that distant ancestor painting animals on a cave wall. Both acts—ancient and modern —are driven by the same impulse: to capture what is fleeting, to express what is felt and to connect through something beyond words.” – Mark Corroto, All About Jazz
“…Armageddon Flower is a truly successful musical challenge that opens up a whole other dimension.” – Jean-Michel Van Schaumburg, Ornyx-ImprovandSounds
release date: 20.06.2025 on Fresh Sound New Talent Records
The New York-based Saxophonist/Composer Hillai Govreen releases the new recording “Every Other Now“. It is the first one I heard since the little track called Face Down In The Dirt, recorded live at Ornithology by Jimmy Katz. The other two, also present on the Bandcamp platform, are Duo recordings with pianist Nitsan Kolko. Those two, Allusions & Passing Through, released just a few months apart from each other, go back to 2021 and already show Govreens’ talents towards building melody-based atmospheric moods.
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
