release date: 19.08.2022 on Hubro Records
Sympathetic Magic is an ecstatic, delirious, and deeply touching piece of music; a towering new work in Kim Myhr’s increasingly substantial output as an artist and composer.
10
Aug
[ August the 19, 2022 release on Bandcamp: Natsuki Tamura – Iyaho]
release date: 19.08.2022 on bandcamp
Trumpeter-composer Natsuki Tamura’s New Solo Album Iyaho Focuses on his Astonishing Vocalizing
“When he sings, it is in no known language . . . and the melodies tend toward minimal simplicity, like Buddhist chants from an alien planet.” ― Jon Davis, Exposé
“Tamura shrewdly creates a sound world that, while completely his own, also hints at the mythological and musical folklore of Asian and European cultures.” ― Ken Waxman, Jazzweekly
07
Aug
[ August the 12th, 2022 release on FiP: Josh Sinton’s Steve Lacy’s Book of Practitioners, Vol. 1 “H” ]
Available August 12, the album showcases six Lacy etudes Sinton has honed in the two decades since studying with Lacy at NEC
4.5 stars “[Sinton and Ideal Bread] embrace the fierce originality and rigor of Lacy’s original music and remake it in an utterly distinctive way.”
– Peter Margasak, DownBeat in a review of Transmit
“Sinton wrings his corpulent instrument for its full range of values: toneless smears; soul-baring swells; chomping, roughed-up blasts.”
– Giovanni Russonello, New York Times
01
Aug
[ August the 12th, 2022 release on Palmetto Records – Frank Kimbrough 2003-2006 ]
Palmetto Records celebrates the life and musicianship of the late pianist/composer Frank Kimbrough with a pair of gorgeous trio dates from a particularly fruitful period in his career. Frank Kimbrough 2003-2006 is out August 12, 2022 via CD and digital with LPs coming later this year. The set features newly mixed and remastered editions of the pianist’s 2003 Lullabluebye featuring Be
“Frank Kimbrough [was] a pianist of unerring taste and touch, a composer drawn to flowing ethereality, and an improviser steeped in the art of epiphany.” – Nate Chinen, WBGO
“ [Kimbrough] was remarkably at ease in any style of jazz, turning on a dime from blocky and dissonant clusters to bebop workouts to ethereal subtleties. In all cases, his impeccable touch was balanced by a strong undercurrent of rhythm.” – Michael J. West, JazzTimes
18
Jul
[ July the 29th, 2022 release on Pyroclastic: Nate Wooley & Columbia Icefield’s – Ancient Songs of Burlap Heroes ]
Trumpeter/Composer Nate Wooley releases breathtaking second album by his singular quartet Columbia Icefield – Ancient Songs of Burlap Heroes, due out July 29, 2022 via Pyroclastic Records, features Mary Halvorson, Susan Alcorn and Ryan Sawyer
“Columbia Icefield [feels like] a mixture of quiet exaltation, wild exaltation, melancholy, fear, curiosity, struggle to keep warm… the prettiest (if most progressive) campfire music ever written.” – Zachary Woolfe, New York Times
“Columbia Icefield, with its long stretches of atmosphere interrupted by jarring dissonances, [is] something weird, haunting, lonely, and endlessly fascinating.” – Michael J. West, JazzTimes
Album Release Concert Monday, July 25 at TV Eye, Brooklyn, NY
12
Jul
[ July the 12th, 2022 release on bandcamp exclusive: Natsuki Tamura and Gato Libre – Sleeping Cat ]
“ghostly, poetic sound filling the air with great beauty.” ― Philip Johnson, The Independent
“a fresh approach to improvised music… Adventuresome and rewarding.” — Stuart Kremsky, IAJRC Journal
Trumpeter-composer Natsuki Tamura’s newest Gato Libre album, Sleeping Cat, is part of an ambitious yearlong marathon of multiple new releases by the Japanese brass player. Available exclusively on Bandcamp
11
Jul
[ July the15th, 2022 release via Newvelle records: Pablo Ablanedo – Chistreza ]
Newvelle Records is proud to announce the July 15, 2022 digital release of Pablo Ablanedo – Chistreza,
09
Jul
[July the 15th, 2022 release on Patois Records: Dan Neville & Xiomara Torres – La Voz del Mar]
La Voz del Mar, the scintillating new album by vibraphonist Dan Neville and vocalist Xiomara Torres, is out July 15, 2022 via Patois Records.
The recording celebrates the rhythms and songs of generations of Afro-Colombians living and making music on Colombia’s Pacific coast, and introduces the stunning singing of Torres, who hails from one of the region’s most illustrious musical families. Guest artists include John Benitez, Edmar Castañeda, John Santos, Wayne Wallace and Destiny Muhammad.
07
Jul
[July the 15th, 2022 release on Imani Records: Caleb Wheeler Curtis – Heatmap]
Heatmap, due out July 15, 2022 via Imani Records, features pianist Orrin Evans, bassist Eric Revis and drummer Gerald Cleaver .
“Saxophonist Caleb Wheeler Curtis negotiates taut, bop-flavored contours with a meld of Desmond-like coolness and blues-toughened acerb.” – David Whiteis, JazzTimes
“Caleb Wheeler Curtis’ alto sax playing [is] intensely focused and garrulously inventive, digging deep into progressive bop through to post-Coltrane/Ornette free jazz and R&B-funk traditions.” – Selwyn Harris, Jazzwise
05
Jul
[ July the 15th, 2022 release on Patois Records: Miró Henry Sobrer – Two of Swords ]
Two of Swords, the Latin-jazz infused debut recording by trombonist/composer Miró Henry Sobrer, is out July 15, 2022 via Patois Records. A rhythmically charged homage to Catalonian artists celebrating Miró’s late father, the album is co-produced by Sobrer’s mentor, renowned trombonist Wayne Wallace