release date: 25.03.2022 on Rune Grammofon
“Happy Village” is Master Oogway’s third album, their second on Rune Grammofon. The music on the previous outing two years ago (“Earth And Other Worlds”) was all written by Håvard, while the music on “Happy Village” is written by Karl Erik, one track co-written with Håvard.
“Happy Village” finds the band in a more lyrical and exuberant mood than before, in no small part due to Henriette’s beautiful contributions.
This unique drums and voice trio consists of Aaron Dolman (drums, compositions) and singers Sarah Rossy, and Eugénie Jobin (aka Ambroise, who occasionally joins on vibraphone). Their music deftly oscillates between minimalist song and more abstract territory, and sometimes combines the two such as on their idiosyncratic treatment of Joni Mitchell’s “The Fiddle And The Drum.”
release date: 11.03.2022 ; artist’s self-release
“Gill’s spiky, sparse piano was most successful in channeling the eccentric spirit of the masterful Monk” — Geoff Chapman, Toronto Star
Twelve years passed since Tania Gill‘s debut Bolger Station in 2010. The whole decade is quite a gap and many might not even notice its original appearance at all. I didn’t , being Europe based and if not the recent Disappearing Curiosities I might not ever cross the path with Tania’s music, which would be an unfortunate event as despite of the lack of the recognition outside of her domestic Toronto scene, it is the music which well deserves to be known better and listened to. The fact that the line up stays firm since a decade also says a lot. Lina Allemano — trumpet; Rob Clutton—bass; Nico Dann — drums, remain valid members of pianist Quartet.
release date: 04.03.2022 via Not applicable records
A remarkable album produced through artificial intelligence design and interaction with modular synthesisers is the latest offering from British musician Sam Britton aka Isambard Khroustaliov. Sam’s music had always being exploring some cyber musical Universe in sort of avant garde, but that one is taking the whole experiment even further,
“Deliciously and maddeningly unclassifiable” – The Wire
“Truly innovative” – BBC Late Junction
“Oddly recalling free music experiments of the late 60s by Spontaneous Music Ensemble if time-warped to a postrave warehouse ritual on the Moon. Fearless” – Electronic Sound
“abstract flicker, controlled tone and daring extended strategies … it’s all going on.” Jazzwise
“This is music of fracture that somehow manages to move in continuous sweeps of sound.” – Future Music
release date: 04.03.2022 via Firehouse 12 Records
“Deliberately seeing double in the cause of exploratory jazz, Fujiwara brings together instrumentalists primed to rub each other in all the right and creatively wrong ways.“ – The New Yorker
“[The six musicians’] collective talent and Fujiwara’s innovative leadership make for a tonic of unpredictability… A triple scoop of great music.” – Britt Robson, JazzTimes
“March is brilliantly mad, joyously improvisational, cathartically cleansing. The perfect companion to two years of isolation, this music frees your spirits and clearly makes the musicians soar.…It all goes happy-hour punch-drunk in the dual-drummer assault of ‘Wave Shake Angle Bounce,” with ominous tri-tones backing gleeful guitar and trumpet as Fujiwara and Cleaver bash and bleed.” – Ken Micallef, JazzTimes
release date: 25.02.2022 on Laika Records
Rufus Reid calls Air – bassist Martin Wind’s new album with four double bassists – “a tour de force.” Ron Carter agrees, saying “marvel at the music and arrangements of these 4 bassists and their very special guests.” This extraordinary album, available February 25, 2022 via Laika Records, features the double bass in an entirely new way: making it the center of the action.
release date: 25.02.2022 on Hubro
Hubro records release Nils Økland’s Glødetrådar LP on February 25th 2022.
”Glødetrådar”, the commissioned work for Vossajazz 2016, is a sort of ”back to his roots” for Nils Økland. The area of Voss has been an important part of his musical development, in the 80´s as a student and later as the musical leader at Ole Bull Akademiet (1989-95).
release date: 25.02.2022 via Jazzland Recordings
Jazzland Recordings release BUGGE WESSELTOFT’s Be AM on CD/DL on the 25th February 2022. The album precedes a solo concert at Kings Place, London, in May.
On “Be Am“, Wesseltoft has allowed his creative impulses to wander where they may – no preset rules to govern the composition and production, no obligations to use or not to use electronics, not even a will to be totally alone. This is pure playing and composition, where the music speaks freely by whatever means it will.
release date: 18.02.2022 via Attaboygirl Records
The prolific Vancouver-based guitarist, composer, improviser and master oud player Gordon Grdina releases two extraordinary new albums February 18, 2022 on his Attaboygirl Records label. Each finds Grdina collaborating with one of modern jazz’s most innovative and creative minds. The second, Oddly Enough debuts a new collection of pieces written by
release date: 18.02.2022 via Attaboygirl Records
The prolific Vancouver-based guitarist, composer, improviser and master oud player Gordon Grdina releases two extraordinary new albums February 18, 2022 on his Attaboygirl Records label. Each finds Grdina collaborating with one of modern jazz’s most innovative and creative minds. The first to put your attention to is Night’s Quietest Hour documenting the meeting of guitar experimentalist Marc Ribot with Grdina’s Arabic music ensemble Haram.
