03 Apr

[ April the 10th release via Irabagast Records: Gordon Grdina Septet – Resist ]

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release date: 10.04.2020 via

“The prevailing ambience is one of dark mystery, but the ruggedness of Grdina’s tone makes for a palette of rich contrast.”

– David R. Adler, JazzTimes (review of Think Like the Waves)

“[Gordon Grdina is] a player of unbridled musical ingenuity.” – Raul da Gama, World Music Report

Resist, due out April 10, 2020 via Irabagast Records, unites Grdina’s long-standing trio with his East Van Strings quartet, joined by acclaimed saxophonist Jon Irabagon for a remarkable new suite blending progressive jazz and classical influences

03 Apr

[ 3rd April 2020 release on Edition Records: Kurt Elling – Secrets Are The Best Stories ]

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release date: April the 3rd,2020 via Edition Records

Secrets Are The Best Stories is the new album from acclaimed vocalist and Grammy-winning artist Kurt Elling featuring renowned pianist Danilo Pérez. Released on the British label, Edition Records, this vibrant and adventurous new album not only marks a vital new collaboration between two of the greats in the music but is an album that confirms Kurt Elling as the male vocalist of his generation – one who has the presence, the message and the artistic vision to stand out from the rest.

01 Apr

[ April the 2nd release from ODIN: Gard Nilssen’s Supersonic Orchestra – If You Listen Carefully The Music Is Yours ]

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release date: April 2, 2020 via ODIN

Fasten your seat belt, please. Get ready for the full tilt, barely tamed, beautiful monster that is Gard Nilssen’s sixteen-piece Supersonic Orchestra. Audacious and experimental, like everything the Norwegian drummer and composer touches, Supersonic flouts convention and, in particular, realigns the longstanding relationship between pre-composition and improvisation in orchestral jazz. If You Listen Carefully The Music Is Yours, its debut, was recorded live at the adventurous Molde International Jazz Festival in 2019, where Nilssen was Artist in Residence. The band’s uniquely configured, all-star lineup features three drummers, three double bassists and ten horn players, most of them saxophonists.

27 Mar

[ March the 26th release via Moon June records: Markus Reuter & Gary Husband – Music of our Times ]

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release date: 26.o3.2020 via MoonJune Records

“Quiet, deeply contemplative music from Gary Husband and Markus Reuter. Recorded in Japan after their tour [with Stick Men] evaporated in front of their eyes, this is, quite simply, a masterpiece.” – Chris Harris

“Beautiful, somber & meditative. Recorded in Japan by two superlative musicians in a single day, rising from the ashes of a cancelled [Stick Men] tour. A powerful response to the moment.” – Richard Krueger

“The music presents a new level of beauty and emotion in a quiet yet eloquent way. I was in fact reminded of the first time I heard Keith Jarret’s Koeln Concert. Revealing!” – Tatsurou Ueda

Yet another facet of two contemporary genii is revealed. Maestros Gary Husband and Markus Reuter embark on an impromptu journey of both mind and soul, in one of the most unique, timeless efforts ever to grace the MoonJune label – or, for that matter, the improvised and avant-garde genre – with the release of the recherché, “Music Of Our Time.”

26 Mar

[ March the 27th release via Corner Store Jazz: The Day Dream Trio – Originals ]

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release date: 27.03.2020 via Corner Store Jazz

Lyrical yet adventurous piano trio Day Dream reconvenes for their third record in a decade, this time focusing on original material

“…a set of buoyant originals…. This is a trio that truly is more than the sum of its parts, attaining vibrancy and color through a melding of Gress’ deep, shapely tones, Haynes’ probing, loose-limbed accents and Rudolph’s heady lyricism. There’s a fullness to the performance that you don’t usually hear in occasional trios –- or even steadily working ones….Perhaps the highlight of Originals, produced by Haynes, is his lovely offbeat celebration of his wife, ‘Beloved Refracted.’” – Lloyd Sachs, DownBeat

25 Mar

[ Composer Maria Schneider’s Concert in the Garden inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress ]

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March 25, 2020 – Maria Schneider’s Grammy Award-winning 2004 album Concert in the Garden is one of 25 recordings inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. Schneider is the first female jazz composer to have an album added to the registry.

13 Mar

[ March the 20th release via Tapestry Records: Felipe Salles Interconnections Ensemble – The New Immigrant Experience ]

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release date: March 20, 2020 via Tapestry Records.

“The New Immigrant Experience might be recognized as a masterpiece in years to come, but today, its relevance adds to its impact…It’s about hearing what often-neglected people have been trying to get others to hear—a goal that Salles achieves brilliantly.”

– Bob Doerschuk, DownBeat

The two CD/DVD set, featuring the 18-piece Felipe Salles Interconnections Ensemble, is a powerful new multimedia work inspired by the lives of “Dreamers,” the almost seven hundred thousand individuals currently protected by DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

10 Mar

[ March the 20th release via Intakt: Aruán Ortiz – Inside Rhythmic Falls ]

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relase date: March 20, 2020 via Intakt.

Intakt CD 339 / 2020

Upcoming release from renowned Swiss Intakt label from Cuban pianist Aruán Ortiz accompanied by Andrew Cyrille and Mauricio Herrera is bringing us together to the rhythmic perfection and sunny side of the spiritual and melodic aspect of the Sol, the music that will light your heart up before you even think of moving hand towards the toggle. Its infectious, mesmerizing and joyful – listen to it and keep your enjoyment flowing.

09 Mar

[ March the 20th release on Capri Records: Keith Oxman – Two Cigarettes in the Dark ]

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due from Capri Records on March 20, 2020

Benny Golson hailed Keith Oxman as a musician “of great consequence,” while NPR described Houston Person as long “one of the most soulful jazz players on the scene”.

Two Cigarettes in the Dark features the two tenors in a set of originals, standards and vintage tunes by the likes of Johnny Griffin and Hank Mobley, with vocalist Annette Murrell guesting on two songs

08 Mar

[ March the 20th release via AmFi Records: Amina Figarova – Persistence ]

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due out March 20, 2020 via AmFi Records

“Among the most important composers to come into jazz in the new millennium.” – Thomas Conrad, JazzTimes

“[Road to the Sun is] a radiant, diverse and refreshing listen. The initial inspiration for [Figarova’s sextet] was to create a small unit that could convey the scope and power of a big band. By that measure, she’s succeeded, wildly.” – Jeff Potter, DownBeat

After 20 years at the helm of her acclaimed acoustic sextet, taking her across the globe and onto such renowned stages as the Newport Jazz Festival and New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, pianist Amina Figarova embarks on a bold new chapter with the release of Persistence, on her own AmFi Records imprint, the Azerbaijani-born pianist debuts her exploratory new ensemble Edition 113, an electric band grooving somewhere in the sweet spot between jazz fusion, classic R&B, inventive hip-hop and progressive funk.