11 Oct

[ October the 18th release on Whirlwind Recordings: Rez Abbasi – A Throw of Dice by The Silent Ensemble]

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release date: 18th October, 2019

“Abbasi demonstrates that his music continues to thrill and seek out the new…” – Concerto Magazine

“In Abbasi’s hands, the globe’s music feels relentlessly new and progressive.” – Los Angeles Times

Comprehending the vastness of music’s evolution over almost a century, even in terms of jazz and world music alone, can be pretty mind-blowing – yet New York-based guitarist/composer Rez Abbasi spans that arc with an original release of quintet music based on A Throw of Dice (A Romance of India), a vintage black-and-white Indian-German silent film from 1929.

10 Oct

[ October 18th release on See Tao Recordings: John Yao’s Triceratops – How We do ? ]

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release date: 18th October 2019

“Boldly diverse, Yao’s compositions cut across the swath of contemporary jazz’s field, [amalgamating] a surprising range of styles and periods—sometimes within a single composition.” – Franz Matzner, All About Jazz

“John Yao makes it clear he’s not content to stand still.” – Jeff Potter, DownBeat

08 Oct

[ October the 18th release from the Intuition label: Gebhard Ullmann’s mikroPULS ]

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release date: 18th October 2019

German reed-man Gebhard Ullmann‘s mikroPULS quartet debuts on Intuition label. With well trusted company with which walking through the straight path of blues scales or going into off-roads of micro-tonality seems to be equally challenging and pleasant journey.

07 Oct

[ October the 18th release from Meta Records: Ragmala – A Garland of Ragas ]

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release date: 18 October 2019

World music pioneer Adam Rudolph and his ground-breaking Go: Organic Orchestra join forces with Brooklyn Raga Massive to create monumental new album: Ragmala – A Garland of Ragas, due out October 18, 2019 via Meta Records, bridges generations, cultures and traditions in a deep-rooted, forward-looking sound born of 21st-century innovation and hybrid voices

“Ragmala, A Garden of Ragas stands as a testament to his sui generis creative process. The two-disc set – a gorgeously complex tapestry of sounds, hues and sensations – features Rudolph’s Go: Organic Orchestra… in a sublime pairing with the Brooklyn Raga Massive.” – Suzanne Lorge, DownBeat Magazine

“Ragmala A Garland of Ragas is magnificent music for our times: earthy, glowing, roving and boundless in its creativity and challenging vision for a world united by music.” – Nelson Brill, Boston Concert Reviews

“Two of the most interesting bands in the USA….In the jazz world, not since Sun Ra has this reviewer heard anything so successful at reaching the parts other music generally fails to reach. Rudolph’s music could be described as magisterial, if this were not too high ego a term for such frankly generous, often improvisational playing and seamless integration of global sounds. This double album feels like a milestone in the evolution of truly world music.” – Fiona Mactaggart, London Jazz

06 Oct

[ October the 18th release from Traumton: Bread & Stars – Tales of Wanderlust ]

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release date: 18th October 2019

About two years ago, the debut album of this Austrian All Star band appeared, whose sound is at least as individual as the unusual list of instruments promises. With Tales Of Herbst in 2017, the musical storytellers left a deep impression on audiences and international media.

“… a genre-spanning music of delicate sounds and subtle developments. Jazz idiom, improvisation, folklore and Ethno combine these three experts to create their own world music. – Jazz Podium

“ The album has a darkly electronic atmosphere reminiscent of Nils Petter Molvar and Marilyn Mazur. The live performance brought the subtle melodic beauty of the composition and gave an extended insight into the delicacy and restraint of the trio’s richly layered unity of improvisation. It’s fascinating to see how a modern sound is created with these instruments. ” – London Jazz News ( Live concert review)

04 Oct

[ October the 4th release from Hubro – Jo Berger Myhre & Ólafur Björn Ólafsson – Lanzarote ]

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release date: 4th October 2019

Jo Berger Myhre and Ólafur Björn Ólafsson’s new album, ‘Lanzarote’ follows duo’s debut big time with an opening “Grain of Sand” dedicated to the memory of Jóhann Jóhannsson, profilic and versatile Icelandic composer whom we lost tragically in 2018.

03 Oct

[ 18th October release on Palmetto Records: The Fred Hersch Trio 10 Years / 6 Discs Anniversary Box]

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Available: October 18 via Palmetto Records

One of the most influential improvising musicians currently performing—a “living legend,” per the New Yorker—the pianist and composer Fred Hersch has made groundbreaking contributions in a staggering range of creative formats. DownBeat called his unprecedented cross-disciplinary theatre piece My Coma Dreams “a brave work of art that deserves to be seen and heard.” In the New York Times, the critic Nate Chinen wrote that “solo piano playing is one of the things that Mr. Hersch does best,” before explaining how he “combines the rigours of classical training with the disciplined freedom of improvisation and explores a richly varied repertory.”

02 Oct

[Crystal Beth Unleashes Her Debut Album PUSH THRU on Trey Gunn’s 7D Media– October 18]

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release date: 18th October 2019

Beth has been described as

“world music from an imaginary planet..compelling & magical” (Seattle Times),

“a supremely versatile and virtuosic maverick” (The Stranger), and

“one of the most fearless and innovative musicians in Seattle” (Earshot Jazz).

Known for crafting aural rituals that encompass industrial chants, alien disco breaks, heart gushing, and robot love songs, Crystal Beth redefines the possibilities of the voice and clarinet in tight experimental pop songs and undulating, cathartic noise cries. Crafting moments that ricochet between meditation and a full body purge, she is an electric, adrenaline inducing performer voted Seattle’s Best Classical Musician and nominated for NW Vocalist of the Year

30 Sep

[ October the 4th release from Traumton: Lammel, Lauer, Bornstein – Field ]

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release date: 4th October 2019

For their album “Look At Me” (Traumton Records), released at the end of 2016, pianist Andreas Lammel, drummer Florian Lauer and bassist René Bornstein received a “Jazz Echo” nomination and a lot of praise from all sides. The jazz editor of Deutschlandfunk Kultur was enthusiastic about the “unbelievably beautiful sound“, Concerto recognised “high intuitive art of improvisation.” The Fränkische Landeszeitung said: “This jazz has developed its own language, is intelligent, but never cramped or top-heavy very charming, adventurous and airy, slightly floating. “In the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Norbert Krampf wrote about a concert:” [LLB] know how to keep an audience happy without giving in to flamboyant entertainment. [Live] they load their pieces with more energy, which shows in greater dynamics and more extensive improvisations. “

29 Sep

[ Clean Feed 30th of September 2019 release – Tom Arthurs, Isambard Khroustaliov, Julian Sartorius ‎– Hangkerum ]

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release date: 30th September 2019

The best music is always created by singular musicians, as we have learned from the history of jazz. Tom Arthurs, Isambard Khroustaliov (the alias of Sam Britton) and Julian Sartorius are three of them in present times, and from them we can only expect the unexpected.