release date: 18.11.2024 on OwenChen Music
Guitarist/Composer Owen Chen releases new EP titled “Eternal”
15
Nov
[ November the 15th, 2024 release on Tomohiro Mori Music Tomohiro Mori – Prana ]
release date: 15.11.2024
Drummer Tomohiro Mori releases his latest, third up-to-date project titled “Prana” on his tomohiro mori music label. This new recording sports a Tentet of young super talents, with Benny Benack III, Erena Terakubo and Miki Yamanaka, among others.
14
Nov
[ November the 15th, 2024 release on Creative Nation Music: Dylan Jack Quartet – Winter Panes ]
Release Date: 15.11. 2024 on Creative Nation Music
Dylan Jack Quartet to release a holiday recording titled “Winter Panes”.
13
Nov
[ November the 15th, 2024 release via Long Song Records: Joe Fonda Quartet – Eyes on the Horizon ]
Eyes on the Horizon, bassist/composer Joe Fonda’s powerful tribute to his former teacher and mentor Wadada Leo Smith, will be released on November 15, 2024 via Long Song Records.
Featuring Fonda, Smith, pianist Satoko Fujii, and drummer Tiziano Tononi, it is a gift given by a mature artist out of respect to another whose example of artistic integrity, perseverance, and ongoing creativity continues to inspire him to this day.
“a real virtuoso and composer of the highest order.” — Anthony Braxton
“Fonda is a serious seeker of new musical horizons.” — Boston Phoenix
12
Nov
[ November the 15th, 2024 release on Earshift Music: Peggy Lee & Cole Schmidt – Forever Stories of: Moving Parties ]
release date: 15.11.2024 on Earshift Music
Cellist Peggy Lee and guitarist Cole Schmidt are quite simply two of the most important composer-improvisers to have emerged from Vancouver’s vibrant creative music community. Both wield vast vocabularies on their respective instruments and with them, they can coax out a seemingly endless array of sonic colours within just as many stylistic frameworks. They’re also united by their shared gift for a particular sort of melodicism—one that can sneak its way into multiple idioms and expressions.
11
Nov
[ November the 15th, 2024 release on Traumton Records: Arne Jansen, Anders Jormin, Uwe Steinmetz – The Pilgrimage ]
release date: 15.11.2024 on Traumton Records
Out of this excellent collaboration, between legendary Swedish bassist Anders Jormin and German, Berlin-based musicians, guitarist Arne Jansen and saxophonist Uve Steinmetz, comes this extraordinary recording, which I am sure with time passing by, will become Iconic. Just listen to it and wait.
10
Nov
[ November the 15th, 2024 release on SAIL CABIN: Elin Forkelid – Songs to Keep You Company on a Dark Night ]
Saxophonist and composer Elin Forkelid has been setting the tone for Swedish jazz for over 15 years. With her new project Songs to Keep You Company on a Dark Night, she explores a more subdued and contemplative side of her art. The origin and inspiration for the project is trumpeter Kenny Wheeler‘s album Angel Song from 1997, a record that has accompanied Elin for a long time.
09
Nov
[ November the 8th, 2024 release via Elastic Recordings: Dan Fortin – Cannon ]
Release date: 08.11.2024 on Elastic Recordings
Bassist and composer Dan Fortin‘s varied musical output is a vivid illustration of the extent to which restlessness can drive creativity. Te Hamilton, Ontario resident maintains an omnivorous musical diet in a vast assortment of projects across numerous styles. Here , accompanied by guitarist David Occhipinti, he comes out with his third recording, entitled Cannon, the second on the Elastic Recordings label. Out on the 8th of November .
06
Nov
[ November the 8th, 2024 independent release: Bennett Wood – Space in Time ]
release date: 08.11.2024 , Independent
Saxophonist, Composer and Educator Bennet Wood releases his new recording, Space in Time. Mostly done as a Quartet, but in two out of eight compositions however, it expands to a Quintet when the extra blow comes from the trombone bringing the new dimension to the tracks and shapes arrangements differently.
04
Nov
[ November the 8th, 2024 independent release: ZY THE WAY – Then And Now ]
release date: 08.11.2024 – independent self release
In a groundbreaking convergence of cultural heritage and modern artistry, the innovative jazz ensemble “ZY THE WAY” announces the release of their highly anticipated debut full-length album, “Then And Now“.
“This Taiwanese ensemble has been pioneering a path since 2019 by seamlessly blending 3000-year-old ancient Chinese poetry from the Classic of Poetry (Shijing 詩經) with jazz, improvisation, and futuristic sounds“