25 Sep

[ September 27th, 2024 release on Pyroclastic Records: Kris Davis – Run the Gauntlet ]

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Grammy-winning pianist/composer Kris Davis pays tribute to six extraordinary women pianists with her new trio album Run the Gauntlet

Out September 27, 2024 via Pyroclastic Records, the album – with bassist Robert Hurst and drummer Johnathan Blake – celebrates Geri Allen, Carla Bley, Marilyn Crispell, Angelica Sanchez, Sylvie Courvoisier and Renee Rosnes

“Davis’ music is precisely and unmistakably the sound of today… [she] has the acuity and focus to root a farsighted vision firmly in the present.” – Michael J. West, DownBeat

30 May

[ June the 1st, 2024 release on Orbis Music: Bruno Raberg’s Tentet – Evolver ]

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Bassist/composer Bruno Råberg convenes a stunning and versatile Tentet for his far-reaching new album Evolver, due out June 1, 2024 via Orbis Music Records. It showcases Råberg’s evolution with a gifted ensemble joined by special guests Kris Davis and Walter Smith III.

“Råberg is a bass virtuoso, a sophisticated composer, a seasoned veteran of jazz and other musics, and a respected teacher [with] an enormous sound.” – Steve Elman, The Arts Fuse

“This is bass playing at its most enchanting.” – Ian Patterson, All About Jazz

21 Dec

[ December 21th, 2023 release on Pyroclastic Records: Bertoia Sound Sculptures + 12 Master Improvisors = Sculpting Sound ]

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Pyroclastic Records presents Sculpting Sound, a groundbreaking collection of six once-in-a-lifetime performances bringing together twelve master improvisers with the sound sculptures of visionary artist Harry Bertoia

These captivating performances, available on the Winter Solstice, December 21, 2023 via SculptingSound.org, feature Nels Cline, Ben Monder, Ambrose Akinmusire, Nate Wooley, Ingrid Laubrock, JD Allen, Jen Shyu, Brandon Seabrook, Marcus Gilmore, Dan Weiss, Kris Davis and Craig Taborn

01 Sep

[ September 1th, 2023 – Pyroclastic Records: Kris Davis’ Diatom Ribbons – Live at the Village Vanguard ]

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The brilliant Grammy winning pianist and composer Kris Davis‘ Diatom Ribbons release the striking new double album Live at the Village Vanguard today, September 1, 2023 via Pyroclastic Records.

The album reunites Davis with her core collaborators from her widely heralded 2019 album Diatom Ribbons – drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, turntablist and electronic musician Val Jeanty and bassist Trevor Dunn – and adds a new voice to the mix with guitarist Julian Lage

“On Diatom Ribbons, [Kris Davis’] skills as a composer, band assembler, system builder and improviser — a musical auteur, basically — come fully into focus.” – Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times

“[Diatom Ribbons] is the most versatile and bracing jazz recording of 2019… [it] successfully combines thrilling vision and a hunger for repeat listenings.” – Will Layman, PopMatters

“Scintillating … mesmerizing… it comes when her ascension in the jazz ecosystem continues to soar.” – John Murph, DownBeat

“Diatom Ribbons is a multi-stylistic, super-eclectic extravaganza, embracing both grooves and free tempo… A cornucopia of delights.” – Andy Hamilton, The Wire

01 Sep

[ 11th of September release via Pyroclastic Records: Eric Revis – Slipknots Through A Looking Glass ]

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available September 11 on Pyroclastic Records

The opening track, ‘Baby Renfroe,’ suggests James Brown funk as refracted through a dichroic prism…. It’s a good first taste of the album, in that it conveys a certain in-betweenness: the band sounds tight but open, calm but spring-coiled.” – Nate Chinen, WBGO’s “Take Five”

” A Basist with a strong rhythmic compass and a stout, beefy tone” — The New York Times

Poised to challenge those limited views of Revis’ expression, Slipknots Through a Looking Glass — his eighth solo-led album, and first release on Pyroclastic Records — explores new territory alongside familiar travelers: drummer Chad Taylor, pianist Kris Davis and saxophone masters Darius Jones and Bill McHenry.