13 Jun

[ June the 20th, 2025 release on Fresh Sound New Talent: Hillai Govreen – Every Other Now ]

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release date: 20.06.2025 on Fresh Sound New Talent Records

The New York-based Saxophonist/Composer Hillai Govreen releases the new recording “Every Other Now“. It is the first one I heard since the little track called Face Down In The Dirt, recorded live at Ornithology by Jimmy Katz. The other two, also present on the Bandcamp platform, are Duo recordings with pianist Nitsan Kolko. Those two, Allusions & Passing Through, released just a few months apart from each other, go back to 2021 and already show Govreens’ talents towards building melody-based atmospheric moods.

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01 Aug

[ August 8th release from Zoho Music: Mike Holober/Gotham Jazz Orchestra – Hiding Out ]

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Available August the 9th via ZOHO Music

Acclaimed composer/arranger Mike Holober resumes the helm of his all-star Gotham Jazz Orchestra after a ten-year hiatus

“Duke Ellington’s legacy is alive and well with pianist Mike Holober and The Gotham Jazz Orchestra… the details, subtleties and shades are refreshing and elegant.” – Elliott Simon, All About Jazz

  “With exquisite textures and evocative arrangements that recall Gil Evans, and an Ellingtonian balance between ensemble and individual excellence, Mike Holober and his 17-piece Gotham Jazz Orchestra have evolved a special synthesis.” – Perry Tannenbaum, JazzTimes

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