Archive for June 2017
Summer of ’96 – “Splendid Things Gone Awry” – Available July 21
1996 was a watershed year for hip-hop. Considered by some to mark the end of the music’s Golden Age, ’96 saw the release of numerous albums that would go on to be considered landmarks in the genre: Nas’ It Was Written, The Fugees’ The Score, A Tribe Called Quest’s Beats, Rhymes and Life, OutKast’s ATLiens, and The Roots’ Illadelph Halflife.…
Read MoreHarold Mabern – “To Love and Be Loved” – Available August 25
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn,” Eden Ahbez wrote in “Nature Boy,” his classic song, “is just to love and be loved in return.” That may not be something that pianist Harold Mabern has taught in the classroom during his decades as an influential educator, but it’s certainly a lesson that he’s passed on time and again…
Read MoreAdam Rogers’ DICE – “DICE” – Available June 16
Adam Rogers’ DICE Conjures Electrifying Debut with Eponymous Album Featuring Fima Ephron and Nate Smith Rock, Funk, Blues, Country and R&B Displayed on in the Moment Masterpieces to be Heard at Maximum Volume DICE – Available June 16 via ADRAJ RECORDS Modern jazz virtuosity combusts with a raw, eclectic mixture of rock,…
Read MoreUri Caine – “Space Kiss” – Available June 23
When worlds collide the results can be cataclysmic, but Uri Caine makes the stars align in thrilling and harmonious fashion on his latest merger of jazz and classical music, Space Kiss. The album brings the eclectic, ever-(re)inventive pianist and composer together with Poland’s Lutosławski Quartet on a wide-ranging set that blurs the lines between jagged…
Read MoreYelena Eckemoff – “In the Shadow of a Cloud” – Available August 4
A self-described ‘old fashioned romantic,’ Moscow-born pianist-composer Yelena Eckemoff once again demonstrates uncommon lyricism and a gift for melody on In the Shadow of a Cloud, her 11th recording since transitioning from the classical world to jazz back in 2010 with the release of Cold Sun on her own L&H Production label. With a pristine…
Read MoreDonna E. Scott – “Carnival” – Available
Thinking of Carnival conjures colorful, festive images of masked revelers, frenetic rhythms, and dancing in the streets. But as the prelude to the season of Lent, it’s also a time for spiritual reflection and renewal. On her second album, Carnival, vocalist Donna E. Scott explores all the facets of the holiday, from the celebratory to the introspective,…
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