Record Labels
Bobby Watson | “Back Home in Kansas City” | Available October 7 via Smoke Sessions Records
Saxophonist/Composer Bobby Watson Draws Inspiration from the Rich Jazz Heritage of His Kansas City Hometown on Spirited New Album Back Home in Kansas City is Due out October 7 on Smoke Sessions Records Featuring an All-Star Quintet with Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, Pianist Cyrus Chestnut, Bassist Curtis Lundy and Drummer Victor Jones, with a guest appearance…
Read MoreTaurey Butler | “One Of The Others” | Available October 7 via Justin Time Records
Montreal-Based Pianist Taurey Butler Follows Up His Justin Time Records Debut with One Of The Others, a Suite of Truly Personal Tracks Available October 7 on Justin Time Records Montreal-based pianist Taurey Butler is a native of East Orange, New Jersey and now makes his home in Montreal. During his last year of high school, a…
Read MoreGIG ALERT: Yellowjackets @ Vibrato Grill Jazz, August 28
GIG ALERT: Yellowjackets Celebrate the Release of Parallel Motion at Vibrato Grill Jazz in Los Angeles on August 28 Performances at 6:30 and 9:00PM Tickets Available Online Now Parallel Motion is Available August 26 on Mack Avenue Records Photo Credit: Roberto Cifarelli Yellowjackets perform at Vibrato Grill Jazz in Los Angeles on Sunday, August 28…
Read MoreGIG ALERT: Yellowjackets @ Vibrato Grill Jazz, August 28
GIG ALERT: Yellowjackets Celebrate the Release of Parallel Motion at Vibrato Grill Jazz in Los Angeles on August 28 Performances at 6:30 and 9:00PM Tickets Available Online Now Parallel Motion is Available August 26 on Mack Avenue Records Photo Credit: Roberto Cifarelli Yellowjackets perform at Vibrato Grill Jazz in Los Angeles on Sunday, August 28…
Read MoreGIG ALERT: Jazz Guitar Virtuoso Pasquale Grasso Performs with Singer Samara Joy in Denver on August 5
Guitar Virtuoso Pasquale Grasso Performs with Rising Star Vocalist Samara Joy at Dazzle on August 5 Tickets Available Online Grasso Pays Tribute to Bird and Diz on His New Album, Be-Bop!, which Includes “A Night in Tunisia,” “Shaw ‘Nuff,” “Ruby, My Dear,” “Quasimodo” and “I’m in a Mess,” Featuring Samara Joy Out Now Guitar virtuoso Pasquale…
Read MoreJulia Hülsmann Quartet | “The Next Door” | ECM
On The Next Door, Julia Hülsmann Returns with the Quartet from 2019’s Not Far From Here, and Presents Her Unique Pianistic Voice in a Varied Program of Almost Exclusively Original Music Featuring Saxophonist Uli Kempendorff, Drummer Heinrich Köbberling and Bassist Marc Muellbauer Available August 26 via ECM Records “Our various responsibilities within the quartet are more open and…
Read MoreBarre Phillips & György Kurtág Jr. | “Face à Face” | ECM
Barre Phillips, Grandmaster of Improvised Bass, and György Kurtág Jr., Electronics-Playing Son of Hungary’s Great Contemporary Composer, Collaborate on Face à Face Available August 19 via ECM Records Barre Phillips’s End to End album, released in 2018, brought the documentation of his music for solo bass to a profound conclusion. Now Face à Face returns…
Read MoreSteve Turre | “Generations” | Available September 16 via Smoke Sessions Records
Master Trombonist Steve Turre Bridges Generations of Jazz on His Fourth Smoke Sessions Release Generations Features Young Rising Stars and Jazz Masters, Paying Homage to Influential Elders Available September 16 via Smoke Sessions Trombonist/composer Steve Turre was passed the jazz torch early in his career by some of the music’s greatest masters – Art Blakey,…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: Katalyst, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad | “Katalyst JID013” | Jazz Is Dead
Los Angeles Band Katalyst Partners with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad for New Installment of Jazz Is Dead Series 2 Katalyst JID013, Available Now via Jazz Is Dead Jazz Is Dead at Newport Jazz Festival with Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge, Doug Carn, Gary Bartz, Henry Franklin, and Katalyst: Sunday, July 31…
Read MoreBlast Off to the Seven Spheres with Cameron Graves on Friday, July 15
Blast Off to the Seven Spheres with Cameron Graves The Pianist/Composer Premieres the Full Concert of Live From the Seven Spheres on YouTube at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET on Friday, July 15 Watch Cameron Graves’ Live From the Seven Spheres Full Concert “…the music was a bombastic kind of post-Chick Corea fusion, with two-fisted,…
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