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Danilo Perez | “Crisalida” | Mack Avenue Records

GRAMMY® Award-Winning Pianist, Composer, Educator and Social Activist Danilo Pérez Reaches New Artistic Heights with Crisálida, Featuring His New Formidable Ensemble, the Global Messengers   Available March 18 via Mack Avenue Records PRE-ORDER NOW   PLUS: Listen to the First Single “La Mural (Glass Walls) Suite: Monopatia” Online with WBGO GRAMMY® Award-winning pianist, composer and educator Danilo Pérez hopes to usher…

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Kit Downes | “Vermillion” | ECM

  Pianist Kit Downes Continues to Push New Concepts through a Trio Format in his Latest Release Vermillion Available February 11 via ECM Records After his widely acclaimed ECM leader-debut Obsidian saw Kit Downes exploring a broad spectrum of organ timbres and the chamber-toned follow-up Dreamlife Of Debris substantially expanded the instrumental pallet, Vermillion now introduces us to Kit’s exceptional pianistic qualities in a…

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Avishai Cohen | “Naked Truth” | ECM

  Avishai Cohen Quartet Returns with a Meditative and Existential New Album Naked Truth Available February 25 via ECM Records There is a searching, yearning quality to Naked Truth, and a raw beauty and vulnerability in Avishai Cohen’s trumpet sound throughout. Very much music-of-the moment, found and shaped in the course of a remarkable recording session in the…

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Joey DeFrancesco Spring Tour 2022

Joey DeFrancesco’s Spring 2022 Tour New Album More Music is Available Now via Mack Avenue Records Album Offers the Remedy for a Challenging Year, Supplementing His Organ Virtuosity with Trumpet, Piano, Keyboard, Vocals and, for the First Time, Tenor Sax Upcoming Joey DeFrancesco U.S. Tour Dates January 12 / Yoshi’s Oakland / Oakland, CA January 13 / Kuumbwa Jazz Center / Santa Cruz,…

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AVAILABLE NOW: Harold Mabern | “Mabern Plays Coltrane” | Smoke Sessions Records

Smoke Sessions Records Releases Vibrant Recording of the Late, Great Harold Mabern Performing the Music of John Coltrane   Mabern Plays Coltrane, Available Now via Smoke Sessions Records Album Features All-Star Sextet Including Vincent Herring, Eric Alexander, Steve Davis, John Webber, and Joe Farnsworth Mabern’s Family Contributes to Release with Liner Notes from Son Michael…

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Craft Recordings Celebrates 70 Years of Contemporary Records

CRAFT RECORDINGS CELEBRATES 70 YEARS OF CONTEMPORARY RECORDS The celebrated jazz label’s catalog includes classic recordings by Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins, Art Pepper, Shelly Manne, Hampton Hawes, Benny Carter and Barney Kessel, among many others New releases to include deluxe box sets, vinyl reissues, SACDs, curated playlists, merchandise & more Released tomorrow, December 3 are…

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AVAILABLE NOW: “Sunlight feat. Lady Blackbird” by Subjective | Goldie & James Davidson

Lady Blackbird Releases New Single with SUBJECTIVE, made up of Legendary Drum & Bass Pioneer Goldie and Revered Engineer/Producer James Davidson “SUNLIGHT feat. LADY BLACKBIRD” LISTEN NOW Available Now via Three Six Zero Recordings/Sony Music Lady Blackbird’s Interview with Data Transmission READ HERE ‘Sunlight’, the second track to be taken from Subjective’s forthcoming album, The Start…

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AVAILABLE NOW: “Relief: A Benefit for the Jazz Foundation of America’s Musicians’ Emergency Fund” | Mack Avenue Music Group

AVAILABLE NOW, RELIEF: A BENEFIT FOR THE JAZZ FOUNDATION OF AMERICA’S MUSICIANS’ EMERGENCY FUND (PURCHASE/SHARE HERE) An Unprecedented, Star-Studded Collection from America’s Top Jazz Labels in Support of Musicians Affected by the Pandemic   2-LP Set, CD and Digital Album Features Herbie Hancock, Wallace Roney, Buster Williams, Jimmy Heath, Albert “Tootie” Heath, Joshua Redman, Christian McBride, IRMA…

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Keith Jarrett | “Facing You” 50th Anniversary | ECM

Keith Jarrett’s Debut ECM Album Facing You To Celebrate 50 Year Milestone Anniversary On November 10, 1971 pianist Keith Jarrett entered the Arne Bendiksen studio in Oslo Norway to record his ECM debut, Facing You. This album of solo piano pieces, which now has its 50th anniversary, was produced by Manfred Eicher and engineered by Jan Erik Kongshaug. Facing…

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