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“Azymuth JID004” | Azymuth, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad | Jazz Is Dead

Jazz Is Dead’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge Partner with Azymuth for Azymuth JID004 with Brazilian Jazz, Futuristic Funk, and Beloved Samba Available October 23 via Jazz Is Dead   The instrumental trio Azymuth modernized the sound and style of Brazilian jazz with their electronic instruments, angular arrangements and ingenious synthesis of jazz, funk, rock and samba. After…

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Emmet Cohen’s First Single “Dardanella” Premieres This Thursday with DownBeat

Pianist/Composer and American  Pianists Awards Winner Emmet Cohen  Brings the 1920s to the 2020s With Label Debut on Mack Avenue Records, Future Stride  Available for Pre-Order Now Available January 29, 2021 — Album Features  Marquis Hill, Melissa Aldana, Russell Hall and Kyle Poole Future Stride’s First Single, “Dardanella,” Set to Premiere Exclusively with DownBeat on Thursday, October 1; Available Everywhere on Friday, October 2…

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Acoustic Sounds Series Continues with Nina Simone’s Quintessential 1965 Albums “I Put A Spell On You” & “Pastel Blues”

Definitive Audiophile Grade Versions of  Nina Simone’s Classic Philips Records Albums  I Put a Spell on You and Pastel Blues Showcased  As Third Installment of Verve/UMe’s Audiophile  Vinyl Reissue Series Acoustic Sounds LPs Mastered from Original Analog Tapes and  Presented in High Quality Packaging Set for November 6  Nina Simone‘s classic 1965 albums I Put a Spell on You and Pastel…

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Emmet Cohen | “Future Stride” | Available January 29, 2021 via Mack Avenue Records

Pianist/Composer Emmet Cohen  Brings the 1920s to the 2020s With Label Debut on Mack Avenue Records, Future Stride  Available January 29, 2021 — Album Features  Marquis Hill, Melissa Aldana, Russell Hall and Kyle Poole The sound of stride piano vividly evokes scenes from the past: the roaring nightclubs of 1920s Harlem, the raucous birth pangs of jazz’s nascent years,…

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AVAILABLE NOW: Joe Farnsworth | “Time to Swing” | Smoke Sessions Records

AVAILABLE NOW via Smoke Sessions Records Joe Farnsworth Brings Together an All-Star Quartet  for Time To Swing, the Renowned Drummer’s Debut  Release for Smoke Sessions Records  Time To Swing Reunites the Drummer with Jazz Icon Wynton Marsalis, Along With Legendary Pianist Kenny Barron  and Consummate Bassist Peter Washington  Album Release Live-Stream from Smoke Jazz & Supper Club…

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Keith Jarrett | “Budapest Concert” | Available October 30 via ECM

Keith Jarrett Documents Live Solo Performance at Béla Bartók National Concert Hall with Budapest Concert Available October 30, 2020 via ECM Available Digitally and as 2-CD or 2-LP Set: Pre-Order Here Budapest Concert is the second complete show to be issued from Keith Jarrett’s 2016 European tour, recorded two weeks earlier than the widely-acclaimed concert released as Munich 2016. The new double…

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AVAILABLE NOW: Warren Wolf | “Christmas Vibes” | Mack Avenue Records

AVAILABLE NOW via Mack Avenue Records Vibraphonist Warren Wolf Conjures a Soulful and Swinging Holiday Spirit on New Christmas Album Features Classic Carols, Offbeat Pop Songs and an Original Addition to the Christmas Canon There’s no shortage of Christmas music out there that can evoke the holiday spirit. But it takes a master of groove and…

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Yellowjackets | “Vintage XL” | Available November 6 via Mack Avenue Records

GRAMMY® Award-winning Quartet Yellowjackets Presents Jackets XL Available November 6 Via Mack Avenue Records In Celebratory 25th Album, the Time-Honored Jazz Ensemble Joins Forces with the WDR Big Band to Create a Dynamic New Sound Stream Tracks From Yellowjacket’s Jackets XL   As a tight, longstanding jazz ensemble, Yellowjackets has explored a universe all its own of electro-acoustic soundscapes in…

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