Record Labels
Sonny Rollins | “Go West”
NEW SONNY ROLLINS COLLECTION GO WEST!: THE CONTEMPORARY RECORDS ALBUMS ARRIVES TODAY Continuing Craft Recordings’ celebration of Contemporary Records, Go West! explores the legendary saxophonist’s output with the influential jazz label 180-gram 3-LP and 3-CD box sets contain newly mastered audio by Bernie Grundman of Way Out West, Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders and Contemporary Alternate Takes Plus an exclusive 2021…
Read MoreLe Coq Records Presents Terell Stafford’s “Between Two Worlds,” Featuring Tim Warfield, Bruce Barth, David Wong, Johnathan Blake and Alex Acuña
Trumpeter/Composer Terell Stafford Explores the Balance of Personal and Musical Life in His Spirited New Album, Between Two Worlds Available September 8 via Le Coq Records, the Album Features a Stellar All-Star Band With Tim Warfield, Bruce Barth, David Wong, Johnathan Blake and Alex Acuña When trumpeter/composer Terell Stafford brought his quartet to the Village Vanguard in…
Read MoreOrrin Evans | “The Red Door”
Pianist Orrin Evans Opens The Red Door With a Stellar New Album That Celebrates Taking Musical and Personal Chances, Available Today via Smoke Sessions All-Star Date Featuring Nicholas Payton, Gary Thomas, Robert Hurst, Marvin “Smitty” Smith With Special Guests Buster Williams, Larry McKenna, Gene Jackson, the Late Wallace Roney and Vocalists Jazzmeia Horn, Sy Smith, and Alita…
Read MoreJazz Is Dead Releases New Single “No End” off of Tony Allen JID018 Produced by Adrian Younge
Jazz Is Dead Releases New Single “No End” off of Tony Allen JID018 Produced by Adrian Younge Tony Allen JID018 will be Available July 7 via Jazz is Dead “The Jazz Is Dead series has done a lot to become gateway drugs for younger listeners to these pivotal ’60s and ’70s jazz icons…” – NPR Music “No End” #2 on…
Read MoreElina Duni | “A Time to Remember”
Swiss-Albanian Jazz Singer Elina Duni’s A Time To Remember is a Continuation of the Special Synergy That Inhabited Her Acclaimed 2020 ECM Release Lost Ships A Time To Remember Features the Same Quartet of Guitarist Rob Luft, Matthieu Michel on Flugelhorn and Fred Thomas on Percussion and Piano Available Today via ECM “A Time To Remember is a quietly powerful album…”…
Read MoreChristine Jensen | “Day Moon”
Saxophonist, Composer and Conductor Christine Jensen, Regarded as One of Canada’s Most Compelling Jazz Artists, Releases Day Moon The Ten Compositions are at Turns, Melancholic and Ebullient, Sober and Playful Available Tomorrow via Justin Time Records “Jensen’s broad, burly, often vibratoless tone jumps out on both alto and soprano, though the former, especially, she rivals Kenny…
Read MoreLeroy Vinnegar | “Leroy Walks!”
Craft Recordings Releases Leroy Vinnegar’s Leroy Walks! as part of Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series Available Friday on vinyl and hi-res digital The extensive rollout, which continues Craft Recordings’ celebration of the storied jazz label, also includes titles by Ornette Coleman, Art Farmer, Curtis Counce and Phineas Newborn, Jr. Each album features lacquers cut from the original master tapes (AAA) by Bernie Grundman and is…
Read MoreArthur Verocai Tour Announcement
Brazilian Composer Arthur Verocai Announces His First Ever US Tour With Accompaniment From a 30-Piece-Orchestra He Will Be Performing His 1972 Debut, Self-Titled Album In Its Entirety With Special Guests Presented by ArtDontSleep Tickets On Sale Now In August 2023, ArtDontSleep presents Jazz Está Morto celebrates the genius of Arthur Verocai with a 30-piece-orchestra and Special Guests bringing to life his self-titled, 1972, debut album on Verocai’s first…
Read MoreKeith Jarrett | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s “Württemberg Sonatas” | ECM New Series
Keith Jarrett’s Recording of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s Württemberg Sonatas, Made in 1994, Followed a Period in Which the Pianist Had Been Focussing on the Music of Johann Sebastian Bach The Fluidity of the Performance Has a Quality That Perhaps Could Be Conveyed Only by an Artist of Great Improvisational Skills Available June 30 via ECM New Series…
Read MoreJazz Is Dead Announces New Album With Legendary Afrobeat Drummer Tony Allen
Jazz Is Dead Announces New Album With the Late Legendary Afrobeat Drummer Tony Allen Tony Allen JID018 Marks JID’s Adrian Younge’s First Foray Into Afrobeat Available July 7 via Jazz is Dead “The Jazz Is Dead series has done a lot to become gateway drugs for younger listeners to these pivotal ’60s and ’70s jazz icons…” – NPR…
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