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Jazz Is Dead Announces New Releases by Lonnie Liston Smith and Tony Allen, Hermeto Pascoal Spring Tour

Jazz is Dead Announces New Releases by Lonnie Liston Smith and Tony Allen Jazz is Dead is Presenting Hermeto Pascoal’s Spring Tour “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 Jazz Is Dead, the label co-founded by Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad that issues…

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Craft Recordings Releases André Previn’s “West Side Story” as Part of the Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series

Craft Recordings Releases André Previn’s West Side Story as part of Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series Available tomorrow 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, Leroy Vinnegar, Curtis Counce and Phineas Newborn, Jr.            Each album features lacquers cut from the original master tapes (AAA) by Bernie…

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Nils Økland/Sigbjørn Apeland | “Glimmer” | ECM

Violinist Nils Økland and Keyboardist Sigbjørn Apeland, Musical Partners for Thirty Years, Explore the Interface of Norwegian Traditional Music and Improvisation on Glimmer Much of the Music on Glimmer is Related to the Area of Western Norway Where Økland and Apeland Grew Up Available on US Digital Platforms June 16 via ECM Violinist Nils Økland and keyboardist Sigbjørn Apeland, musical partners…

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Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry | “Our Daily Bread” | ECM

Joe Lovano’s Trio Tapestry Extends its Spacious and Lyrical Approach, With Deep Listening and Intense Focus on its Third Album, Our Daily Bread Featuring Pianist Marilyn Crispell and Drummer Carmen Castaldi Available Now via ECM “Look elsewhere for swing, torrents of notes or chord changes. There is momentum to the music, however, as the trio pushes…

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People of Earth’s Self-Titled Latin Infused Debut Album is Available Tomorrow via Truth Revolution Records

People of Earth’s Self-Titled Debut Album Offers Nine Tracks that Capture the Unique Blend of Influences, Explorations, and Experimentations That Has Defined the Band’s Sound Thus Far The Global Music Collective’s Singers Effortlessly Switch from Spanish to English to Portuguese as They Perform What They’ve Coined American Timba Music Available Tomorrow via Truth Revolution Records…

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Elina Duni | “A Time to Remember” | ECM

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 June 16 via ECM “Duni’s voice is remarkable, for while it…

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Jacob Young | “Eventually” | ECM

On Eventually, Norwegian Guitarist Jacob Young Offers a Broader View of His Compositional Pallet While Presenting His First Pass at the Guitar Trio Format Featuring Bassist Mats Eilertsen and Drummer Audun Kleive Available May 12 via ECM Jacob Young’s fourth leader-recording for ECM not only presents the guitarist’s first pass at the guitar trio format, but…

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Dominic Miller | “Vagabond” | ECM

Guitarist Dominic Miller, a Long-Time Member of Sting’s Band, Releases Vagabond, His Third Album for ECM Vagabond Might Prove His Most Poetic Tale to Date, as He Creates Striking Melancholy Textures Fronting a Quartet with Pianist Jacob Karlzon, Bassist Nicolas Fiszman and Drummer Ziv Ravitz Available Today via ECM “Tracks like the bright ‘Cruel But Fair,’ the jazzy…

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