Alune Wade | New African Orleans
Senegalese Bassist & Composer Alune Wade Explores the Junction Between His Native West African Rhythms and Brass Band Music Immortalized in New Orleans in His Sixth Studio Album ‘New African Orleans’ The Album Features Original Compositions and Standards by Jimi Hendrix, Fela Kuti, Herbie Hancock and Dr. John Reimagined with Afro-Jazz Style New Single “Boogie and Juju” Available Now Pre-Save/Listen Here…
Read MoreStrata-East – Three Albums-digital catalog
Mack Avenue Music Group & Strata-East Reissues Charles Tolliver & Music Inc – Live at Slugs’, Volume I & II, Stanley Cowell – Musa: Ancestral Streams, Charlie Rouse – Two Is One Available Today on 180-gram Vinyl, CD and Digital Pharoah Sanders – Izipho Zam (My Gifts), Reissued on Vinyl for Record Store Day, Available Today on CD and…
Read MoreJoe Lovano | “Homage”
Saxophonist Joe Lovano and the Marcin Wasilewski Trio Are in an Especially Adventurous Spirit on Homage, Their Second Album for ECM Building on the Lyrical Strengths that Inhabited the Group’s Previous Recording (Arctic Riff, 2020), on Homage the Quartet Investigates the Type of Free-Flowing Interplay and Expansive Passages of Improvisation Featuring Pianist Marcin Wasilewski, Bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and Drummer Michal…
Read MoreSean Imboden | “Communal Heart”
Indianapolis-Based Saxophonist/Composer Sean Imboden Makes his Big Band Leader Debut with the Spirited New Album Communal Heart Communal Heart is Not Only the Result of Imboden’s Journey Towards Gathering and Nurturing Both His 17-Piece Orchestra and His Audience, But in a Way Tells That Personal Story in Musical Form Available Today While he cites the possibilities for…
Read MoreTessa Souter | “Shadows & Silence”
Vocalist Tessa Souter Approaches the Works of Erik Satie with Jazz-Inspired Eloquence on Shadows and Silence: The Erik Satie Project Featuring Luis Perdomo (piano), Yasushi Nakamura (bass), Billy Drummond (drums), Nadje Noordhuis (trumpet and flugelhorn) and Steve Wilson (soprano saxophone) Available June 27 via NOANARA MUSIC CD Release Show at Joe’s Pub NYC at 7PM on…
Read MoreStrata-East | Record Store Day
Mack Avenue Music Group & Strata-East Reissues Pharoah Sanders – Izipho Zam (My Gifts) as a Record Store Day Exclusive 180-Gram Vinyl Release Available April 12, 2025 Charlie Rouse – Two Is One, Charles Tolliver’s Music Inc – Live at Slugs’, Vol. I & II, Stanley Cowell – Musa: Ancestral Streams Available April 25, 2025 All Four Albums Will be…
Read MoreSavina Yannatou | “Watersong”
Greek Singer Savina Yannatou’s Watersong, Her Fifth ECM Album, Revolves Around the Theme of Water in its Many Manifestations Featuring Primavera en Salonico and Tunisian Singer Lamia Bedioui Available Today via ECM “This album sets traditional music flowing and crashing in many unexpected, wonderful directions.” — The Guardian “Dark-toned but ambrosial, highly disciplined yet seemingly bursting with…
Read MoreTommaso Perazzo & Marcello Cardillo | “Portrait of a Moment”
Tommaso Perazzo/Marcello Cardillo/Buster Williams Converge Musical Visions to Capture Portrait of a Moment Enigmatic Debut Album Memorializes the Recording Session that Transformed Mentor and Students into Collaborators Available May 30 via Red Records First Single “Back In The Right Spot!” Available April 11 In the legacy of jazz history, traditionally the elders of the cherished…
Read MoreMaupin/Corea ECM Luminessence
ECM to Reissue Chick Corea’s Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 on April 18 and Bennie Maupin’s The Jewel in the Lotus on May 16 as Part of its Audiophile Luminessence Series ECM’s audiophile vinyl-reissue series Luminessence continues with Chick Corea’s Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 and Bennie Maupin’s The Jewel in the Lotus. The Luminessence series is a kaleidoscope, shedding light on the jewels of the label’s…
Read MoreDenver Jazz Fest
Denver Jazz Fest Announces Free Community Programs Sage Hospitality, Aloft Denver Downtown and Visit Denver Support Free Performances by Upwards of 20 Local Denver Artists at Seven Hotel Locations, Including the Great Hall at Union Station DPAC Studio Loft Free Indoor Local Stage Sponsored by Denver Arts and Venues and Gift of Jazz KUVO Jazz…
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