Christian McBride Wins Eighth Award at 64th Annual GRAMMYs
Christian McBride Big Band’s For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver, Featuring Longtime Collaborators Mark Whitfield and Joey DeFrancesco, Wins GRAMMY® Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album This Win Marks Eighth GRAMMY Award Overall for McBride and Third for Christian McBride Big Band Mack Avenue Music Group is proud to congratulate Christian McBride on his eighth GRAMMY® Award win. In a…
Read MoreJean Carne, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad | “Jean Carne JID012” | Available May 27 via Jazz Is Dead
Jazz Is Dead Announces New Album with The Inimitable Jean Carne Alongside Label Founders Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad Jean Carne JID012, Available May 27 via Jazz Is Dead “Black Rainbows” and “Come As You Are,” Available Now Watch the Jazz Is Dead Series 2 Trailer The voice of Jean Carne is an instrument of delicate, aqueous…
Read MoreLisa Hilton | “life is beautiful” | Available Now
Lisa Hilton and Her Trio with Luques Curtis and Rudy Royston Present an Optimistic Vision Celebrating Hilton’s 25th Stateside Album: life is beautiful Available Today “An Absolutely Beautiful Album” – KVNF Radio Lisa Hilton and her trio, manifest a memorable experience on life is beautiful, their third recording of the pandemic era, and the acclaimed pianist,…
Read MoreOded Tzur | “Isabela” | Available May 13 via ECM
Saxophonist Oded Tzur Blends Raga and Jazz on Isabela, featuring Nitai Hershkovits, Petros Klampanis and Johnathan Blake Available May 13 via ECM Records On his follow-up to Here Be Dragons New York-based saxophonist Oded Tzur and his collaborators apply their subtle dialect in a more intense space, exploring the nuances and colours of the saxophonist’s self-fashioned raga in a suite-like sequence of…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart | “Perpetual Pendulum” | Smoke Sessions Records
AVAILABLE NOW via Smoke Sessions Records Organist Larry Goldings, Guitarist Peter Bernstein and Drummer Bill Stewart Release New Album Celebrating More Than Three Decades as a Trio: Perpetual Pendulum Album Homecoming for the Band, Born at Smoke Jazz Club Predecessor Augie’s Perpetual motion has been dismissed as an impossibility by scientists, but perhaps they…
Read MoreJohn Scofield | “John Scofield” | Available May 6 via ECM
John Scofield Releases His First-Ever Solo Guitar Recording Available May 6 via ECM Records Pre-Order Available April 1 Media Digital Servicing Available April 6 With a career spanning over half a century, marked by influential collaborations with jazz greats like Miles Davis and Joe Henderson as well as several dozen genre-bending leader…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: Mark Turner Quartet | “Return from the Stars” | ECM
Saxophonist Mark Turner Leads an Exploratory and Thought Provoking Journey in his Latest Release, Return from the Stars Quartet features Jason Palmer, Joe Martin, and Jonathan Pinson Available Now via ECM Records “…a brilliant tenor saxophonist who has never rushed any facet of his artistry…” — WBGO “Turner, known for a floating, lightness of tone,…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: Jean-Michel Pilc | “Alive – Live at Diese Onze, Montreal”
Available Now via Justin Time Records Enormously Prolific and Multi-Faceted as Composer and Pianist, Jean-Michel Pilc Makes His Justin Time Records Debut With Alive – Live at Dièse Onze, Montréal Pilc is Joined by Bassist Rémi-Jean LeBlanc and Drummer Jim Doxas in a Performance of Spontaneity Spontaneity may well be the most important element of jazz expression…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: 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 Now via Mack Avenue Records ORDER NOW GRAMMY® Award-winning pianist, composer and educator Danilo Pérez hopes to usher in a new era of enlightenment that will unite all of humanity with his epic new album, Crisálida,…
Read MoreJoey Alexander | “Origin” | Available May 20 via Mack Avenue Records
Pianist, Bandleader and Composer Joey Alexander to Release Origin, First Album Featuring All Originals on Mack Avenue Records Debut Longtime Collaborators Larry Grenadier and Kendrick Scott Return Alongside Special Guests Gilad Hekselman and Chris Potter Available May 20 Digitally and on CD; Available June 24 on Vinyl Tour Announcement Forthcoming It’s no coincidence two…
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