AVAILABLE TOMORROW: Charged Particles | “Live at the Baked Potato!” | Summit Records
AVAILABLE TOMORROW Charged Particles Pay Tribute to the Late Tenor Sax Great Michael Brecker on Live at the Baked Potato! to Coincide with Biography Ode to a Tenor Titan by Acclaimed Author Bill Milkowski On their latest collaboration, Bay Area jazz trio Charged Particles joins forces with powerhouse Bay Area saxophonist Tod Dickow in a heartfelt tribute to…
Read MoreEberhard Weber | Once Upon a Time | Available November 11 via ECM
Bassist Eberhard Weber Delivers a Compelling Demonstration of Musical Possibilities with His Release Once Upon A Time Available November 11 via ECM Once Upon A Time – Live in Avignon presents Eberhard Weber on a rare evening in southern France in the midst of an adventurous series of solo bass concerts in 1994. This particular concert took place as part of…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: Joe Farnsworth | “City of Sounds” | Smoke Sessions Records
AVAILABLE NOW via Smoke Sessions Records Drummer Joe Farnsworth Celebrates the Fortitude of New York City’s Jazz Community with Second Release for Smoke Sessions Records City of Sounds Features Kenny Barron and Peter Washington Prior to the events of 2020, it may have been easy to take New York City’s thriving and diverse music scene…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: Joey DeFrancesco | “More Music” | Mack Avenue Records
AVAILABLE NOW via Mack Avenue Records Joey DeFrancesco Offers the Remedy for a Challenging Year, Supplementing His Organ Virtuosity with Trumpet, Piano, Keyboard, Vocals and, for the First Time, Tenor Sax More Music Debuts a New Trio with Fellow Philadelphia Organist and Guitarist Lucas Brown and Gifted Drummer Michael Ode Tour Dates Updated Below Exclusive…
Read MoreEnrico Rava | Edizione Especiale | Available October 29 via ECM
Trumpeter Enrico Rava’s Musical Enthusiasm Returns With New Live Recording Edizione Speciale Quartet Features Francesco Diodati, Gabriele Evangelista, and Enrico Morello Available October 29 via ECM Enrico Rava delivers a characteristically outgoing performance in this live recording from Antwerp’s Jazz Middelheim festival. In the summer of 2019, the doyen of Italian jazz was in buoyant mood as he zigzagged…
Read MoreHarold Mabern | “Mabern Plays Coltrane” | Available December 3 via Smoke Sessions Records
Smoke Sessions Records to Release Vibrant Recording of the Late, Great Harold Mabern Performing the Music of John Coltrane Mabern Plays Coltrane, Due Out December 3, Features All-Star Sextet Including Vincent Herring, Eric Alexander, Steve Davis, John Webber, and Joe Farnsworth Mabern’s Family Contributes to Release with Liner Notes from Son Michael Mabern and…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: “Black and Blue” feat. Common from The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong’s “A Gift to Pops” | Verve Records
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong All Stars Set to Release A Gift to Pops: “Black and Blue” feat. Common Available Now Famed Rapper Addresses Racial Consciousness and Prejudice Over R&B-Flavored Groove: “My school of thought is black openness/ To define and redefine what the culture is.” Co-Produced by Wycliffe Gordon, Nicholas Payton, and Jackie Harris with…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: Mathias Eick & Marcin Wasilewski
Two New Albums Available Now via ECM Norwegian Trumpeter and Composer Mathias Eick Returns to Musical Storytelling with When we leave Mathias Eick is among the most immediately recognizable soloists to have emerged from the Norwegian jazz scene, and his wistful trumpet sound and strongly melodic compositions have met with a positive response around the world. When…
Read MoreVirtual Detroit Jazz Festival Presented by Rocket Mortgage Tops 2M Viewers
Virtual Detroit Jazz Festival Presented by Rocket Mortgage Tops 2M Viewers High-Quality Jazz Event Surpasses Expectations, Grows Global Audience The Detroit Jazz Festival presented by Rocket Mortgage attracted a virtual global audience of more than two million viewers/listeners during Labor Day weekend, doubling the number of jazz fans who clicked on last year’s virtual jazz festival. The Festival also…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: Helen Sung | “Quartet+” | Sunnyside Records
AVAILABLE NOW via Sunnyside Records Pianist/Composer Helen Sung Celebrates Women Composers with Quartet+ — a Vibrant New Album Combining All-Star Quartet with GRAMMY® Award-Winning Harlem Quartet Album Features Original Music Alongside Pieces by Geri Allen, Carla Bley, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Mary Lou Williams, and Marian McPartland Pianist/composer and 2021 Guggenheim Fellow Helen Sung celebrates the work of influential…
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