Brian Jackson JID008″ | Brian Jackson, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge | August 6 via Jazz Is Dead
Jazz Is Dead’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge Tap the Esteemed Brian Jackson for his First Full Album Released in 20 Years with Latest Jazz Is Dead Installment Brian Jackson JID008, Available August 6, 2021 via Jazz Is Dead View Jazz Is Dead’s Online Shop One happy thing to be grateful for during otherwise…
Read MoreDan Siegel | “Faraway Place” Available August 13, 2021
Dan Siegel Returns on His Twenty-Second Recording as a Bandleader with Faraway Place Album Features Eric Marienthal, Lee Thornburg, Allen Hinds, Brian Bromberg, Abraham Laboriel, Dwayne “Smitty” Smith, Lenny Castro, and Rogerio Jardim While the coronavirus wreaked havoc to a deadly extreme, the pandemic era with its heightened quarantine measures proved to swing a double-edge sword for musicians.…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: Brian Bromberg | “A Little Driving Music” | Artistry Music
Available Now via Artistry Music/Mack Avenue Music Group World-Renowned Bassist and Producer Brian Bromberg Escapes the Pandemic Blues with a Vibrant, Funky New Album That Conjures the Spirit of the Open Road with A Little Driving Music Bromberg’s Third Album Created in Quarantine, Features All-Star, Socially-Distanced Cast of Musicians Including Dave Koz, Marion Meadows, Elan Trotman, Everette…
Read MoreCOMING THIS FRIDAY: Benito Gonzlez | “Sing to the World” | Rainy Days
COMING THIS FRIDAY via Rainy Day Records: Emerging Piano Talent Benito Gonzalez Releases his Fifth Recording of Originals: the Inspired, Moving, Dancing Sing to the World on St. Petersburg, Russia-based Rainy Days Records With propulsive pulse and Afro-Latin percussive drive, Benito Gonzalez places rhythm at the core of his exhilarating new album, Sing to the World, set for a May 14…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: Lunar Octet | “Convergence” | Summit Records
AVAILABLE NOW via Summit Records Lunar Octet Re-Emerges with First Album in 26 Years Ann Arbor Ensemble Blends Latin Jazz, Afrobeat, Samba and Funk on Convergence A decades-long institution in Ann Arbor, home of the University of Michigan, and also the nearby Metro Detroit area, the Lunar Octet is back with a potent collection of originals inspired by such…
Read MoreVince Mendoza’s Single “Freedom Over Everything” AVAILABLE NOW
First Single from Celebrated Multi-GRAMMY® Award Winning Arranger, Composer and Conductor Vince Mendoza’s Upcoming Album, Freedom Over Everything, Available Now “Freedom Over Everything” (feat. Black Thought) Brings Forth Life Affirming Cross-Genre Collaboration New Album Serves as a Revelatory and Politically Charged Album Set for July 2 Release on BMG’s Modern Recordings Imprint Six time GRAMMY® Award-winner, and…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: Sinikka Langeland and Thomas Stronen | ECM
Available Now via ECM: Sinikka Langeland’s Wolf Rune and Thomas Strønen’s Bayou Wolf Rune, the first solo recording in Sinikka Langeland’s ECM discography, sheds new light on the multifaceted work of the Norwegian folk singer and kantele player. Few artists embody the spirit of place as resolutely as Sinikka and her songs, compositions, poem settings and arrangements reflect,…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: Vincent Herring | “Preaching to the Choir” | Smoke Sessions Records
AVAILABLE NOW via Smoke Sessions Records Saxophonist Vincent Herring Battles Back From Bout with Coronavirus and Career-Threatening Side Effects with Optimistic New Album, Preaching to the Choir Album Finds Hope in Face of Pandemics and Politics with Swinging Help from Cyrus Chestnut, Yasushi Nakamura and Johnathan Blake Herring To Perform Album Release Event…
Read MoreQobuz Commissions Christian McBride for “The Q Sessions” | AVAILABLE TOMORROW
Qobuz Commissions Seven-time GRAMMY® Award-winning Jazz Artist Christian McBride for “The Q Sessions” Hi-Res Exclusive EP Out Tomorrow, April 30 (International Jazz Day) End-to-end creation proves the power of Hi-Res to put listeners “in the studio” Seven-time GRAMMY® Award-winning jazz artist Christian McBride and Qobuz, the Hi-Res streaming and download service, have teamed up to release The Q Sessions EP tomorrow, April…
Read MoreStephan Micus | “Winter’s End” | Available June 11 via ECM
Multi-Instrumentalist Stephan Micus Utilizes Two Never Before Used Instruments, Amongst Eleven Instruments from Ten Countries, for his 24th Solo Album, Winter’s End Available June 11, 2021 via ECM The Japanese poem accompanying Winter’s End, Stephan Micus’ 24th solo album for ECM, seems like a metaphor for his music. He chuckles at the suggestion, as he thinks of the…
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