Joey DeFrancesco | “More Music” | September 24 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, Due Out September 24 via Mack Avenue Records, Debuts a New Trio with Fellow Philadelphia Organist and Guitarist Lucas Brown and Gifted Drummer Michael Ode Tour Dates Announced…
Read MoreUnprecedented, Star-Studded Collection from America’s Top Jazz Labels in Support of Musicians Affected by the Pandemic
AVAILABLE TODAY, JON BATISTE’S “SWEET LORRAINE,” THE FIRST SINGLE FROM RELIEF: A BENEFIT FOR THE JAZZ FOUNDATION OF AMERICA’S MUSICIANS’ EMERGENCY FUND (LISTEN/SHARE HERE) An Unprecedented, Star-Studded Collection from America’s Top Jazz Labels in Support of Musicians Affected by the Pandemic, Arrives September 24 2-LP Set, CD and Digital Album Features Herbie Hancock, Wallace Roney, Buster Williams,…
Read MoreLisa Hilton | “Transparent Sky” | Available September 3
Lisa Hilton and her Trio with Rudy Royston and Luques Curtis Masterfully Blend Classic Traditions in an Inspiring New Recording Lisa Hilton’s Transparent Sky is Available Sept 3 As America and other countries re-emerge from the limitations of 2020, Lisa Hilton and her trio with Rudy Royston and Luques Curtis, enthusiastically embrace the moment…
Read MoreMarc Johnson | Overpass | Available August 27 via ECM
With Overpass, recorded in Brazil in 2018, Marc Johnson makes a decisive and intriguing contribution to ECM’s solo bass recordings. It is an album that takes note of that tradition – Johnson has said that Dave Holland’s Emerald Tears was among the solo recordings that fired his imagination almost half a century ago –…
Read MoreAndrew Cyrille Quartet | The News | Available August 27 via ECM
Andrew Cyrille’s album The News carries forward the story from The Declaration of Musical Independence, the 2014 ECM recording described by Down Beat as “an unabashed exploration into time, pulse space and atmosphere…ambitious yet simple, rich yet stripped-down, challenging yet infinitely satisfying.” The New York Times cited the album as evidence of a “late career…
Read MoreJoe Farnsworth | “City of Sounds” | Available October 1 via Smoke Sessions Records
Drummer Joe Farnsworth Celebrates the Fortitude of New York City’s Jazz Community with Second Release for Smoke Sessions Record Due Out October 1, 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 for granted. But…
Read MoreBrasuka | “A Vida Com Paixão”
Brasuka Delivers a Compelling Debut Recording Rooted in Brazilian Fusion, Taking the Listener on a Culturally Diverse Journey Available Everywhere October 8 via Outside In Music Over the past year and a half, music experienced a dark and dismal outlook of pandemic doom. But in demanding times, musicians keep us grounded. They call up…
Read MoreAN EVENING WITH ANDY JAMES & JOHN PATITUCCI & Her All-Star Band Live!
AN EVENING WITH ANDY JAMES & JOHN PATITUCCI LIVE in Las Vegas! All-Star Band Includes Chris Potter, Nate Smith, Alex Acuña, Jon Cowherd, and Terell Stafford Catalina Bar & Grill 6725 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028 Date. August 15, 2021 Time. 7:30 PM Price of the show. $25.00 The Las Vegas based Le Coq Records…
Read MoreEx-Vitamins | “Ex-Vitamins” | Available August 28th
Anonymous Performer and Composer Recruits All-Star Cast for High Energy Project; Encourages Artists to Respond Instinctually with First Take Recordings Eponymous Release Ex-Vitamins Features Mark Guiliana, Nate Smith, Ben Wendel, Tim Lefebvre, Shayna Steele, and More Available Everywhere August 27 There is something both soothing and terrifying when a schedule clears. The opportunity…
Read MoreMichael Mantler | “Coda” | Available July 16th via ECM
Michael Mantler Reimagines New Arrangements from Several Phases of his Career in Coda Available July 16 via ECM The CD booklet begins with a definition: “Coda: a concluding statement serving as a summation, based on elaborations of thematic material from selected past work.” Michael Mantler, who was born in Vienna in 1943, explains that reworking his earlier…
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