Below is a list of all Jazz titles released in the last 120 days.
Myele Manzanza
Crisis & Opportunity, Vol.1 - London (LP) [ DeepMatter / LP - released 9/Apr/2021 ] World-renowned drummer/composer, & producer/beatmaker, Myele Manzanza, has proved that he's an artist who continues to dissolve the borders between modern jazz and electronic beat production. Having released three solo albums, and racking up tours... |
The Toreadors
Thembi / Gwinyitshe (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 9/Apr/2021 ] This deep soul-jazz double-sider, recorded on October 3rd, 1972, was released as a seven-inch single on Motella, one of the many labels of the Mavuthela Music division of Gallo Africa (now Gallo Record Company). Mavuthela was founded by the talent... |
Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey
Uneasy [ ECM / CD - released 9/Apr/2021 ] Vijay Iyer presents a powerful new trio, in which he is joined by two key figures in creative music, Tyshawn Sorey and Linda May Han Oh. "We have an energy together that is very distinct. It has a different kind of propulsion, a different impulse and... |
Jakob Bro, Arve Henriksen, Jorge Rossy
Uma Elmo [ ECM / CD - released 2/Apr/2021 ] With Uma Elmo, his fifth album as a leader for ECM, Danish guitarist Jakob Bro presents a new trio featuring Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen and Spanish drummer Jorge Rossy. Astonishingly, given the trio's musical synergy, the first time these... |
Joe Lovano, Marilyn Crispell, Carmen Castaldi
Garden Of Expression [ ECM / CD - released 2/Apr/2021 ] The debut album of Joe Lovano's Trio Tapestry was one of 2019's most talked-about releases. The trio's musical concept - the Boston Globe spoke of "utterances of hushed assurance, lyricism and suspense" - is taken to the next level on its second... |
John Key's Jazz Monsters
Dune Dancing [ Odd Music Productions / CD - released 19/Mar/2021 ] This is John Key's fifth album of jazz style tunes. A variety of genres have been explored and perhaps written with a bit of unconscious astral travelling, while marooned in lockdown, flying from Mexico (Party Piece), to the deserts of North Africa... |
JONAS SJØVAAG
Sunday Songs Jonas Sjøvaag (vocals, synthesizers, drums), Hilde Marie Kjersem (vocals), Sarah-Jane Summers (fiddle), André Roligheten (saxophone) etc. [ NXN Recordings / CD - released 19/Mar/2021 ] Sunday Songs is the latest vocal album from Jonas Sjøvaag. It features a series of songs based on lyrics written in Florence in the spring of 2019, under a scorching sun on a rooftop in the eastern part of the city; the music followed during... |
Teaspoon And The Waves
Teaspoon And The Waves (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 19/Mar/2021 ] Official replica re-issue of a South African jazz-funk rarity from Teaspoon & The Waves. Released in 1977 on Soul Jazz Pop, a subsidiary label of Mavuthela Music Company / Gallo, Teaspoon & The Waves' self-titled album is an absolute masterpiece.... |
GRIGORYAN BROTHERS
This Is Us - A Musical Reflection Of Australia Grigoryan Brothers (guitars) [ ABC Classics / CD - released 5/Mar/2021 ] A musical exploration of Australia's history and heritage. Inspired by iconic objects from the National Museum of Australia the Grigoryan Brothers, have created an expansive, yet intimate, musical vision of what it means to be Australian. |
Pat Metheny
Road To The Sun [ ADA / Warner / CD - released 5/Mar/2021 ] On his latest album, Road To The Sun, Pat Metheny surprises us once again with his seemingly endless ability to harvest new vistas while retaining the instantly recognizable Metheny sound. With two major new works, performed by five of the world's... |
BJØRN CHARLES DREYER
Time and Mass Bjørn Charles Dreyer, / Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra [ Nxn Recordings / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Time and Mass challenges our perception of how a guitar sounds. |
Cannonball Adderley
Somethin' Else (LP) [ Universal / LP - released 19/Feb/2021 ] Cannonball Adderley gave up his own band in 1957 when he had the opportunity to become a sideman in Miles Davis' epic ensemble with John Coltrane, eventually resulting in some of the greatest jazz recordings of all time... |
Joe Henderson
Page One (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 19/Feb/2021 ] |
Keith Jarrett (piano)
Budapest Concert (LP) [ ECM / 2 LP - released 19/Feb/2021 ] The second complete show to be issued from Keith Jarrett's 2016 European tour - following on from the widely-acclaimed concert released as Munich 2016 - this double album documents the pianist's solo performance at the Béla Bartók National Concert... |
Terje Rypdal
Conspiracy (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 12/Feb/2021 ] A new ECM studio album and a programme of new music from Terje Rypdal is cause for celebration. On Conspiracy the great Norwegian guitarist seems to reconnect with the wild inspiration that fuelled such early masterpieces as Whenever I Seem To Be Far... |
Dinah Washington
Newport '58 (LP) [ Vinyl Passion / LP - released 5/Feb/2021 ] A1 Lover Come Back To Me A2 Back Water Blues A3 Crazy Love A4 All of Me A5 Backstage Blues B1 Julie and Jake Bonus Tracks B2 No More B3 I've Got You Under My Skin B4 Crazy He Calls Me |
George Benson
Breezin' Limited (LP) [ Rhino / Warner / LP - released 5/Feb/2021 ] Produced by Tommy LiPuma and orchestrated by Claus Ogerman, George Benson and a handful of soulful musicians single-handedly created the very first platinum album in jazz music. Featuring 'This Masquerade' and 'Breezin'', this classic album is... |
Mr. Mibbler
The Long Journey [ Nxn Recordings / CD - released 29/Jan/2021 ] 'We wanted to play around and improvise,' says Thom Hell, 'capture spontaneity and whims, share them via Dropbox to see what inputs and reactions came back from the other two.' Together with Vidar Ersfjord and Jørn Raknes, known collectively... |
GRIMALDI
Pulse Perspective Dominique Grimaldi [ Signature / CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] "Pulse Perspective" draws the listener into an imaginary narration, disanly nourished by atmospheres and textures of contemporary music or progressive rock, and propelled forward by instrumental intensity , dissonance and its exploration of spaciality. |
Horace Silver
Song For My Father (180g LP) [ Universal Music / LP - released 15/Jan/2021 ] One of Blue Note's greatest mainstream hard bop dates, Song for My Father is Horace Silver's signature LP and the peak of a discography already studded with classics. Silver was always a master at balancing jumping rhythms with complex harmonies for... |