Jazz New Releases
Jazz New Releases
Below is a list of all Jazz titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 1 to 20 of 31
Eric Dolphy
Out To Lunch (Blue Note Essentials LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 25/Sep/2026 ] In February 1964, Eric Dolphy assembled a formidable quintet of modern jazz visionaries with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Bobby Hutcherson on vibraphone, Richard Davis on bass, and Tony Williams on drums, and headed into Rudy Van Gelder's studio to... |
Grant Green
Idle Moments (Blue Note Essentials LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 25/Sep/2026 ] Time and troubles seem to melt away during the 15 enrapturing minutes of "Idle Moments," the opening track of Grant Green's sublime 1963 album Idle Moments. As the piece unhurriedly unfurls all the unique colors of the ensemble present themselves... |
John Coltrane
Blue Train (Blue Note Essentials Limited Edition LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 25/Sep/2026 ] On September 15, 1957, John Coltrane went into Rudy Van Gelder's living room studio in Hackensack, New Jersey and recorded his first great masterpiece: Blue Train. It would be the legendary saxophonist's sole album as a leader for Blue Note, a... |
Kenny Burrell
Midnight Blue (Blue Note Essentials LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 25/Sep/2026 ] Guitarist Kenny Burrell debuted on Blue Note Records in 1956 and over the following 7 years made a series of excellent albums for the label that culminated with his masterwork Midnight Blue. Recorded in 1963, the album waded deep into the blues,... |
Wayne Shorter
Speak No Evil (Blue Note Essentials LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 25/Sep/2026 ] 1964 was one of the most momentous years in the musical life of Wayne Shorter. Early in the year the saxophonist was still a member of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, appearing on classic Blue Note albums like Free for All and Indestructible.... |
Eddie Gale
Black Rhythm Happening (Blue Note Classic Vinyl LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 18/Sep/2026 ] Following his striking debut 'Ghetto Music', the radical trumpeter Eddie Gale presented an extension of that vision on 1969's 'Black Rhythm Happening'. Joining the Noble Gale Musicians & Singers are guests including saxophonist Jimmy Lyons, and... |
The Three Sounds
Soul Symphony (Blue Note Classic Vinyl LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 18/Sep/2026 ] The Three Sounds' return to Blue Note in the late-60s found the trio evolving and expanding their trademark sound. On 'Soul Symphony', pianist Gene Harris, bassist Henry Franklin, and drummer Carl Burnett perform music composed, arranged and... |
John Coltrane
John Coltrane: 1960-1964 (Mono 6CD Box Set) [ Rhino / 6 CD - released 4/Sep/2026 ] As part of John Coltrane's Centennial celebration, Rhino release John Coltrane: 1960-1964, a 6CD box set featuring audio from the original Mono master tapes. Previously released as a D2C 6LP Vinyl box, the 6CD box set is now available for general... |
Miles Davis
Tutu (Limited Edition Picture Disc LP) [ Rhino / LP - released 4/Sep/2026 ] Celebrating 30 years of Miles' first album for Warner Records and the first of many collaborations with bassist & producer Marcus Miller, named in honour of civil rights activist Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Releasing as part of the Miles Davis... |
Ayumi Tanaka / Thomas Morgen / Thomas Strønen
Windflower [ ECM / CD - released 21/Aug/2026 ] "Sparse, subtle and determined as much by silence as by sound, hers is a music created using deft, fleeting strokes" wrote the BBC Music Magazine of Ayumi Tanaka's Subaqueous Silence. And Windflower reconfirms the potency of a musical approach in... |
Grant Green
Street Of Dreams (Blue Note Classic Vinyl LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 21/Aug/2026 ] |
Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer & Dafnis Prieto
Fifteen [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 21/Aug/2026 ] A landmark meeting of three visionary forces in contemporary jazz. Fifteen marks the long‑awaited debut recording of the collective trio formed by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and multi‑reed master Henry Threadgill, acclaimed pianist Vijay Iyer,... |
Jon Batiste
Black Mozart [ Verve / CD - released 14/Aug/2026 ] The second installment of the Batiste Piano Series sees multi-Grammy and Oscar winner Jon Batiste reinterpret Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's most beloved melodies as Black American classical music, infused with influences from jazz, rags, stride, blues... |
Jon Batiste
Black Mozart (LP) [ Verve / LP - released 14/Aug/2026 ] The second installment of the Batiste Piano Series sees multi-Grammy and Oscar winner Jon Batiste reinterpret Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's most beloved melodies as Black American classical music, infused with influences from jazz, rags, stride, blues... |
Mick Goodrick
In Pas(S)Ing (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 24/Jul/2026 ] Mick Goodrick (1945-2022), hailed as "technically among the finest players around" by Downbeat magazine in their review of this album, was a subtle master on the guitar and an equally understated composer - both qualities to the fore on this, his... |
Ralph Alessi
A Sun That Never Sets [ ECM / CD - released 24/Jul/2026 ] For A Sun That Never Sets, Ralph Alessi expands the quartet configuration with a fifth player for a set of eleven new compositions that elaborate on Alessi's intricate writing with deep thought and a fresh sense of adventure. The last time Alessi... |
Steve Swallow
Winter Songs [ ECM / CD - released 24/Jul/2026 ] For Winter Songs, Steve Swallow's first true leader date in over a decade (Into The Woodworks, 2013) and his first recorded appearance on the label after John Scofield's Swallow Tales and Carla Bley's Life Goes On in 2020, the master-bassist has... |
Miles Davis & Marcus Miller
Music From Siesta [ Rhino / CD - released 17/Jul/2026 ] The soundtrack to the film of the same name releasing in 1987, Miles collaborated with his trusted producer/writer of the time Marcus Miller. The soundtrack began in early 1987 in Los Angeles, Miller and Jason Miles working in North Hollywood, and... |
Miles Davis & Marcus Miller
Music From Siesta (LP) [ Rhino / LP - released 17/Jul/2026 ] The soundtrack to the film of the same name releasing in 1987, Miles collaborated with his trusted producer/writer of the time Marcus Miller. The soundtrack began in early 1987 in Los Angeles, Miller and Jason Miles working in North Hollywood, and... |
Miles Davis
Amandla [ Rhino / CD - released 10/Jul/2026 ] A particularly strong set by late-period Miles Davis, this LP is highlighted by a surprisingly straight-ahead performance titled "Mr. Pastorius". In addition to Davis and his new altoist Kenny Garrett, various guests - including Marcus Miller,... |
