Monday, May 3, 2021

Wollny / Parisien / Lefebvre / Lillinger - XXXX (2021 ACT Music)

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  eXplore This story begins with just one sound, originating in the place which Berlin jazz people think of as their living room, the A-Tran...

Ida Sand - Do You Hear Me? (2021 ACT Music)

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In 2020, the authorities in Sweden tried to keep normal life going for as long as possible, but, even there, things were eventually brought ...

Marius Neset - A New Dawn (2021 ACT Music)

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“What Neset does on the saxophone is nothing less than taking this instrument into a new dimension” (Süddeutsche Zeitung.) The energy and th...

Philipp Schiepek & Walter Lang - Cathedral (2021 ACT Music)

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“An insightful and versatile guitarist.” (All About Jazz). “He has found a sound that is his own - and it is always imbued with both beauty ...

Various Artists / Fahrt ins Blaue III - dreamin in the spirit of jazz (2021 ACT Music)

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"There's a place for us, somewhere a place for us. Peace and quiet and open air wait for us. Somewhere…". These words from the...

Konstantia Gourzi - Anájikon (2021 ECM Records)

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Anájikon, the second ECM album after Music for piano and string quartet (ECM New Series 2309) by Athens-born and Munich-based Konstantia Gou...

Cymin Samawatie / Ketan Bhatti / Trickster Orchestra (2021 ECM Records)

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Singer Cymin Samawatie and percussionist Ketan Bhatti from the Berlin-based group Cyminology apply their poetic musical language on a larger...

Juan Cato Calvi - Gaucho de la Pampa (Bass Clarinet Live Concert) May 10, 2021 Koshkil Records

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Juan Calvi plays bass & soprano clarinets, classical, jazz, contemporary and improvised music in mixed written/improvised projects. He h...

Bryan McCune and Brian Kooken - Land of the Free (May 2021)

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1. Spiral...let's go out West 08:00 2. Omeros 05:29 3. Chant 04:20 4. 8/23 07:09 5. Talking Back 05:20 6. The Nice Song 02:51 7. Abducti...

Smandem / Self​-​Titled (2021 Super-Sonic Jazz Records)

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Amsterdam based SMANDEM. proves that an incredible skill set and open minded approach causes genre distinctions to blur into pure energy. In...
Sunday, May 2, 2021

Bunn Debrett Quintet - Bunn Debrett Quintet (June 30, 2021)

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This eponymous album, Bunn Debrett Quintet, owes much to London Transport's 94 Night Bus. Drummer and percussionist Stephen Bunn (Bunny)...

Deniss Pashkevich and Mikko Gunu Karjalainen Quintet - Reflections (2021 Riga Room Records)

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DENISS PASHKEVICH is a saxophonist, flautist, composer, producer, ad-libber, educator and a prominent figure in the Baltics jazz with his na...

STR4TA - Aspects (2021 Brownswood Recordings)

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Gilles Peterson has partnered with Jean-Paul “Bluey” Maunick to reinvigorate the loose, protean energy of the early-80s Brit-funk scene. Lon...

Various Artists - Indaba Is (2021 Brownswood Recordings)

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Brownswood are proud to present ‘Indaba Is’ – a compilation of current South African improvised music and jazz – released January 29th 2021....

Hermann's Live - Cheers to 40 Years! (2021)

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With the launch of our 40th-anniversary album, we salute the artists who have been part of this jazz club's family since its 1981 incept...