Jazz New Releases
Jazz New Releases
Below is a list of all Jazz titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 1 to 40 of 46
Bill Frisell
Orchestras (LP) [ Blue Note / 2 LP - released 19/Apr/2024 ] Guitarist Bill Frisell's new double LP Orchestras documents two inspired concert-hall engagements arranged by Michael Gibbs for Frisell's long-standing trio with bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Rudy Royston: one featuring the nearly 60-piece... |
Fred Hersch
Silent, Listening [ ECM / CD - released 19/Apr/2024 ] Silent, Listening is a major addition to ECM's distinguished line of solo piano recordings, featuring one of the outstanding improvising pianists and jazz masters of our time: Fred Hersch. The album features seven original creations and a handful of... |
Fred Hersch
Silent, Listening (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 19/Apr/2024 ] Silent, Listening is a major addition to ECM's distinguished line of solo piano recordings, featuring one of the outstanding improvising pianists and jazz masters of our time: Fred Hersch. The album features seven original creations and a handful of... |
Herbie Hancock
Speak Like A Child (Blue Note Classic Vinyl LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 19/Apr/2024 ] Following the release of his 1965 masterpiece Maiden Voyage, the brilliant pianist Herbie Hancock wouldn't record his Blue Note follow-up until 1968 with the innovative classic Speak Like A Child. The album was a showcase of several aspects of... |
Anthony Williams
Life Time (Blue Note Tone Poet Series LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 5/Apr/2024 ] Tone Poet Vinyl Edition reissue produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at Record Technology Inc. (RTI), and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket. The... |
Cassie Kinoshi's seed.
gratitude (LP) [ International Anthem / LP - released 5/Apr/2024 ] In March of 2023 Mercury Prize nominated composer & alto saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi premiered a commissioned suite of music in front of a sold out crowd at London's Southbank Centre. She wrote the piece - gratitude - for her flagship large ensemble... |
Horace Silver
Silver's Serenade (Blue Note Tone Poet Series LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 5/Apr/2024 ] Tone Poet Vinyl Edition reissue produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at Record Technology Inc. (RTI), and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on... |
Melissa Aldana
Echoes Of The Inner Prophet [ Blue Note / LP - released 5/Apr/2024 ] Co-produced by Aldana and Lage Lund, the album features the tenor saxophonist with Lund on guitar, Fabian Almazan on piano, Pablo Menares on bass, and Kush Abadey on drums.The 8-track set of original compositions includes six new pieces by Aldana... |
John Surman
Words Unspoken [ ECM / CD - released 28/Mar/2024 ] Hypnotic and many of its antonyms-stimulating, arousing, reviving-are old school hyperbole which very often separates the hack from the veteran of critical science. But sometimes those everyday words are exactly what need to be said to tell of music... |
Carmen McRae
Great Women Of Song: Carmen McRae [ Verve / CD - released 15/Mar/2024 ] Like her idol Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae could own a ballad and make it all her own. She could also swing every bit as hard as her other main influence, Ella Fitzgerald. Coming up during the bebop era and under the musical sway of Thelonious Monk,... |
Carmen McRae
Great Women Of Song: Carmen McRae (LP) [ Verve / LP - released 15/Mar/2024 ] Like her idol Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae could own a ballad and make it all her own. She could also swing every bit as hard as her other main influence, Ella Fitzgerald. Coming up during the bebop era and under the musical sway of Thelonious Monk,... |
Charles Lloyd
The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (LP) [ Blue Note / 2 LP - released 15/Mar/2024 ] Unsettled by the state of the world in 2020, Charles Lloyd began conceiving of a musical offering in the form of a new studio recording featuring a new band, a quartet that would be a first-time convening of four distinctive voices with the legendary... |
Donald Byrd
A New Perspective (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 15/Mar/2024 ] Donald Byrd presented A New Perspective with his magnificent 1963 album for band and voices which wove the essence of spirituals into modern jazz with arrangements by Duke Pearson and contributions from Hank Mobley, Herbie Hancock, Kenny Burrell, and... |
Miles Davis
Volume 2 (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 15/Mar/2024 ] Legendary trumpeter Miles Davis was still near the start of his storied career when he cut the three sessions that comprise his Blue Note recordings in 1952, 1953, and 1954. Blue Note later compiled the tracks into two 12" LPs as part of the 1500... |
Nina Simone
Nina's Back [ Verve / CD - released 15/Mar/2024 ] |
Nina Simone
Nina's Back (LP) [ Verve / LP - released 15/Mar/2024 ] Recorded in 1985 after a break from recording and time spent living in Barbados and Liberia, Nina's Back features a rejuvenated Nina Simone reaching out to a wider musical audience. Featuring a number of memorable original Simone compositions, the... |
O'Donel Levy
Simba (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 15/Mar/2024 ] Baltimore-born, Levy was already well regarded as one of the best up-and-coming jazz guitarists at the time of Simba's release. Having toured with George Benson and Jimmy McGriff, as well as featuring on McGriff's Black Pearl album on Blue Note, he... |
Beverly Kenney
Beverly Kenney: Five Classic Albums (Sings For Johnny Smith / Come Swing With Me / Sings With Jimmy Jones & The Basie-Ites / Sings For Playboys / Like [ Avid Jazz / 2 CD - released 8/Mar/2024 ] AVID Jazz presents the latest release in our Five Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD release from Beverly Kenney, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details |
Max Waldron
Mal Waldron - Four Classic Albums (Mal 2 / Left Alone / Mal 1 / Mal 4) [ Avid Jazz / 2 CD - released 8/Mar/2024 ] AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Albums series with a re-mastered 2CD release from Mal Waldon, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details. |
Moor Mother
The Great Bailout (LP) [ Anti- / LP - released 8/Mar/2024 ] Fueled by controlled fury and unfathomable sorrow, Camae Ayewa's latest album of Afrofuturist collage traces the traumatic legacy of European colonialism. - Pitchfork |
Norah Jones
Visions [ Blue Note / CD - released 8/Mar/2024 ] Nine-time GRAMMY® winning singer, songwriter, and pianist Norah Jones releases ninth studio album, Visions, in collaboration with producer and multi-instrumentalist Leon Michels. Visions is a vibrant and joyous 12-song set that finds Jones... |
Booker Evin
Tex Book Tenor (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 1/Mar/2024 ] Booker Ervin cut 2 stellar Blue Note records in the late-60s including Tex Book Tenor which had to wait until 2005 for its first release. With a quintet featuring Woody Shaw, Kenny Barron, Jan Arnet & Billy Higgins the Texas-born saxophonist slices... |
Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans
Know What I Mean? (Original Jazz Classics Series) (LP) [ Concord / LP - released 1/Mar/2024 ] "Know What I Mean?" was originally released in 1960 as a collaboration between jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley and legendary pianist Bill Evans, along with the rhythm section of the Modern Jazz Quartet, Percy Heath (bass) and Connie Kay... |
Jan Garbarek Quartet
Afric Pepperbird (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 1/Mar/2024 ] Recorded in Oslo in September 1970, Afric Pepperbird was released on New Year's Day in 1971. Half a century later, it still conveys the freshness and excitement of discoveries being made. The album signalled the arrival of four Norwegian improvisers... |
Keith Jarrett / Jan Garbarek
Luminessence (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 1/Mar/2024 ] Mysterious, dramatic and alluring, Luminessence comes from a peak period in the creative association between Keith Jarrett and Jan Garbarek, recorded in 1974, immediately after their vibrant Belonging album. Here, Jarrett creates shimmering... |
Thundercat
Apocalypse (10th Anniversary Translucent Red LP) [ Brainfeeder / LP - released 1/Mar/2024 ] |
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Caravan (Original Jazz Classics Series LP) [ Concord / LP - released 23/Feb/2024 ] Originally released in 1963, "Caravan" was Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers' first album for Riverside Records. Featured in addition to Blakey are Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Curtis Fuller (trombone), Wayne Shorter (sax), Cedar Walton (piano) and... |
Art Pepper
Smack Up (Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series LP) [ Concord / LP - released 23/Feb/2024 ] Acoustic Sounds and Contemporary Records present this new reissue of Art Pepper's 1960 album "Smack Up". Recorded by legendary engineer Roy DuNann, the album also features Jack Sheldon (trumpet), Pete Jolly (piano), Jimmy Bond (bass), and Frank... |
Chet Baker
She Was Too Good To Me (LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 23/Feb/2024 ] She Was Too Good To Me was released in 1974 on Creed Taylor's CTI label after a 4 year absence from the scene. And what a comeback: excellent vocal Cool Jazz tunes are interlude with instrumental goodness from the undisputed master of the trumpet. |
Miles Davis
On The Corner (LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 23/Feb/2024 ] Released on 180g Heavyweight LP. Scorned by critics at the time of its release, Miles Davis' 1972 album On The Corner is now seen as a forerunner of Post Punk, Hip Hop, Drum and Bass and Electronic music, thanks to its revolutionary recording... |
Nina Simone
Here Comes The Sun (LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 23/Feb/2024 ] On 1971's 'Here Comes the Sun' impossible-to-pigeon-hole Nina Simone covers contemporary hits from George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jerry Jeff Walker and many more. Reproduced by Music On Vinyl on 180g Audiophile quality vinyl. |
Stan Getz & Bill Evans
Previously Unreleased Recordings (Verve Acoustic Sound Series LP) [ Verve Us / LP - released 23/Feb/2024 ] Bill Evans and Stan Getz are about as close as musicians can get in terms of artistry, musical philosophy and technique. These sessions, recorded in 1963 with drummer Elvin Jones and bassists Ron Carter (Side A) and Richard Davis (Side B), perfectly... |
Tomorrow Comes The Harvest (Prabhu Edouard, Jean-Philippe Dary, Jeff Mills)
Evolution (Double 12") [ Axis / 2 12in - released 23/Feb/2024 ] Tomorrow Comes The Harvest is the accumulative efforts of talented musicians and their visions about what makes the art form of music so special. A theory initiated and put into action by late Afro Beat creator and Nigerian Drummer Tony Allen and... |
The Yussef Dayes Experience
Live From Malibu (LP) [ Brownswood Recordings / LP - released 23/Feb/2024 ] Celebrated multi-instrumentalist and visionary artist Yussef Dayes shares a radiant live EP recorded in 2023 in the Malibu mountains, backed by a hazy, golden-hour sunset. Dayes, accompanied by long-standing collaborators Rocco Palladino, Venna,... |
Joe Henderson
Mode For Joe (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 16/Feb/2024 ] Tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson capped off his run of five sublime 1960s Blue Note leader dates with his 1966 classic Mode for Joe, an album bursting with vigor and vitality that found Henderson expanding his palette with a septet of colorful figures... |
Lee Morgan
Search For The New Land (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 16/Feb/2024 ] Two months after recording what would become his hit record The Sidewinder, trumpeter Lee Morgan returned to Van Gelder Studio in February 1964 to create his masterful album Search for the New Land. For the session Morgan assembled a sextet... |
Miles Davis
Ascenseur Pour L'echafaud (LP) [ Classics & Jazz / LP - released 9/Feb/2024 ] The contradictory accounts of Miles Davis' creation of the soundtrack to Louis Malle's film noir Ascenseur pour l'Échafaud have all become part of its legend. Rarely has a soundtrack been so decisive. Close to seven decades on, beyond the myth, this... |
Joe Lovano
Trio Fascination: Edition One (Blue Note Tone Poet Series LP) [ Blue Note / 2 LP - released 2/Feb/2024 ] The acclaimed Cleveland-born saxophonist Joe Lovano came to Blue Note Records in 1990 and over the next 25 years became one of the most recorded artists in the label's history, building a formidable and far-ranging catalog that explored the full... |
Bill Evans Trio
Moon Beams (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 26/Jan/2024 ] Bill Evans was left reeling by the accidental death of his brilliant bassist Scott LaFaro in mid-1961 and didn't feel ready to record with his new bassist until nearly a year later. When he did go into the studio in May and June of 1962 with Chuck... |
John Coltrane
Afro Blue Impressions (LP) [ Concord / 2 LP - released 26/Jan/2024 ] The recordings that make up Afro Blue Impressions were acquired by jazz impresario/auteur Norman Granz during the tours he produced for many jazz artists during the 1960s, though they weren't issued until 1973. Recorded at shows in Berlin and... |
