Jazz New Releases
Jazz New Releases
Below is a list of all Jazz titles released in the last 90 days.
Displaying items 1 to 20 of 33
Steve Tibbetts
Life Of [ ECM / CD - released 18/May/2018 ] One-of-a-kind guitarist and record-maker Steve Tibbetts has an association with ECM dating back to 1981, with his body of work reflecting that of an artist who follows his own winding, questing path. The BBC has described his music as an atmospheric... |
Nik Bärtsch's Ronin
Awase [ ECM / CD - released 4/May/2018 ] "Awase", a term from martial arts, means "moving together" in the sense of matching energies, a fitting metaphor for the dynamic precision, tessellated grooves and balletic minimalism of Nik Bärtsch's Ronin. Six years have passed since the last... |
Nik Bärtsch's Ronin
Awase (LP) [ ECM / 2 LP - released 4/May/2018 ] "Awase", a term from martial arts, means "moving together" in the sense of matching energies, a fitting metaphor for the dynamic precision, tessellated grooves and balletic minimalism of Nik Bärtsch's Ronin. Six years have passed since the last... |
Tony Allen
The Source (LP) [ 2 LP - released 4/May/2018 ] Drum legend Tony Allen has seen a childhood dream come true. He even says that when he made The Source (his debut album for Blue Note Records), it was the best recording in his whole life. Coming from Allen, that's not a casual statement: he is 76... |
Miles Davis
Rubberband EP (RSD 2018 12") [ Warner Bros/Rhino / 12in - released 21/Apr/2018 ] In 1985, Miles Davis shocked the music world by moving from Columbia Records to Warner Bros. Records and started recording Rubberband. This album marked a radical departure for him, with funk and soul grooves, and was to include vocals by Al Jarreau... |
Thelonious Monk
Monk (LP) (Record Store Day 2018) [ Columbia / LP - released 21/Apr/2018 ] Thelonious Monk's fourth studio album for Columbia Records, released in 1964, featured a sprightly mix of standards ("Just You, Just Me", "April In Paris") and originals ("Teo", a unique arrangement of "Children's Song (This Old Man)"). Monk would... |
Jeri Southern
Four Classic Albums (The Southern Style/A Prelude To A Kiss/Southern Breeze/Coffee, Cigarettes and Memories) [ Avid Jazz / 2 CD - released 6/Apr/2018 ] AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD release from Jeri Southern, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details "The Southern Style"; "A Prelude To A Kiss"; "Southern Breeze" and "Coffee,... |
Norah Jones
Come Away With Me (LP) [ EMI Blue Note / LP - released 6/Apr/2018 ] |
Peggy Lee
Four Classic Albums (Dream Street/The Man I Love/Jump For Joy/Blues Cross Country) [ Avid Jazz / 2 CD - released 6/Apr/2018 ] AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2 CD release from Peggy Lee, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details "Dream Street"; "The Man I Love"; "Jump For Joy" and "Blues Cross Country'" At... |
James Moody/Paul Horn/Lou Donaldson/Jimmy Woods
Alto Sax - Four Classic Albums (Last Train From Overbrook/Something Blue/Sunny Side Up/Awakening) [ Avid Jazz / 2 CD - released 6/Apr/2018 ] AVID Jazz is proud to introduce an exciting new addition to our Four Classic Album series, Four Classic Jazz Instrumentalists. We continue with Four Classic Jazz Alto Saxophonists, a re-mastered 2CD set complete with original artwork, liner notes and... |
Arild Andersen
In-House Science [ ECM / CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] Norwegian master bassist Arild Andersen's trio with big-toned tenorist Tommy Smith and powerhouse drummer Paolo Vinaccia is one of the most viscerally exciting jazz small groups of the present moment. Its energies are arguably best captured in a... |
GRG67 & Roger Manins
The Thing [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] On December 10, 2016, GRG67 performed 'recital no.3' as part of Roger Manins's Doctor of Musical Arts requirements. This album represents just some of the music performed that afternoon. KungFu Alto, Bicycle Buddies, Dark Bright, Chook 40, and Psalm... |
Jakob Bro (guitar) with Palle Mikkelborg (trumpet, flugelhorn), Jon Christensen (drums), Thomas Morgan (double bass)
Returnings [ ECM / CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] "Danish guitarist Jakob Bro creates magical music, impossible to categorize", wrote Downbeat recently. On 'Returnings' the magic is intensified as Bro and musical soul-mate Thomas Morgan reconnect with two living legends of European jazz, trumpeter... |
Max Roach
Four Classic Albums: Quiet As It's Kept, We Insist, Percussion Bitter Sweet, It's Time [ Avid / CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] Starting his musical career in 1942 when as an 18 year old he was asked to fill in for Sonny Greer in the Duke Ellington orchestra, Max Roach truly began his professional musical career a year later when he supported Coleman Hawkins in New York. As... |
Nina Simone
Four Classic Albums: The Amazing Nina Simone, At Town Hall, Forbidden Fruit, At Newport [ Avid / CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] "The Amazing Nina Simone"; "Nina Simone at Town Hall"; "Forbidden Fruit" and "Nina Simone At Newport'" Us folks in music retail are often plagued with the problem of where to categorise an artist. In fact for many music fans, even trying to... |
Tom Waits
The Heart Of Saturday Night [ Epitaph / CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] The Heart of Saturday Night is the second studio album from Tom Waits, originally released in 1974. The album contains the same mixture of folk, blues, and jazz as its predecessor, with producer Bones Howe occasionally bringing in an orchestra to... |
Tom Waits
Small Change [ Epitaph / CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] Recorded with a live orchestra and featuring jazz legend Shelly Manne on drums, Small Change is a classic and stands as one of Tom Waits most popular recordings. Heartbreaking, hilarious and always vivid, songs like "Step Right Up", "Tom... |
Carnivorous Plant Society
The New King [ CD - released 16/Mar/2018 ] It was in a dystopian world (with a working title of Dismal Imaginary Place deemed too depressing) that Carnivorous Plant Society's sophomore album The New King was born, simultaneously aspirational and pragmatically nihilistic. With fables penned by... |
Guru
Jazzmatazz Vol. 1 (LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 16/Mar/2018 ] Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1, originally released in 1993, is one of the first albums to combine a live jazz band with hip hop production and rapping. Featuring Lonnie Liston Smith, Branford Marsalis, Ronny Jordan, Donald Byrd and Roy Ayers and... |
Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette
After The Fall [ ECM / 2 CD - released 16/Mar/2018 ] The group colloquially known as "the Standards trio" has made many outstanding recordings, and After The Fall must rank with the very best of them. "I was amazed to hear how well the music worked," writes Keith Jarrett in his liner note. "For me,... |
