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 35
Nik Bärtsch (piano)
Entendre (LP) [ ECM / 2 LP - released 23/Jul/2021 ] A fascinating solo album from the Swiss pianist, composer and conceptualist best known as leader of the bands Ronin and Mobile, Entendre offers deeper insight into Nik Bärtch's musical thinking. As the album title implies Entendre is about hearing as... |
Charles Mingus
Mingus At Carnegie Hall (LP) [ Rhino / Warner / 3 LP - released 16/Jul/2021 ] Mingus At Carnegie Hall Deluxe Edition Features around 80 minutes of previously unreleased material. Originally recorded in January 19, 1974, Mingus At Carnegie Hall was released as a 1LP that only featured 2 long tracks (C Jam Blues and Perdido)... |
Michael Mantler (trumpet)
Coda: Orchestra Suites [ ECM / CD - released 16/Jul/2021 ] Extending the concept initiated with his critically-acclaimed Jazz Composer's Orchestra Update album, described by Down Beat as "pretty fantastic", Michael Mantler radically reworks music from several phases of his career. On Coda he shapes favourite... |
Jimmy Smith
Back At The Chicken Shack (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 2/Jul/2021 ] Jimmy Smith was a self-taught pianist who abandoned the instrument in 1954 in favour of the Hammond B3 organ, renting a Philadelphia warehouse and woodshedding for a year until he emerged with a revolutionary style that immediately caught the ear of... |
Sonny Clark
Cool Struttin' (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 2/Jul/2021 ] Conrad Yeatis Clark, otherwise known as Sonny Clark, was in many ways the quintessential hard bop pianist. Possessed of an enviable lyrical flow and a wealth of inventive melodic ideas that unfurled with clarity and without fuss, Clark had a deeply... |
Etta James
Etta James: The Montreux Years [ BMG / ADA / 2 CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] Etta James: The Montreux Years is a treasure trove of timeless classics, powerful and electrifying performances and raw, soaring vocals by one of the greatest ever female vocalists. The collection, featuring recordings from James' Montreux Jazz... |
Etta James
Etta James: The Montreux Years (LP) [ BMG / ADA / 2 LP - released 25/Jun/2021 ] Etta James: The Montreux Years is a treasure trove of timeless classics, powerful and electrifying performances and raw, soaring vocals by one of the greatest ever female vocalists. The collection, featuring recordings from James' Montreux Jazz... |
Les frivolités parisiennes; Dylan Corlay; Sarah Laulan; Marion Tassou; Julie Mossay; Mathieu Dubroca; Denis Mignien; Paul-Alexandre Dubois
Marcel Lattès: Le Diable à Paris [ B Records / 2 CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] Human wickedness has exceeded that of the Devil himself! It is this dark observation which is at the root of all the spice and comedy in the operetta Le Diable à Paris (The Devil in Paris). Premiering in 1927, it was unearthed by Les Frivolités... |
Miles Davis
Merci Miles! Live At Vienne [ Rhino / Warner / 2 CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] Miles Davis' performance at Jazz a Vienne on July 1, 1991, became one of his final live performances before he passed away on September 28, 1991, and this previously unreleased set includes two songs written by Prince, "Penetration" and "Jailbait".... |
Miles Davis
Merci Miles! Live At Vienne (LP) [ Rhino / Warner / 2 LP - released 25/Jun/2021 ] Miles Davis' performance at Jazz a Vienne on July 1, 1991, became one of his final live performances before he passed away on September 28, 1991, and this previously unreleased set includes two songs written by Prince, "Penetration" and "Jailbait".... |
Nina Simone
Nina Simone: The Montreux Years [ BMG / ADA / 2 CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] Nina Simone's story from the late sixties to the nineties can be told through her legendary performances in Montreux. Taking to the Montreux stage for the first time on 16 June 1968 for the festival's second edition, Simone built a lasting... |
Nina Simone
Nina Simone: The Montreux Years (LP) [ BMG / ADA / 2 LP - released 25/Jun/2021 ] Nina Simone's story from the late sixties to the nineties can be told through her legendary performances in Montreux. Taking to the Montreux stage for the first time on 16 June 1968 for the festival's second edition, Simone built a lasting... |
Milt Jackson & Ray Charles
Soul Brothers (LP) [ Rhino / Warner / LP - released 18/Jun/2021 ] A stunning collaboration, this is Ray Charles's second "true" studio album for Atlantic (after The Great Ray Charles). While he released R&B singles for the pop market during his time with the label, he used his LPs to explore modern jazz. Here he... |
Stephan Micus
Winter's End [ ECM / CD - released 11/Jun/2021 ] Stephan Micus is a one-man universe of sound. He collects and studies instruments from around the world and creates his own musical journeys with them. This is his 24th solo album for ECM created in his studio with many recordings and overdubs. The... |
Teaspoon And The Waves
Teaspoon And The Waves (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 11/Jun/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.... |
The Toreadors
Thembi / Gwinyitshe (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 11/Jun/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... |
New Bop Quintet (Mike Booth, Kevin Field, Pete France, Frank Gibson Jr, Cameron McArthur)
NBQ [ CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] The New Bop Quintet shine a fresh light on the key aspects of Hard Bop - a close link with the blues, a strong rhythmical presence and strong melody lines. NBQ revisit the Hard Bop ethos with stunning original tunes and a familiar yet fresh take on... |
Ben E. King
Don't Play That Song [ Jasmine / CD - released 14/May/2021 ] Although BEN E. KING's name is synonymous with The Drifters, he only actually sang on a dozen tracks with them, most of which were recorded concurrent with the start of his own solo career. This compilation anthologises Ben's solo recordings between... |
Pat Metheny
Road To The Sun (LP) [ ADA / Warner / 2 LP - released 14/May/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... |
Sandy Nelson
Drums Are My Beat - 1962 [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 14/May/2021 ] Percussionist SANDY NELSON was not merely the biggest, but just about the only major drum star of the "Golden Era" of the Rock & Roll Instrumental. This set, which anthologises his 1962 releases, is complementary to an earlier Jasmine compilation,... |
