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New Releases

Ron Carter Film “Finding the Right Notes” premieres tonight.

Tonight American TV Network PBS, will air the premiere of a two hour major documentary on jazz legend Ron Carter. Six years in the making, “Finding the Right Notes“ was...

Anat Cohen, “Quartetinho”

Having explored the world of larger ensemble writing and performance with the acclaimed Anat Cohen Tentet, with her latest offering “Quartetinho”, released last week...

Album Preview: Yotam Silberstein Universos

Guitarist Yotam Silberstein, living in Brooklyn since 2005, and racking up credits over the years with The Heath Brothers, Roy Hargrove, James Moody, John Patitucci and many...

Soweto Kinch announces new release with London Symphony Orchestra

Recorded live at the Barbican during last year’s London Jazz Festival, White Juju is award-winning British saxophonist and rapper Soweto Kinch’s powerful new work for jazz...

Alex Acuña gives the gift of music

Alex Acuña’s musical journey has seen the renowned drummer-percussionist travel from his small rural hometown in Peru to being a first-call session drummer in the...

Drummer John Rae behind major New Zealand jazz release

Drummer John Rae, a former leading light on the Scottish jazz scene, is the force behind New Zealand’s most keenly awaited new jazz album this autumn. Questions in Red is the...

ACT Records to release unheard album from Esbjörn Svensson.

There are only a few figures in music whose work influences and shapes a genre as a whole. This is definitely the case with the late Swedish pianist Esbjörn Svensson. With his...

Blue Note releases previously unissued Elvin Jones recording.

Recently Blue Note Records announced a November 18 release for “Revival: Live at Pookie’s Pub”, a thrilling previously unissued live recording of Elvin Jones’...

Marius Neset draws on the pop, soul and funk with new album “Happy”

It’s often been said the great musicians are often ahead of their time and this could be quite apt when speaking about Saxophonist/composer Marius Neset. There’s...

Pianist Ezra Weiss announces new collaborative EP.

Portland based pianist and composer Ezra Weiss is set to release his latest collaborative project together with bassist Jon Shaw, and drummer Tim DuRoche. The new EP, titled...

Joe McCarthy’s NY Afro Bop Alliance reimagines the Nutcracker Suite

In 1960, Columbia Records released Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s reimagining of Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite”, the 20-minute suite that...