New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 23rd June 2022
The latest jazz releases at Presto include the first of three trio recordings by saxophonist Charles Lloyd, the first of which was recorded with Thomas Morgan and Bill Frisell, a previously unreleased live recording by Ella Fitzgerald singing the Irving Berlin songbook, and T.S. Monk's first album with his sextet. Other releases this week include a deluxe edition of Arooj Aftab's Grammy Award-winning Vulture Prince, Omar and QCBA's Live at Last on vinyl, Irish jazz guitarist Charlie Moon's debut album, and Juno Award-nominated pianist Florian Hoefner's Desert Bloom.
Saxophonist Charles Lloyd kicks off his latest project, a trio of trio albums, with Trios: Chapel - featuring the masterful duo of bassist Thomas Morgan and guitarist Bill Frisell. Be sure to look out for Trios: Ocean featuring Anthony Wilson and Gerald Clayton, and Trios: Sacred Thread featuring Julian Lage and Zakir Hussain when they release later in the year.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Available Formats: Vinyl Record, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
This new Ella Fitzgerald album features a previously unreleased concert from 1958, with a 15-song performance of songs by Irving Berlin; it was the only time she performed these full orchestral arrangements with conductor Paul Weston, who also worked with Ella on the studio recording of these same songs which would win her a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
The first live album from T.S. Monk (son of Thelonious) with his sextet, Two Continents One Groove features performances taken from Harlem's Jazz Shrines Festival and Marian's Jazzroom in Bern, Switzerland, featuring seven tunes (including one original) in which Monk's swing and R&B-influenced style truly excels.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC
Pakistani-born, Brooklyn-based vocalist and composer Arooj Aftab's Grammy Award-winning third album Vulture Prince - which draws from jazz, Hindustani classical, and folk music as a vessel for exploring personal grief - enjoys a deluxe re-release from Verve Records this week.
Available Format: CD
The father of British neo soul Omar Lye-Fook teams up with jazzmen Quentin Collins and Brandon Allen on this live album, recorded at the London Jazz Café shortly after its post-lockdown reopening in May 2021 - and it's now available on vinyl. We interviewed Omar and Quentin following the album's release earlier this year, which you can read at the link below.
Available Formats: Vinyl Record, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Ireland's 'Rising Star' of jazz guitar releases his debut album Patchwork on Dot Time Records this week.
Available Format: CD
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