New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 4th August 2022
The latest new jazz releases for this week include a reissue of Dave Holland's 1973 album Conference of the Birds on ECM, London eight-piece group Kokoroko's debut Could We Be More?, and Tenderlonious' collaboration with Lorenzo Morresi Cosmica Italiana.
This reissue from ECM is bassist Dave Holland's seminal 1973 album Conference of the Birds, originally recorded with Sam Rivers, Anthony Braxton and Barry Altschul.
Available Format: CD
London eight-piece Kokoroko's debut Could We Be More releases this week on Brownswood Recordings, combining both West African and inner-city London sounds led by horns and percussive rhythm.
Available Format: CD
A new J-Jazz reissue from BBE, this is the 1979 debut record of Japanese painist Masao Nakajima. Recorded with an all-acoustic trio when many of his contemporaries were deep in electric fusion, it went mostly ignored at its time of release. However, much like the rest of BBE's J-Jazz series, a real hidden gem.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Originally teased back at the end of 2020 with a single of the same name, Cosmica Italiana is a collaboration between Italian DJ/producer/musician Lorenzo Morresi and multi-instrumentalist/22a label boss Tenderlonious, inspired by funky Italian library music.
Available Format: CD
Available Format: 2 Vinyl Records
Camae Ayewa, known by her stage name Moor Mother, utilises free jazz samples on her latest album - the aptly titled Jazz Codes - crafting dense soundscapes on the companion album to 2021's Black Encyclopedia of the Air.
Available Format: CD
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