New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 25th August 2022
The latest jazz releases include a reissue of the classic World of Cecil Taylor from Candid, the latest album by fusion veterans Yellowjackets, and an Al Foster session at Smoke Jazz Club.
This reissue from Candid is the fifth album by the idiosyncratic pianist Cecil Taylor, originally released in 1961 and featuring Buell Neidlinger, Denis Charles and Archie Shepp.
Available Format: CD
Jazz fusion veterans Yellowjackets enter their fifth decade as a band with Parallel Motion, this new album features nine original tunes by the band and a guest appearance by vocalist Jean Baylor.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Legendary drummer Al Foster revisits his and his contemporaries' past works with a quintet that includes Nicholas Payton, Chris Potter, Kevin Hays and Vicente Archer at the renowned Smoke Jazz Club.
Available Format: CD
This new ECM recording is one of the more out-there you'll hear from the label this year, featuring improvised bass from American bassist Barre Phillips and textural electronics from György Kurtág Jr (yes, that György Kurtág), a pair that complement themselves excellently.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
The latest edition of Double Moon Records' 'Jazz Thing Next Generation' series is the debut album of vocalist/composer Bart Plugers, Blossom and Blasphemy, featuring seven original pieces (and one written by bandmate Jules Martinet) of modern vocal jazz.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC
Matthew Halsall's latest album The Temple Within was inspired by live sessions at YES in Manchester that drew on sounds of spiritual jazz, electronica and world music, featuring the bandleader on trumpet and electronics with a sextet of local musicians.
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Bassist and composer Carl Mayotte releases his third album Escale this week, an electric bass-led record influenced by free improvisation and fusion.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
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