New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 3rd November 2022
The latest jazz releases include a new collaborative album from saxophonist Dave O’Higgins and guitarist Rob Luft on Ubuntu, the latest Montreux Jazz Festival archival album this time featuring Monty Alexander, and a new quartet from bassist Arild Andersen on ECM.
Norwegian bassist Arild Anderson has been a recording artist with ECM for over five decades, and this year presents his first recording with a new quartet; Affirmation is a heavily improvised album, and includes rising stars Marius Neset and Helge Lien in its line-up.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
London 'semi-free jazz' duo Binker & Moses' new electronic-leaning album Feeding the Machine, originally released earlier this year, is now available in a special edition from Gearbox Records featuring a Japanese CD-style obi strip.
Available Format: CD
Available Format: Vinyl Record
First Light is the debut record of Village of the Sun, another project from Binker & Moses, this time in collaboration with electronic producer Simon Ratcliffe of Basement Jaxx. With the meeting of these two seemingly disparate musical worlds, First Light explores a hybrid sound of electronic beats and jazz improvisation.
Available Format: CD
The latest artist to feature on the Montreux Jazz Festival retrospective series is pianist Monty Alexander, which includes live performances all the way through 1993 to 2016.
Available Format: CD
Saxophonist Dave O’Higgins and guitarist Rob Luft return for a second duo recording, following up O’Higgins & Luft Play Monk & Trane with instead an album of originals, save for one Monk and Coltrane piece each.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Four-time Grammy nominee and trombonist Conrad Herwig has already reinterpreted the works of John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Horace Silver and more through a Latin lens, and this time turns his attention to Charles Mingus on his aptly-titled latest album.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Baritone saxophonist Leo Pellegrino, of the New York subway jazz stable Too Many Zooz, releases his first solo album this week. Leo P has long since established himself with a unique, energetic style of playing, and offers his own interpretations of Charles Mingus, Earth Wind & Fire and more.
Available Format: CD
What It Means to Be Human is the second of four albums from Danish bassist Jasper Høiby's 'Planet B' series, which focuses on the four subjects of Humanity, Climate Change, Artificial intelligence and Monetary Reform. Combining groovy rhythms with electronic soundscapes and subtle expression, What It Means to Be Human tackles the topic of human connection.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Available Formats: Vinyl Record, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
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