New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 24th February 2023
The latest crop of new jazz releases includes multi-instrumentalist Sam Gendel reworking early 2000s R&B, longform improvisations from The Necks, and a new Smoke Sessions release featuring Buster Williams. You'll also find reissues and archival recordings from Paco de Lucía, Archie Shepp, and Graham Collier, just to name a few.
Jazz multi-instrumentalist (but primarily saxophonist) Sam Gendel turns his attention to millennial pop and R&B music, with reinterpretations of songs by 112, Ginuwine, Beyoncé, and Erykah Badu comprising his latest album Cookup.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Reissued on My Only Desire after originally being released on Fontana back in 1969, original copies of British bassist Graham Collier's Down Another Road regularly go for over £200 in used markets due to its status as one of Collier's greatest records. Pop-like melodies meet the abstract on pieces like 'Danish Blue' and the free jazz composition 'Burblings for Bob', while other tunes from Collier's songbook make lengthier appearances with extended improvisations.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Available Format: 2 Vinyl Records
The latest in this ongoing series of archival recordings from the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival is a selection of live recordings by Spanish flamenco virtuoso Paco de Lucía, made across numerous festival appearances between 1984 and 2012.
Available Format: CD
The latest album by Australian free improv trio The Necks - their 19th to date - is comprised of several 20-minute trio improvisations, a practice the band began doing at the start of each day; each improvisation is captured as it is in the studio, plus some light overdubs.
Available Format: CD
Bassist & composer Buster Williams celebrates his eight decade of life with Unalome, his new album named after the Buddhist symbol depicted on the cover representing transcendence (Williams himself is a practicing Buddhist), playing alongside vocalist Jean Baylor, saxophonist Bruce Williams, vibraphonist Stefon Harris, pianist George Colligan, and drummer Lenny White.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
This new release on Real World by the enigmatic Caribbean musician Polobi and his Gwo Ka Masters associates comprises of Creole songs performed with an electro-acoustic timbre, with strong influences from the Gwo ka (lit. 'Big drum' in French Creole) tradition of Guadeloupe.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Recorded over the course of a brief UK tour in March 2022, Live at Peggy's Skylight features the meeting of two impressive jazz guitarists at Peggy's Skylight in Nottingham, playing well-known standards by Cole Porter, Wes Montgomery, and more.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Another songbook-heavy album by Marton Juhasz, Yves Theiler, Marc Mezgolits, who embark on their new 'Standards Trio' project with tunes by Jermone Kern, Richard Rodgers, and others.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC
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