Jazzwise Editor's Choices
from the May 2024 issue include new music from
Equal Spirits
,
Amaro Freitas
,
Bill Frisell
,
Fred Hersch
and
Mark Lockheart
, as well as Record Store Day releases from
Cannonball Adderley
,
Yusef Lateef
,
Sun Ra
,
Art Tatum
and
Mal Waldron
&
Steve Lacy
.
Wise and Waiting
Equal Spirits
"The legacy of the great South African generations that have included Hugh Masekela, Abdullah Ibrahim and Bheki Mseleku, as well as their European champions like Keith Tippett and Django Bates have rarely been celebrated as empathically and ecstatically as this."
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 24 bit)
Orchestras
Bill Frisell
"Now with the Brussels Philharmonic and Umbria Jazz Orchestra, the chance comes to hear [Frisell's] imagination takes him when the big backrop is being painted by others."
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Silent, Listening
Fred Hersch
"…Hersch shows that beauty, a brilliant keyboard touch, and a love for the song will always make for great pianistic art."
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Record Store Day 2024 Releases
Poppin' in Paris: Live At the Olympia 1972
Cannonball Adderley
"These audiences clearly relished everything; and given its quality and the quintet’s importance, it’s good that this music is now available."
Available format: CD
Atlantis Lullaby - The Concert From Avignon
Yusef Lateef
"With both inspiring words and music, this is an excellent release that adds to our understanding of a man who is a quintessential, still largely unheralded figure in modern music."
Available format: 2 CDs
Showcase 1977
Sun Ra
"This is Ra and the Arkestra at their most cosmic, with an emphasis on individual expression, improvisation and sonic texture, rather than collective swing."
Available format: 2 CDs
"Of course audiences wanted to hear this fleet-fingered player at his impressive best and this Chicago crowd are never disappointed."
Available format: 3 CDs
The Mighty Warriors - Live in Antwerp
Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy
"…some of the finest late-period Waldron on record."
Available format: 2 CDs
