This week’s selections range from intimate small-group playing to deeply personal artistic statements. Kosmos Trio’s …and the Sun is a beautifully restrained exploration of connection and subtle interplay, while Britt Hein brings warmth and soul to her jazz debut, My Memory of You. Matt Panayides balances jazz tradition with a distinctive contemporary voice on the quartet release Present Echoes, and Martin Laies explores creative transformation and compositional reinvention on PEOPLE. PLACES. We also have a new vinyl reissue of Freddie Hubbard’s classic Red Clay.
…and the Sun
Kosmos Trio
…and the Sun is a quietly captivating album from the Kosmos Trio, with pianist Frede Holger Thorsen leading the ensemble through intimate compositions that balance delicacy with depth. Recorded live over two days, the album unfolds with warmth, spacious interplay and subtlety, rewarding close listening from start to finish.
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
My Memory of You
Britt Hein
My Memory of You marks vocalist Britt Hein’s jazz debut, bringing together heartfelt songs about grief, love, hope and nature, written in collaboration with lyricist Lisa Freeman. With her warm, soulful voice and deeply expressive songwriting, Hein creates an intimate, sensitive album that invites listeners to pause and reflect.
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Present Echoes
Matt Panayides
Present Echoes is guitarist Matt Panayides’ SteepleChase debut, featuring a stellar quartet with Rich Perry, Steve LaSpina, and Mark Ferber. Making up the album is an expressive set of originals, where the compositions are brimming with subtle grooves and interplay.
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
PEOPLE. PLACES.
Martin Laies
PEOPLE. PLACES. sees Martin Laies’ artistic approach of guitarist-composer switch and evolve to composer-guitarist. Capturing a journey of rediscovery, transformation, and creative renewal, the album reflects his belief in composition as a powerful force for expression, change, and personal growth.
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Red Clay
Freddie Hubbard
Released in 1970, Red Clay marked Freddie Hubbard’s debut for CTI and a thrilling new chapter in his career. Blending hard-bop fire with funkier rhythms and spacious production, it captures the trumpeter at his most confident and adventurous. Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Lenny White form an exceptional band, giving Hubbard plenty of room to soar without losing the music’s earthy groove. The title track became an enduring jazz standard, while the album remains an ideal doorway into Hubbard’s rich, muscular sound.
Available format: Vinyl Record
