These are featured releases of some of the modern jazz artists that are out there making the jazz of TODAY! Please support jazz musicians by streaming, downloading, and going to live gigs.
There is a tearing sound that seems to come from deep inside the bell of Iván Renta’s horn, every so often. But for this to happen, Mr. Renta must achieve …
ARTEMIS, Artemis The band’s debut album is a superb nine-song set that features material composed and/or arranged by each of the band’s six instrumentalists. ARTEMIS unfurls with a dynamic flow, …
Look for the Light, Jeff Reed ook For the Light marks the first release for bassist Jeff Reed as a leader. The music is a collection of jazz standards and …
Omega, Immanuel Wilkins After making a striking appearance on Joel Ross’ KingMaker, alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins delivers an expansive opus about the Black experience in America on his own debut …
Slipknots Through a Looking Glass, Eric Revis Slipknots Through a Looking Glass Poised to challenge those limited views of Revis’ expression, Slipknots Through a Looking Glass — his eighth solo-led …
Double Live at Green Lady Lounge, Guitar Elation Brian Baggett ~ Guitar Danny Embrey ~ Guitar Ken Lovern ~ Hammond Organ Todd Strait ~ Drums All of the members of Guitar …
Nightfall, Jimmy Haslip JIMMY HASLIP Jimmy was born December 31st, 1951 in the Bronx, New York. He grew up in Huntington, Long Island. In 1963 at the age of 13, …
Little Pieces, Santiago Leibson Trio Little Pieces is Leibson’s fifth album as a bandleader and features Matt Pavolka on bass and Mark Ferber on drums. The album is structured like …
Resonate, Lettuce Resonate, a continuation of Elevate, is Lettuce’s new 11-track album. Recorded at the same Colorado studio where Elevate was made with producer Russ Elevado. The band says, “When listening …
Standard Deviation, Wayne Alpern Hip, sophisticated, instrumental jazz arrangements by Wayne Alpern of contemporary rock, pop, and country songs originally performed by Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, Journey, Temptations, Zombies, Four …