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.
Merging the deep, powerful messages of poetry with adventurous modern jazz, Toronto-based pianist/composer Amanda Tosoff leads a hybrid ensemble with strings and seven rotating …
Pondering the existential crises that face humanity today – global climate catastrophe, poverty, hunger – can be overwhelming, especially when compounded with the more …
Musicians Russ Lossing – piano Loren Stillman – alto and soprano saxophone John Hébert – bass Michael Sarin – drums Lossing’s latest recording, Metamorphism, …
Released January 9, 2021 Dave Stryker – guitar Walter Smith III – tenor sax Jared Gold – organ McClenty Hunter – drums Mayra Casales …
Henderson’s eclectic vocal influences brings a new perspective to the Classic Christmas songs. With her Afro-Latin influences, she produces a distinct yet versatile sound. …
Fresh from winning his first Ivor Novello award for writing the year’s best song, the multi platinum-selling musician and multi-instrumentalist Jamie Cullum announces his …
Brian Bromberg Celebrates Being Home – and Nowhere Else – for the holidays with New Album, Recorded in Quarantine – Celebrate Me Home: The …
A Different Kind of Holiday Jazz Album: In times of great global turmoil, Ana Velinova offers a holiday album with a selection of songs …
It’s a year no one will forget, a year in which the global lockdown was shared by all, and yet experienced in a million …
Ascension, Sanja Markovic “With Ascension, vocalist/saxophonist Sanja Markovic has crafted a detailed and artistic collection of compositions which forge new directions in contemporary musical …
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 …
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. …
Look for the Light, Jeff Reed ook For the Light marks the first release for bassist Jeff Reed as a leader. The music is …
Omega, Immanuel Wilkins After making a striking appearance on Joel Ross’ KingMaker, alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins delivers an expansive opus about the Black experience …
Slipknots Through a Looking Glass, Eric Revis Slipknots Through a Looking Glass Poised to challenge those limited views of Revis’ expression, Slipknots Through a …
Double Live at Green Lady Lounge, Guitar Elation Brian Baggett ~ Guitar Danny Embrey ~ Guitar Ken Lovern ~ Hammond Organ Todd Strait ~ Drums …
Nightfall, Jimmy Haslip JIMMY HASLIP Jimmy was born December 31st, 1951 in the Bronx, New York. He grew up in Huntington, Long Island. In …
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 …
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 …
Standard Deviation, Wayne Alpern Hip, sophisticated, instrumental jazz arrangements by Wayne Alpern of contemporary rock, pop, and country songs originally performed by Michael Jackson, …
GoGo Penguin, GoGo Penguin British Jazz trio. Featuring pianist Chris Illingworth, bassist Nick Blacka and drummer Rob Turner, GoGo Penguin are an exhilarating live …
Fourth Dimension, Brian Shankar Adler Released December 6, 2019 Matt Moran – vibraphone Jonathan Goldberger – electric guitar Santiago Leibson – piano, keyboards Rob …
UNLAYERED, ENRIQUE HANEINE Released April 3, 2020 Enrique Haneine | Unlayered Thomas Heberer Trumpet Catherine Sikora Tenor & Soprano Saxophones Christof Knoche Bass Clarinet …
The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons, Christian McBride The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons is culminating documentation of …
Stuff I Heard, Troy Roberts With the release of Stuff I Heard (Toy Robot Music) – his 12th album as a leader – Roberts …
Pursuance : The Coltranes, Lakecia Benjamin There’s always been an undeniable mystical, enticing element to the music of the Coltranes and on Pursuance, Benjamin …
Vocalist, Composer, Improviser and Sonic Adventurer Aubrey Johnson Announces the Release of her Debut Album, Unraveled due out March 20, 2020 On Outside In Music …
four forty one, Will Vinson Will Vinson – alto saxophone piano: Sullivan Fortner, Tigran Hamasyan, Gerald Clayton, Fred Hersch, Gonzalo Rubalcaba bass: Matt Brewer, …
Nearly Blue, Jerry Bergonzi Jerry Bergonzi is a fount of harmonic ingenuity, melodic integrity, and rhythmic authority, and has long been a standard-bearer of …
Connie Han Connie Han’s Iron Starlet is rooted in its rhythmic drive, anchored by the trio of Han, bassist Ivan Taylor and drummer/producer Bill …
Massimo Biolcati On Incontre, Massimo embarks on an exploration of the contemporary-melodic with his own quartet. The group joyfully travels among interplay and interaction …
Avishai Cohen trumpet, effects, synthesizer Uzi Ramirez guitar Yonatan Albalak guitar, bass Aviv Cohen drums Ziv Ravitz drums, live sampling “We’re all coming from jazz, but some of us left it …
Looking Up at Trees Vol. 1 is Nikos’ 4th independently released album of original music featuring his jazz chamber ensemble, Rozalía. Expanding on his …
The Shuffle Demons are excited to release their 9th album, Crazy Time. The album includes 10 original Shuffle Demons songs, 7 instrumental and 3 …
Acclaimed jazz pianist Michael Wolff has confirmed a February 7th, 2020 release date for his joyful new album, ‘Bounce’. Exuberant, beautiful and able to …
“Classic and modern at the same time.” This is not a Hank Mobley tribute. Don’t take that the wrong way – I’m a big …
Combining jazz sensibility and deep roots in the Afro-Cuban tradition, Yesun is the Havana-born artist’s ninth solo album. The record delves into the music …
THE DEBUT ALBUM BY SIMON THACKER’S RITMATA Tàradh reveals the primal and multi-layered sound worlds of Simon Thacker’s Ritmata, the musical laboratory of …
Various Artists – Compilations A collection of various Justin Time compilations featuring some of our greatest artists. The last cocktail of romantic jazz …
Fresh off the success of Eight Track III (6 Weeks at #1 on the JazzWeek Radio Chart), Dave Stryker and his Eight Track Band …