Apr 9, 2021 8:00 AM
Norah Jones Releases First-Ever Live Album
Nearly two decades into her career, nine-time Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and pianist Norah Jones will release…
Ambrose Akinmusire and Kris Davis perform in New York at Vision Festival, which ran May 23-28. Akinmusire’s Origami Harvest earned one of the few 5-star reviews in DownBeat during 2018.
(Photo: Eva Kapanadaze)
Stacey Kent issued I Know I Dream: The Orchestral Sessions on OKeh.
(Photo: Diane Sagnier)JD Allen, Love Stone (Savant)
Big Heart Machine, Big Heart Machine (Outside In Music)
Quatuor Bozzini, Just So Another (Timbre)
Anouar Brahem, Blue Maqams (ECM)
John Butcher, The Catastrophe Of Minimalism (Balance Point Acoustics)
Emmet Cohen, Master Legacy Series, Volume 2 (Cellar Live)
Cortex, Avant-Garde Party Music (Clean Feed)
Roxy Coss, The Future Is Female (Posi-Tone)
Eddie Daniels, Heart Of Brazil: A Tribute To Egberto Gismonti (Resonance)
Josephine Davies’ Satori, In The Corners Of Clouds (Whirlwind)
Scott DuBois, Autumn Wind (ACT)
Kait Dunton, trioKAIT 2 (Real & Imagined)
Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters, The Luckiest Man (Stony Plain)
Sinne Eeg, Dreams (ArtistShare)
Román Filiú, Quarteria (Sunnyside)
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Echo In The Valley (Rounder)
Bill Frisell, Music IS (OKeh/Sony Masterworks)
Elliot Galvin, The Influencing Machine (Edition)
Fernando García, Guasábara Puerto Rico (Zoho)
Hilary Gardner/Ehud Asherie, The Late Set (Anzic)
Dayramir Gonzalez, The Grand Concourse (Machat)
Theo Hill, Interstellar Adventures (Posi-Tone)
Robert Hurst, Black Current Jam (Dot Time)
Jon Irabagon Quartet, Dr. Quixotic’s Traveling Exotics (Irabbagast)
Sherman Irby & Momentum, Cerulean Canvas (Black Warrior)
Lauren Kinhan, A Sleepin’ Bee (Dotted I)
Kreisberg/Veras, Kreisberg Meets Veras (New For Now)
Michael Leonhart Orch., The Painted Lady Suite (Sunnyside)
Christian Lillinger’s Grund, COR (Plaist)
Pete McCann, Pay For It On The Other Side (McCannic Music)
Gary Meek, Originals (Self Release)
Myra Melford’s Snowy Egret, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)
Adi Meyerson, Where We Stand (A:M)
Miller/Staaf, Science Fair (Sunnyside)
Negroni’s Trio, New Era (Sony Music Latin)
Marius Neset, Circle Of Chimes (ACT)
Judy Niemack, New York Stories (Sunnyside)
Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity Trio, Live In Europe (Clean Feed)
Ed Partyka Jazz Orchestra feat. Julia Oschewsky, Kopfkino (Mons)
Jure Pukl, Doubtless (Whirlwind)
Tom Rainey Obbligato, Float Upstream (Intakt)
Rempis/Daisy Duo, Dodecahedron (Aerophonic)
Rudd/Victor/Harris/Filiano, Embrace (RareNoise)
Jamie Saft, Solo A Genova (RareNoise)
Antonio Sanchez (featuring WDR Big Band), Channels Of Energy (CamJazz)
Scordatura Ensemble, Harmonium (New World)
Jen Shyu, Song Of Silver Geese (Pi)
Marc Sinan/Oguz Büyükberber, White (ECM)
Dr. Lonnie Smith, All In My Mind (Blue Note)
Subtle Degrees, A Dance That Empties (New Amsterdam)
Fay Victor’s SoundNoiseFUNK, Wet Robots (ESP-Disk’)
Elio Villafranca, Cinque (ArtistShare)
Kamasi Washington, Heaven And Earth (Young Turks)
Robbie Basho, Live In Forli, Italy 1982 (Obsolete/ESP-Disk’)
Alan Braufman, Valley Of Search (Valley of Search)
Sonny Clark Trio, The 1960 Time Sessions (Tompkins Square)
Fushitsusha, Live Black (Editions)
Beaver Harris/Don Pullen 360-Degree Experience, A Well Kept Secret (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
Isaac Hayes, The Spirit Of Memphis 1962–1976 (Craft)
Helen Humes, The Helen Humes Collection, 1927–’62 (Acrobat)
Khan Jamal’s Creative Arts Ensemble, Drum Dance To TheMotherland (Eremite)
Jarrett/Peacock/DeJohnette, After The Fall (ECM)
Fela Kuti, Yellow Fever (Knitting Factory)
Fela Kuti, JJD (Johnny Just Drop!) Live! At Kalakuta Republik (Knitting Factory)
Sun Ra, Discipline 27-II (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
Herman Schoonderwalt, The Winner (Nederlands Jazz Archief)
Lester Bowie, Numbers 1 & 2 (Nessa)
Various Artists, Voices Of Mississippi (Dust To Digital)
Norah Jones is out with a new live album, ’Til We Meet Again.
Apr 9, 2021 8:00 AM
Nearly two decades into her career, nine-time Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and pianist Norah Jones will release…
Chick Corea, the lost Blindfold Test
Mar 19, 2021 12:34 PM
Thelonious Monk took the Blindfold Test only once, and the results were published in the April 21, 1966, issue of…
Triology 2 received the Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album.
Mar 14, 2021 10:30 PM
Chick Corea, who passed away on Feb. 9, was awarded two Grammy Awards yesterday during the 63rd annual evening honoring…
John Patitucci has embraced composition, leader projects and large-scale collaborations since his former boss, saxophonist-composer Wayne Shorter, retired from touring.
Mar 26, 2021 12:33 PM
John Patitucci has really put himself out there the past few years. He’s been noticeably active as a first-call…
A cavalcade of stars will be performing on Friday, April 30.
Apr 27, 2021 10:30 AM
The 10th annual International Jazz Day will be celebrated Friday, April 30, and this year’s event promises to be more…
