5th April 2024 new albums jazzweek

ALBARE – guitar

Beyond Belief
released February 12, 2024

Albare – Guitars, Composer/Producer
Phil Turcio – Pianist Composer Arranger Producer
Pablo Bencid – Drums
Phil Rex – Bass
Lionel Cole – Voice on I believe

beyondalbare.com: We’re all driven by our love for music. There’s nothing more satisfying for me than this. “Beyond Belief” is a collection of beautiful moments that celebrate our human experience, with all its challenges, reminding us to stay connected to the forces of good.

Chris Rottmayer – piano

Being
Released March 8, 2024

Chris Rottmayer – Piano
Russ Johnson – Trumpet and Flugel Horn
Rufus Reid – Acoustic Bass
Matt Endres – Drums

bandcamp: The skillful compositions and virtuosic performances on BEING weave an exotic and mysterious tapestry that explores Miller and Shaw’s harmonic and modal concepts.

Vanisha Gould – vocal
Chris McCarthy – piano

Life’s a Gig
released January 12, 2024

Vanisha Gould– vocals 
Chris McCarthy – piano
Kayla Williams – viola

“Life’s a gig, it don’t pay much but it costs a lot.”

Christian McBride Edgar Meyer – bass

But Who’s Gonna Play the Melody?
released March 22, 2024

Christian McBride – acoustic bass (all tracks except 8, 12); piano (tracks 8, 12)
Edgar Meyer – acoustic bass (all tracks except 10, 14); piano (tracks 10, 14)
Christian McBride: The meeting of great minds usually happens behind closed doors, but for two of the world’s foremost bassists — Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer — the collaboration proved so fruitful that a duo album exploring their collective backgrounds in jazz, folk, classical, bluegrass and funk was born.

The Afro-Caribbean Jazz Collective

Fiesta at Caroga (En Vivo)
released January 29, 2024
Live-Aufnahme des Auftritts auf dem Caroga Lake Music Festival 2022.

Eric Devey – trumpet
Brian Stark – saxophone
Ben Weisger – trombone
Stephen Busath – congas
Sebastian Nassar – timbales
Brian Shank – percussion
Ian Stewart – bass
Jose Guzman – guitar