Jazz Albums August 2023

High Pulp
Days in The Desert
28.07.2023

Soft-Skills from Los Angeles highpulpmusic.com

Bobby Granfelt
Rob Homan
Antoine Martel
Andrew Morrill
Victory Nguyen
Scott Rixon

Featured Artists:
James Brandon Lewis – Tenor Saxophone (2)
Brandee Younger – Harp (3)
MonoNeon – Bass (4)
Jeff Parker – Guitar (6)
Daedelus – Electronics & Synthesizers (8)
Kurt Rosenwinkel – Guitar (9)
Telemakus – Keyboards & Synthesizers (9)

jaimie branch
Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die (​(​world war​)​)
25.08.2023

jaimie branch – trumpet, voice, keyboard, percussion, happy apple
Lester St. Louis – cello, voice, flute, marimba, keyboard
Jason Ajemian – double bass, electric bass, voice, marimba
Chad Taylor – drums, mbira, timpani, bells, marimba

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Maya Dunietz
Thank You Tree
25.08.2023

Piano by Maya Dunietz
Bass by Barak Mori
Drums by Amir Bresle

Pete McCann
Without Question
04.08.2023

Pete McCann on electric and acoustic guitar, Steve Wilson on alto and soprano saxophone, Henry Het on piano and Rhodes, Matt Pavolka on acoustic and electric bass, and Mark Ferber on drums.

Johnathan Blake
Passage
11.08.2023

blue note

Lonnie Johnson, Elmer Snowden
St. Louis Blues
1960

wikipedia

The City Champs
Skinny Mic
19.03.2021

Joe Restivo – Acoustic & Electric Guitars
Al Gamble – Organ & Synthesizer
George Sluppick – Drums & Percussion

The Green Mean Machine
The Engine
20.01.2023

Werend Van Den Bossche: Alto Saxophone
Warre Van de Putte: Tenor Saxophone
Zjef Van Steenbergen: Double bass
Marcos Della Rocha: Drums

Zoh Amba
Zoh Amba featuring William Parker and Francisco Mela

Vol 1 + Vol 2
20.05.2022

Who ist Zoh Amba by Burning Ambulance
Zoh Amba: Tenor saxophone, flute
William Parker: Bass
Francisco Mela: Drums

zohamba.com

Gregory Lewis
Organ Monk Going Home
04.08.2023

Gregory Lewis – organ
Kevin McNeal – guitar
Nasheet Waits – drums

SunnySide Records

Women In Blues, Rita Engedalen, Margit Bakken
My Precious Blues
04.08.2020

ritaengedalen.com

Die Jazzpolizei (Köln) schreibt Merz Musik

zum Thema “Selbstaufsockelung” gibt es viel zu lesen in

mit einem weiblichen Textanteil von unter 5% (Sic) Männerdomäne Musikszene

Gustav Lundgren
French Connection,
Vol. 2
30.06.2023

Gustav Lundgren – guitar
Rémi Oswald (FR) – guitar
Édouard Pennes (FR) – double bass

published …

marriage-material

Prison
Upstate
25.08.2023

getaggt als #blues und #krautrock –

Aus #NYC – 5Guys, 4Vocals, 3Guitars
via #bandcamp

https://prisonjam.bandcamp.com/album/upstate

Nicht Update – nicht Upstairs – sondern Upstate – möglich auch im Sinn von „These buses will carry families upstate to visit relatives in prison.“ oder

„The park was created to preserve some of the forests upstate.“ oder

„The Prison break of our dreams at long last.“
Sorry my dear, I‘m a prisoner from time to time

Underwards
[Ellen Kirkwood]
Delve
21.07.2023

Ellen Kirkwood (trumpet, vocals)
Hilary Geddes (guitar)
Nick Henderson (bass, synthesizer),
Alex Inman-Hislop (drums)

fav: Titelstück Delve

Jens Joneleit
Planet Edge
10.03.2023

via NMZ

Audible Spirits
by Matt Moran
10.03.2023

via allaboutjazz

Dee Byrne
Outlines
23.06.2023

Dee Byrne – alto saxophone
Nick Malcolm – trumpet
Tom Ward – clarinets
Rebecca Nash – piano
Olie Brice – double bass
Andrew Lisle – drums

deebyrnemusic.com

Igor Yakovenko Trio
Hyperfocus
21.04.2023

Igor Yakovenko – piano
Makar Novikov – double bass
Sasha Mashin – drums

David Borgo
Pathika
21.06.2023

David Borgo – tenor and soprano saxophones, glissotar
Nathan Hubbard – vibraphone and drum set
Harley Magsino – electric bass and 12-string guitar (on “Lisboa”)
Tommy Babin – acoustic bass
Mark Ferber – drum set

In dem Kontext auch: Der Podcast von Ken Laster – Jazzauswahl und Fundus aus erster Hand.

In dieser Woche unbedingt: David Murray & Black Saint Quartet ~ Sacred Ground ~ Sacred Ground (feat. Casandra Wilson)

Album: aus 2007

coming …

That’s it
Dr. Lonnie Smith (org) with Jonathan Kreisberg (g) und Johnathan Blake (dr) vom Live Mitschnitt aus 2018

Leuts haben nicht mal mehr Zeit, sich über die ersten drei Minuten freitonale Begrüßung hinwegzuwarten – ab 3:45 nämlich bekommt das Ding richtig gute Laune – ungehört davon das ganze Album ein Echter Jonnie Smith ist mit Seelen-Doktor
“All in My Mind” #jazz

Alhambra
Dr. Lonnie Smith

eine gut zweistündige Zusammenstellung weiterer Highlights gibt es hier: media.lohro.de/recordings/4540

Elder Jack Ward
The Storm

Elder Jack Ward vocal

19.05.2023

Ray Charles, Milt Jackson
Soul Brothers / Soul Meeting 1957/58

This one is a real historical curiosity. Not only does vibraphonist Milt Jackson double here on piano but he plays guitar (for the only time on record) during “Bags’ Guitar Blues.” In addition Ray Charles is heard in a purely instrumental role on piano and, during two songs, on alto sax.
allmusic.com …

Ry Cooder
Jazz
1978

allmusic.com …

The Budos Band
Frontier’s Edge [EP]
28.07.2023

The Budos Band Wikipedia

Since 2005

Jared Tankel
Thomas Brenneck
John Carbonella Jr.
Mike Deller
Daniel Foder
Andrew Greene
Rob Lombardo
Brian Profilio
Dame Rodriguez

Enkhjargal Erkhembayar
Enji
Ulaan
28.07.2023

Enkhjargal Erkhembayar (vocals)
Joana Queiroz (clarinet, bassclarinet)
Paul Brändle (guitar)
Munguntovch Tsolmonbayar (bass)
Mariá Portugal (drums)
Trumpet on *Taivshral* by Matthias Lindermayr
Enji Wikipedia

Tomáš Sýkora Trio
Alchemy
09.06.2023

Tomáš Sýkora – piano, synthesizers, samples

Aid Kid – electronics, samples
Tomáš Liška – bass guitar
Roman Vícha – drums
guest: Ocze – samples

animalmusic.sz

Double
Blue
15.10.1985

Double – Kurt Maloo (vocals, guitar) and Felix Haug (drums, keyboard)
Wikipedia

The Bad Plus
Smells Like Teen Spirit
11.02.2003

Ethan Iverson – piano
Reid Anderson – acoustic bass
David King – drums
Wikipedia

Steve Shehan
Hang With You
14.10.2013

Steve Shehan
hang drum, piano, bass, percussion, producer, mixing, composer, arranger, recording engineer Golshifteh Farahani
voice, percussion
Ibrahim Maalouf
trumpet
Ugo Rabec
violin
Virginie Basset
violin
Charlotte Castellat
cello
Didier Malherbe
duduk
Charles Lucas
bass
Peter Herbert
acoustic bass
Baly Othmani
voice
steveshehan.com

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Carsten Dahl
The Solo Songs of Keith Jarrett
25.08.2023

Carsten Dahl – Piano
Palle Mikkelborg – Trumpet
Fredrik Lundin – Saxophone
Nils Bo Davidsen – Bass
Stefan Pasborg – Drums
Ana Feitosa – Violin
Matthew Jones – Violin
Sanna Ripatti – Viola
Jonathan Slaatto – Cello

Kendra Morris
What Are You Waiting For
25.08.2023

There’s something undeniably out-of-time about both Kendra Morris and her indelibly cool new album

De Ambassade
The Fool
31.03.2023

nichts gegen gute Popmusik oder wie hier Wave bis auf den Grund – aus Amsterdam

Peter Woelpl
Smells Like Teen Spirit
1986

UP – Night Delight

Joerg Widmoser, Peter Woelpl, Peter Christl, Harald Rüschenbaum, Alfred Mehnert

Sonic Youth
Live in Brooklyn 2011
18.08.2023

Sonic Youth:
Kim Gordon – Voc, Gtr
Mark Ibold – Bass
Thurston Moore – voc, gtr
Lee Ranaldo – Voc, gtr
Steve Shelley – drums

pitchfork

Sei Miguel
The Original Drum
21.03.2023

I don’t believe in the compositional vocation of jazz. And I don’t consider myself a true composer. In jazz, or at least in my jazz, composing implies and means – and this seems important enough – the mere study of form; an abstract, collective form, which is there, we may say, in spite of the performers rendition of it

cleenfeed records

Das Freie Orchester
DFO
Deb​ü​t und Abschied
27.01.2023

Lord Litter – Vocals
Didier Leboz – Guitars
Jürgen König – Keys, Synths
Gui Gust – Drums
Carsten Spindler – Bass

Brandon Seabrook
brutalovechamp
26.05.2023

kaum erschienen, schon Wiki

Seabrook kann auch Banjo – wie hier zu hören:

Sylphid Vitalizers 2014

Zwitschermaschine
System for Us
30.08.2019

WhyPlayJazz

Mark Weschenfelder (alto saxophone, clarinet), Paul Berberich (flute), Vincent Bababoutilabo (flute, alto flute), Adrian Kleinlosen (trombone), Joachim Wespel (guitar), Andris Meinig (double bass), Florian Lauer (drums)

George Freeman
The Good Life
23.06.2023

Abseits der Hauptstraßen sitzt George Freeman 95 jährig und legt ein mehr als beachtliches Alterswerk hin – relaxed bis in jede Fingerspitze – mit Joey DeFrancesco 2022 aufgenommen kurz vor Francescos Ableben – und mit Christian McBride am Bass : geboren ist George Freeman 1927 in Chicago – spielte mit Charlie Parker (1950) und Gene Ammons (Legends of Acid Jazz 1997)
Legends of Acid Jazz

Die Geigen in Long, Long Time und Something wirst du schon noch aushalten

Max Light
Henceforth
30.06.2023

Max Light: guitar
Noah Preminger: tenor saxophone
Kim Cass: bass
Dan Weiss: drums

Nicole Zuraitis
How Love Begins
07.07.2023

linernotes: label

Oscar Peñas
Chicken or Pasta
07.08.2023

Oscar Peñas, guitars
Sara Caswell, violin
Moto Fukushima, six-string electric bass
Richie Barshay, drums

Special Guests:
Mike Stern, electric guitar [2 & 4]
Greg Leisz, pedal steel guitar [5]

Jalen Baker
Be Still
07.07.2023

Jalen Baker – vibraphone
Paul Cornish- piano
Gabe Godoy- bass
Gavin Moolchan- drums
Bandcamp

Doug Beavers
Luna
07.07.2023

dougbeavers.com

Allan Harris
Live at Blue LLama (Live)
28.07.2023

Allan Harris: voice / vocals; ArcoIris Sandoval: piano; Irwin Hall: saxophone; Norman Paul Edwards jr: drums; Marty Kenney: bass.

Review: allaboutjazz

Greg Abate, Paul Del Nero Quartet
Reunion – Live at WICN (Live)
09.06.2023

Greg Abate (sax), Paul Del Nero (b), Matt DeChamplain (p), Gary Johnson (dr)
summit records

James Weidman
Sonic Realities
05.06.2023

recorded with alto saxophonist Talib Kibwe, aka T.K. Blue; a sensitive reading of Kurt Weill’s classic “September Song,” based on Weidman’s arrangement of the composition he produced for vocalist Ruth Naomi Floyd; and the hypnotic, slow backbeat Weidman puts on Charlie Parker’s bop number, “Steeplechase.”

Senri Oe
Searching For A Memory
30.06.2023

This “class of ’88” is a commemorative album celebrating the 40th anniversary of their debut on May 21, 1983 with the single “Wallaby Nugisute” and the album “WAKU WAKU” from EPIC/Sony, and is a “NEW SENRI JAZZ” album with Matt Clohesy (b) and Ross Pederson (ds),The recording is being done at The Bunker Studio in Brooklyn

Harold López-Nussa
Timba a la Americana
25.08.2023

Timba a la Americana presents 10 dynamic new compositions and features the harmonica virtuoso Grégoire Maret, Luques Curtis on bass, Bárbaro “Machito” Crespo on congas, and Harold’s brother Ruy Adrián López-Nussa on drums

Terry Gibbs Legacy Band
The Terry Gibbs Songbook
16.06.2023

Scott Hamilton: saxophone, tenor; Harry Allen: saxophone; Tom Ranier: piano; Danny Bacher: voice / vocals; Mike Gurrola: bass; Gerry Gibbs: drums.

Review: allaboutjazz

Wynton Marsalis
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Fives and Hot Sevens
04.08.2023

Wynton Marsalis
Trumpet & Vocals
Wycliffe Gordon
Tuba, Trombone,
Bass & Vocals
Vincent Gardner
Trombone
Victor Goines
Clarinet
Walter Blanding
Tenor & Soprano Saxophones
“Papa” Don Vappie
Banjo & Guitar
Jonathan Batiste
Piano
Carlos Henriquez
Bass
Ali Jackson
Drums

wyntonmarsalis.org

Douyé
The Golden Sèkèrè
07.07.2023

Featuring Trumpeter Sean Jones, Guitarist Lionel Loueke and
Bassist Buster Williams

Altin Sencalar
In Good Standing
09.06.2023

Altin Sencalar – trombone
Diego Rivera – tenor sax 1, 2, 5, 9, 11; soprano sax 4
Patrick Cornelius – alto sax 4, 9, 11; flute 8
Art Hirahara – piano, Rhodes 4
Boris Kozlov – bass, electric bass 4
Rudy Royston – drums

Claire Daly
VuVu for Frances
14.07.2023

Claire Daly and George Garzone pay homage to Frances B – a consummate New Yorker and life long jazz lover, who knew many of the originators of the music. a mostly straight ahead, swinging romp with some lifer New York musicians. Jon Davis, Dave Hofstra, DavidFGibson

Bill O’Connell
Live in Montauk
23.06.2023

Craig Handy – tenor saxophone
Santi Debriano – bass
Billy Hart – drums
Special Guest: Randy Brecker – trumpet (tracks 1 & 7)

Ember
August in March
11.08.2023

Caleb Wheeler Curtis – stritch, trumpet, reed trumpet
Noah Garabedian – double bass
Vincent Sperrazza – drums

Sammy Figueroa
Searching For A Memory
14.07.2023

linernotes: Lydia Liebmann promotions

Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People
Family
28.07.2023

gerrygibbs
musician.com

The 14 Jazz Orchestra
Islands
07.07.2023

14jazzorchstra

The Pacific Jazz Group
The Pacific Jazz Group
23.06.2023

Dred Scott – piano
Eric Crystal – tenor saxophone
John Wiitala – bass
Smith Dobson – drums

Miguel Zenón
El Arte Del Bolero, Vol. 2
25.08.2023

Miguel Zenón – alto saxophone
Luis Perdomo – piano

Joe Alterman
Joe Alterman Plays Les McCann: Big Mo & Little Joe
11.08.2023

Joe Alterman, piano
Kevin Smith, bass
Justin Chesarek, drums
All compositions by Les McCann, except “Don’t Forget To Love Yourself,” which was composed by Les McCann and Joe Alterman