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Gustavo Viríssimo - Reflexos cover artwork. A duplicated photo of Gustavo with a guitar in the middle.

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Gustavo Viríssimo Explores Brazilian Jazz on Debut Reflexos

Gustavo Viríssimo – Reflexos (2026) Brazilian virtuoso guitarist, composer, and producer Gustavo Viríssimo has released his debut album, Reflexos, an elegant, untroubled, and persuasive eight-track…

Metropole Orchestra - Arakatak cover artwork. An illustration of a green tree with many branches, watched by an ant.

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Arakatak, a Bright 80th Anniversary Celebration for Metropole

Charlie Melville September 12, 2026 No Comments contemporary jazz fusion jazz-rock Metropole Orchestra orchestral jazz

Metropole Orchestra – Arakatak (V2, 2026) Metropole Orchestra has put together Arakatak, a fantastic new album that celebrates the ensemble’s 80th anniversary. The collection brings…

Sex Magick Wizards Suola ja Noaidi cover artwork. A high-contrast cover featuresn inverted-color landscape in reds, blacks, and whites beneath a dark crimson sky. At the center, a mirrored white form resembling feathers, bones, or ritual totems stands against a barren marsh with leafless trees. A black banner across the top displays the artist name "SEX MAGICK WIZARDS" and the album title "SUOLA JA NOAIDI" in bold white capital letters.

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Sex Magick Wizards Explore Sámi History on Suola ja Noaidi

Charlie Melville July 23, 2026 No Comments contemporary jazz improvisation joik Norwegian music psychedelic rock Sex Magick Wizards world music

Sex Magick Wizards – Suola ja Noaidi (Is it Jazz? Records, 2026) The intersection of indigenous tradition and creative music in Scandinavia has produced a…

Bushman's Revenge - Ah, Les Vaches! cover artwork. The band name and album title in large neon pink and orange block letters.

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Bushman’s Revenge Sets May Release For Ah, Les Vaches!

Charlie Melville July 7, 2026 No Comments Bushman's Revenge

Bushman’s Revenge – Ah, Les Vaches! (Is it Jazz? Records, 2026) Bushman’s Revenge show their humor on their new album Ah, Les Vaches!. The title…

An abstract album cover featuring washes of blue, gold, peach, and deep red that resemble sunlight reflecting across water. The title, Faster Than We Know, appears in handwritten script, while “Benjie Porecki” is set below in blue lettering.

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Benjie Porecki Catalyzes Trio Chemistry on Faster Than We Know

Charlie Melville June 5, 2026 No Comments Benjie Porecki contemporary jazz funk soul-jazz

Benjie Porecki — Faster Than We Know (Funklove Productions, 2026) Virtuoso keyboardist, organist, and pianist Benjie Porecki masterfully navigates multiple musical dialects with uncommon fluency.…

Red Kite - This Too Shall Pass cover artwork. A gray design with a building strycture and smoke coming from behind.

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Red Kite Goes Somber in This Too Shall Pass

Charlie Melville May 25, 2026 No Comments fusion jazz-rock Red Kite

Red Kite – This Too Shall Pass (Is it Jazz? Records, 2026) Norwegian jazz rock band Red Kite explores the darker side of music in…

Jake Breaks - Categorical Expansionism cover artwork. A wooden crate full of vinyl albums.

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Jake Breaks Goes Genre-Hopping On Categorical Expansionism

Charlie Melville March 20, 2026 No Comments contemporary jazz Jake Breaks rock

Jake Breaks – Categorical Expansionism (Wide Hive Records, 2025) Jake Breaks’ Categorical Expansionism is a galvanizing recording that fuses rock, instrumental hip hop, jazz, and…

Andvake presents a fog-drenched rural scene with a small weathered shed in muted purples and browns at the center. Bare trees rise around it.

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Stefano Boggiani’s Andvake Explores Contrast and Sleepless Jazz

Charlie Melville January 19, 2026 No Comments

Stefano Boggiani – Andvake (Losen Records, 2025) Stefano Boggiani presents Andvake, a project titled after an old Norwegian word of Norse origin with multiple meanings.…

Jung Stratmann Quartet - Confluence. A monochrome shoreline stretches beneath heavy clouds, with dark pebbles and water meeting at a low horizon.

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Jazz Currents Collide On Confluence From Jung Stratmann Quartet

Charlie Melville December 18, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazz jazz Jung Stratmann Quartet

Jung Stratmann Quartet – Confluence (self-released, 2025) The Jung Stratmann Quartet has release Confluence, a five-track contemporary jazz album recorded in New York City with…

Ted Rosenthal Trio - Classics Reimagined: Impromp2 cover artwork. Ted Rosenthal sitting at his piano with fingers crossed and looking slightly to his right.

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Ted Rosenthal Trio Flips The Classics On Impromp2

Charlie Melville December 10, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazz jazz Ted Rosenthal Trio

Ted Rosenthal Trio – Classics Reimagined: Impromp2 (self-released, 2025) Ted Rosenthal returns to the western classical tradition with Classics Reimagined: Impromp2, a new trio album…