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oreglo - “The Whirr” cover artwork. Shades of blue and white.

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Oreglo Put A Spin On Jazz On The Whirr

oreglo – The Whirr (Brownswood Recordings, 2025) The project includes the previously released tracks “Bosté” and “The Whirr.” The Whirr, an EP, combines fantastic Snarky…

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…

A cartoon scene shows a grinning turquoise zombie floating across a star-dotted, lime-green space while clutching a limp superhero figure in red and blue. Colorful keyboards drift around them beneath a title banner reading Adam Holzman Zombie Apocalypse.

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Keyboard Wizardry With an Ambient and Jazz Edge

Angel Romero December 8, 2025 No Comments Adam Holzman ambient Arjun Bruggeman contemporary jazz Evan Eskenazi fusion Jane Getter jazz-rock Ofer Assaf Progressive rock Randy McStine Russell Holzman

Adam Holzman – Zombie Apocalypse (Big Fun, 2025) Adam Holzman’s Zombie Apocalypse transforms the sounds of the era of the “keyboard wizard” with a modern…

Chano Domínguez, Ethan Margolis - The Blues Around Us cover arkwork. A photo of the two artists in an urban environment. Margolis looks blurry.

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Chano Domínguez And Ethan Margolis’ Spirited ‘The Blues Around Us’

Charlie Melville December 1, 2025 No Comments Chano Domínguez contemporary jazz Ethan Margolis flamenco flamenco jazz jazz

Chano Domínguez and Ethan Margolis – The Blues Around Us (Unifying Sounds, 2025) Unifying Sounds has launched its first release with The Blues Around Us,…

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Alan Pasqua Finds New Hope: Solo Piano Set

Charlie Melville November 21, 2025 No Comments Alan Pasqua contemporary jazz jazz

Alan Pasqua – New Hope (Blue Canoe Records, 2025) A Steinway Artist, Grammy nominee, and Professor of Jazz Studies at USC’s Thornton School of Music,…

The Crisis Knows No Borders features a split composition with a carved-wood style. The upper half presents rolling fields, mountains, a river, and scattered animals under the sky. The lower half shows a dense crowd of protesters holding signs, rendered in deep red. Hand-drawn lettering curves along the river with Gustavo Cortiñas’s name and the album title.

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Gustavo Cortiñas Drums Up a Global Call to Action

Charlie Melville November 14, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazz Gustavo Cortiñas

Gustavo Cortiñas – The Crisis Knows No Borders (Desafío Candente Records, 2025) Chicago-based drummer and composer Gustavo Cortiñas tackles humanity’s most pressing challenges with The…