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Natural Information Society’s Perseverance Flow, A One-Track Dub Labyrinth

Natural Information Society has released Perseverance Flow in 2025 via Eremite, Aguirre, and New Soil. The Chicago ensemble, led by composer and multi-instrumentalist Joshua Abrams,…

Two panels sit side by side: mustard-colored on the left and deep green on the right. Saw-tooth black lines form tall, jagged patterns across both halves, while two imperfect white circles overlap in the center. The left panel reads “Whatever Happens Don’t Be Yourself” and the right reads “Tales of No Consequence.”

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Bergen Improv Big Band to Release Wild New Set: Tales Of No Consequence

Prog News January 16, 2026 No Comments contemporary jazz Whatever Happens Don’t Be Yourself

Norwegian label Is It Jazz? Records opens its 2026 calendar with the fifth album from Bergen-based jazz orchestra Whatever Happens Don’t Be Yourself. The release,…

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Snarky Puppy presents New Video “Between Worlds”

Prog News January 9, 2026 No Comments contemporary jazz funk jazz-rock Snarky Puppy world fusion

“Between Worlds” is the latest Snarky Puppy video from their new Somni album.

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Impressive Bruce Gertz Quintet Unveils Octopus Dreams

Prog News January 9, 2026 No Comments Bruce Gertz contemporary jazz jazz

Bassist, composer, and longtime bandleader Bruce Gertz returned in 2025 with Octopus Dreams, a new quintet release on Open Mind Jazz. The album features trumpeter-flugelhornist…

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Spellbinding Vibraphone Pieces by the Multifaceted Carolyn Trowbridge

Angel Romero January 1, 2026 No Comments contemporary jazz exotica fusion jazz-rock world music

Carolyn Trowbridge – Found Memories (Carolyn Trowbridge, 2026) Carolyn Trowbridge, a superb vibraphonist, percussionist and composer, presents her impeccable and elegant debut album as a…

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Oreglo Put A Spin On Jazz On The Whirr

Aiden Robinson December 23, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazz fusion jazz-rock oreglo Progressive rock

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…

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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,…