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
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
oreglo – The Whirr (Brownswood Recordings, 2025) The project includes the previously released tracks “Bosté” and “The Whirr.” The Whirr, an EP, combines fantastic Snarky…
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Jazz Currents Collide On Confluence From 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…
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Ted Rosenthal Trio Flips The Classics On Impromp2
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…
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Keyboard Wizardry With an Ambient and Jazz Edge
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’
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
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,…
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Gustavo Cortiñas Drums Up a Global Call to Action
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…
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Parsons x Har Even x Ravitz, Three Minds Create Elegant Progressive Music
Parsons x Har Even x Ravitz – Parsons x Har Even x Ravitz (2025) The Har Even x Parsons x Ravitz trio writes with the…
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