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Nils Landgren - Christmas With My Friends cover artwork. White flowers over a purple background
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Nils Landgren Revives Holiday Tradition With “Christmas With My Friends IX”

Charlie Melville October 15, 2025 No Comments Christmas musiccontemporary jazzjazzNils Landgrentrombone

Nils Landgren – Christmas With My Friends IX (ACT Music, 2025) Swedish trombonist, singer, and producer Nils Landgren returns with the ninth installment of his…

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Nick Fletcher – The Mask of Sanity – Interview 

Professor Mark October 13, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazzjazzjazz-rockNick FletcherNick Fletcher – The Mask of Sanity - InterviewProgressive rock

Welcome, to The Noble Shire for Progressive Discussion here at Progressive Rock Central! Nick Fletcher is back! He is very prolific, indeed. Thank you for…

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The cover for Oreglo’s single Bosté features a design in soft blue and beige tones. Blurred rectangular shapes resembling overlapping windows or screens create a layered effect across the image. The title Bosté appears in large, out-of-focus blue letters at the bottom, with “oreglo” written in smaller, white script overlaying it.
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Oreglo Announce ‘The Whirr’ EP, Drop ‘Bosté’ And Live Video

Prog News October 12, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazzfusionjazz-rockorego

Oreglo, the London jazz fusion band, will release The Whirr on November 28 via Brownswood Recordings. The announcement arrived with the single “Bosté” and a…

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Miles Davis’ Kind Of Blue cover artwork. A photo of miles playing trumpet.
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Speed-Corrected “Kind Of Blue” 180-Gram 2LP Arrives October 31

Prog News October 10, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazzjazzKind Of BlueMiles Davis

Analogue Productions will release a new edition of Miles Davis’ Kind Of Blue on October 31. The 180-gram double LP pairs a 33 1/3 RPM…

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The album cover for Close to Nothing by EH3 presents warm shades of red and orange. Dark linear strokes intersect the composition. The band name EH3 appears at the top left, with the album title Close to Nothing placed to the right. Below, the musicians’ names—Erland Helbø, Frode Berg, and Erik Smith—are listed in white text. The Losen Records logo sits in the bottom right corner.
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Close To Nothing, Everything To Say

Angel Romero October 9, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazzEH3Erland HelbøErland Helbø Triofusionjazz-rock

EHE / Erland Helbø Trio – Close To Nothing (Losen Records, 2025) EHE’s Close To Nothing feels like a night drive across two continents at…

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Ravita Jazz - Alice Blue cover artwork. The band name and album title over a blue background.
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Ravita Swings the Blues: Alice in Azure-Land

Charlie Melville October 8, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazzjazzRavita Jazz

Ravita Jazz – Alice Blue (Ravita Jazz, 2025) Like Stravinsky, bassist-composer Philip Ravita’s Alice Blue (2025), builds on tradition to conjure something fresh, balancing rigor…

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The album cover shows a 1940s San Francisco street scene. A vintage blue car and a cable car move down a hill lined with colorful houses, while the Golden Gate Bridge rises in the background. On the right, a red sign marks a jazz club. At the top, bold red lettering reads San Francisco 1948. The bottom corner identifies the artist: Steve Rosenbloom Big Band.
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Rosenbloom Swings for the Fences with San Francisco 1948

Charlie Melville September 26, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazzjazzSteve Rosenbloom Big Band

Steve Rosenbloom Big Band – San Francisco 1948 (self-released, 2025) The Steve Rosenbloom Big Band’s San Francisco 1948 presents an engaging brass fanfare: grand, bristling,…

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The album cover features tiki-inspired design. At the top, Polynesian motifs frame the title: “Exotica Reborn: In Studio and Live at House Without a Key” in lime and cream against a deep blue background. Below, swirling tree branches and floating lanterns flow into an illustrated fish. At the bottom, the band’s name, The Waitiki 7, appears in blocky, retro lettering.
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Mai Tais And Blue Notes: Waitiki 7 Pours A Fresh Mix Of Exotica

Charlie Melville September 23, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazzexoticaThe WAITIKI 7

The WAITIKI 7 — Exotica Reborn: In Studio And Live At House Without A Key (Waitiki International, 2025) WAITIKI 7 plants a tiki torch back…

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The album cover for Bugge Wesseltoft – It’s Still Snowing on My Piano (Live) features an illustration of a grand piano in deep blue against a light blue background. White paint splatters suggest falling snow. The ACT logo appears at the bottom.
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Bugge Wesseltoft Revives A Winter Classic With Live Album, Out Oct. 31

Prog News September 22, 2025 No Comments Bugge WesseltoftChristmas musiccontemporary jazz

Norwegian pianist Bugge Wesseltoft will release It’s Still Snowing On My Piano on October 31, 2025, a live companion to his 1997 solo album on…

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Patricia Brennan at night - photo by Werner Siebert
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Patricia Brennan Unveils “Aquarius” As New Album Nears

Prog News September 17, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazzPatricia Brennan

(headline image: Patricia Brennan – photo by Werner Siebert) Patricia Brennan released “Aquarius” on September 12, 2025, via Pyroclastic Records, the second single from her…

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