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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Rosenbloom Swings for the Fences with San Francisco 1948
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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Mai Tais And Blue Notes: Waitiki 7 Pours A Fresh Mix Of Exotica
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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Bugge Wesseltoft Revives A Winter Classic With Live Album, Out Oct. 31
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 Unveils “Aquarius” As New Album Nears
(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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Bill Laurance Finds New Light in “Lumen”
Bill Laurance – Lumen (ACT, 2025) In April 2025, pianist and composer Bill Laurance spent several days recording alone inside St. Faith’s Church in Dulwich,…
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Pulse Check: Jamile Finds The Jazz Beat
Jamile with Miki Yamanaka and her trio plus Steve Wilson – Pursuit of a Pulse (Cellar Music, 2025) On Pursuit Of A Pulse, gifted vocalist-composer…
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Harp, Beats & Dreams Reworks Reimagines Harp in an Enthralling Mélange of Styles
Marysia Osu – Harp, Beats & Dreams Reworks (Brownswood Recordings, 2025) Groundbreaking Polish harp player and producer Marysia Osu has developed a remarkable, innovative music…
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A Contemporary Jazz Statement Based in Collaboration and Vision
Lorenzo Bellini – Source (GleAM Records, 2025) Pianist and composer Lorenzo Bellini leads a quartet formed during his time at Berklee College of Music. Alongside…
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Believin’ In Revisions: Vital Information Finds Its Way Home
Steve Smith’s Vital Information – New Perspective (Drum Legacy Records, 2025) Steve Smith’s Vital Information presents a fabulous lineup on its latest album, New Perspective.…
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