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Another in a series of collaborations between tenor Harold Land and Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson , the forward ahead 1971 - A New Shade Of Blue - with
William Henderson – piano
Buster Williams – bass
Billy Hart – drums
James Mtume Foreman – congas
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What has changed is not only how we listen, but what listening is for.
26.02.2026 20:28 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Simply beautiful...
From the gorgeous 2023 modern post bop debut release by NY Based Drummer Tima Volozh - Jubilee - with a A List cast of
Timo Vollbrecht - tenor saxophone
Noah Franche-Nolan - piano
Jerome Harris - bass
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From the 1963 Our Main In Paris by tenor Dexter Gordon. Pianist Kenny Drew was supposed to play originals. Pianist Bud Powell would not play new music, so they used all standards on recording day in Paris...
Pierre Michelot – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums
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Smoking!!!
From the 1955 Study In Brown, and arguably one of the greatest jazz trumpet solos ever recorded on this Ray Noble rewire....with
Clifford Brown – trumpet
Harold Land – tenor saxophone
Richie Powell – piano
George Morrow – double bass
Max Roach – drums
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An Under The Radar jewel from the late, great, pianist Chick Corea, his 1975 Circling In, a double album with a great set of interwoven musicians. The opener has Miroslav Vitous on bass, and Roy Haynes on drums....
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While many aren't familiar with British guitarist Martin Taylor, he has been on jazz scene for a while. He has played with the Count Basie Orchestra, Stéphane Grappelli, Chet Atkins, Joe Pass, , Barney Kessel, & Herb Ellis, etc. From solo new release Standards Vol 1
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Three percussionists.
Over 100 Percussion instruments
3 Minutes and 12 seconds of music to shut down the noise of the world.
2016.
Alexander Glöggler
Philipp Jungk
Double Drums
Groove Groove Symphonies
"Eternal Rain"
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From the soon to be released album by post bop jazz trumpeter Jeremy Pelt - Our Community Will Not Be Erased - with:
Orrin Evans, piano
Buster Williams, bass
Lenny White, drums
Lasse Corson, keyboards
A sneak listen,,,
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Guitarist Dave Strkyer was first known for his work with Jack McDuff and Stanley Turrentine makes Fire and Magic on this 26 smoking new 2026 release Blue Fire: The Van Gelder Session with:
Drums- McClenty Hunter
Hammond B3 - Jared Gold
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One of most unique Quartets of recent note, the genre blurring The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis, merge punk rock jazz with post bop to create something new...
Brendan Canty (drums), Joe Lally (bass), and Anthony Pirog (guitar) and James Brandon Lewis (Tenor)
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From the very first album, ever, released by the iconic music label #ECM was not from a European jazz artist, but from US pianist Maldron in 1969 entitled Free At Last with
Isla Eckinger – bass
Clarence Becton – drums
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While the Grateful Dead was a thing unto itself, I know jazz musicians who played with them including Ornette Coleman, Bradford Marsalis, Miles Davis Fusion band was an opening act, & drummer was influenced by Elvin Jones...From Muriel Grossmann's rewire of GD tune
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No, there is no truth to the Urban legend that the rock band Black Sabbath catalogue was originally stolen from a short-lived 1960s underground jazz trio. That said the last touring pianist from Black Sabbath is Adam Wakeman from Jazz Sabbath!
Jerry Meehan-B
Ash Soan-D
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A rising star in the Italian jazz scene is alto saxophonist Raffaele Fiengo who makes his debut with the superlative modern post bop 2026 Recall...
With pianist Thomas Umbaca, double bassist Enrico Palmieri and drummer Antonio Marmora
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Well sooner or later it was bound to happen...
If you look for the musicians that make up the group Pause maybe?, good luck, you won't find any. What you will find is is a credit to 10074415 Records DK label, a common DistroKid placeholder.
Most likely this is AI jazz
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From the engaging saxophone/piano duo offering by saxophonist Tim Garland and pianist Geoffrey Keezer entitled MEZZO and this reimagination of the French composer and pianist Erik Satie which has been rewired by several jazz artists over the years....
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If not familiar with creative post modern machinations of NY based guitarist/Banjoist Brandon Seabrook, here you go. An eclectic exploration of colors & textures captured exquisitely on Hellbent Daydream with Elias Stemeseder-P, Henry Fraser-B, Erica Dicker- violin.
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An homage album to McCoy Tyner & the Grateful Dead. They do say if you live long enough....
From the intriguing 2025 release by saxophonist Muriel Grossmann
Plays the music of McCoy Tyner & Grateful Dead. The GD has always been a thing unto themselves
But this one is McCoy's.
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Fans of hard bop mixed in with avant jazz, here is 17 min, deconstructed / reconstructed rewire of the Sam Cooke tune, without the Sam Cooke melody....tenor Rodrigo Amado's Further Beyond with:
Alexander von Schlippenbach-P
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten-B
Gerry Hemingway-D
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First release as leader in 30 years by saxophonist/clarinetist Chris Fagan was recorded in Brazil and captures the essence of warm breezes & joyous escapes with bassist Matias Correa, drummer João Di Sabbato, guitarist David Rosenblatt
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From the 2007 album by vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson...a sublime collection of standards with Renee Rosnes: piano; Dwayne Burno: bass; Al Foster: drums.
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One of my favorite Kenny Wheeler was the 1977 lyrically lush #ECM release Deer Wan with:
Kenny Wheeler – trumpet, flugelhorn
Jan Garbarek – tenor , soprano saxophone
John Abercrombie – electric guitar, mandolin
Dave Holland – bass
Jack DeJohnette – drums
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I actually played this instead. Same trio and perhaps my favorite Bill Evan’s album
21.02.2026 19:24 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Works just as well on a Saturday....
From the transcendent 2006 Tuesday Wonderland by the Esbjörn Svensson Trio (E.S.T.) and the joyous title track...
Dan Berglund – double bass
Magnus Öström – drums
Esbjörn Svensson – piano
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Ah, first loves. They inspire great things (or stupid things) in many a young chap. Some even write iconic jazz songs!
Written by love smitten Thelonious Monk for sister's friend Rubie Richardson, though Nellie Smith won his hand in marriage in 1947. But who didn't have a Rubie?
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Arguably one of the greatest jazz Trio recordings in the history of the genre. The iconic 1961 Bill Evans Trio at the legendary Village Vanguard with:
Bill Evans - Piano
Scott LaFaro- bass
Paul Motian-Drums
And this rewire of the Miles Davis tune...
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From the sublime 1994, a simply duo album by two jazz masters; pianist McCoy Tyner and Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson - Manhattan Moods - and the gorgeous reimagination of a Mal Waldron tune that was specifically written with John Coltrane in mind....
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Music for that first cup of Coffee on a weekend morning. Gorgeous harmonic construction meet measured and winding melodic vistas on the 2023 Voyager by Norwegian guitarist Michael Aadal with:
André Kassen saxophone
Audun Ramo bass
Gunnar Sæter drums
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This hauntingly tune was written by Billy Strayhorn in 1967 when he was hospitalized & dying of cancer; the title itself refers to the medical tests he was undergoing at the time. From the 2022 Trios: Chapel (Live) by tenor Charles Lloyd with Bill Frisell-G and Thomas Morgan-B
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