New Music from Nduduzo Makahthini And More

This playlist presents a compelling cross-section of contemporary creative music, bridging the pioneering electric fusion of the late 1960s with the sophisticated and fluid improvisations of 2026. At its core, this selection celebrates the "collaborative impulse" The music here traverses the boundary between the composed and the unscripted. By juxtaposing the foundational studio-as-instrument techniques developed by Miles Davis and Teo Macero with the modern approaches of labels like 577, Adhyâropa, and Libra, this sequence highlights a group of artists who use the jazz idiom not as a static historical artifact, but as an ever-shifting architecture for personal expression and sonic exploration.

Playlist

• Nduduzo Makhathini "Tethered" from The Myth We Choose (Blue Note Records) 00:00
• Matthew Putman, Hill Greene, Francisco Mela "Hidden Secrets" from Bright Sun Outside (577 Records) 05:34
• Steve Khan "Green Room" from Green Room—Ralph Towner | A Tribute (Blue Canoe Records) 15:15
• The Sean Pentland Jerry Bergonzi Quartet "O Hey, Earthling. Salut!" from Windward (GroundTone Records) 23:23
• Satoko Fujii Orchestra Kobe "After The Storm 3" from After The Storm (Libra Records) 28:55
• Ilaria Capalbo "Ode" from The Brightest Sun (Bluenord Records) 38:57
• Nicola Miller's Living Things "Spit!" from SPIT! (Watch That Ends The Night Records) 44:49
• Brent Birckhead "Cacao" from Exchange, Live At The Keystone Korner (Self Released) 54:55
• Satoko Fujii's Bunker Ulmenwall Orchestra "Yamantaka" from Bunker Unmenwall Orchestra (Libra Records) 1:09:10
• Mary Halvorson & Ambrose Akinmusire "Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings" from Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings (Nonesuch Records) 1:20:45
• Elsa Nilsson Band Of Pulses "Andetag" from Liminal (Adhyâropa Records) 1:28:26
• Miles Davis "Sanctuary " from The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions (Columbia/Legacy) 1:35:37
• Miles Davis "Recollections" from The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions (Columbia/Legacy) 1:46:31