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Jelly Roll Morton - 'New Orleans Joys: The Earliest Recordings, 1923-1926' Out November 6th

Source: Tompkins Square
October 2, 2026

New Orleans Joys : The Earliest Recordings, 1923-1926 chronicles the definitive early work of pianist, composer and raconteur Jelly Roll Morton, who created masterpieces born from the cultural melting pot of 1900s New Orleans; the primitive blues of prostitutes, hymns to God from its churches, joyous anthems of the city’s brass bands, the lessons from ragtime “professors” and the elegance of the opera. He was the first composer of the music that would be called jazz, and elements of his ...

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Book / Magazine

Treasures Untold: A Modern 78 Rpm Reader Edited by Josh Rosenthal

Source: Tompkins Square
November 17, 2025

Treasures Untold: A Modern 78RPM Reader, a sold-out 10 x 10" 155 page hardback book with CD, ltd ed of 1,000, numbered foil stamp, all about 78RPM records, released on Record Store Day April 2025, is now available as a Kindle ebook. The writing is by collectors, ethnomusicologists, dealers, archivists and producers, including an interview with Ian Nagoski and Dick Spottswood, 14 year old collector and DJ Jay Burnett, Joe Lauro, Jerry Zolten, Eli Smith (Brooklyn Folk Festival), John Heneghan, ...

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Award / Grant

Mal Waldron - Winner, Best Previously Unreleased Album, Académie Du Jazz

Source: Tompkins Square
March 27, 2023

The Académie du Jazz is the oldest and most respected jazz institution in France, created in 1954. Their electoral college is made up of 60 independent journalists, photographers, writers, radio presenters, club owners and festival organizers. They give out awards in 11 categories, and Tompkins Square's Mal Waldron set, Searching in Grenoble : The 1978 Solo Piano Concert WON Best Previously Unreleased Album. March 23rd marks the 45th anniversary of this recording. Praise for Searching in Grenoble: The 1978 Solo ...

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Mal Waldron - Searching In Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert

Source: Tompkins Square
September 1, 2022

Searching In Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert is a previously unissued recording of jazz icon Mal Waldron's mesmerizing performance at the “Five Days of Jazz" series in Grenoble, France on March 23, 1978. Waldron was Billie Holiday’s final accompanist, played on classic sessions with John Coltrane, Charles Mingus and Jackie McLean among others, and recorded dozens of solo albums as a leader before his passing in 2002. Originally produced by the legendary André Francís and transferred from the original ...

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New Bola Sete 3-CD Set - 'Samba In Seattle: Live At The Penthouse, 1966-1968'

Source: Tompkins Square
November 11, 2021

Bola Sete's Samba in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse, 1966-1968, a 3-CD set of previously unreleased live recordings. Available worldwide December 3, 2021 via Tompkins Square. Samba in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse, 1966-1968 is the first official release of the legendary and influential Brazilian acoustic guitarist Bola Sete's live recordings at the Penthouse jazz club in Seattle, WA featuring bassist Sebastião Neto and drummer Paulinho Magalhães. Produced by Grammy-nominated jazz detective Zev Feldman, and remastered from the original tape ...

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A John Coltrane Birthday Salute by Saxophonist Teodross Avery

Source: Tompkins Square
September 23, 2019

In honor of John Coltrane's birthday, Teodross Avery shares an alternate take of Coltrane's “Africa". Another version appears on After the Rain: A Night for Coltrane, released on Tompkins Square in May (2019). The title track (listen here) is the #1 “Top Listened" track of 2019 on All About Jazz. The CD and LP both sold out quickly at source, but can still be found on Amazon and other stores online. Praise for After the Rain: A Night for Coltrane ...

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Teodross Avery's 'After The Rain: A Night For Coltrane' (Tompkins Square) Out Now

Source: Tompkins Square
May 10, 2019

In the beginning there was John Coltrane. Growing up in a family that listened to a vast and global array of music, Teodross Avery experienced an epiphany at 13 when he first heard Trane’s epochal harmonic steeplechase Giant Steps. Taking up the tenor saxophone, he emerged in the mid-1990s as one of the most powerful young voices on the scene, with two critically hailed releases for GRP/Impulse! Avery’s long and productive journey has taken him down many musical paths, from ...

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Terry Waldo - "The Soul Of Ragtime" - Out Today!

Source: Tompkins Square
March 25, 2014

Tompkins Square has released music across many genres: Folk, gospel, jazz, blues, old-timey, British pop, American Primitive, Cajun, Greek, singer/songwriters. But this is the first Ragtime album released by the label, from perhaps the most important living artist in the genre, Terry Waldo. Terry's new album The Soul of Ragtime is the culmination of decades of performance and study. Ragtime is one of America's truly unique and precious art forms. Comprised of original and traditional tunes, the album is stylistically ...

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