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Introducing: The Russ Macklem Detroit Quintet
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Ron Skinner
Following up on his Juno Nominated debut album The South Detroit Connection Russ Macklem returns with a sophomore release that is sure to turn heads. Introducing: the Russ Macklem Detroit Quintet brings together a group of some of the best musicians Detroit has to offer: Kasan Belgrave (alto saxophone), Jordan Anderson (piano), Noah Jackson (bass), Louis Jones III (drums) with Windsor/Detroit trumpeter Russ Macklem leading the band on this set of original compositions. This live-off-the-floor studio album is a triumph ...
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Grammy Winning Trumpeter Charlie Porter Launches A $10,000 Jazz Album Treasure Hunt
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Charlie Porter
Grammy Award–winning trumpeter and composer Charlie Porter returns with Cipher—a project that blurs the line between music and mystery. The eight-track album invites listeners into an immersive experience where sound itself becomes a puzzle to be solved. Hidden within its compositions are nine encrypted musical clues that, once decoded, lead to a real-world treasure worth $10,000. But Cipher is more than a treasure hunt. It’s a strikingly original statement from an artist who has long explored the meeting point between ...
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German saxophonist Marubia Releases 'A Seeker’s Dream' on Inner Circle Music
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Matt Fripp
Inner Circle Music proudly presents A Seeker’s Dream, the second album from rising German saxophonist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Marubia. Set for release on October 7, 2025, the album is a deeply personal work that blends the spiritual depth of Nordic and spiritual jazz with ambient soundscapes, trip hop grooves, and lush, cinematic arrangements. Unbound by conventional jazz narratives, Marubia’s music unfolds as an invitation inward. Influenced by spiritual jazz legends like John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Wayne Shorter, and Jan Garbarek, ...
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Shakti’s Revelation Of Oneness In Diversity Concludes With The Release Of Mind Explosion – Recorded Live During Their 50th Anniversary Tour In 2023
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Souvik Dutta
Shakti did not spend their fiftieth anniversary standing still, idly collecting laurels and accepting tributes for their decades of fearless musical alchemy. Instead, they acknowledged their vast influence with decisive action, recording their first new studio album in more than 45 years—the GRAMMY award-winning This Moment—and embarking on an extensive international tour that put them before audiences across India, Europe and the United States, complete with opening sets from longtime Shakti admirers Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck, Bill Frisell, and John ...
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Pianist and composer Uriel Pascucci Releases 'Marta's Dream' on Zeitlos Sounds
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Uriel Pascucci
Listen to the world premiere recording of Marta's Dream, the new composition by Uriel Pascucci. This music is as colorful, unexpected and with a narrative as varied as dreams. The piece conveys a succession of dynamic sounds, emotions, and sensations. Marta's Dream is the new composition by pianist and composer Uriel Pascucci. The piece is lyrical, a kind of ballad, a fusion of several musical elements, and yet cohesive. Modern jazz blended with classical music. The beauty lies in the ...
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Experimental Jazz Guitarist Ian Smit To Release New Album '¿QUÉ? ' Featuring David Torn, Tom Rainey, And Scott Petito
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Experimental jazz guitarist Ian Smit announces that he will release his new album ¿QUÉ? on December 5, 2025. The album features Scott Petito on acoustic/electric bass and as recording engineer, Tom Rainey on drums, Ian Smit on electric/acoustic guitar/effects, and David Torn on electric/national steel guitar/effects. Smit's purpose for making music with David, Tom and Scott was to be conversational with lots of dynamic ups and downs, which is very natural to all of them. That was the only stated ...
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Groundbreaking Traditional + New Musical Conversations On The Balafon + Guitars From Mande Trio, Guitari Baro
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Angie Lemon PR
First new artist release through Chrysalis Global, an imprint of Chrysalis Records Produced by an A-list team: Dudu Sarr, Lucy Durán + Pape Armand Boye “Three outstanding Malian and Guinean griots…. Co-produced by Dudu Sarr, Lucy Durán and Pape Armand Boye, and recorded in a single session in Dakar, guitarists Gaoussou Kouyaté and Kerfala Diabaté are brilliantly underpinned by the subtle rhythmic patterns of Lassana Diabaté’s balafon. 5-stars.” —Songlines “It is a rare dialogue between balafon and guitar by hereditary ...
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Skylark Quartet Release 'Luna Rossa Al Belvedere'
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Matt Fripp
The Skylark Quartet returns with Luna Rossa al Belvedere, a richly expressive new album released in July 2025, featuring internationally acclaimed flugelhornist Matthieu Michel. Recorded in December 2024 at Unternehmen Mitte Studio, Basel, the album captures the group’s lyrical spirit and dynamic range, shaped by Mediterranean sounds, jazz tradition, and a touch of rock and free improvisation. Originally founded in 2021 under guitarist Samuele Sorana, the group evolved into a collective when bassist Tobias Melcher joined forces to present his ...
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