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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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FYC 'Falling From Earth' Showcases Relentless Commitment To Jazz Mastery
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All About Jazz
A bold, self-financed jazz odyssey emerges from years of collaboration, resilience, and vision Falling From Earth arrives as a testament to patience, perseverance, and the enduring power of collaboration. Produced and mixed by veteran audio technologist and producer John March, this independently financed project brings together some of the most celebrated names in modern jazz to craft an album that is as daring as it is deeply human. Featuring six-time GRAMMY nominee Mike Stern (guitar), GRAMMY winner Eddie Gomez (bass), ...
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LateNights With Brad Schrader - Bringing Back Cocktails, Cole Porter And Classy Evenings!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Album LateNights I make it my goal to carry the torch of the American Songbook to a new and younger audience, to keep this great music alive among us. For LateNights we wanted to bring an easy, night-out-with-a-cocktail vibe to our listeners—something we try to bring to our live shows. We bring a cross-section of standards—and not-so-standards—with fresh arrangements to make things easy and interesting. Our superb band of jazz veterans builds a chill groove under and around the vocals, ...
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