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Jason Vitelli Releases Vibrant Instrumental Album "2. No Wave Gaze"
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Jason Vitelli
Prolific, at times confounding musical chameleon Jason Vitelli as returned with a fresh instrumental release rich in both visceral sonic texture and unnerving, yet strangely inviting atmospheres. With a palette ranging from dense art rock and dark ambient to glitch and static noise, listeners are clearly to expect the unexpected. The second release in an ongoing series of epic, altogether different collections, 2. No Wave Gaze (Self Produced, 2026) taunts as much as it tantalizes. 2. No Wave Gaze functions ...
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Vel Lewis Announces New Smooth Jazz Single "Smoovee" Featuring Marion Meadows
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Vel Lewis
Available on all digital streaming platforms May 22, 2026; impacting radio May 25, 2026 Award-winning contemporary jazz artist and Hammond organist Vel Lewis announces the release of his new single, “Smoovee” featuring acclaimed saxophonist Marion Meadows. The single will be available on all major digital streaming platforms on May 22, 2026, with an official radio impact date of May 25, 2026. Blending soulful melodies, a laid-back groove, and polished production, “Smoovee" delivers the signature sound that has become synonymous with ...
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Austrian-Venezuelan Vocalist Patricia Moreno Releases 'Volver'
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Jazzfuel
Vienna-based vocalist Patricia Moreno presents Volver, a deeply personal album exploring identity, heritage, and the expressive power of the human voice. Produced by David Chesky for his New York-based label The Audiophile Society, the album blends Moreno’s diverse background in jazz, Latin American traditions, and classical influences within an intimate, chamber-like setting. Born in Austria with Venezuelan roots, Moreno grew up immersed in both European and Latin American musical cultures. After shifting from classical violin to vocal jazz, she studied ...
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Hamburg-Based Band Rokost Releases Debut Album
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Jazzfuel
Founded in 2023 by Hamburg-based trumpeter and composer Michel Schroeder, Rokost is a band built on energy, experimentation, and collective spirit. Featuring Marta Winnitzki (synthesizers), Leon Saleh (drums & FX), Christian Müller (electric bass), and Schroeder himself on trumpet and electronics, the ensemble brings together four established musicians from the worlds of jazz, improvisation, and contemporary music. Rokost’s music is structured yet uncompromising—harmonically clear, melodically focused, rhythmically direct, but never predictable. All compositions are written by Schroeder, though the band ...
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Bassist/Composer John Pachnos Introduces Himself With A Fully Formed Vision On 'John Pachnos,' Arriving May 15 On Avgonyma Music
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Just 25 years old, John Pachnos announces himself to the jazz world with a remarkably mature and bracingly individual artistic profile on his stunning debut John Pachnos, set for a May 15 release on his own Avgonyma Music label. A quintet album featuring saxophonist/flutist Carter Vames, guitarist Caleb Heinze, pianist Frankie Midnight, anddrummer Justin Vedovelli, it also includes seven original compositions, collectively offering an immediately distinctive and compelling new voice. Despite his youth, Pachnos’s development as a musician has been ...
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Art Trio Releases Watch As The Echo Falls On Calligram Records
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Calligram Records
Watch As The Echo Falls (Calligram Records, 2026) marks a conscious shift in Atlantic Road Trip artistic trajectory. Their debut album, ONE (Calligram Records), served as their initial statement—a full quintet exploring folk music through their perspective as jazz musicians from around the globe. During the tour that followed, they composed Over Mountain, Under Sky, an ambitious large-scale work for big band, orchestra, and trio that pushed their sound to its grandest scale. With this release, they've intentionally pared everything ...
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New Music From Chicago Soul Jazz Collective And Dee Alexander On Calligram Records
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Calligram Records
Chicago Soul Jazz Collective returns with No Wind & No Rain (Calligram Records, 2026) No Wind & No Rain, their fourth album and most fully realized artistic statement to date. A seven-piece ensemble led by saxophonist John Fournier and featuring the acclaimed vocalist Dee Alexander, CSJC has spent years seeking that elusive sweet spot where Chicago soul and jazz converge with blues, gospel, and folk to create a sound that echoes throughout the history and the present moment of the ...
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Lee Mendelson Film Productions Celebrates 75 Years of Vince Guaraldi Music with the Premiere Release of the Soundtrack to the Classic PEANUTS Specials
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Michael Ricci
It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown / Charlie Brown All Stars! Available March 20, 2026, on Vinyl, CD, and Digital TWO SOUNDTRACKS on One Album, Plus Bonus Tracks not used in the Peanuts Animated Specials Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of 1976’s It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown AND the 60th Anniversary of the second Peanuts special, 1966’s Charlie Brown All Stars!, this Extended Soundtrack is Perfect for Any Peanuts or Guaraldi Fan. 2026 marks the 75th Anniversary of Vince Guaraldi starting ...
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