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Recording

Melbourne Vocalist Connie Lansberg Releases Intimate Duo Album 'aeroplane'

Source: Jazzfuel
June 10, 2026

Melbourne vocalist, songwriter, and author Connie Lansberg returns with Aeroplane, a stripped-back duo album recorded in Los Angeles alongside acclaimed guitarist Brad Rabuchin. Built around seven original compositions and one unexpected pop interpretation, the album captures two musicians meeting in real time, relying on instinct, restraint, and deep listening rather than elaborate production or rehearsal. Known as one of Australia’s most distinctive contemporary jazz voices, Lansberg has built a body of work that moves fluidly between jazz, storytelling, and personal ...

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Performance / Tour

Announcing A Heartfelt Tribute To Sonny Rollins In A Five-Night Concert Series At Upper Manhattan's Smoke Jazz Club, June 24-28

Source: AMT Public Relations
June 9, 2026

Celebrating Sonny: A Tribute to Sonny Rollins Featuring the Eric Alexander Quintet with special guest Nicholas Payton Wednesday—Sunday, June 24-28, 2026 Sets: 6:30pm + 8:30pm with additional 10:30pm (Friday-Saturday) SMOKE Jazz Club 2751 Broadway New York, NY Tix + Info: SMOKEjazz.com. Eric Alexander – tenor saxophone Nicholas Payton – trumpet David Kikoski – piano Alexander Claffy – bass Carl Allen – drums Sonny Rollins, the iconic “Saxophone Colossus," was one of the most influential and ...

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Obituary

James Blood Ulmer: February 8, 1940 - June 3, 2026

Source: Lydia Liebman Promotions
June 8, 2026

With deep sorrow and profound love, we announce the passing of James Blood Ulmer, a boldly innovative guitarist, singer, composer, and beloved family member. James died peacefully on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, at the age of 86. Born on February 8, 1940, the eldest of eight children, Blood grew up in rural, deeply segregated St. Matthews, South Carolina. His father, a Baptist preacher, gave him his first guitar when he was four years old. Raised on church music, James’s first ...

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Event

Come Hear The Agnes Lakatos Quintet: A Hungarian-Jazz Show At The Checkout In Chicago on July 2 At 7:30pm

Source: Amos Gillespie
June 6, 2026

Presenting: The Ágnes Lakatos Quintet A Hungarian-Jazz Show The CheckOut Thursday, July 2nd 7:30PM Travelling all the way from Budapest, Hungary, vocalist Ágnes Lakatos and bassist Tibor Csuhaj-Barna will be on a U.S. tour and stopping in Chicago for a performance at the Checkout in Uptown on Thursday, July 2nd at 7:30PM. Joining them will be the Chicago-based Amos Gillespie on saxophone, Gustavo Cortinas on drums and Carl Kennedy on piano. The quintet will be featuring originals and ...

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Recording

Ben Ferrell's New Album Sextet Released Today

Source: Adhyâropa Records
June 5, 2026

Adhyâropa Records is thrilled to announce Sextet, the new album from rising jazz bass star Ben Ferrell featuring contributions from Atley King on vibraphone, Nick Rousseau on electric guitar, Reginald Chapman on bass trombone, Will Evans on trumpet, and Rintaro Mikami on drums. In short order Ben Ferrell has established himself as a leading light of the next generation of young New York jazz artists. Since graduating from Old Dominion University and the Tribeca Jazz Institute, Ferrell has developed an ...

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Recording

David Najera Gonzalez Introduces Jazz-rock Trio Viento With Debut Ep

Source: Jazzfuel
June 4, 2026

Mexican drummer, composer, and educator David Najera Gonzalez introduces Viento, the debut EP from his jazz-rock trio of the same name. Based in New York City, Najera Gonzalez brings together elements of jazz fusion, funk, rock, and improvisation in a project shaped by movement, personal change, and a renewed sense of creative freedom. The self-titled EP will be released on June 5th. Written during a period of emotional and personal transition, the music reflects experiences ranging from marriage and shifting ...

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Recording

Drummer Mike Clark Offers A Varied But Ceaselessly Swinging Program On 'Kuon Ganjo (Time Without Beginning,' Set For August 7 Release On Wide Hive Records

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
June 3, 2026

Drummer Mike Clark plies his undisputed mastery of swing in its many guises with both relish and stark imagination on Kuon Ganjo (Time Without Beginning), his August 7 release on Wide Hive Records. Featuring an elite ensemble with trumpeter and NEA Jazz Master Eddie Henderson, tenor saxophonist Craig Handy, pianist Patrice Rushen, and bassist Essiet Okon Essiet, the West Coast jazz icon’s third Wide Hive album, largely a straight-ahead jazz set, is predictably a scorcher…though little else about it is ...

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Recording

Cinematic Jazz Conjunctio Debut Album 'Unannounced' — Live At Silvana on June 8

Source: Tony Lepore
June 2, 2026

New York drummer, composer, and theatre artist Tony Lepore grew up in New York City, where jazz was already in the family—his grandfather played guitar in Harlem during the Swing Era. For the next twenty-five years, Lepore built a career in the theatre as a lighting designer, sound designer, stage manager, and composer, working across New York and internationally. He learned early that atmosphere is everything: that the right light cue and the right sound cue, arriving together at the ...

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