Results for "Self-Produced"

Roundabout

By Dominik Schürmann

Label: Self-produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: 1. A Slow One (Hendrik Meurkens) 5:47 2. Maybe May (Christian Gutfleisch) 5:17 3. The End Of A Bug Affair (Dominik Schürmann) 4:47 4. Miriam's Bâle-Ade (Christian Gutfleisch) 6:12 5. Meurks' Mood (Hendrik Meurkens) 5:04 6. Ramba Samba (Dominik Schürmann) 4:46 7. A Better World (Elmar Frey) 6:32 8. Roundabout (Chrsitian Gutfleisch) 5:40 9. Cinecittà (Elmar Frey) 6:12 10. Prague In March (Hendrik Meurkens) 5:27 11. Heureka (Dominik Schürmann) 4:21 12. Vilnius (Elmar Frey) 7:00

Ikigai

By Victor Haskins

Label: Self-Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: A New Way, Ikigai, Grow Wider, Deeper, Alone with My Thoughts, Me vs. Me. To Seek Understanding, Discernment, That Which Is for Me. Everything is a Game, Somehow.

The Real Tokyo Blues

Label: April First Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Carolina Shout; Chinatown, My Chinatown; Japanese Sandman; Ain’t Misbehavin’; The Stars and Stripes Forever; Who’s Sorry Now?.

Understanding Reimagined

By James Gaiters

Label: Self-Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Ding Ding; Soul Man; Alfie's Theme; Chitlins Con Carne; Understanding; Congo Chant

Homage to Gramlis

By Gabriela Martina

Label: Self-Produced
Released: 2023

Jack Bowers' Best Jazz Albums Of 2023

by Jack Bowers
December 19, 2023

2023 was another banner year for jazz of all shapes and sizes. It has been a pleasure to review so many splendid big-band albums along with wonderful enterprises by smaller groups, some of which were recording for the first time (hopefully, not the last). If this was a preview of things to come, we look forward ...

Notable Releases from Christian Dillingham and Others

by Jerome Wilson
December 10, 2023

Here is a look at some notable albums released in the latter half of 2023. Ilya Dynov Bridges Self-Produced 2023 Drummer Ilya Dynov leads a small group session of straight-ahead jazz played with an edge and swinging deftness. The music runs the gamut from the rolling urgency ...

Arina Fujiwara: Neon

by Katchie Cartwright
November 4, 2023

Neon, pianist-composer--arranger Arina Fujiwara's luminous debut release, ends on an unexpected note, a solo take on Scott Joplin's “Maple Leaf Rag" (1899), his most popular and enduring tune. It complements her program of four excellent originals and an inspired reconception of “Hotaru Koi," a Japanese children's song. Fujiwara's “Maple Leaf Rag" flows out of Joplin's classic ...

Guitar Reviews: Michael Musillami, Tomas Janzon and Rafael Rosa

by Jerome Wilson
September 12, 2023

Here are some interesting recent releases that all feature guitarists, either as bandleaders or sidemen. Michael Musillami Trio Block Party Playscape 2023 Michael Musillami's trio with Joe Fonda on bass and George Schuller on drums has been around since 2003. In that time they have released ten albums, ...

Glenn Zottola, Romero Lubambo, Pamela Driggs: Summer Samba

by Nicholas F. Mondello
September 11, 2023

2023 news reports and events acknowledged and celebrated 50 Years Of Hip-Hop. While noteworthy, it is doubtful that hip hop classics such as “Get Ur Freak On," “Sucker M.C.'s and “Nuthin' But a G Thang" will ever find themselves in the Great American Songbook. The genre simply cannot compare with the vast extent of musical influence ...