New Jazz Releases

**James W** · 10-08-2024, 04:45 PM

I don't think there's already a thread for this topic, so here it is.

There are a couple of new releases next month that I'm looking forward to -

Joe Henderson & McCoy Tyner - Live at Slugs' 1966 - a double-CD live set

Never-before-issued McCoy Tyner/Joe Henderson 1966 live recording set for release on Blue Note | Jazzwise

And volume 8 of the Miles Davis Bootleg series, Miles In France. Bit pricey but it is a 6-CD set, 1963 featuring George Coleman on tenor sax and the following year with Wayne Shorter -

Miles In France 1963 & 1964 - Miles Davis Quintet: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Amazon.co.uk: CDs & Vinyl

**Ascend to Victory** · 10-08-2024, 04:54 PM

New Jonathan Stout Music:

The "Fathead" Session EP | The Jonathan Stout Quartet | Jonathan Stout

released August 23, 2024

Jonathan Stout, guitar
Nate Ketner, clarinet
Riley Baker, bass
Josh Collazo, drums

**David B** · 10-08-2024, 05:01 PM

I'm looking forward to the new album from Brad Shepik, 'Human Activity: Dream of the Possible' out this Friday.

Bandcamp: Human Activity: Dream of the Possible | Brad Shepik | Shifting Paradigm Records

**David B** · 10-08-2024, 05:50 PM

I'm enjoying David Preston's 'Purple/Black vol.2', released on 27 September this year (with vinyl coming later this month)

Bandcamp: Volume 2 - Purple / Black | David Preston

**Boss Man Zwiebelsohn** · 10-08-2024, 05:51 PM

I like that. Someone who cares. Someone who is beyond ethnocentric and nationalism. Citoyen du monde.

'Human Activity: Dream of the Possible' releases October 11, 2024 on CD and download. 'Human Activity Dream of the Possible' is a ten movement meditation on the climate challenges we face, aiming to inspire people to take any action they can to preserve and adapt in a sustainable way for future generations. Shepik composed and premiered the work in 2021 as response to the that year's climate report and his previous composition Human Activity Suite (2007). The concert length work weaves stringed instruments and rhythms from around the world with jazz into a narrative of hope.

**James W** · 10-22-2024, 05:02 PM

Ok, so this was released last month, but for some reason fell off my radar. Mike Stern - Echoes and Other Songs

Echoes and Other Songs | Mike Stern

Says it was produced by Jim Beard - must have been one of the last things he produced (and played on).

**Litterick** · 10-23-2024, 05:34 AM

Ashes and Dust, Earth and Sky (Lludw a llwch, daear a nef)
by Rachel Musson

On Bandcamp

Richard Williams:

Inspired by researches into her family’s history in Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro during lockdown, the album was recorded and mixed in 2021. It combines field recordings in West Wales with her saxophones, flute, piccolo, wind chimes, singing bowl and tro (a Cambodian spike fiddle).

Birdsong, wind, church bells — these form the material into which Musson weaves her own contributions, shaping a 40-minute tapestry beyond definition. Birds are the first thing you hear, chirping and cawing, and soon a song is being mimicked by her flute, which reminded me of something Eric Dolphy, another flautist, said long ago: “At home I used to play, and the birds always used to whistle with me. I’d stop what I was working on and play with the birds.” A piccolo joins in, while a singing bowl and the patter of saxophone pads add to the mix before a brief passage of restrained free-style tenor ends the piece.

The music creates and sustains its own space, with frequent individual highlights. The second and fifth of the six tracks, “Bethink and Lay to Heart” and “Windblown”, contain lovely saxophone chorales emerging out of the ambiance and speaking to it, while the finale, the 10-minute title track, opens with a pair of piccolos conversing like blackbirds, introducing the altered sound of bells and other distorted samples which loom and linger until they recede into the silence, having made their quiet but lasting impression.

**Boss Man Zwiebelsohn** · 10-23-2024, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by James W

Ok, so this was released last month, but for some reason fell off my radar. Mike Stern - Echoes and Other Songs

Echoes and Other Songs | Mike Stern

Says it was produced by Jim Beard - must have been one of the last things he produced (and played on).

Even if I did not like Mike's music (which i do, 'coz he knows how to rock the blues) I would still love him for being still so much in love with Leni. (Who is from my hometown BTW.)

**James W** · 10-21-2025, 04:34 PM

Good news! New John McLaughlin album coming out

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John McLaughlin | Music for Abandoned Heights SACD

**j.l** · 05-05-2026, 11:33 AM

Very glad to find that this thread existed! There are a few things that have really caught my attention in the last few months:

Josh Rager's Heart's Pace with Peter Bernstein has been in consistent rotation since it came out in December.

Noah Preminger and Max Light just released a really interesting duo record, with a wild almost-"Just Friends" (also check out "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "Everything Means Nothing to Me", and "Moonlight in Vermont")

And this has me really excited about the Ron Carter/Yotam Silberstein duo album coming out next month.

**James W** · 05-05-2026, 12:45 PM

Thanks for bumping this thread.

**benhatchins** · 05-18-2026, 12:31 PM

great one! Jazz releases always seem endless in the best possible way. There’s constantly some talented musician releasing music most people never hear about. I recently spent forever trying to fix a domain issue through the GoDaddy customer service number and listened to jazz albums the whole time just to stay relaxed. Music really changes the mood during stressful situations. Always appreciate recommendation threads like this.

**James W** · 05-18-2026, 12:47 PM

A new Paul Dunmall album is coming out at the end of May, a free-blowing session (in contrast to his most recent other releases on Discus Music record label) a CD and download of which I have pre-ordered.

Afraid To Speak - 211CD (2026) | Paul Dunmall | Discus Music

Also of note is guitarist Ant Law's most recent album with saxophonist Alex Hitchcock, which was released in March -

House of Light | Ant Law and Alex Hitchcock

It is a fine album.

**James W** · 05-19-2026, 12:51 PM

I am very happy to report that the Dunmall CD was, despite its official release date, delivered to me today! Listening now and it's great. I really appreciate Corey Mwamba on vibraphone and Steve Saunders on electric guitar.

**j.l** · 05-29-2026, 09:56 AM

Looking forward to Nicholas Payton/Butcher Brown's upcoming "A Supreme Blue." I always worry that this sort of project (here, playing through KOB and A Love Supreme) is going to end up feeling gimmicky, but the couple of tracks released so far suggest this one is going to burn.