Here there are in full the stigmata of the Gato major, in contact, moreover, with thematic material that is not his own, which, moreover, from the height of his absolute improvisational magisterium, he manages to make his own through a broad, fluent, very generous eloquence, full of ripples, excruciating sounds, but always with that sense of song that even before that of Coltrane (or of the much vaunted, at the time, Pharoah Sanders) comes to him from Albert Ayler.

The second release from Drage records.Wolves is a fusion record inspired by Mahavishnu orchestra, Soft Machine and King Crimson, as well as newer heavy metal music and jazz-rock bands from around the world.

André Drage is a name you probably may or may not recognize. Blending in electronic music, progressive rock, jazz, and classical music, Drage is a Norwegian music that comes from different forms of the genres I’ve mentioned. Inspired by bands and artists such as Frank Zappa, John Coltrane, Gong, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Elephant9. Black Sabbath, Eno, and Russian Circles, Drage has been keeping his musical roots alive for 13 years.

Hooffoot is an instrumental group from Sweden presenting a very LYRICAL and genuinely NEW blend of prog/kraut/jazz/rock. The first album struck like a bolt from the blue in 2015 and by some acclaimed as "debut of the century" . The follow up was equally appraised as “bloody bloody great”. The third album, Phantom Limb, will be released on April 4th.

"I play yours, you play mine. The music never ends." Tony Allen (There Is No End, 2021). Following this mantra, the emerging 9-Piece band OLUMA, based in Leipzig, creates an impressive mix of Afrobeat, funk, jazz and Brazilian music. Their debut Album Cooking Time will be launched on April 5, 2024 on the Danish label One World Records.

To a session in the summer of 2019, Kalle brought a guitar arrangement of Witold Lutoslawski's "Melodie Ludowe" (Folk Melodies). Lutoslawski, one of the greatest European composers of the 20th century, wrote these songs shortly after World War II as "functional music" to support his family.

Polish keyboard master who had been super busy since 1972, apparently having played with some of Sweden's jazz- rock fusion stars, met Steve Gadd and Anthony Jackson while working on compatriot Michal URBANIAK (Jean-Luc PONTY, DZAMBLE, NEIMEN, Larry CORYELL)'s Fusion III and FUNK FACTORY albums in 1975.

“For the best part of 35 years, her distinctive saxophone and flute style – warm, open, immensely accomplished but never flashy – has been a constant presence. Jazz fashions and ideologies have come and gone but Barbara has just blithely carried on being Barbara, always herself, always contemporary.”

A powerful transatlantic convergence, "Live At The Blue Note New York" captures Theon Cross's electrifying US debut at the legendary club-one of the first jazz albums recorded there in over two decades. Featuring standout performances by Isaiah Collier, James Russell Sims, and Nikos Ziarkas, this live set channels deep musical chemistry into a bold, spiritual statement of modern jazz.

Marcus Miller's sixth studio CD entitled Silver Rain includes the title track co-written with guitar legend Eric Clapton. It was inspired by a Langston Hughes poem of the same name. The new album includes seven original Marcus Miller tracks and fantastic cover versions of Edgar Winter's classic rock song, 'Frankenstein', Stevie Wonder's 'Boogie On Reggae Woman' & Jimi Hendrix's 'Power of Soul'. Koch. 2005.

Arba - Borochov's fourth album as leader, was recorded in 2022 with his quartet of in-demand New York musicians and Grammy award-winning producer Matt Pierson, and is due for release on 8th September 2023 on Greenleaf Music. The nine original compositions celebrate an emergence from a time of hopelessness and loss to a recognition of faith in the radiant life-force. Borochov performs on a custom-made Monette 4-valve quarter-tone trumpet which he uses to incorporate Maqams into his playing (the middle-eastern microtonal modes that are the musical language of his traditional upbringing).

GleAM Records is proud to announce the release of Everyday Life, the debut album of Italian guitarist and composer Edoardo Liberati and his project Synthetics.

An unreleased album for an unusual duo of great artists: Nicola Alesini and Saro Cosentino, who set to music an ideal map where a journey unfolds through seven cities, each of which with its own and unique characteristics and each of which with a multifaceted complexity , sometimes like a sparkling diamond but harmful like a sharp razor.

Over a longer period, Krokofant has included organist Ståle Storløkken and bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten. With two albums, loads of concerts and raving reviews with this line-up, this constellation is over for now – and Krokofant is back again as a trio. This is of course marked with a new trio album with brand new music.

CASIOPEA's best album "Early Alfa Years", released in April 2012, is considered an exceptional hit among the best albums by instrumental bands released recently. The reason for this is not only the excellent song selection, but also the outstanding sound quality of the original master tapes from Alpha Records, which were kept at the gates of the city until then and brought to Sony Music Studios (Nogizaka) for careful re-mastering. This collection of gems from Cassiopeia's live performances, featuring four songs each from their three classic live albums from the Alpha Records era: "Thunder Live", "Mint Jams" and "Cassiopeia Live". Of course, the original master tapes were again brought to Sony Music Studios in full collaboration with Alpha Records for a high-quality HiRes mastering.