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András Dés Quartet - Unimportant Things (2024)

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András Dés Quartet - Unimportant Things (2024)

András Dés Quartet - Unimportant Things (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 284 MB | Tracks: 13 | 51:54
Style: Jazz | Label: BMC Records

The percussionist András Dés, who has been living in Vienna for five years, has formed a quartet with two Austrian musicians, Martin Eberle and Philipp Nykrin, and his old bandmate Márton Fenyvesi, who is now also based in Vienna, to capture the essence of European jazz: diversity, openness and the power of listening to each other.

Geoffrey Dean - Foundations (2024)

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Geoffrey Dean - Foundations (2024)

Geoffrey Dean - Foundations (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 264 MB | Tracks: 9 | 43:46
Style: Jazz | Label: AMP Music & Records

Washington D.C.-based jazz pianist Geoffrey Dean releases his new quartet album Foundations featuring the great Harish Raghavan on bass as well as Justin Copeland on trumpet, and Eric Binder on drums. Dr. Geoffrey Dean is a jazz pianist, composer, author and educator currently performing in the Washington DC area. Dean has recorded and performed with notable jazz musicians across the globe including Terell Stafford, Steve Turre, Greg Tardy, and many others. Dr. Dean recently published an educational book on jazz harmony titled Kenny Kirkland's Harmonic and Rhythmic Language: A Model For The Modern Jazz Pianist. Dean has also contributed as an author on modern jazz piano approaches for the Masterclass series in Downbeat Magazine.

PS5 - Echologia (2024)

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PS5 - Echologia (2024)

PS5 - Echologia (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 237 MB | Tracks: 10 | 38:52
Style: Jazz | Label: Hyperjazz Records

After two years and a half, Pietro Santangelo (formerly Nu Genea sax player) and his PS5 ensemble are back to Hyperjazz Records with a brand new album: Echologia. 'Echologia' draws inspiration from the idea of natural biodiversity as an expression of contamination, coexistence and balance. In the same way as the biological agents contribute to the life of a certain ecosystem, seemingly distant musical languages act as elements of balance in a fertile and blooming musical system. Multiculturalism becomes coexistence.

The Preacher Men - Royal Flush (2024)

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The Preacher Men - Royal Flush (2024)

The Preacher Men - Royal Flush (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 222 MB | Tracks: 7 | 33:38
Style: Jazz | Label: ZenneZ Records

On this album (also available as LP – expected February) frontman Efraïm Trujillo introduces the Blueshorn - an Eb saxophone that has been especially created to reach – or in this case: preach - a bluesy, southern swampy jazz sound. Trujillo studied the subject intensely and got mastered for that at the Amsterdam Conservatory. Quite a trio, for Rob Mostert plays the pedals of his B3 organ with bare feet, the music literally comes from his toes, and drummer Chris Strik was praised in Slagwerkkrant as 'the most agile drummer in the Netherlands'. And they won an Edison (Dutch Grammy) for their album Blue in 2019. With a 20+ dates tour coming up these Preacher Men certainly deserve a loud “Hallelujah”!

Pierre Do Sameiro - Da Parigi a Firenze (2024)

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Pierre Do Sameiro - Da Parigi a Firenze (2024)

Pierre Do Sameiro - Da Parigi a Firenze (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 368 MB | Tracks: 10 | 68:05
Style: Jazz | Label: Jazz Family

This album by Pierre do Sameiro, the first to be released under his own name, evokes the songs of Jean Ferrat, the films of Pier Paolo Pasolini, his years of apprenticeship at the Centre des musiques Didier Lockwood (CMDL), his attendance at Paris jam sessions and his encounters with Olivier Temime, Jérôme Sabbagh, Stéphane Guillaume and André Villéger, which led him to become a musician recognized by his peers.

John Rae - Splendid Isolation (2024)

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John Rae - Splendid Isolation (2024)

John Rae - Splendid Isolation (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 301 MB | Tracks: 15 | 53:39
Style: Jazz | Label: Thick Records

Award winning composers and musicians John Rae and Ben Wilcock have produced a stunning 14 song collaboration of original material. Joined by the celebrated New Zealand bassist, Patrick Bleakley the album has been described as "beguiling" (PBS, The Modernist) Featuring guest artists Scottish guitarist Kevin Murray, former Black Seeds Irish based saxophonist Jabin Ward and multi instrumentalist Daniel Yeabsley, this is jazz for the 21st Century. Ebbing and flowing between chaos and beauty this album will take the listener to places they never expected. A truly unique take on contemporary jazz. Recorded over two years, with contributions from Scotland, Ireland and different parts of New Zealand, Splendid Isolation takes traditional acoustic forms and bends them in a way only these two highly original composers could.

Hard Bop Messengers - Hard Bop Messengers Jazz Interpretations of G D (2023)

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Hard Bop Messengers - Hard Bop Messengers Jazz Interpretations of G D (2023)

Hard Bop Messengers - Hard Bop Messengers Jazz Interpretations of G D (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 481 MB | Tracks: 11 | 85:06
Style: Jazz | Label: Hard Bop Messengers Records

Hard Bop Messengers’ latest creative project focuses on jazz interpretations of the Grateful Dead.
John Covelli, a 38-year veteran of the St. Louis music scene, leads his Messengers into new territory, captured in this live performance at the Kirkwood performing Arts Ccenter in St. Louis, MO. The group shared a preview of this new creative endeavor with audiences at their “Live at The Last Hotel” performances in St. Louis and Chicago in 2022. A medley of “New Speedway Boogie” with an improvised segue into “Cumberland Blues” was a big hit with listeners and left the crowd asking for more.

Michał Aftyka Quintet - Frukstrakt (2023)

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Michał Aftyka Quintet - Frukstrakt (2023)

Michał Aftyka Quintet - Frukstrakt (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 282 MB | Tracks: 11 | 56:20
Style: Jazz | Label: Multikulti Project

Listening to the debut album of Michał Aftyka's quintet is like taking a walk through the Museum of Lost Flavours. This jazz double bass player from the town of Bełcząc near Radzyń Podlaski recently won the main prize in the national competition for improvised music WSPÓŁBRZMIENIA. The voracious appetite for novelty in all spheres of our life often causes us to fall into the trap of momentariness, or worse, of conservatism. In the Museum of Lost Flavours, we make a connection between these two oppositional attitudes.

Materical - Materical (2023)

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Materical - Materical (2023)

Materical - Materical (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 238 MB | Tracks: 11 | 46:21
Style: Jazz | Label: Aut Records

Eight original compositions, bold and characterful, all written by the quartet members and some improvised ‘chips’ on the theme of Materical, which gives the name to the band. These are the elements of the first album of this formation that starting from jazz, crosses different worlds of sound. In their music, swing is a basic element even when it is subterranean, useful in revealing the evocative power of the compositions rather than embellishing them in a mannered process.
Materical seeks a theatrical arrangement of the sound performance, through an incessant dialogue between the musicians. The absence of an overt leader is a precise choice for a collective responsibility for the development of the music.

Pierre Pichler - SONUS (2023)

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Pierre Pichler - SONUS (2023)

Pierre Pichler - SONUS (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks+booklet) - 203 MB | Tracks: 18 | 64:26
Style: Classical | Label: Gramola Records

The Austrian clarinetist Pierre Pichler; who has also made a name for himself as a conductor of numerous orchestras; combines works for clarinet and piano from the “Golden Age” of the clarinet (which one might declare starting with Mozart’s works for this instrument) to the 20th century together with the pianist Albert Frantz on his album “SONUS”.

Johannes Fleischmann - Solitaire (2023)

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Johannes Fleischmann - Solitaire (2023)

Johannes Fleischmann - Solitaire (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks+booklet) - 436 MB | Tracks: 18 | 93:01
Style: Classical | Label: Odradek Records

Following the critical success that greeted his Odradek debut album Exodus (music by Korngold and Zeisl), violinist Johannes Fleischmann, known as the ‘Viennese Violinist’, returns in the company of pianist Christoph Ulrich Meier with Solitaire. Solitaire may denote a single set gemstone as well as a single piece in general. This album's programme consists of little-known individual works for violin and piano, all of them musical gems by famous composers, many of whom influenced each other. ‘Solitaire’ also means ‘lonely, alone’ and thus coincides with violinist Joseph Joachim's motto ‘free but lonely’. Famous violinists who inspired composers are also a common thread running through the programme.

Sean Poluk - C'est La Vie (2023)

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Sean Poluk - C'est La Vie (2023)

Sean Poluk - C'est La Vie (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 288 MB | Tracks: 10 | 41:50
Style: Blues | Label: Self-Released

C’est La Vie is Sean Poluk’s fourth album with 10 original acoustic slide guitar tracks. Recorded and produced by Sean himself, this album reflects his own true self and vision. Hailing from Sudbury Ontario Sean’s style has been inspired by the acoustic blues from the Mississippi hills and the delta with a hint of trance blues. All ten songs stand alone, they tell a story of life and emotions. C'est La Vie is currently charting #1 on the Roots Music Report for Canadian Albums & is #4 on the Acousic Blues Charts.

Openzone Bar - Ocean 6AM (2023)

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Openzone Bar - Ocean 6AM (2023)

Openzone Bar - Ocean 6AM (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 238 MB | Tracks: 10 | 41:50
Style: Chill Out, Lounge, Downtempo, Ambient | Label: Lemongrassmusic

After two albums released under the label Lemongrassmusic, Romanian producer Openzone Bar now presents his third album ”Ocean 6AM”. After the albums „Lifestyle“ (2012) and „Limestone“ (2015) there were no releases from Openzone Bar until now. “Ocean 6AM” is an album that was made with warm and nostalgic water sounds in mind – sounds by the sea and oceans where the wind is most present during the morning hours. Keeping the roots from his last albums which had laid-back beats, relaxed grooves, cocktails and tranquility, this current album has a similar spirit on the one hand but on the other hand it features a bit more Electronica style vibes, reprise sounds and new surprising beats, which we can be heard on the track „Aqua Velva“.

Aleksandra Panasik - OBOElectronics (2023)

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Aleksandra Panasik - OBOElectronics (2023)

Aleksandra Panasik - OBOElectronics (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 315 MB | Tracks: 7 | 61:49
Style: Classical | Label: PGMaudio

PGMaudio – the label started, owned and run by Canadian composer, laptop performer and sound engineer Piotr Grella-Możejko [pron. Pyotr Grella-Mozheyko] – is proud to announce Aleksandra Panasik’s CD whose programme centres on the works for oboe and electronics. One of Europe’s outstanding promoters of New Classical Music, Aleksandra has commissioned and performed a great number of new works. This CD marks her album-length solo debut. The CD comprises works by seven composers representing various sources of inspiration, techniques, and styles.

Robert Lortat - Robert Lortat - The complete recordings (2023)

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Robert Lortat - Robert Lortat - The complete recordings (2023)

Robert Lortat - Robert Lortat - The complete recordings (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 725 MB | Tracks: 69 | 152:54
Style: Classical | Label: APR Ltd

This is the tenth release in APR’s ongoing French Piano School series which aims to present important recordings from the often-forgotten pianists who represent the very distinctive French style of playing in the first half of the 20th century. Were it not for the chronic illness which dogged him after service in WW1 and led to his premature death, Robert Lortat (1885–1938) would undoubtedly have recorded more and been remembered as one of the greatest French pianists of the 20th century. He performed a wide repertoire, including much Fauré and Debussy, magnificently, but Chopin was central to his art.