Members... Don't!, the tour-de-force new release by acclaimed drummer and composer Tyshawn Sorey, offers a bold reinterpretation of Max Roach's landmark album Members, Don't Git Weary, connecting it's message of resilience in the face of struggle to the present day. Recorded during the turbulent year of 1968 - after the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. And Robert F. Kennedy and amid widespread social unrest - Roach's album served as a call for perseverance in the fight for justice. Sorey approaches this music not as repertory, but as living material: something to reshape and reimagine for our own turbulent time. He expands and reframes the material through a contemporary lens, expanding the music into a sweeping suite that draws inspiration from symphonic works and the extended works of Charles Mingus. Recorded live at the end of a four-night engagement at New York's Jazz Gallery, the group - Adam O'Farrill on trumpet, Mark Shim on tenor saxophone, Lex Korten on piano, and Tyrone Allen on bass - maneuvers through the music's precarious turbulence with virtuosity and inspiration. Over more than ninety minutes, Sorey's ensemble gradually accumulates intensity before arriving at the album's shattering climax, delivered in an ecstatic performance by vocalist Fay Victor; an exhortation that in times of crisis and turmoil, we all must remain resolute and persist "until the work is done."
Tracklist:
Abstrusions (Stanley Cowell)
Effi (Stanley Cowell)
Absolutions (Jymie Merritt)}Equipoise (Part 1) (Stanley Cowell)
Equipoise (Part 2) (Stanley Cowell)
Libra (Gary Bartz)
Members, Don't Git Weary (Max Roach; Traditional)
UPC: 808713011227Label: Pi RecordingsRelease Date: 5.29.26Format: CD
Tracklist:
Prodigal Son
Bebop ; Confirmation
Espresso
Morning Prayer
Mo' Betta Blues
New York
Light that Grew Amongst Us
Little Girl Power
Stardust
Road Life
I'm Not So Sure
UPC: 628308831395Label: Cellar LiveRelease Date: 3.27.26Format: CD
It is often the case that the creation successful art comes down to basic factors. For jazz music, talent and creativity are obvious essentials. But what usually drives music further is trust between performers and a sense of spontaneity in performance. Keyboard master Gary Versace aimed to harness all these elements on his new recording, Three Track Mind, a vibrant collection of fresh arrangements of standards and favorites by a fledging trio, featuring bassist François Moutin and drummer Rudy Royston.Versace has long been admired for his incredible touch on piano, organ, and accordion, appearing alongside a tremendous and eclectic of collaborators. His playing has adorned the work of artists as diverse as John Scofield, Maria Schneider, John Hollenbeck, and Madeleine Peyroux. Versace is also an accomplished composer and educator. In his catholic approach to musical collaboration, Versace has been fortunate to perform with some incredible musicians, including François Moutin and Rudy Royston. Though, opportunities came often to appear on stage with both, the trio had never played all together. Versace first met Royston in performance with the dearly departed trumpeter Ron Miles in Colorado. Once Royston relocated to New York City, the two began performing more and more, including Versace as accordionist in Royston's Flatbed Buggy. Versace and Moutin regularly found themselves on the bandstand, especially behind vocalists. Versace knew that the two would be ideal in trio, as their musicality and energy were ideal for his style of playing. It was with this in mind that Versace invited Moutin and Royston to a two-day session at Chris Sulit's Trading 8s Studio in July of 2024. Versace wanted to create an environment that replicated the feeling of a live set, just interpreting standards and tunes in an open way to provide fresh takes and opportunity for improvisation, delivering a true sense of the music being able to go anywhere. The pieces the trio played were not planned. Versace would introduce the piece and Moutin and Royston would join in as they recognized it. As fantastic individual orchestrators, Moutin and Royston were able to help Versace make incredible, instantaneous arrangements. With all the takes being so different, Versace provided two takes of Joseph Kosma's standard, "Autumn Leaves," to show just how vastly different the trio could play them.Finding just the perfect balance of elements, Gary Versace brings to fore an openminded and expressive trio with François Moutin and Rudy Royston. Together they present, Three Track Mind, an intimate and explorative recording of a trio that should not be missed.
Tracklist:
Doxy
Autumn Leaves
Darn That Dream
Homeland
Stella By Starlight
All Our Things
In the Footsteps of Giants
Autumn Leaves (Reprise)
Turquoise
Walter Theodore
UPC: 016728180320Label: SunnysideRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: CD
Tracklist:
Last Call at Dimitri's
In Search of
Stardust
Retrogression
Up High, Down Low
Hope
Duke Ellington's Sound of Love (Eternal Return of the Same)
UPC: 628308831548Label: Cellar LiveRelease Date: 5.29.26Format: CD
(7-CD set) String Quartets Nos. 1-12 focus on Wadada Leo Smith as a composer for strings. Smith began work on his first string quartet in 1965 and has composed string quartets and other works for strings throughout his career. Smith has also featured strings on a number of his other major works, including Ten Freedom Summers in 2011, Occupy The World in 2012 (TUM CD 037-2) and Rosa Parks: Pure Love in 2016/17 (TUM CD 057).String Quartets Nos. 1-12 represent a magnificent addition not only to Smith's own recorded output but also to the literature for modern string quartet music in general. Compositions vary from relatively brief, one-part quartets of highly evocative and at times meditative soundscapes to the groundbreaking "String Quartet No. 11" that fills two discs with it's nine movements. String Quartets Nos. 1-12 were recorded by the RedKoral Quartet. The group was brought together by Smith during his tenure at CalArts and was featured on the recording of Ten Freedom Summers more than a decade ago and again on Rosa Parks: Pure Love as well as on numerous live performances of Smith's string quartets and other works over the past decade. In addition, featured soloists on the recording include harpist Alison Bjorkedal ("String Quartet No. 4"), pianist Anthony Davis ("String Quartet No. 6"), percussionist Lynn Vartan ("String Quartet No. 6"), guitarist Stuart Fox ("String Quartet No. 7") and voice artist Thomas Buckner ("String Quartet No. 8") as well as Wadada Leo Smith himself on trumpet ("String Quartet No. 6" and "String Quartet No. 8").
Tracklist:
String Quartet No. 1 (1965-1982)
Movement 1 "Ulysses Simpson Kay (1917-1995)"
Movement 2 "Thomas Jefferson Anderson, Jr. (1928-)"
Movement 3 "Hale Smith (1925-2009)"
Movement 4 "George Theophilus Walker (1922-2018)"
String Quartet No. 2 (1969-1980)
String Quartet No. 3 "Black Church: A First World Gathering of the Spirit" (1995)
Movement 1
Movement 2
String Quartet No. 4 (1987-2001)
Movement 1
Movement 2
Movement 3
Movement 4
Movement 5
String Quartet No. 5 "In the Diaspora - Earthquakes and Sunrise
Missions" (2005)
String Quartet No. 6 "Taif: Prayer in the Garden of the Hijaz" (2007)
String Quartet No. 7 "Ten Thousand Ceveus Peruvianus Amemevical" (2011
String Quartet No. 8 "Opuntia Humifusa" (2011)
String Quartet No. 9 (2001-2015)
Movement 1 Ma Rainey
Movement 2 Marian Anderson
String Quartet No. 10 "Angela Davis: Into the Morning Sunlight" (2007-2016)
String Quartet No. 11 (1975-2019)
Movement 1 "Shaikh Cerno Boka"
Movement 2 "Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)"
Movement 3 "Sarah Bell Brown-Smith (1920-1994)"
Movement 4 "Kashala Kiom Smith"
Movement 5 "At the Heart's Core, Knowledge (For UCLA Music Library)"
String Quartet No. 11 (1975-2019)
Movement 6 "Sarhanna Kabell Smith"
Movement 7 "Bessie Smith (1894-1937)"
Movement 8 "Alvin Singleton"
Movement 9 "Red Autumn's Gold (For Lucius G. Smith)"
String Quartet No. 12 (2016-2018)
Movement 1 "Billie Holiday (1915-1959)"
Pacifica
UPC: 6430015288058Label: Tum RecordsRelease Date: 6.17.22Format: CD
Walter Smith III -"Twio, Vol. 2" / For his third Blue Note album, tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III reprises his Twio concept with a highly enjoyable Vol. 2, a set of classic jazz songs that exudes a playful sense of joyful freedom. The album features a new cast of musicians including bassist Joe Sanders and drummer Kendrick Scott, plus special guest appearances by eminent elders Ron Carter on bass and Branford Marsalis on tenor saxophone. Capitol Music Group; Blue Note; Jazz.
Tracklist:
My Ideal
Circus
Light Blue
Casual - Lee
Lawns
I Should Care
Fall
Escapade
Isfahan
Swingin' at the Haven
UPC: 602488137966Label: Blue Note RecordsRelease Date: 3.6.26Format: CD
SMOOVE VIBES is the electrifying new release from acclaimed Baltimore vibraphonist and multi-instrumentalist Warren Wolf. Blending jazz, soul, and groove-based rhythms, this self-produced album showcases Wolf's mastery across instruments-from vibraphone and drums to Fender Rhodes and vocals-recorded largely in his home studio. Joined by longtime collaborators Brent Birckhead, Elan Troutman, Terence Cunningham, Brandon Lane, and Imani-Grace Cooper, Wolf delivers a vibrant, accessible jazz experience that's both musically rich and irresistibly smooth. Featuring reimagined classics and standout originals like "Will the Real Kenny Gee Please Stand Up?", Smoove Vibes is a must-have for fans of groove-forward contemporary jazz.
Tracklist:
Fábrica
Take Five
Sun Goddess
Contigo
First Kisses
Will the Real Kenny Gee Please Stand Up?
Some Skunk Funk
Yesterday
UPC: 195269392642Label: Outside In MusicRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: CD
Amazing jazz interpretations of songs of Nirvana, Klaus Doldinger, Grace Jones, Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, Talking Heads, Grandbrothers, Dave Pike, Empire Of The Sun, Joe Jackson, Eurythmics, Kruder & Dorfmeister. WEB WEB is starting a new chapter with Kover Kover. For the first time in the band's ten-year history, the focus is not on original compositions, but exclusively on cover versions - a radical change of perspective that seems entirely consistent. The musicians' stylistic openness inevitably led to an intriguing question: what would songs by Talking Heads, Kruder & Dorfmeister or Joe Jackson sound like if they had originally been penned by WEB WEB? The answer was obvious - you just had to put these pieces through the distinctive WEB WEB cosmos. The idea: to interpret favorite songs from completely different musical worlds in such a way that they fit organically into one's own musical language. The amazing thing is that it wasn't particularly difficult. Because a really good song can be reduced to two essential components - a melody that you can sing along to and a harmonic structure that remains instantly recognisable even in it's simplest form.
Tracklist:
Song Of Dying
Slave To The Rhythm
Burning Of The Midnight Lamp
Bloodflow
We Are The People
High Noon
Ataraxia
Come As You Are
Steppin' Out
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Big Schlepp
Planet Caravan
Once In A Lifetime
Free
UPC: 0673794267722Label: Compost RecordsRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: CD
Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, and Macie Stewart are a trio of improvisers individually rooted in deep sound exploration, multi-disciplinary composition, and all manner of cross-genre collaboration. The musical ground covered by their solo practices is correspondingly expansive, and their individual recording and performance credits read as a veritable who's who, ranging from DIY darlings to household names of experimental avant-garde, electronic, indie rock, and more.Their collective sound is based in improvised performance-automatic, intuitive composition via their three voices and three string instruments: viola, cello, and violin, respectively. Influences here are vast, dispatched with more playful ease than a trio of string instruments is typically approached with, and just as likely to be found in the cloud-obscured mountains of Donegal, the low-rent cacophony of a midwestern basement, or the revelatory expanse of the Nurse With Wound list as in the storied halls of the academy.As a recording unit, the trio hones and transforms their performance concept with careful post-production, using multiple tape machines and outboard effects to reimagine their improvised material into meticulously crafted compositions.It's all a response to the spaces they are collectively engaged with, and the use of a highly physical medium like analog tape deepens that spatial engagement with striking, organically psychedelic results.Their debut album, BODY SOUND, will be released on March 20, 2026.
Tracklist:
Dawn
Pulse
Paper Folding
Disappearing
Laundry
Blood
Chewing Gum
Door
Watch
Stone
Piece
Burning
Counting (Sleeping)
Cough
Laugh
Shadow
Mess
Snow
Touch
Fog
Mirror
UPC: 634457243903Label: International AnthemRelease Date: 3.27.26Format: CD
Tracklist:
Memphis Blues
I Thought About You
I'm Fit to Be Tied
Mean to Me
Swingin' a Dream
Hallelujah!
I'm Coming Virginia
Ghost of a Chance
Jimtown Blues
It's a Wonderful World
Flyin' Home
O Sole Mio
After I Say I'm Sorry
Rhumboogie
Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar, Pt. 1;2
Strange Cargo
In a Little Spanish town
Don't Let It Get You Down
Celery Stalks at Midnight
Down the Road a Piece
Rock-A-Bye the Boogie
Scrub Me Mama, With a Boogie Beat
there I Go
Five O'Clock Whistle
High on a Windy Hill
Stardust
Chicken Gumboogie
Bounce Me Brother With a Solid Four
It's Square But It Rocks
That's Her Mason Dixon Line
Think of Me
Booglie Wooglie Piggy
Love Me a Little Little
All That Meat and No Potatoes
In the Hall of the Mountain King
I'm Tired of Waiting for You
Call It Anything, It's Love
Basin Street Boogie
April in Paris
the Three B's
Fry Me a Cookie With a Can of Lard
Cryin' the Boogie Blues
Lightnin' Boogie
Sugar Hill Boogie
Turn the Knob on the Left to the Right
Bop `N' Boogie
UPC: 824046359324Label: AcrobatRelease Date: 5.8.26Format: CD
From the time he was just twelve years old, bassist William Ash was under the wing of the great Barry Harris. Alongside fellow prot'g' Ari Roland, he would sneak out at night to attend Barry's legendary jam sessions at the Jazz Cultural Theatre. Harris was famously particular-conservative, outspoken, and uncompromising in his devotion to melody, swing, and harmonic clarity. Harris often said that Roland and Ash were the best thing to come out of the Jazz Cultural Theatre, and both musicians continue to reflect his influence with every note they play. Recorded live on August 12, 2025, at Chambermansion Studios, this album captures that lineage in it's purest form. With Pete Zimmer on drums and Jack Glottman on piano-himself a product of the Harris school-the trio played together in one room, hardwood floors and all, evoking the warmth of Rudy Van Gelder's earliest sessions. Producer and engineer G-Clef da Mad Komposa sought to bring back the unfiltered honesty of jazz as it was meant to be heard: spontaneous, organic, and alive. The program mixes one original-Glottman's "Jack's Leg"-with classic standards and bebop staples. "Ceora" offers a bossa treatment of Lee Morgan's tune, while "Bongo Beep, " "Scrapple from the Apple, " and "Moose the Mooch" pay joyful homage to Charlie Parker. The remaining selections-like "All God's Children Got Rhythm, " "Yesterdays, " and "Like Someone in Love"-are interpreted with deep swing and sincerity. In an era when much of contemporary jazz can feel polished or detached, this record stands apart. There's a sincerity here-an unguarded warmth and human connection-that makes the music breathe. It's a record that doesn't chase trends; it reminds us why this music mattered in the first place. A heartfelt tribute from one of Barry's own to the timeless beauty of his message.
Tracklist:
All God's Children Got Rhythm (Jurmann, Kahn ; Kaper) (3:07)
Jack's Leg (Jack Glottman)(5:03)
Bongo Beep (Charles Parker) (3:36)
Ceora (Lee Morgan)(6:07)
Scrapple from the Apple (Charles Parker) (4:01)
Someone to Watch Over Me (George ; Ira Gershwin) (5:40)
Moose the Mooch (Charles Parker) (5:43)
Wives and Lovers (Burt Bacharach ; Hal David) (4:18)
Yesterdays (Jerome Kern ; Otto Harbach) (4:03)
Love Walked in (George ; Ira Gershwin) (5:20)
Like Someone in Love (Jimmy Van Heusen ; Johnny Burke) (5:13)
All God's Children Got Rhythm (Jurmann, Kahn ; Kaper) (Take 1)(3:38)
Like Someone in Love (Jimmy Van Heusen ; Johnny Burke) (Take 1)(5:09)
Scrapple from the Apple (Charles Parker) (Take 1)(4:00)
Yesterdays (Jerome Kern ; Otto Harbach) (Take 1) (6:30)
UPC: 686647333208Label: Soul Kid JazzRelease Date: 6.19.26Format: CD
Convergence: Live in China is the new album from William Hooker, featuring world-renowned musician and composer John King. It was captured from the duo's 2024 performance at the B10 Festival in Shenzhen. In tune with the open-hearted engagement and palpable respect of the audience, they deliver an exhilarating hour of improvisation. Hooker's thunderous drumming is blanketed by sheets of distorted guitar from King, both playing with formidable intensity. Recorded direct from the soundboard on 10/25/2024, the concert is available in vinyl, CD, and digital formats, with the latter two including three bonus pieces from the performance.Convergence: Live in China is the new album from William Hooker, featuring world-renowned musician and composer John King. It was captured from the duo's 2024 performance at the B10 Festival in Shenzhen. In tune with the open-hearted engagement and palpable respect of the audience, they deliver an exhilarating hour of improvisation. Hooker's thunderous drumming is blanketed by sheets of distorted guitar from King, both playing with formidable intensity. Recorded direct from the soundboard on 10/25/2024, the concert is available in vinyl, CD, and digital formats, with the latter two including three bonus pieces from the performance.Convergence: Live in China is the new album from William Hooker, featuring world-renowned musician and composer John King. It was captured from the duo's 2024 performance at the B10 Festival in Shenzhen. In tune with the open-hearted engagement and palpable respect of the audience, they deliver an exhilarating hour of improvisation. Hooker's thunderous drumming is blanketed by sheets of distorted guitar from King, both playing with formidable intensity. Recorded direct from the soundboard on 10/25/2024, the concert is available in vinyl, CD, and digital formats, with the latter two including three bonus pieces from the performance.Convergence: Live in China is the new album from William Hooker, featuring world-renowned musician and composer John King. It was captured from the duo's 2024 performance at the B10 Festival in Shenzhen. In tune with the open-hearted engagement and palpable respect of the audience, they deliver an exhilarating hour of improvisation. Hooker's thunderous drumming is blanketed by sheets of distorted guitar from King, both playing with formidable intensity. Recorded direct from the soundboard on 10/25/2024, the concert is available in vinyl, CD, and digital formats, with the latter two including three bonus pieces from the performance.
Tracklist:
Red/Wavelengths
Mother (As In Always)
Flowing
An Unknown Feeling(s)...
Season (The Cloudless)
Beach Vol. 1
The Corner (Next Stations)
Rare Stamina
Words - So Needless
Foundation of Tonality
UPC: 711574981113Label: Org MusicRelease Date: 5.15.26Format: CD
The golden voice of The Tymes in his first soulful solo album. George Williams delivers rich vocals across Soul, Jazz and Easy Listening styles. A powerful showcase from the singer behind "So Much In Love" and "Ms. Grace."
Tracklist:
Unchain My Heart
That's How Friends Should Be
Hypnotised
After the Love
You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
Back At My Side
April Eyes
Rio
Summer Nights, City Lights
How Do You Sleep At Night?
Let This Love Last Forever
Never Again
UPC: 741869412916Label: Prestige Elite LlcRelease Date: 5.22.26Format: CD
Tracklist:
Forgotten Stories
Prologue: Study in Shades of Palo Santo
2 Brothers
Movement I: Nightmare
Longing for Texas
Movement II: Texas
A King ; His Castle
Movement III: A Perfect Castle
May He Rest
Movement IV: Harold
UPC: 760137195108Label: Chronograph RecordsRelease Date: 3.27.26Format: CD
Alight Upon the Lake: Live at the Jazz Showcase is a previously unissued recording of woodwind multi-instrumentalist icon Yusef Lateef featuring pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Bob Cunningham and drummer Albert "Tootie" Heath captured live at Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase in Chicago, IL in June of 1975. The 3-CD set was mastered from the original tapes by engineer Matthew Lutthans.
Tracklist:
The Untitled
Mutually Exclusive
Eboness
Inside Atlantis
I Remember Webster
Duni
Opus 1 ; 2
Golden Goddess
Straighten Up ; Fly Right
Yusef's Mood
UPC: 780518324545Label: Resonance RecordsRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: CD
From Shanghai-born composer and bandleader Zhengtao Pan comes Day by Day, a sweeping nine-track album for jazz orchestra that draws on classical structure, Chinese musical tradition, film scoring, and the full expressive range of the contemporary big band. Recorded in 2025 and featuring guest artists Rufus Reid, Steve Wilson, Itai Kriss, and Sara Gazarek, the album balances orchestral ambition with deeply personal storytelling. Highlights include the patient, folk-like "Childhood" built on a repeating bass foundation conceived specifically for the legendary Rufus Reid; the groove-driven "Wind Dance" featuring Steve Wilson's soprano saxophone over an Afro-Cuban pulse with Celtic melodic fingerprints; the cinematic "Aurora" featuring Grammy-nominated vocalist Sara Gazarek in a Kenny Wheeler-inspired orchestral setting; and the epic title track, a portrait of artistry as persistence, opening with an intricate ostinato in shifting odd meters before building to a fully earned shout chorus. Pan, a graduate of Berklee College of Music and currently pursuing a master's degree at the Eastman School of Music, has drawn on mentorships with Steven Feifke, Miho Hazama, and Gabriela Ortiz to develop a compositional voice that is simultaneously global and deeply rooted in jazz tradition. Fans of Maria Schneider, Darcy James Argue, and Wayne Shorter's orchestral work will find Day by Day both thrilling and deeply humane.
Tracklist:
Childhood (Feat. Rufus Reid)
Dave's Here
Family
Endless Cycle
Wind Dance (Feat. Steve Wilson)
The Tomb of the Couperin I. Prelude (Feat. Itai Kriss)
Liu Yang River
Aurora (Feat. Sara Gazarek)
Day By Day
UPC: 199891393855Label: Outside In MusicRelease Date: 5.22.26Format: CD
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