The Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band releases Incarnadine, a landmark debut album celebrating the diversity and vitality of Indigenous people in jazz. Led by acclaimed vocalist Julia Keefe (Nez Perce) and featuring a 16-piece ensemble of Native and Indigenous musicians from across Indian Country, the album draws on compositions made famous by 20th-century Indigenous jazz luminaries like Mildred Bailey and Jim Pepper alongside new works by contemporary Indigenous composers. Mali Obomsawin's "Wawasint8da" transforms a Jesuit-translated Abenaki hymn into a haunting exploration of resilience and paradox. Delbert Anderson's three-movement DDAT Suite honors Dine code talkers and sacred tribal landscapes. Rogan Kahale's arrangement of Queen Liliuokalani's "Ku'u Pua i Paoakalani" brings a tender, cinematic sweep to the program. Incarnadine is history, protest, and celebration rolled into one, a necessary and overdue document of a vibrant jazz tradition that has long existed outside the mainstream spotlight. Fans of large ensemble jazz, vocally driven big band recordings, and socially conscious music will find this album both musically thrilling and deeply meaningful.
Tracklist:
Water
Sonnet
Wawasint8Da
Ddat Suite, MVT. 1 Narbona
Ddat Suite, MVT. 2 Attention
Ddat Suite, MVT. 3 Iron Horse Gallup
Ku'u Pua I Paoakalani
Rockin' Chair
UPC: 199891744848Label: Outside In MusicRelease Date: 5.29.26Format: Vinyl
May it please the people of the known universe that the multi-monikered musical ensemble legally trading as Kay-Bee Funk Music Group are releasing what will alphabetically be their first album, 'Access All Areas'. Created with Karate Boogaloo's patented 'Lovely Recording Technique' these recordings let you know that everyone's a VIP when you're listening to KB. 'Access' was the one word maxim philosophically guiding The Old Kar-Boo's this innings. If a tune became convoluted, to the bin it went. Only those that could be hummed by any and all were kept. This sieve was on hand throughout the whole process, arrangements and forms were kept watertight, bells and whistles to a minimum. If 2024's 'Hold Your Horses' was an epic, 'Access All Areas' is a haiku. The band's tried and true recording process was dutifully respected save for one wonderful addition, the magnificent 'Sound Recordings' helmed by it's proprietor and engineer extraordinaire Alex Bennet. Steering the 4 track Ampex 440 off road when required and making sure the vibes were constantly correct, Alex is a bonafide Booger. Although it feels only a moment, the clock tells us it's been nearly 20 years since Kay's Bees first tried to play the songs of their musical heroes, The Meters, Booker T & The MG's, and The JB's to name but a few. Since then The Famous Flying Karate Boogaloo Brothers have put one foot in front of the other and distilled their own sound, one that respectfully acknowledges the history of instrumental Funk & Soul music, and reflects the time they've spent crafting their distinctive sound. As bright as each member shines individually, it is a special event when all four planets in the Booger System align. 'Access All Areas' is one such eclipse, it is an artistic expression of equal measure by each member and it casts a shadow unique to the occasion. Every second of music was composed and produced with all hands on deck, mixing was handled by Henry Jenkins, artwork by Hudson Whitlock and Callum Riley, and Darvid Thor did things you'd have to see to believe. Music is a team sport and there's no I in Funk. Coming out on the two greatest record labels in the galaxy 'Colemine Records' from Loveland, USA, and College of Knowledge from Coburg, Australia, please listen to Karate Boogaloo's new album 'Access All Areas'.
Tracklist:
Butterfly
Hooks, Lines and Sinker
Tremendous Fantastic
Wet Day Timetable
Head First
Small Business
Booger's Bounce of Joy
Ballroom Blitz
Aaa
Down Home
We've Lost Something We Can't Replace
UPC: 648564359310Label: Colemine RecordsRelease Date: 10.9.26Format: Vinyl
May it please the people of the known universe that the multi-monikered musical ensemble legally trading as Kay-Bee Funk Music Group are releasing what will alphabetically be their first album, 'Access All Areas'. Created with Karate Boogaloo's patented 'Lovely Recording Technique' these recordings let you know that everyone's a VIP when you're listening to KB. 'Access' was the one word maxim philosophically guiding The Old Kar-Boo's this innings. If a tune became convoluted, to the bin it went. Only those that could be hummed by any and all were kept. This sieve was on hand throughout the whole process, arrangements and forms were kept watertight, bells and whistles to a minimum. If 2024's 'Hold Your Horses' was an epic, 'Access All Areas' is a haiku. The band's tried and true recording process was dutifully respected save for one wonderful addition, the magnificent 'Sound Recordings' helmed by it's proprietor and engineer extraordinaire Alex Bennet. Steering the 4 track Ampex 440 off road when required and making sure the vibes were constantly correct, Alex is a bonafide Booger. Although it feels only a moment, the clock tells us it's been nearly 20 years since Kay's Bees first tried to play the songs of their musical heroes, The Meters, Booker T & The MG's, and The JB's to name but a few. Since then The Famous Flying Karate Boogaloo Brothers have put one foot in front of the other and distilled their own sound, one that respectfully acknowledges the history of instrumental Funk & Soul music, and reflects the time they've spent crafting their distinctive sound. As bright as each member shines individually, it is a special event when all four planets in the Booger System align. 'Access All Areas' is one such eclipse, it is an artistic expression of equal measure by each member and it casts a shadow unique to the occasion. Every second of music was composed and produced with all hands on deck, mixing was handled by Henry Jenkins, artwork by Hudson Whitlock and Callum Riley, and Darvid Thor did things you'd have to see to believe. Music is a team sport and there's no I in Funk. Coming out on the two greatest record labels in the galaxy 'Colemine Records' from Loveland, USA, and College of Knowledge from Coburg, Australia, please listen to Karate Boogaloo's new album 'Access All Areas'.
Tracklist:
Butterfly
Hooks, Lines and Sinker
Tremendous Fantastic
Wet Day Timetable
Head First
Small Business
Booger's Bounce of Joy
Ballroom Blitz
Aaa
Down Home
We've Lost Something We Can't Replace
UPC: 648564359327Label: Colemine RecordsRelease Date: 10.9.26Format: Vinyl
What happens when the songs you already love are reimagined after dark? 'Especially at Night' answers this question in eight unique chapters. Vocalist Kari Kirkland and Arranger Shelly Berg turn the contemporary Pop landscape inside out, revealing the Jazz architecture hiding beneath it's surface. These aren't just covers, they're conversations: melodies you recognize, reshaped by world-class musicians into something intimate and alive with one-take spontaneity. Recorded at the legendary Village Studios in Santa Monica, the album carries the warmth of a room where icons have made magic for decades. UPC: 845121051643Label: Slea HeadRelease Date: 6.26.26Format: Vinyl
KARIN HAMMAR, tromboneANDREAS HOURDAKIS, guitarPaR-OLA LANDIN, bassFREDRIK RUNDQVIST, drumsSpecial guests:HILDEGUNN oISETh trumpet, goat hornBRITTA VIRVES Fender RhodesRecorded in March, June and September 2025 at Atlantis Stu UPC: 822359005068Label: ProphoneRelease Date: 10.9.26Format: Vinyl
Thieves is a document of Kelly Doyle's 30 years as a musician steeped in country, jazz and '50s exotica. Marked by freedom and restraint, he showcases his ability to unreel, flex, tease, cajole, inundate, and revel within the bounds of a single work. Composed for saxophone and guitar, Thieves offers an interplay of timbres that brings delicacy to complex melodies-tethered by unflinching bass and drums.
Tracklist:
Thieves
Pink Houses
Cold Open
Needlerooser
A Year and a Day
Big Fish
Found a Knife
Bats Are Cute
Lodge Scene
UPC: 607396074136Label: Strolling Bones RecsRelease Date: 8.14.26Format: Vinyl
There is something to be said about being both popular and prolific enough to be anthologized-it's a space that soul music stalwart Kelly Finnigan and his latest release, B-Sides, Singles & Forgotten Gems, occupies with intent and fire. Serving as a mile marker pacing the fifteen-year collaboration between Finnigan and Colemine Records, B-Sides, Singles & Forgotten Gems is an easter egg moment for new and long-time fans to collect rare takes and flip sides in one spot, while unearthing Finnigan's evolution as an artist, producer, and vocalist. From his earliest explorations to one of the first tracks cut at his new studio in Ohio, this travelogue in sound both brings the listener forward to the present while laying out Kelly Finnigan's road ahead. ""Colemine has grown so much, I've grown so much... I think [this collection is a chance to] take a little look back and share that with the people, the fans, the music lovers, the Colemine lovers,"" says Finnigan.
Tracklist:
Freedom
She Won't Be Gone Long
Trouble
It's Not That Easy
Thom's Hartbreak
My Love Is for You
It Hurts Me So Much
Keep Me in Mind
Trust in Me
The Hurting Truth
UPC: 648564358825Label: Colemine RecordsRelease Date: 8.14.26Format: Vinyl
There is something to be said about being both popular and prolific enough to be anthologized-it's a space that soul music stalwart Kelly Finnigan and his latest release, B-Sides, Singles & Forgotten Gems, occupies with intent and fire. Serving as a mile marker pacing the fifteen-year collaboration between Finnigan and Colemine Records, B-Sides, Singles & Forgotten Gems is an easter egg moment for new and long-time fans to collect rare takes and flip sides in one spot, while unearthing Finnigan's evolution as an artist, producer, and vocalist. From his earliest explorations to one of the first tracks cut at his new studio in Ohio, this travelogue in sound both brings the listener forward to the present while laying out Kelly Finnigan's road ahead. ""Colemine has grown so much, I've grown so much... I think [this collection is a chance to] take a little look back and share that with the people, the fans, the music lovers, the Colemine lovers,"" says Finnigan.
Tracklist:
Freedom
She Won't Be Gone Long
Trouble
It's Not That Easy
Thom's Hartbreak
My Love Is for You
It Hurts Me So Much
Keep Me in Mind
Trust in Me
The Hurting Truth
UPC: 648564358832Label: Colemine RecordsRelease Date: 8.14.26Format: Vinyl
Skilled guitar dances over the ultimate groove by Marcus Miller and Omar Hakim. This important Japanese fusion album was recorded by guitarist Kiyoshi Sugimoto, who was extremely busy at the time as a first-call musician, together with Marcus Miller, Omar Hakim, and Warren Bernhardt, who were in Japan for Kazumi Watanabe's "TO CHI KA" tour. The lively playing of Marcus Miller, then 21 years old and just before being discovered by Miles Davis, is a must-hear. Recorded from July to November 1980 at MEDIA STUDIO & COLUMBIA STUDIO. Mixed at COLUMBIA STUDIO.
Tracklist:
The Island Skyline
Mujer Espanola
Kocho No Yume (Dream 'Bout Butterfly)
Steppin' Up
Night Train
I'm Blind to All But You
UPC: 4549767376844Label: NipponophoneRelease Date: 11.13.26Format: Vinyl
In June 1955, in the Atlantic studio, standards provided the starting base for the long and wonderfully sophisticated improvisations by Lee Konitz and Wayne Marsh, who were at that time pupils of the great Chicago maestro Lenni Tristano. Although the numbers are declared as own compositions, such as "Background Music" and "Ronnie's Line", they are actually none other than adaptations of "All Of Me" or "That Old Feeling" - but at the very highest level. Lee Konitz always called this 'The Twelfth Step'.
Tracklist:
Topsy
There Will Never Be Another You
I Can't Get Started
Donna Lee
Two Not One
Don't Squawk
Ronnie's Line
Background Music
UPC: 4260019715739Label: Speakers CornerRelease Date: 9.4.26Format: Vinyl
Spectrum, the 1968 debut album by legendary funky drummer Les DeMerle, is widely regarded as a rare groove classic and is also known as a notable sampling source in hip-hop, including by rapper O.C. The album features an astonishing lineup of jazz greats. The horn section includes Frank Foster, Lew Tabackin, Ernie Lawrence, and Chris Woods on saxophones, along with Charles Sullivan and Marvin Stamm on trumpet. The stellar rhythm section includes guitarist Joe Beck and pianist Norman Simmons-some of the most respected musicians of the era. From the explosive title track "Spectrum" to the deep jazz-funk groove of "Underground," the funk reinterpretation of The Beatles' "A Day In The Life," and the breezy Brazilian-tinged "Aquarius," the album proves that DeMerle was already an extraordinary drummer at a young age. This reissue is pressed on limited marble vinyl.
Tracklist:
SPECTRUM
A TASTE OF HONEY
DIO DATI (GOD GIVES)
UNDERGROUND
A DAY IN THE LIFE
FUSION - PRO ; CON
AQUARIUS
DEFLECTIONS 1 2 3 ; 4
UPC: 4995879083482Label: P-vineRelease Date: 7.31.26Format: Vinyl
Together with the saxophone player Eddie Harris, Les McCann was responsible for one of the best-sold albums in the whole history of jazz - ""Swiss Movement"" (Atlantic SD-1537). It was his debut album on the Atlantic label. 1968 saw the release of ""Much Les"" and elaborated it with new aspects of what McCann did best in his early years: his core sound was enhanced with a string section and Latin percussion. The result is convincing, appealing, and captivating throughout and is considered an underestimated classic. In all the numbers, McCann is supported strongly and in a relaxed manner by his former trio, the bassist Leroy Vinnegar and the drummer Donald Dean. However, it is the string section which dominates as McCann's accompaniment; of the six tracks they are to be heard in all three slow numbers, as well as - surprisingly - in the relaxed soul jazz of ""Doin' That Thing"", thus lending this track almost a film soundtrack feeling. Luckily the album does not wallow in sentimental kitsch; the strings are always employed with good taste in order to lend a solid base to the whole and provide counterpoint to McCann's economical solo playing in the ballads. Further into the album he transforms Cole Porter's ""Love For Sale"" in one of his characteristic funky soul-jazz grooves, and returns to his gospel roots in a lyrical, exuberant rendering of ""Burnin' Coal"", where he employs a simple but catchy beat. The whole album is well varied, and the abundant, expanded arrangement serve to accentuate - not to veil - the masterly groove of the McCann Trio. And that is what makes ""Much Les"" such an entertaining, essential listening experience. This Speakers Corner reissue LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head. More information under http://www. Pure-analogue. #com. All royalties and mechanical rights have been paid. Recording: July and November 1968 at RCA and Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City, by Adrian BarberProduction: Joel DornRelease date: 11/15/2025Original label: Atlantic
Tracklist:
Doin' That Thing
With These Hands
Burnin' Coal
Benjamin
Love for Sale
Roberta
UPC: 4260019716255Label: Speakers CornerRelease Date: 9.4.26Format: Vinyl
Compared To What is a catchy melody that is heard on the radio, again and again, all around the world, today, tomorrow and the day after. It is unmistakable, still groovy, full of soul, humorous, stirring. And ""Cold Duck Time"" is no way inferior: Eddie Harris blows for all he is worth. Everyone can hear that Benny Bailey was challenged by the unknown themes, but this maestro still managed to capture the audience's ear and attention. ""Swiss Movement"" is, and will remain forever, a highlight among all the jazz LPs that have been recorded live and it shouldn't be missing from any collector's shelf.
Tracklist:
Compared to What
Cold Duck Time
Kathleen's Theme
You Got It in Your Soulness
The Generation Gap
UPC: 4260019715500Label: Speakers CornerRelease Date: 9.4.26Format: Vinyl
Two CDs. Mutant, in proud partnership with Universal Pictures, and Back Lot Music, are proud to present the premiere physical media release of 3x Academy Award®-Winning composer Ludwig Göransson's original soundtrack to Christopher Nolan's forthcoming motion picture The Odyssey. The Odyssey, is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX® film technology. The film brings Homer's foundational saga to IMAX® film screens for the first time and opens in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026. UPC: 4571524500933Label: GearboxRelease Date: 8.14.26Format: Vinyl
An intimate testament to a twenty-year musical kinship, Nearness brings together the singular voice of Lizz Wright and the masterly piano and organ playing of Kenny Banks Sr. Born from a chance meeting decades ago, where an impromptu blues version of "Amazing Grace" changed Wright's artistic path, this collaborative album explores the profound space where jazz standards, sacred spirituals, and personal memories intersect. From the resilient power of the lead single "Soon I'll Be Done" to the striking vulnerability of the title track, Nearness celebrates the endurance, joy, and transformative power of a kindred spirit.
Tracklist:
The Nearness of You
Jazz Ain't Nothing
Soon I Will Be Done
Hold on
All the Things You Are
Amazing Grace
Just You, Just Me
Hold Me
How I Got Over
Deep River
Circling
UPC: 708857340316Label: CandidRelease Date: 9.25.26Format: Vinyl
LOX's cinematic debut album 'The Eight Gates' chronicles perseverance, identity, and the pursuit of greatness. LOX is a London-based drummer, composer, and bandleader who has performed, recorded, and toured internationally since the age of 16, now 25, he has taken his artistry across the globe. His extensive list of collaborators includes Noname, Dee Dee Bridgewater, China Moses, Blue Lab Beats, Greg Spero, Femi Temowo, Casey Benjamin, Shae Universe, and Jahari Stampley. Supported by a stellar band, LOX's compositions - often described as energetic yet sensitive and orchestral - draw heavily from anime and video game music. With 'The Eight Gates', he steps boldly into the spotlight, heralding an exciting new voice in the UK music scene. UPC: 5050580873490Label: Jazz Re:freshedRelease Date: 6.26.26Format: Vinyl
Long before it was labelled World Music, the quintet set the standards for a meaningful amalgamation of dynamic rock with complex Indian rhythms and occidental conventions. Already in the title piece, the musicians combine a sharpened Hendrix style with expansive melodies, and with smacking grooves and fine riffs draw all that is grand in jazz (""Miles Beyond"") into the musical centre.
Tracklist:
Birds of Fire
Miles Beyond
Celestial Terrestrial Commuters
Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love
Thousand Island Park
Hope
One Word
Sanctuary
Open Country Joy
Resolution
UPC: 4260019715753Label: Speakers CornerRelease Date: 9.4.26Format: Vinyl
The liner notes for ""The Inner Mounting Flame"" were written by the guru Sri Chinmoy - now that's a real sales point! The music too burns right from the very first note to the last as though it were licked by the flames of hell fire. The wealth of ideas, sheer vitality and supreme soloistic virtuosity of the five top-notch musicians from four different countries is absolutely first class. In addition there is their truly dreamlike interplay; one could say they were born and grew up with the same 'spirit'. ""Meeting Of The Spirit"", ""The Dance Of Maya"" and ""You Know You Know"" are the highlights of this first Mahavishnu Orchestra.Aspiration - struggle, hope and desire - is seen as an inner mounting flame which takes man towards 'divine perfection'. Well, opinions differ of course. But what is certain is that this music from 1971 is still amazingly fresh and creative even 36 years later - and luckily it is available once again in the form of a vinyl disc.."" Recording: August 1971 in New York City by Don PuluseProduction: John McLaughlin."" ""The Inner Mounting Flame"" - John McLaughlin (g); Jan Hammer (p); Jerry Goodman (v); Rick Laird (b); Billy Cobham (dr)."" standard sleeve, insert
Tracklist:
Meeting of the Spirits
Dawn
The Noonward Race
A Lotus on Irish Streams
Vital Transformation
The Dance of Maya
You Know You Know
Awakening
UPC: 4260019713285Label: Speakers CornerRelease Date: 9.4.26Format: Vinyl
With Rain, Flowers and New Beginnings, trumpeter, composer and bandleader Maik Krahl presents a deeply personal and beautifully balanced album about growth, change and resilience. Inspired by the idea that no flower blooms without rain, the music reflects the quiet strength that can emerge from difficult seasons, transforming experience into sound with warmth, clarity and lyrical depth.Krahl's trumpet playing is marked by a rich, flexible tone, elegant phrasing and a calm emotional intensity. Across the album, he moves through spacious, melodic landscapes, playful rhythmic passages and moments of reflective stillness, always maintaining a sense of openness and natural flow. His compositions are adventurous yet grounded, shaped by contrast, silence and release.The album features an exceptional ensemble: Constantin Krahmer on piano, Jakob Kuhnemann on bass, Fabian Rosch on drums and glockenspiel, and Tamara Lukasheva on vocals. Together, they bring Krahl's music to life with sensitivity, imagination and a strong collective voice.From the opening 'Blue Dots Descending' to the closing 'The Journey of Serenity,' Rain, Flowers and New Beginnings unfolds like a musical meditation on renewal. It is an album about what is endured, what is absorbed, and what eventually blossoms. UPC: 0608917363821Label: ChallengeRelease Date: 9.11.26Format: Vinyl
Strut proudly presents an expansive deep dive into the world of QuatermassSound Lab, the prolific under-the-radar East London studio founded and run byproducer, engineer and The Heliocentrics co-founder Malcolm Catto.The first compilation dedicated to the productions of Malcolm Catto,exploring the analogue-rich, genre-defying sound of East London'sQuatermass Sound Lab.Features previously unreleased recordings, alternate versions and rarearchive material from Snapped Ankles, Vanishing Twin, Little Barrie andmore.
Tracklist:
Snapped Ankles - Shopping Parade (Malcolm Catto Mix)
Cyril Cyril - Les Gens (Malcolm Catto Mix)
Little Barrie ; Malcolm Catto - Rest in Blue (Early Version)
Toyface - Potter's Wheel
Hannah Williams ; the Affirmations - Late Nights ; Heartbreak
Wet Enough - San PÉ (Malcolm Catto Mix)
Divine Earth - Free Soul (Malcolm Catto Mix)
D.O.K. - Valediction
Vanishing Twin - Backstroke (Malcolm Catto Edit)
UPC: 4062548125443Label: Strut RecordsRelease Date: 9.18.26Format: Vinyl
From Grammy and Emmy Award-winning trumpeter, synthesist, and Academy Award-nominated film composer Mark Isham comes At the Carousel Club, a six-track album that brings together jazz improvisation, vintage analog electronics, and cinematic atmosphere into a single, deeply personal statement. The album began with Isham's towering collection of vintage analog synthesizers and modular instruments: a vast, interconnected system he used to generate massive electronic landscapes and evolving sonic textures. Those foundations became the architecture for live ensemble performance, recorded at the legendary Mad Hatter Studios with drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, bassist Kaveh Rastegar, guitarist Nels Cline, vocalist Ayo Awosika, and the Orchid String Quartet. At the center of it all is Isham's trumpet, lyrical, searching, and unmistakably human. Moving through each environment as an observer, a storyteller, and an improviser. The result is music that is electronic but organic, cinematic but intimate, structured yet alive with spontaneity. At the Carousel Club is a record for listeners who find themselves at the intersection of jazz, ambient, and contemporary classical music. For fans of Pat Metheny, Brian Eno, Jon Hassell, and Nils Frahm.
Tracklist:
At the Carousel Club
Tales of the Street Piano
City Lore
Number Theory
My Night in An Iberian Post Office
A More Beautiful Question
UPC: 881453113581Label: Outside In MusicRelease Date: 9.25.26Format: Vinyl
Maruja are a Manchester-based four-piece who fuse jazz, punk, post-hardcore and experimental chaos into a singular, genre-defying sound. Think post-punk meets free jazz, with lyrics, rooted in rap, that are all about the message. Add the hair-raising sonics of ruthless breakbeats, gnarly guitar loops, transcendent sax and flourishes of psychedelic bass and you have Maruja: this is force-of-nature music, born from a place of spirituality and protest, with a deep four-way friendship at it's core. Their triptych of EPs spanning between 2023 and 2025 has cemented their status as one of the UK's most exciting new bands. They've been selling out increasingly larger venues, most recently Village Underground in London and Gorilla in Manchester, while also completing a world tour and performing standout festival sets at Glastonbury, Green Man and ArcTanGent. They were selected as Artists to Watch for 2025 by NME, Clash, Line of Best Fit, DIY, Alt Press and Consequence, and released their incredible full debut album Pain to Power on Music for Nations.
Tracklist:
Connla's Well
The Invisible Man
Zeitgeist
One Hand Behind The Devil
Resisting Resistance
UPC: 9362299000101Label: Impressed RecordingsRelease Date: 8.14.26Format: Vinyl
Maruja released four mini-albums between 2019 and 2025, including the great Knocknarea EP in 2023 - which bassist Matt Buonaccorsi considers to be the band's "actual debut record," because it was "the side of our music that we were most passionate about." Maruja are a Manchester-based four-piece who fuse jazz, punk, post-hardcore and experimental chaos into a singular, genre defying sound. Think post-punk meets free jazz, with lyrics - rooted in rap - that are all about the message. Add the hair-raising sonics of ruthless breakbeats, gnarly guitar loops, transcendent sax and flourishes of psychedelic bass, and you have Maruja: this is force-of-nature music, born from a place of spirituality and protest, with a deep four-way friendship at it's core. Their triptych of EPs spanning 2023 to 2025 has cemented their status as one of the UK's most exciting new bands. They've been selling out increasingly larger venues - most recently Electric Ballroom in London and The Ritz in Manchester - while completing a world tour and performing standout festival sets at Glastonbury, Green Man and ArcTanGent. Selected as artists to watch for 2025 by NME, Clash, Line of Best Fit, DIY, Alt Press and Consequence, Maruja released their full debut album Pain To Power on Music For Nations. "Knocknarea is an amazing first project by one of the most promising bands I've heard in a long time." - NME MAGAZINE
Tracklist:
Thunder
Blind Spot
The Tinker
Kakistocracy
UPC: 9362299000095Label: Impressed RecordingsRelease Date: 8.14.26Format: Vinyl
A rare masterpiece by Masahiko Togashi, Masayuki Takayanagi, Mototeru Takagi, and Motoharu Yoshizawa, some of the most important artists in the history of Japanese free jazz. Takayanagi's guitar makes effective use of feedback techniques, Takagi's dynamic tenor saxophone and corn pipe, a type of vertical flute, Yoshizawa's utterly free and unrestrained string resonance, and Togashi's intelligent drumming, combining precision with power, all come together in a true masterpiece that announces the arrival of a new era.
Tracklist:
Feedback
Corn Pipe no Odori
Artistry in Percussion
Strings Fantasy
UPC: 4988002954476Label: Victor EntertainmentRelease Date: 8.28.26Format: Vinyl
Two of the most distinctive voices on the contemporary Danish jazz scene, chromatic harmonica player Mathias Heise and guitarist Pelle von Bulow, join forces on Repertoire, a duo album built on interplay, shared intuition, and a carefully selected body of songs spanning jazz standards, soul, pop, and contemporary material.At it's core, Repertoire reflects the long-standing musical familiarity between Heise and von Bulow. Working as equals in a stripped-down duo setting, the two musicians treat each piece as a flexible framework for improvisation rather than a fixed arrangement. The music unfolds in real time through dialogue, contrast, and a finely tuned sense of balance between structure and freedom.The repertoire draws from a wide range of jazz and pop standards. It includes So Tender by Keith Jarrett, Besame Mucho by Consuelo Velazquez, and Beatrice by Sam Rivers. From the pop and soul canon, the album features Overjoyed by Stevie Wonder, Rock with You by Rod Temperton, popularized by Michael Jackson, and One Day I'll Fly Away, alongside Angel Zoo by Danish band Phlake.Further repertoire threads include Velas, written by the great Brazilian composer and singer Ivan Lins. Always and Forever is part of the broader soul repertoire associated with Heatwave. The album closes with Bluesette, one of the defining compositions in the jazz harmonica tradition, also by Toots Thielemans, and a natural reference point for Heise's instrument.Mathias Heise has established himself internationally as one of the most original voices on the chromatic harmonica. In 2013, he won the Chromatic Harmonica World Championship, followed by the Danish Crown Prince Couple's Stardust Award in 2016 and the Ben Webster Prize in 2017. He was the first musician admitted to the Rhythmic Music Conservatory with chromatic harmonica as his main instrument, and has since released a series of critically acclaimed albums, including his 2023 Storyville quintet album, Mouth Games. Heise is a true virtuoso with a harmonic curiosity and stylistic openness. He can play anything!Guitarist Pelle von Bulow is an established figure on the Danish jazz scene. He is one of a generation of guitarists who are inspired by the legacy of Doug Raney, who lived in Copenhagen. Pelle von Bulow is also a virtuoso and has, among others, incorporated influences from legends such as George Benson as well as the Brazilian jazz guitar tradition. Coming from a family with a strong jazz tradition, Pelle von Bulow is the son of acclaimed alto saxophonist Christina von Bulow, and represents a younger generation of Danish jazz guitarists rooted in both tradition and contemporary expression.Repertoire shows how contemporary jazz continues to evolve through a new generation of musicians. UPC: 717101437290Label: Storyville RecordsRelease Date: 10.2.26Format: Vinyl
A Revolving Alliance has multiple meanings, of course. It revisits some of the broader themes of hope and despair (as they relate to American society) that were part of Slocum's recording With Love and Sadness (Sunnyside, 2021). But that record, commissioned by Chamber Music America's New Jazz Works program and composed as a single suite with multiple movements, was focused more specifically on systemic racism in America. A Revolving Alliance 'deals more broadly with my seemingly delusional hope that everything we are witnessing currently in the US (i.e., the unraveling of the fabric of a democratic society) might still somehow be cyclical, that we may find our way back towards becoming a more compassionate society,' commented Slocum.Slocum once again enlisted the producing acumen of Jerome Sabbagh who possesses, 'a rare gift of being able to hear and articulate many of the sonic nuances that can deeply enhance a listener's experience,' said Slocum. This is an all-analog project, recorded live to two-track analog tape, with the trio in the same room and no edits, punches, or 'fixes.' Slocum elaborated, 'More and more I find myself drawn to the magic, mystery, innocence, and interplay that can often be found in first takes. Of course, in this 'live-to-two' setting, our legendary recording/mixing engineer, James Farber, effectively becomes the fourth member of our ensemble. Everyone is given equal weight - James is a master who records musicians the way we would like to be heard. We also experimented with various panning possibilities in the studio - ultimately all agreeing that having the guitar in the left channel, drums in the right channel, and the bass in the middle, brought the most depth, emotion, and clarity to the music. The sound that James Farber captured in the studio was so impressive that, during mastering, Bernie Grundman used no EQ, bypassing the board entirely to get the cleanest signal.' UPC: 016728181013Label: SunnysideRelease Date: 9.25.26Format: Vinyl
Tracklist:
Bigband Things
Reel
Riff
Thank You Lord
Cante Jondo
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Loud and Proud
UPC: 767522987317Label: Enja RecordsRelease Date: 8.7.26Format: Vinyl
Hardly any other musician has released so little as Hasaan Ibn Ali, born William Henry Langford Jr., in 1931, who died in 1980. Just seven titles in all are his complete output, all of which he composed himself, all of them on the present Atlantic LP, and all recorded in December 1964. The saxophonist Odean Pope, who often practised with him, talks of a second recording session in 1965 for Atlantic, but the recordings were never released because Hasaan was sent to jail shortly afterwards; rumour has it that the tapes were destroyed in a fire - and it might well be that recordings with John Coltrane still exist somewhere or other. Until then, one should enjoy the Max Roach Trio with Art Davis on the bass to the full. We have here a recording that will astound and fascinate your ears with it's originality. A first impression conjures up reminiscences of Cecil Taylor and Herbie Nichols, while Hasaan himself talks of the pianist Elmo Hope as the man who brought him closer to the 'mystery of music'. When asked how the recording session with maestro Max Roach went, Hasaan said: -They scared me to death. According to Odean Pope, Hasaan was not an easy person to get on with, and he was convinced of his talent to the point of arrogance. But despite this - or perhaps because of this - one listens spellbound to the 40 minutes on this LP, a legacy and never-fulfilled promise of an extremely talented man. We are indebted to Max Roach, who persuaded the bosses of Atlantic Records to make these recordings. For many, many years they had vanished from the record market, but fortunately they are now available as an audiophile re-release to be listened to and admired. Recording: December 1964 in New York by Tom Dowd Production: Arif Mardin
Tracklist:
Three-Four Vs. Six-Eight Four-Four Ways
Off My Back Jack
Hope So Elmo
Almost Like Me
Din-Ka Street
Pay Not Play Not
To Inscribe
UPC: 4260019715784Label: Speakers CornerRelease Date: 9.4.26Format: Vinyl
Meditations, released in 1966 on Impulse! Records, captures John Coltrane's late-period quartet in transition, expanding into new sonic territory while retaining the core intensity of his classic lineup. Recorded in 1965 at Rudy Van Gelder's Englewood Cliffs studio with producer Bob Thiele, the session features pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison, drummer Elvin Jones, tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, and drummer Rashied Ali. Across the suite-like program, the music flows as a continuous meditation on transcendence and collective expression, pushing Coltrane's spiritual jazz into heightened realms of energy and abstraction. It marks one of the final appearances of his ""classic quartet"" members Tyner and Jones before they departed, leaving Coltrane to pursue new directions with Sanders and Ali. The Verve Vault series is always mastered from analog tapes and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.
Tracklist:
Father And The Son And The Holy Ghost
Compassion
Love
Consequences
Serenity
UPC: 199957337434Label: VerveRelease Date: 8.14.26Format: Vinyl
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