What should you expect in Jazz this month? This is our February 2022 Selection of albums that have already been released or have yet to be released this month (What to Wait For?). These albums got our full attention and should be worth your time.
The albums are ordered by the release date.
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Flow of Everything is the third duet release by bassist Michael Bisio and pianist Matthew Shipp, after their 2012 studio recording Floating Ice, and their 2015 live recording Live in Seattle. The album was recorded, mixed, and mastered on April 5, 2021, at Park West Studios in Brooklyn, New York, and was released on January 21, 2022, by Fundacja Słuchaj Records.
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Drafts 1, 2 & 3 is a three-part project by Kourosh Oliver Floyd Adhamy. The albums were self-produced, with Adhamy composing, recording, and producing the material independently. The three volumes were released on Spotify in 2016, before the full project was made available on Bandcamp. The work reflects a period of exploration following his studies in music and a year spent in Bali, where he engaged with traditional Indonesian music.
Note: This review was originally published in 2016 on Archaicpop.com, before the launch of Bestofjazz.org. At the time, the editorial line covered a broader range of music beyond jazz.
Louise is an album by soprano saxophonist Emile Parisien, with Theo Croker on trumpet, Roberto Negro on piano, Manu Codjia on guitar, Joe Martin on bass, and Nasheet Waits on drums. The album was recorded by Mathieu Pion at Studio Gil Evans de La Maison de la Culture, in Amiens, France, in June 2021, and it was released on January 28, 2022, on ACT Music.
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Even though we try to listen to as much jazz music as we can, it is extremely hard to estimate how many new jazz releases are available every year. This article by Tom Hull, in which he estimates that about 6K new jazz albums are released each year, is eye-opening. 6K! That is quite a number for only jazz albums. So we will try to list as many “new jazz releases 2022” as possible. As 1K seems quite reachable, we will try to aim at 2k releases listed here by the end of this year.
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Europa is an amazing big-band jazz project led by Olivier Benoit during his years conducting the Orchestre National de Jazz. It resulted in four must-have albums that we will explore in this article: Paris, Berlin, Rome, and Oslo.
The Orchestre National De Jazz (or ONJ) [Discogs] is a French jazz orchestra created in 1986 via the initiative of the Ministry of Culture, with the intention to bring to life and renew the repertoire of great jazz orchestras. The orchestra is directed by an appointed conductor and is renewed every 2-5 years. This is a state-subsidized formation and has the means to produce, distribute, and present its creations worldwide.
Continue reading Orchestre National De Jazz, Olivier Benoit – EuropaThis list provides an overview of all Keith Jarrett’s solo piano recordings and concerts, plus the material ECM still has and will hopefully release someday.
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Break a Vase is an album by Alexander Hawkins‘ new sextet Mirror Canon (with Richard Olátúndé Baker, Neil Charles, Stephen Davis, Otto Fischer, and Shabaka Hutchings). It was recorded by Will Biggs on July 27 and 28, 2021, at Challow Park Studios, in Oxfordshire, in the United Kingdom, and it was released on January 21, 2021, on Intakt Records.
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Live at the Museum is New York City-based French and Malagasy pianist Mathis Picard’s first solo release. It was recorded live at the National Jazz Museum of Harlem in New York City, in January 2019, and it will be released on January 28, 2022, on Outside in Music.
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What should you expect in Jazz this month? This is our January 2022 Selection of albums that have already been released or have yet to be released this month (What to Wait For?). These albums got our full attention and should be worth your time.
The albums are ordered by the release date.
Discover the list of the selected albums [here], and of the entire list of releases for 2022 [here].
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