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Jazz Album Reviews – Discover all the reviews of the latest jazz albums released – Contemporary, avant-garde, free, bop, experimental:

Best Jazz 2016 - Jonathan Greenstein - Vol. I

Jonathan Greenstein – Vol 1

Jonathan Greenstein’s Vol. 1 is an EP released on January 29, 2016, on Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit Records. The EP was recorded with only acoustic instruments in Brooklyn, NY (The Bunker Studio).

Ralph Peterson – Raise Up Off Me

Raise Up Off Me is the final recording from the late Ralph Peterson Jr., released by Onyx Productions. Raise Up Off Me was recorded on December 7, 8, and 9, 2020, at Peterson’s own Onyx Recording studio in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

Keith Brown Trio – African Ripples

Pianist, composer, and bandleader Keith Brown‘s new album, African Ripples, was released on May 20, 2021, via Space Time Records. It was recorded in November 2020 in Queens, NY (Samurai Hotel Studios) and follows the release of Sweet and Lovely (2011) and The Journey (2015).

FIRE! – defeat

The new FIRE! album, defeat, has been released February 19, 2021, on Rune Grammofon. It features the usual trio (Mats Gustafsson, Johan Berthling, and Andreas Werliin), plus Goran Kajfes and Mats Åleklint. It was recorded in October 2019 and February 2020 in Copenhagen (The Village Recording).

James Brandon Lewis, Red Lily Quintet – Jesup Wagon

Jesup Wagon is the new album by tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, with the Red Lily Quintet (bassist William Parker, drummer Chad Taylor, cornetist Kirk Knuffke, and cellist Chris Hoffman), which was recorded, mixed, and mastered in late 2020 at Park West Studios, in Brooklyn, New York. Jesup Wagon was released on May 7, 2021, by TAO Forms.

Hitra – Transparence

The first album by Hitra – Transparence – was released last February on CD and last April on LP. It was recorded in 2017 in Oslo, Norway (Westerdals Oslo ACT) and mixed in 2020 in Italy. It sounds international and it is. Hitra is an Italian-Icelandic-Norwegian-Norwegian Quatuor, immersing us in their “imaginative music”.

Zane Carney Quartet – Alter Ego

If you are planning your next jazz trip after domestic and international travel becomes easier, then Los Angeles should be on your list. Zane Carney Quartet’s album, Alter Ego, released on April 30, 2021, on Orenda Records gives listeners a surprisingly captivating taste of L.A.’s nightlife, and it sounds great!

William Parker – Migration of Silence Into and Out of The Tone World

Here is our full review of the 10-CDs box set released by William Parker, Migration of Silence into and out of the Tone World. As William Parker acknowledges, this is the music of all the musicians who took part in the project, and who have dedicated their lives to being “music” itself.

The Spike Wilner Trio – Aliens & Wizards

Aliens & Wizards by the Spike Wilner Trio was released on April 23, 2021, by Cellar Music Group. The album was recorded in Long Island City at GB’s Juke Joint in August 2020.

Natural Information Society with Evan Parker – descension

descension (Out of Our Constrictions) by Natural Information Society with Evan Parker was released on the 16th of April 2021 on Eremite Records (& Aguirre Records in Europe). The album was recorded live in London, United Kingdom (Cafe OTO), on July 9, 2019.