2021 Jazz Releases, Vol. 6

Το modernjazz.gr συμπλήρωσε 5 χρόνια λειτουργίας και ευχαριστεί όλους εσάς για τις 400.000 επισκέψεις σας, ιδιαιτέρως δε τα softbots που παρακολουθούν συστηματικά τις επιλογές αυτής της διαδικτυακής μουσικής βιβλιοθήκης με τις νέες, διεθνείς κυκλοφορίες. Κάποια στιγμή σκέφτομαι να κάνουμε ένα zoom party, μήπως θέλουν να έρθουν κι αυτά και να τα πούμε!
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Imitonios

Η λίστα είναι διαθέσιμη από τις ψηφιακές πλατφόρμες

Χρήσιμες πληροφορίες, κριτικές και μικρά σχόλια
για τα 18 άλμπουμ που συνεισφέρουν στην λίστα:

PYJÆN – Feast
Genre: Jazz-hop, fusion
Label: DeepMatter Records
Place: London, UK
Reviews: 
Listen: Bandcamp, Deezer, Spotify, Youtube

Οι  PYJÆN φτιάχνουν έξυπνα grooves με επιμελή ενορχήστρωση που αφήνει χώρο και για soli.
Παίζουν οι Dani Diodato (g), Dylan Jones (tr), Ben Vize (sax, keys), Benjamin Crane (b), Charlie Hutchinson (dr) και άλλοι καλεσμένοι

Carlos Henriquez – The South Bronx Story
Genre: Latin jazz
Label: Tiger Turn
Place: New York
Reviews: Downbeat, MakingAScene, BassMagazine
Listen: Deezer, Spotify, Youtube

Σύγχρονη Latin jazz  στα καλύτερά της, από τον Carlos Henriquez (μπασίστα της Lincoln Jazz Orchestra) και μια αφρόκρεμα από σολίστες, όπως οι Terell Stafford (tp), Michael Rodriguez (tp), Melissa Aldana (ts), Abdias Armenteros (ts), Marshall Gilkes (tb), Jeremy Bosch (voc., fl.), Robert Rodriguez (p), Anthony Almonte (perc), Marcos Torres (congas), Obed Calvaire (dr)

Kiefer – When There’s Love Around
Genre: Jazz-hop, new jazz, electronic
Label: Stones Throw
Place: Los Angeles, CA
Reviews: StonesThrow, TrebleZine
Listen: Bandcamp, Deezer, Spotify, Youtube

Η cool jazz του 21ου αιώνα ευδοκιμεί στην Δυτική Ακτή, προφανώς και λόγω παράδοσης.
Από τον Grammy winner πιανίστα και παραγωγό Kiefer Shackelford με τους DJ Harrison (dr, keys, g), Andy McCauley (el.b, g), Josh Johnson (as), Will Logan (dr), Sam Wilkes (b) και άλλους συνεργάτες

Sharp Radway – Black Woman (A Conversation)
Genre: Contemporary jazz
Label: Radway Music Inc
Place: Brooklyn, NY
Reviews: 24-7PressRelease
Listen: Deezer, Spotify, Youtube

Με όμορφες στιγμές και πολλά στοιχεία από την παράδοση, ο πιανίστας Sharp Radway οργανώνει ένα αφιέρωμα στη “Μαύρη Γυναίκα”.
Παίζουν οι Camille Thurman (ts, fl), Endea Ownes (b), Camille Gainer-Jones (dr) και πολλοί καλεσμένοι, όπως οι James Spaulding (as, fl), Candido Camero (perc), Duane Eubanks (tp), Shenel Johns (voc) Cynthia Soriano (voc), Mama Kathy English Holt (spoken word) κ.ά.

Karlos Boes Quartet – All In One
Genre: Straight-ahead jazz
Label: Glamjazz Records
Place: Germany
Reviews: ClubDesBelugas
Listen:  Deezer, Spotify, Youtube

Καλοπαιγμένη straight-ahead jazz, από μέλη της ευρύτερης nu-jazz μπάντας των Club Des Belugas: Karlos Boes (ts, ss, fl), Detlef Hoeller (g), Roman Babic (p), Kai Uwe Struwe (b), Mickey Neher (dr) 

Pasquale Grasso – Pasquale Plays Duke
Genre: Straight-ahead jazz
Label: Masterworks
Place: New York
Reviews: DownBeat, JazzGuitarToday
Listen: Deezer, Spotify, Youtube

Ο δεξιοτέχνης κιθαρίστας Pasquale Grasso, τρίο με τους Ari Roland (b) και Keith Balla (dr), αυτή τη φορά αναλύει τον Duke Ellington. Συμμετέχουν η 93χρονη Sheila Jordan (voc) και η  εξαιρετική 23χρονη Samara Joy (voc)

Lorenzo Di Maio – Arco
Genre: Modern jazz
Label: Igloo Records
Place: Brussels
Reviews: IglooRecords, JazzHalo
Listen: Deezer, Spotify, Youtube

Οι λυρικές κατά κύριο λόγο συνθέσεις του κιθαρίστα Lorenzo Di Maio εμπλουτίζονται με το ιδιαίτερο χρώμα ενός κουαρτέτου εγχόρδων.
Παίζουν οι Sam Gerstmans (b), Antoine Pierre (dr) και το Ensemble UFO (Ultra Foniiki Orchestra:  Maritsa Ney (vl), Martin Lauwers (vl), Marie Ghitta (vla), Marine Horbaczewski (vlc))

Caroline Davis – Portals, Vol. 1: Mourning
Genre: Modern Jazz
Label: Sunnyside
Place: Brooklyn, NY
Reviews: JazzTrail, JazzTimes
Listen: Bandcamp, Deezer, Spotify, Youtube

Η μοντέρνα τζαζ αποκτά χαρακτήρα σύγχρονης μουσικής δωματίου, με την σαξοφωνίστρια και συνθέτρια Caroline Davis (as) που καταφέρνει να μετατρέψει τη θλίψη και τον εσωτερικό της κόσμο σε δημιουργική έμπνευση.  Μαζί με το κουϊντέτο της που συμπληρώνεται από τους Marquis Hill (tr), Julian Shore (p), Chris Tordini (b), Allan Mednard (dr), συμπράττει και ένα κουαρτέτο εγχόρδων με τη σολίστα Mazz Swift (vl) και τους Josh Henderson (vl), Joanna Mattrey (vla), Mariel Roberts (vlc)

Daniele Germani – What Reason Could I Give
Genre: Modern Jazz
Label: Fresh Sound New Talent
Place: NY/Arezzo, Italy
Reviews: FreshSoundRecords
Listen: Deezer, Spotify, Youtube

Με τον γοητευτικό σκοτεινό του ήχο στο άλτο σαξόφωνο ο Daniele Germani, εκφράζει ήρεμα και δεξιοτεχνικά τον πλούτο των μουσικών του ιδεών, παρέα με τους Cosimo Boni (tr), Domenico Sanna (p), Joe Sanders (b) και Francesco Ciniglio (dr)

Chad Lefkowitz-Brown – Open World
Genre: Mainstream jazz, big band
Label: La Reserve Records
Place: New York
Reviews: AllAboutJazz
Listen: Deezer, Spotify, Youtube

Πρωταθλητής του τενόρου σαξόφωνου, ο δημοφιλής Chad Lefkowitz-Brown με τους 250.000 followers, στήνει μια διαδικτυακή, “Global Big Band” με κλασικό ρεπερτόριο και σολίστες διάσημους καλεσμένους, όπως οι Arturo Sandoval, Randy Brecker, Andrea Motis, Lionel Loueke, Bria Skonberg, Etienne Charles, Miguel Zenón και η Melissa Aldana 

TC THE 3rd – THE MUSIC
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Label: JAZZ A GRAM RECORDS
Place: Harlem, NY (?)
Reviews: 
Listen: Deezer, Spotify, Youtube

Mε χαρακτηριστική φωνή και πλούσιο παρελθόν, ο bopper William Theodore Carney III έχει επίσης αναδείξει μια σειρά από γνωστά ονόματα. Από τις λιγοστές πληροφορίες που είναι διαθέσιμες, εδώ μαζί του πρέπει να παίζουν και οι JD Allen (ts), Josh Evans (tp), Curtis Lundy (b), Rodney Kendrick (p) …

Gary Meek – Monterey Groove
Genre: Smooth jazz, fusion
Label: Autumn Hill Records
Place: Northern California
Reviews: AllAboutJazz, MakingAScene
Listen: Deezer, Spotify, Youtube

Ο πολύπειρος σαξοφωνίστας (και κιμπορντίστας) Gary Meek μας υπενθυμίζει την ξεγνοιασιά των ’80s – 90s, μαζί με τους Michael Lent (g), Robert Wider (b), Skylar Campbell (dr), ενώ συμμετέχουν και οι διάσημοι φίλοι του Dave Weckl (dr), Airto Moreira (perc), Flora Purim (voc) κ.α.

Alan & Stefan Bartus Trio – Connectivity
Genre: Post-bop
Label: Pavian records
Place: Slovakia
Reviews: ArtistCamp
Listen: Deezer, Spotify, Youtube

Ένα πιάνο τρίο με ερμηνείες των standards και πρωτότυπες συνθέσεις, από τον 20χρονο πιανίστα Alan Bartus που ακολουθεί τον κοντραμπασίστα πατέρα του Stefan σε ωριμότητα και δεξιοτεχνία

DeAndre Lettsome – Impetus
Genre: Contemporary jazz, post-bop
Label: Bold City Records
Place: Florida
Reviews: BoldCityMusic, TheJacksonvilleMusicExperience
Listen: Deezer, Spotify, Youtube

Με τη γνώση του παρελθόντος και την ορμή και τις φρέσκες ιδέες της νεότητας, το άλτο σαξόφωνο του DeAndre Lettsome μαγνητίζει την προσοχή μας.
Με τους Joshua Bowlus (p), Ricky Ravelo (b) or Jonathan Baptiste (b), John Lumpkin (dr)

Jerry Bergonzi – Now and Then
Genre: Modern jazz, post-bop
Label: amm
Place:
Reviews: 
Listen: Deezer, Spotify, Youtube

Ακούραστος εργάτης της εξέλιξης της γλώσσας της τζαζ και της τέχνης του σαξοφώνου, ο 74χρονος Jerry Bergonzi συνεχίζει ακμαιότατος το έργο του. Εδώ με τους Phil Grenadier (tp), Plamen Karadonev (p), Matt Stavrakas (b), Luther Gray (dr)

Yaniv Taubenhouse – Moments in Trio III – Roads
Genre: Contemporary jazz, post-bop
Label: Fresh Sound New Talent
Place: 
Reviews: AllAboutJazz, FreshSoundRecords
Listen: Deezer, Spotify, Youtube

Ακόμα ένα πιάνο τρίο, από τους Yaniv Taubenhouse (p), Rick Rosato (b) και Jerad Lippi (dr), με σύγχρονη οπτική για τα standards και ενδιαφέρουσες δικές τους συνθέσεις

The Kevin Brady Electric Quartet – Plan B
Genre: Post-bop, fusion
Label: Ubuntu Music
Place:
Reviews: WeAreUbuntuMusic, LondonJazzNews
Listen: Deezer, Spotify, Youtube

Ταχύς, ευέλικτος και δυναμικός ο ήχος του ηλεκτρικού κουαρτέτου του ντράμερ Kevin Brady με αξιόλογους συνεργάτες τους Seamus Blake (ts), Bill Carrothers (f.rh) και Dave Redmond (el.b)

Telemakus – The New Heritage
Genre: Jazz-hop
Label: Radio Juicy
Place: Northern California/Germany
Reviews: 
Listen: Bandcamp, Deezer, Spotify, Youtube

Ένα υποδειγματικό άλμπουμ του είδους, από τον νεαρό αυτοδίδακτο πιανίστα και ταλαντούχο παραγωγό Telemakus, σε online συνεργασία με μουσικούς από 11 διαφορετικές χώρες

Ακούστε τη λίστα εδώ:

Κατάλογος με περισσότερες νέες κυκλοφορίες από γνωστά ονόματα και εταιρείες, καθώς και άλλες που έτυχαν προσοχής (links στο Deezer)

VOCALISTS

• Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force – Dear Love
• Kurt Elling – SuperBlue (Edition)
  (ft. Charlie Hunter, ..)
• Esperanza Spalding – SONGWRIGHTS APOTHECARY LAB (Concord)
• Tony Bennett,  Lady Gaga – Love For Sale (Deluxe) (Columbia)
• Stacey Kent, Art Hirahara – Songs From Other Places (Candid)
• Jane Monheit – Come What May
• Kate McGarry + Keith Ganz Ensemble – What to Wear in the Dark
  (ft. Ron Miles, Gary Versace)
• Fay Claassen, David Linx, WDR Big Band – And Still We Sing (Jazzline)
• Cyrille Aimée, Adonis Rose, New Orleans Jazz Orchestra – Petite Fleur (Storyville)
• Lady Blackbird – Black Acid Soul (BMG)
• IMANY – Voodoo Cello
• Steve Tyrell – Shades of Ray: The Songs of Ray Charles
• Shawnn Monteiro – You Are There
  (ft. Kenny Barron, Steve Davis, ..)
• Belle Affaire – huit heures du matin (u n i t)
• Anna Gréta – Nightjar in the Northern Sky (ACT)
• Champian Fulton Trio – I’ll See You in My Deams

TRUMPETERS

• Brian Lynch – Songbook Vol. 1: Bus Stop Serenade (The Express Route)
  (ft. Jim Snidero, Orrin Evans, Boris Kozlov & Donald Edwards)
• Theo Croker – BLK2LIFE || A FUTURE PAST
• Nicholas Payton – Smoke Sessions (Smoke Sessions)
  (ft. Ron Carter, George Coleman, ..)
• Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra – Tinctures In Time (Community Music, Vol. 1)
• Herb Alpert – Catch The Wind
• Tomi Nikku – Light & Shade
• Luís Vicente Trio – Chanting in the Name Of (Clean Feed)
• Mark Kavuma, The Banger Factory – Arashi No Ato (After the Storm)
• Farnell Newton – Feel the Love (Posi-Tone)
  (ft. Art Hirahara, Boris Kozlov, Rudy Royston, Braxton Cook, Jaleel Shaw, Michael Dease, ..)
• Thomas Heberer – The Day That Is (Sunnyside)
• Alex Norris – Fleet from the Heat (SteepleChase)
• Mathias Eick – When We Leave (ECM)
• Skyler Floe – Abstraction
• Hermon Mehari, Alessandro Lanzoni – Arc Fiction
• Jake Baldwin – Where You’re Planted (Shifting Paradigm)
• Feya Faku Sextet – Live at the Bird’s Eye

SAXOPHONISTS, CLARINETISTS, FLUTISTS

• Dave Liebman Expansions – Selflessness, The Music of John Coltrane (Dot Time)
• Logan Strosahl – Book II of Arthur: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Sunnyside)
• John Ellis, Adam Levy, Glenn Patscha – Say It Quiet (Sunnyside)
• Henry Threadgill – Poof (Pi)
• Evan Parker – Winns Win
• Nubya Garcia – SOURCE ⧺ WE MOVE (Concord)
• Anthony Ferrara – Early Spring (SteepleChase)
  (ft. Gary Versace, Jay Anderson, Billy Drummond)
• Alex Hahn – Second Wind
• ERIC WYATT – A Song of Hope (Whaling City Sound)
• Anat Cohen, Marcello Gonçalves – Reconvexo
• Samy Thiébault – Awé !
• Oliver Leicht [Acht.] – A_Trak__Some Songs (Galileo)
• Alon Farber, Hagiga – Reflecting on Freedom
• Mark Zaleski Band – Our Time: Reimagining Dave Brubeck (Origin)
• Rova Saxophone Quartet – The Circumference of Reason
• Chet Doxas – You Can’t Take It with You (Whirlwind)
• Jeff Lederer – Eightfold Path
  (ft. Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow, Matt Wilson)
• ESINAM (fl) – Shapes in Twilights of Infinity (W.E.R.F.)
• Tony Barba – Blue Plate Special
• Kevin Sun – <3 Bird
• Tod Dickow, Charged Particles – Live at the Baked Potato – Play the Music of Michael Brecker (Live) (Summit)
• Eric Plandé, Hasse Poulsen, Claude Tchamitchian – Beyond Dreams (Leo)
• SaxoFOUR – Celebrating the Joy of Life!
  (ft. Wolfgang Puschnig, ..)
• Chelsea Carmichael – The River Doesn’t Like Strangers (Virgin)
• Chris Maddock – The Hunt (Ubuntu)
• Kazemde George – I Insist (Greenleaf)
• Magnus Mehl – Upside Down and in Between (Neuklang)
• Stephen Riley, Ernest Turner – Original Mind (Cellar Live)

TROMBONISTS, TUBISTS

• Nils Landgren – Nature Boy (ACT)
• Peter Dahlgren – Unicorns First (Naxos)
• Georg Demel Quartett – Pale Blue Dot (u n i t)
• Maurus Twerenbold Non Harmonic Quartet – Monster Dance
• Nils Wogram – Muse
• Peter McEachern – Code 2 (SteepleChase)
  (ft. Noah Preminger, Mario Pavone, Michael Sarin)
• Nabou – You Know (Outnote)

GUITARISTS

• Pat Metheny – Road to the Sun (Modern Recordings)
• Pat Metheny – Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) (Modern Recordings)
• Lionel Loueke – Close Your Eyes
  (ft. Reuben Rodgers, Eric Harland)
• Chris Standring – Wonderful World
• Cory Wong, Dirty Loops – Turbo
• Charlie Ballantine – Reflections/Introspection: The Music of Thelonious Monk
• John Moulder – Metamorphosis (Origin)
  (ft. Richie Beirach, ..)
• Zacc Harris Group – Small Wonders (Shifting Paradigm)
• Eos Guitar Quartet – El alma de Paco
• Graham Dechter – Major Influence (Capri)
  (ft. John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton, ..)
• Ray Obiedo – Latin Jazz Project, Vol. 2
• Andrew Renfroe – Run in the Storm
  (ft. Marquis Hill, Braxton Cook, Rick Rosato, Curtis Nowosad, ..)
• Randy Napoleon – Rust Belt Roots: Randy Napoleon Plays Wes Montgomery, Grant Green & Kenny Burrell (OA2) – (ft. Xavier Davis, Rodney Whitaker, ..)
• Craig Brann – Past/Present/Future (SteepleChase)
  (ft. Nick Morrison, Rudy Royston)
• Sébastien Joulie – Split Feelings (Fresh Sound New Talent)
• Bruce Forman – Reunion!
  (ft. John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton)
• Gordon Grdina’s Square Peg – Klotski
  (ft. Mat Maneri)
• Gordon Grdina – Pendulum
• Manu Codjia – Phases

PIANISTS, KEYBOARDISTS

• Chick Corea Akoustic Band – LIVE (Concord)
  (John Patitucci, Dave Weckl)
• Helen Sung – Quartet+ (Sunnyside)
  (Jonh Ellis, David Wong, Kendrick Scott, Harlem Quartet)
• Renee Rosnes – Kinds of Love (Smoke Sessions)
  (ft. Chris Potter, Christian McBride, Carl Allen, Rogério Boccato)
• Hiromi – Silver Lining Suite (Concord)
• Victor Gould – In Our Time (Blue Room)
• Marc Cary – Life Lessons
• Leo Genovese – Piano Tuerto
• Joey DeFrancesco – More Music
• Craig Taborn – Shadow Plays (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien / 2020) (ECM)
• Richard D Johnson – First Glance
  (ft. Sharel Cassity, Alex Claffy, Mark Whifield Jr., ..)
• Lisa Hilton – Transparent Sky
• Kirk Lightsey – I Will Never Stop Loving You
• Kirk Lightsey – Coltrane Revisited
• Marcin Wasilewski Trio – En attendant (ECM)
• Frank Kimbrough – Ancestors (Sunnyside)
• Omer Klein – Personal Belongings
• Keith Tippett, Matthew Bourne – Aeolian (Studio and Concert – 2019)
• Sylvie Courvoisier, Mary Halvorson – Searching for the Disappeared Hour (Pyroclastic)
• Graham Harvey, Dave O’Higgins – That’s the Way to Live! (Ubuntu)
• Jon Batiste – WE ARE (The Deluxe Edition)
• Omar Sosa, Seckou Keita – Suba
• Rachel Eckroth – The Garden (Rainy Days)
  (ft.  Donny McCaslin, Tim Lefebvre, ..)
• Mike Nock – Out of This World (ABC Jazz)
• Brandon Goldberg – In Good Time
  (ft. Ralph Peterson, Josh Evans, Stacy Dillard, Luques Curtis)
• Pablo Held – Embracing You
• Łukasz Pawlik – Long-Distance Connections (Summit)
  (ft. Mike Stern, Dave Weckl, Tom Kennedy, Randy Brecker, Gary Novak, ..)
• Stefano Battaglia Standards Quartet – The Best Things in Life Are Free
• Miki Yamanaka – Stairway to the Stars (Outside in Music)
  (ft. Mark Turner, ..)
• Daniel García Trio – Via de la Plata (ACT)
  (ft. Ibrahim Maalouf, Gerardo Núñez, Anat Cohen, ..)
• Nathan Mollet Trio – Instants
• Adrien Chicot – Babyland (Gaya Music Production)
• Matthijs Geerts – Lost in Reverse
• Sten Sandell, Lisa Ullen – Double Music (Clean Feed)
• Lorenz Kellhuber – Contemporary Chamber Music
• Ayumi Tanaka Trio – Subaqueous Silence (ECM)

BASSISTS

• Johnathan Blake – Homeward Bound (Blue Note)
  (ft. Immanuel Wilkins, Joel Ross, David Virelles, Dezron Douglas)
• Michael Feinberg – Hard Times (Fresh Sound)
  (ft. Randy Brecker, Godwin Louis, Noah Preminger, Orrin Evans, Jeff Tain Watts, ..)
• Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, Gonzalo Rubalcaba – Skyline
• Marc Johnson – Overpass (ECM)
• Etienne Mbappe – Time Will Tell
• Dave Zinno Unisphere – Fetish (Whaling City Sound)
  (ft. Mike Tucker, Eric Benny Bloom, Leo Genovese, Tim Ray, Rafael Barata)
• Joris Teepe, Don Braden – Chemistry
  (ft. Jeff “Tain” Watts/Louis Hayes)
• Adi Meyerson – I Want to Sing My Heart Out in Praise of Life
  (ft. Camille Thurman, ..)
• Bakithi Kumalo – What You Hear Is What You See (Ropeadope)
• Charnett Moffett – Charnett Moffett Trio: LIVE

DRUMMERS, PERCUSSIONISTS

• Nate Smith – Kinfolk 2: See the Birds (Edition)
  (ft. Joel Ross, Regina Carter, ..)
• Gerry Gibbs – Songs From My Father (Whaling City Sound)
  (ft. Chick Corea, Ron Carter, Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Patrice Rushen, Larry Goldings,  Geoff Keezer, Christian McBride)
• The Elliott Henshaw Band – Who’d Have Guest? (Ubuntu)
  (ft. Bob Mintzer, Dave Weckl, ..)
• Ari Hoenig, Gaël Horellou Quartet – Live
• Pete Escovedo – Rhythm of the Night
• Joe Farnsworth – City of Sounds (Smoke Sessions)
  (ft. Kenny Barron, Peter Washington)
• Manuel Weyand – Rejoinder
  (ft. Chad Lefkowitz-Brown, David Hazeltine & Peter Washington)
• Jared Schonig – Two Takes, Vol. 1: Quintet
  (ft. Marquis Hill, Godwin Louis, Luis Perdomo. Matt Clohesy)
• Christian Krischkowsky Quartet – The End of Melancholism
• Weedie Braimah – The Hands of Time (Stretch Music)
  (ft. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Cory Henry, Terrace Martin, Trombone Shorty, ..)
• Whit Dickey, William Parker, Matthew Shipp – Village Mothership
• Jeppe Gram – The Doldrums (Storyville)
• donald dogbo – Coubli (Disques Nuits d’Afrique)
• Petter Eldh – Projekt Drums Vol. 1 (Edition)
  (ft. Eric Harland, Nate Wood, ..)

VIBRAPHONISTS

VIOLINISTS, CELLISTS

• Anais Drago – Solitudo (CAM JAZZ)
• Carlos “Zingaro” & Pedro Carneiro – Elogio das Sombras (Clean Feed)
• Metropole Orkest Cellos – Metrocelli (Metropole Orkest)
• Adam Baldych Quintet – Poetry (ACT)
  (ft. Paolo Fresu, ..)

HARMONICISTS, ACCORDIONISTS, BANDONEONISTS

• Accordion Affairs – Le Petit Oiseau
• Electrocutango – Contrastes
• Daniele Di Bonaventura, Frank Marocco – Two For The Road
• Yazmina Raies Trio – ¡De Una!

HARPISTS

BIG BANDS, ORCHESTRAS, ENSEMBLES

• Onze Heures Onze Orchestra – Onze Heures Onze Orchestra, vol. 3
• Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge – Within Us • Celebrating 25 Years of the Jazz Surge
• Arturo O’Farrill, The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble – …dreaming in lions… (Blue Note)
• Miho Hazama, Danish Radio Big Band – Imaginary Visions (Edition)
• Steven Feifke – Prologue
  (ft. Chad Lefkowitz-Brown, Adam O’Farrill, ..)
• Paradox Jazz Orchestra – Remembering the Skymasters
• Umlaut Big Band – Mary’s Ideas (Umlaut Big Band Plays Mary Lou Williams)
• Jared Schonig – Two Takes, Vol. 2: Big Band
  (ft. Charles Pillow,  Donny McCaslin, Troy Roberts, Scott Wendholt, Alan Ferber, ..)
• Sun Ra Arkestra – Live at Babylon (Deluxe Edition)
• David Sanford Big Band – A Prayer for Lester Bowie (Greenleaf)
• Georg Riedel, Ekdahl Bagge Big Band – Dance Music (Live at Fasching) (Naxos)
• Laurent Mignard Duke Orchestra – Duke Ladies Vol.1
  (ft. Natalie Dessay, Rhoda Scott, Roberta Gambarini, ..)
• Trenten Lai – Parallel World
• Bohuslän Big Band, Kathrine Windfeld – Determination (Naxos)
• Jens Wendelboe – With a Nordic Sound – An American Jazz Orchestra. Against All Odds (Losen)
• Starlight Big Band – Supernova
• Horse Orchestra – The Milkman Cometh
• Pedro Melo Alves’ Omniae Large Ensemble – Lumina (Clean Feed)
• Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – The Reset
• Knudsen/Rudzinskis Space Big Band –  Space Big Band (Double Moon)
• Espoo Big Band – Blood Red (Galileo)
  (Mikko Hassinen, Verneri Pohjola)
• Orchestre National De Jazz – Dracula (ONJ)
• Gabriel Zucker – Leftover Beats from the Edges of Time

GROUPS

• The Cookers – Look Out!
  (Eddie Henderson, David Weiss, Donald Harrison, Billy Harper, George Cables, Cecil McBee, Billy Hart)
• Ember – No One Is Anyone
  (ft. Orrin Evans)
• Borderlands Trio – Wandersphere (Intakt)
  (Stephan Crump, Kris Davis, Eric Mcpherson)
• Mats-Up – Ivovo (u n i t)
• Atomic – Boom Boom (Jazzland)
• 9 Horses – Omegah
  (ft. Joe Bent, Sara Cashwell, ..)
• Resonance Orchestra – Clairvoyance
• Abigoba – Six Miles Around (Cristal)
• Das Kondensat – 2 (WhyPlayJazz)
• Friends & Neighbors – The Earth is # (Clean Feed)
• Libertango 5tet – Point of No Return
• Black Milonga Fernet Club – Tango Nuevo
• Scheen Jazzorkester & Jon Øystein Rosland – Logical Fallacies (Jazzland)
• Timba MM – Outstanding (Naxos)
• LSC Nu Jazz Trio – PROLUSÃO DA MORTE
• Soul Cafe’ – Step Aside
• notes inegales – Expect the Unexpected (Live at Club Inégales)
• Negroni’s Trio – Esperanzas/Hopes (Sony)
• The Workshop, Stéphane Payen – Extensions (Onze Heures Onze)
• João Lencastre’s Communion – Unlimited Dreams (Clean Feed)
• Kansas Smitty’s – Plunderphonia
• Osoo – Shade Under Your Hands
• Cirrus – Chorale

BEATS, GROOVES & MOODS, SOUNDTRACKS, DJs, PRODUCERS

• Rodolphe Lauretta – Kreolia (Cristal)
• Club Des Belugas – How to Avoid Difficult Situations (Glamjazz)
• Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Instrumentals JID009
• BIGYUKI – Neon Chapter (UNIVERSAL)
  (ft. Eric Harland, Yasushi Nakamura, Mark Guiliana, ..)
• David Ornette Cherry – Organic Nation Listening Club (The Continual)
• Nala Sinephro – Space 1.8
• M&Dance Band – Disco Dance
• The Nightcrawlers – Do You Know a Good Thing? (Cellar Live)
  (ft. Cory Weeds, ..)
• Ibrahim Maalouf – 9 jours à Raqqa (Bande originale du film)
• DiaTribe – From The Village To The Streets (Original Theater Soundtrack)
• Moor Mother – Black Encyclopedia of the Air (Anti-Epitaph)
• Shinji – Shinji
• Osoo – Shade Under Your Hands
• Steam Down – Five Fruit (Decca UMO)
• Coole High – Sun People
• Gustavo Musso, Esteban Sehinkman – Mutable (Club del Disco)
• Bentley – Less Thinking More Dancing
• Sam Wilkes – One Theme & Subsequent Improvisation
• Jimmy Lopez – Things I Love
• Cory Wong – The Paisley Park Session
• Goya Gumbani & Subculture – KRYSTIN

GREEK ARTISTS

• Sotos Koutsounanos (dr) – Accelaration
• Stelios Chatzikaleas (tp) – Dignity