It seems it was only fitting to celebrate “10 Years of Modernjazz.gr” with a mostly lighter program, as dictated by the late-summer releases. Featuring high-caliber contemporary jazz songwriting from Somi, Gretchen Parlato, Suzanne Pittson, and Audrey Powne, stylish jazz-hop with “tricky” beats that are thriving particularly in Europe, new jazz naturally in the spotlight, plus a taste of “classy” latin jazz and “cult” jazz-fusion, it proves once again that good jazz can resonate with casual listeners and die-hard fans alike.
Enjoy the music and have fun!
(Note: UTB plays only a sample from Donald Vega,
while for Entre Amigos, a different track had to be used)
Albums and Musicians that contribute to the playlist
Somi – What Does It Take to Bloom? (Salon Africana)
Vocal Jazz, Afro-Soul – New York / Africa
Track: Throw Something
Info: Google AI, Bandcamp, ShatterTheStandards
Gretchen Parlato, Robert Glasper – The Wise Ones (Edition Records)
Vocal Jazz, New Jazz, Neo-Soul – Los Angeles
Track: If It’s Magic
Info: Google AI, Bandcamp, Paris-Move
Rino Sivathas – Speak Volumes ( Purple Theory Records)
Jazz-hop, beats, electronic – Oslo
Tracks: Tomorrow, Club Embassy
Info: Google AI, Bandcamp, AllAboutJazz
Donald Vega – Play It Forward (Tao Forms)
Latin Jazz, Post-Bop – New York
Track: Play It Forward
Info: Google AI, LydiaLiebman
Suzanne Pittson, Bevan Manson – Conversations (2002/2026 Vineland Records)
Vocal Jazz, Chamber Jazz – New York
Track: Out of the Hub (One of Another Kind)
Info: Google AI, Bandcamp
Jack Walrath, Jed Levy, Jose Davila – Triceratops: Three Horned Face (2005/2026 Mapleshade Recordings)
Modern Creative, Avant-Garde – Baltimore
Track: Postal
Info: Google AI, Bandcamp
Entre Amigos – Joyful Foundation: The Music of Justin Copeland (Entre Amigos Records)
Latin Jazz, Post-Bop – Chicago
Track: Ride
Info: Google AI, Bandcamp
Léon Phal – Bodies & Ideas ( Heavenly Sweetness / Sony Music)
Nu-Jazz, Jazz-hop, Beats – Paris
Track: Pleine Forêt
Info: Google AI, Bandcamp, Paris-Move
Kara-Do – Symptoms (Preference Records)
Lo-Fi Jazz, Chill Beats, Electronic – Inglewood, CA
Track: Fool4u
Info: Google AI, Bandcamp
Kiefer – Memory Bomb (Blue Note Records)
Jazz-Hop, R&B/Neo-Soul, Beats – Los Angeles
Track: Daydreaming
Info: Google AI, uDiscoverMusic
The Tonal Few, Antonin Jaccard – STEPS (Self-Released)
Contemporary Jazz, Fusion – Netherlands
Track: Little Break (feat. Bass G)
Info: Google AI, TheTonalFew
Palace of Mirrors – Bubbles, Bananas & Binary Beats (Self-Released)
Electro-Jazz, Avant-Fusion, Cinematic – Paris
Track: Dans L’antre du Roi de La Montagne (Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1)
Info: Google AI, SelectionSorties
Audrey Powne – Bodies of Water (BBE Music)
New Jazz, R&B/Neo-Soul, Vocal Jazz – Melbourne
Track: RYV
Info: Google AI, Bandcamp, BBE
Button Masher – Super Button Masher (Brainfeeder)
Video Game Music, Jazz Fusion, Math-Rock – Baltimore
Track: Pause Menu for the Broken Hearted
Info: Google AI, Bandcamp
Claudio Vignali – Flow (Alman Music)
Jazz-rap, Vocal, Fusion – Italy / USA
Track: Believe
Info: Google AI, CultuurMania
MORE NEW RELEASES
VOCALISTS
- Norma Winstone – Gilles Peterson presents Norma Winstone (Live at Maida Vale) [BBE]
- Kurt Elling & Yellowjackets – Play Weather Report: Alive in Europe + Bonus Studio Recordings
- Caity Gyorgy & Mark Limacher – You Irritate Me So (La Reserve)
- Lizz Wright & Kenny Banks – Nearness (Candid)
- Hiba Tawaji & Ibrahim Maalouf – À LA FRANÇAISE
- Pablo Ziegler & Roberta Gambarini – Blues Porteño (Love Letters From Buenos Aires) [IN+OUT]
- Kurena Ishikawa – Garden (Universal)
- Niia – V (Goth Jazz Edition) [Candid]
- Chris McNulty – Soul Journey
- Heidi Martin – ATTUNEMENT
Ft. Marc Cary, .. - Seth MacFarlane – Seth MacFarlane Sings The Muppets (Verve)
TRUMPETERS
- Jack Walrath, Jed Levy & Jose Davila – Triceratops: Three Horned Face
- Wadada Leo Smith – Constellations And Hemispheres
Ft. Sylvie Courvoisier, Marcus Gilmore, Pheeroan akLaff, .. - Teus Nobel – Child’s Play
Ft. Jasper Høiby, ..
SAXOPHONISTS, CLARINETISTS, FLUTISTS
- Chad Lefkowitz-Brown – Present Moments (La Reserve)
- Ivo Perelman, Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Bobby Kapp – Synesthesia
- Greg Abate Quartet – In The Moment (Summit)
- Henry Threadgill – Cut You Where You Was (Pi)
- Houston Person – Houston Person From The Heart
- Tony Lakatos – George in Our Minds
- Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo – El Arte Del Bolero, Vol. 3
- Vito Dieterle – Nerve Case (SteepleChase)
- Emma Rawicz – Paintbox (ACT)
- Linda Sikhakhane – L I N D A (Blue Note)
- Andy Sheppard – Salt Catchers (ECM)
- George Garzone – Themes for Good Friends
Ft. Randy Brecker, Luis Perdomo, Santi Debriano, Jeff “Tain” Watts - Fredrik Kronkvist – Worlds Unseen
- Emile Parisien – Floating (ACT)
- Doug Webb – Watch Your Step (Cellar Live)
Ft. Brian Charette, .. - Geof Bradfield, Myra Melford, Ben Goldberg & Dana Hall – Open Or Close (Calligram)
- Michael Blake – Halloween Tales
Ft. Gary Versace, Ben Allison, Michael Sarin - Kevin Sun – Kevin Sun, I (Endectomorph)
- Artvark Saxophone Quartet – Four Fathers
- Andrew Rathbun & Gary Versace – Episodes (SteepleChase)
- Henry Threadgill – Cut You Where You Was (Pi)
- Marty Ehrlich – OPEN AIR: The Complete Saxophone Quartet Compositions of Julius Hemphill (Vol. 1) [Out of Your Head]
- Emma Rawicz – Paintbox (ACT)
- Branford Marsalis Quartet & Dianne Reeves – Dedicated To You (Blue Note)
Ft. Joey Calderazzo, Eric Revis, Justin Faulkner
TROBONISTS, TUBISTS
- Nils Landgren – Nils Landgren 70 – Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XIX (Act)
GUITARISTS, Mandolinists , Oudists, sitarists
- Jakob Bro – 8
Ft. Chris Cheek, Craig Taborn, Larry Grenadier, Marcus Gilmore, Brian Blade, .. - Philippe Mouratoglou – Arcane 17
- KOUROU FIA – COKORA
- Mike Bruzzese – Another Space
FT. Ben Solomon, ..
PIANISTS, KEYBOARDISTS
- Jon Batiste – Monk Movements (Verve)
- Jon Batiste – Monk Meditations (Verve)
- Jon Batiste – Black Mozart (Verve)
- Sullivan Fortner – Leave That In There
Ft. Tyrone Allen II, Kayvon Gordon - Baptiste Trotignon – Art Is Simple (Naive)
- Lucian Ban & Elevation – Rush (Sunnyside)
Ft. Abraham Burton, John Hébert, Eric McPherson, Gavril Tarmure - Kris Davis Trio – Lost in Geneva
Ft. Robert Hurst, Johnathan Blake - Adrien Brandeis – Handmade (Solo Live in Manchester)
- Miki Yamanaka – Breathe (Cellar Live/La Reserve)
Ft. Nicole Glover, Tyrone Allen II, Jimmy Macbride - Irène Schweizer – Prelude to a Kiss and More (1986 – Intakt)
- David Chesky – Rags for Solo Piano & A Dog (The Audiophile Society)
BASSISTS
- Emma Dayhuff – Mountains
Ft. Corey Wilkes, Isaiah Collier, Paul Cornish, Jonathan Pinson, .. - Linda May Han Oh, Melissa Aldana – Beneath Lifted Skies (Biophilia)
DRUMMERS, PERCUSSIONISTS
- Mike Clark – Kuon Ganjo (Wide Hive)
Ft. Eddie Henderson, Craig Handy, Patrice Rushen, Essiet Okon - Ulysses Owens Jr. & Musora – Kind of Grunge (Cella Live)
- Matt Wilson’s Good Trouble – Love Is The Whole Thing, We Are Only Pieces (Palmetto)
Ft. Tia Fuller, Dawn Clement, Jeff Lederer, Ben Allison, .. - Mark Guiliana – BEAT MUSIC 2.0 (Edition)
Ft. Tim Lefebvre, Gretchen Parlato, .. - André Ceccarelli – West Side Story – Live at the Baiser Salé (Bonsai)
VIBRAFONISTS
- Stefon Harris, Blackout – Legacy Dances (Motema)
ACCORDEONISTS, HARMONICISTS, ..
HARPISTS
VIOLISTS, VIOLONISTS, CELLISTS
- Meg Okura, Angelica Sanchez, Sam Newsome – Uncommon Tones (Adhyâropa)
- Adam Bałdych – Endless (ACT)
GROUPS
- Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart – Rhombus
- Joyce Moreno, Tutty Moreno, Adrian Younge – Joyce e Tutty Moreno JID027 (Jazz Is Dead)
- Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer & Dafnis Prieto – Fifteen (Nonesuch)
- Elipsis, Michael League, Pedrito Martinez, Antonio Sánchez – Elipsis (GroundUp)
- ALG Trio, Gilad Atzmon, Piotr Lemanczyk, Adam Golicki – Between The Vistula And The Hudson
- David Virelles, Reggie Workman & Andrew Cyrille – Creative Inspirations (Pi)
- Ancient Infinity Orchestra – It’s Always About Liberation (Gondwana)
BIG BANDS, ORCHESTRAS, ENSEMBLES
- John Hollenbeck, Hot Club Jazz Orchestra – Peace and Justice
- New England Jazz Collaborative – Tributaries
- Two O’Clock Lab Band – Return Two Paradise (North Texas)
- Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis – Essentially Ellington 2027
- Jared Schonig – Big Band: Live at Dizzy’s (Live) [Anzic]
- Sant Andreu Jazz Band & Joan Chamorro – Come Dance With Us (Vol.1)
- Mike Dana Jazz Orchestra – Farther (still) [Origin]
Ft. Bob Mintzer, Ingrid Jensen, Eric Marienthal, Tim Ries, .. - Paradox Jazz Orchestra, Jesse Schilderink – The Offshoots Vol. 1: Jesse Schilderink (New Trees On Old Ground – The Offshoots)
- Leszek Kułakowski – Poland, My Homeland (Soliton)
- Sam Blakeslee Large Group – New Blood
- Rubén Blades con Roberto Delgado Y Orquesta – País Portatil
- Frankfurt Radio Big Band – Jim McNeely Expeditions (Sunnyside)
BEATS, DJs & PRODUCERS, GROOVES & MOODS, SOUNDTRACKS ..
- Kokoroko – Tempos Difíceis Sempre Passam (Brownswood)
- Boney James – Sax In The Afternoon (BMG)
- Dana and Alden – Papa’s Boat (Concord)
- David Garfield – Live at The Bitter End (Live)
Ft. Brandon Fields, Oz Noy, Randy Brecker, .. - Ted Taforo – The Leaning Tower of Panther
- Ezra Collective – Here Because of Hope
- The James Taylor Trio – The Truth
- Nicole McCabe & Savannah Harris – All Together
- De-Phazz, Pit Baumgartner, Oli Rubow – De-Phazz presents In a Rudie Mood
- Hania Derej – Don’t Look Back Always Forward (ZenneZ)
- Audrey Powne – Bodies of Water (BBE)
- Wyclef Jean – Q Theory – Quantum Leap, Vol. 2
Ft. Theo Croker, Robert Glasper, Elena Pinderhughes, Godwin Louis, .. - Ed Motta – Toc-Toc
- Dinner Party, Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper – Whatchu Bringing? (EMPIRE)
Ft. 9th Wonder, Kamasi Washington - KAZUMI KANEDA – Sophisticated Static
- Alfa Mist – Live at Real World Studios
- megiapa – Intentions (International Anthem)
- Ric Alexander – Triple Play
Feat. GREEK ARTISTS (Go to jazzlibrary.gr & keepjazzin.gr)