A colorful collection, full of pleasant surprises, comes as the outro of a hard year, mainly characterized by lots of small/independent productions, reissues and previously unreleased historical recordings, something that will probably continue this year
Read more2021 Jazz Grammy Nominations
Recording Academy has already announced the 63rd Grammy Awards Nominees and, as the year is coming to its end, playlists and collections like “Ten Best Albums Of 2020” will soon be published everywhere. Here you
Read more2020 Jazz Releases, Vol. VI
Modernjazz.gr celebrates its four years of presence on the web, and a question arises regarding the reason why we need another playlist of “New Jazz Releases” since it is predicted to be as despairingly amazing
Read more2020 Jazz Releases, Vol. V
When the final value of a set exceeds the sum of the values of its elements, then we are talking about an oasis of negative entropy. Of course, this does not mean that no energy
Read more2020 Jazz Releases, Vol. IV
From shallow waters to deep ones… This is the subtitle of our summer collection, which seems like a dive into the alluring cool sea, that of the contemporary jazz discography, in this case. At first,
Read more2020 Jazz Releases, Vol. IIΙ
Digging deep in the recent jazz discography brings to light today’s sounds, where smart themes, modern harmonies and elaborate arrangements are woven together with inventive polyrhythms from the pantheon of modern beats, offering fertile ground
Read more2020 Jazz Releases, Vol. II
Nowadays, music production has become much easier. Besides, conservatories and music colleges produce a large amount of qualified musicians who want their work to be recognized. As a result, in the field of jazz and
Read moreStavros Manthos – Colors in Motion
With a particularly emphatic sound on the alto saxophone, his dynamic quartet and seven original compositions, Stavros Manthos, on his debut album, makes an impression! Watch the video first, my comments follow soon after.. As
Read more2019/2020 Jazz Releases, Vol. I
Cool vibes, jazz hip-hop, some decent trumpeters, some pianists with personality, the rest of 2019, a bit of mainstream to tune in, a bit of avand-garde to keep us alert, and so discreetly, without anything
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