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ModernJazz
2020 JazzReleases, Vol. IV2020-07-17 Playlist ! 408
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 @rst, you’re able to step on the sea bed with
ease, but later on, it’s best to know how to swim,
since there’s no telling of what you might
encounter. Certainly not rubbish, or warblers and
CATEGORIES
Avant-garde/Free
Big Band Classical
Contemporary Jazz
Electronic Fusion
Latin Jazz
Modal Jazz
Modern Jazz
New Jazz/Nu Jazz/NewMusic
Playlist Postbop
Rap/hiphop/underground
RnB/Soul/Funk/Acid
Smooth Jazz Vocal
World/Ethnic
TAGS
2012 2013 2014
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dog@sh, though! On the contrary, life jackets are
available at critical points. Swim freely within the
safe zone of modernjazz.gr!
Enjoy the playlist on music streaming services:
(misses two tracks)
Find below information, reviews and comments
about the 20 albums contributing to this, two-
hour program:
D>tour – Leave A
Message (2005/2020)
Genre: Smooth jazz
Label: Templar Records
Country: USA
Reviews:
Listen: Deezer, Spotify
Smooth jazz may no longer be fashionable, but
this doesn’t prevent us from recalling some of its
@ne moments with this reissue that just
appeared on the streaming services, by Klaus
2015 2016 2017
2018 2019 2020
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Mueller, a very productive pianist, composer and
producer, in collaboration with
bassist/composer Dave Darlington and other
well-known players, such as Ofer Assaf, Chieli
Minucci and Alex Sipiagin
Manuel Faivre and Ellen
Birath – Swing
Orchestra
Genre: Swing, vocal jazz
Label: MY MUSIC
LIBRARY
Country: France
Reviews:
Listen: Deezer, Spotify
The timeless charm of swing is due to its
dancing character, but also to the cheerfulness
and the skill of bands that continue to serve it,
such as trumpeter Manuel Faivre’s and singer
Ellen Birath’s Swing Orchestra
Michael Giamille – 2020
Clear Vision the Age of
Self Love
Genre: New jazz, hip-hop
Label: MGM Productions
LLC
Country: Virginia, USA
Reviews:
Listen: Deezer, Spotify
Saxophonist Michael Giamille successfully
follows the modern trend that appoints hip-hop
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as the dominant rhythmic base of current pop-
jazz culture
Mathias Lundqvist –
Modern Behavior
Genre: Modern jazz,
chamber jazz, vocal
Label: Behind the Beat
Country: Stockholm,
Sweden
Reviews: Facebook
Listen: Deezer, Spotify
A beautiful and sophisticated work by pianist
and composer Mathias Lundqvist, with
“chamber” jazz arrangements, achieved with the
help of the violin, the cello, the oboe and the
clarinet. Vocals by Maria Lindström, Sandra
Widman and saxophone by Magnus Dölerud
PYJÆN – Sage Secrets
EP
Genre: Nu-jazz, funk,
beats
Label: DeepMatter
Country: London, UK
Reviews: JazzRevelations, BackSeatMa@a
Listen: Bandcamp, Deezer, Spotify
PYJÆN is a youthful quintet that utilizes various
in_uences to form its fresh, club-oriented sound.
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Magic Malik – Magic
Malik Fanfare XP, Vol. 2
Genre: Modern jazz
Label: Onze Heures
Onze
Country: France
Reviews: OnzeHeuresOnze
Listen: Deezer, Spotify
With Guandeloupian origins and obvious stylistic
in_uence from Steve Coleman and Olivier
Messiaen, the 51-year-old _utist and
composer Malik Mezzadri leads a large
ensemble, the quirky sounding Fanfare XP, in
collaboration with trumpeter Olivier Laisney and
saxophonist Pascal Mabit
Alexander Claffy –
Claffy I (2016/2020)
Genre: New Jazz, post-
bop, vocal
Label: La Reserve
Records
Country: Harlem, NY
Reviews:
Listen: Deezer, Spotify
Alexander Claffy is a young, distinguished
bassist and former pianist, with a serious CV and
collaborations with A-class names (Orrin Evans,
Randy Brecker, Joey DeFrancesco ..)
On his @rst album from 2016, now available for
streaming, he mostly composes and plays smart
songs, along with Sonny Step (voc), Victor Gould
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(p), Michael King (keys), Benny Benack III (tr),
Ben Eunson (g), Matt Chalk (as), Troy Roberts
(ts), David Gibson (trb), Kyle Poole and Jonathan
Barber (dr)
Jimmy Haslip, Joe
Vannelli –
Nightfall (2010/2020)
Genre: Fusion
Label: Blue Canoe
Records
Country:
Reviews: AllAboutJazz
Listen: Deezer, Spotify
Another re-release with enjoyable latin, fusion,
afro-cuban, soul and smooth grooves, by
melodic bassist, Yellowjackets’ founding
member, Jimmy Haslip, keyboardist Joe Vannelli
and many other participants, including the
notable Wayne Bergeron (tp), Bob Mintzer (ts)
and Steve Tavaglione (ss, as)
Tony Succar, Pablo Gil –
Raices Jazz Orchestra
Genre: Latin jazz, big
band
Label: Unity
Entertainment
Country: South Florida
Reviews: LatinJazzNet
Listen: Deezer, Spotify
Raices Jazz Orchestra is a new, hot latin-jazz big
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band, by the young, Latin-Grammy multi-winner,
drummer and producer Tony Succar and
saxophonist Pablo Gil
Sérgio Pererê –
Revivências
Genre: Música Popular
Brasileira (MPB)
Label: Sérgio Pererê
[dist. Tratore]
Country: Brazil
Reviews: CulturaDoria, Globo
Listen: Deezer, Spotify
With his evocative, ritualistic voice, Sérgio
Pererê sings Brazilian composers, such as Chico
Buarque, Gilberto Gil, Milton Nascimento and
others. Featuring Acauã Rane (b, g, bg) and
Richard Neves (p)
Mario Rusca’s Quintet –
Mario Rusca’s Quintet
Genre: Contemporary
jazz
Label: Four Flies Srls
Country: Italy
Reviews: VoiceMagazine/interview
Listen: Deezer, Spotify
Quality, tasteful mainstream with high energy,
speed, accuracy, and all the goods, on an album
not at all promoted, from the group of the
experienced Italian pianist Mario Rusca, who has
worked with many great musicians of the past
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Derrick Hodge – COLOR
OF NOIZE
Genre: New Jazz
Label: Blue Note
Records
Country: NY, USA
Reviews: BlueNote, BassMagazine,
AmericanSongWriter, GlideMagazine
Listen: Deezer, Spotify
Derrick Hodge, bassist of the “Robert Glasper
Experiment”, needs no further introduction. Here
we have his beautiful third personal album, that
can equally satisfy demanding listeners and
background music lovers
James Carney Sextet –
Pure Heart
Genre: Modern jazz,
post-bop
Label: Sunnyside
Country: Brooklin, NY
Reviews: DownBeat, JazzTrail, PopMatters
Listen: Bandcamp, Deezer, Spotify
Award-winning pianist and composer James
Carney assembled this sextet of renowned
players and inspired them with his solid
compositions to express their creativity, even
more, to improvise collectively.
With Stephanie Richards (tp), Ravi Coltrane (ss,
ts), Oscar Noriega (as, bcl), Dezron Douglas (b)
and Tom Rainey (dr)
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Ntjam Rosie – Family &
Friends
Genre: Neo-soul,
R&B/soul
Label: O-tone
Country: Rotterdam, NL
Reviews: SonicSoulReviews, WeOwnRotterdam
Listen: Deezer, Spotify
Originated from Cameroon and based in the
Netherlands, Ntjam Rosie is a sweet, expressive
and sensual singer who makes an international
career
Federico Calcagno –
Liquid Identities
Genre: Modern jazz
Label: Aut Records
Country: Amsterdam, NL
Reviews: AutRcords,
JazzinFamily (interview)
Listen: Bandcamp, Deezer, Spotify
Smart jazz grooves, advanced compositions,
polyphonies, sounds of classical quality and
ingenious solos, by Italian clarinetist and
composer Federico Calcagno’s youthful quintet,
also including alto saxophone, piano, cello and
drums
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Brussels Jazz
Orchestra, Claire
Vaillant, Pierre Drevet
– Échange (Live, 27
Novembre 2019)
Genre: Contemporary
big-band
Label: Lilananda
Country: Belgium
Reviews: BJO/event
Listen: Deezer, Spotify
Impressionistic soundscapes by Brussels Jazz
Orchestra, one of the greatest European big
bands, performing live trumpeter Pierre Drevet’s
original compositions and arrangements.
Featuring vocalist Claire Vaillant
César Cardoso – Dice of
Tenors
Genre: Contemporary
jazz, post-bop
Label: César Cardoso
Country: Lisbon,
Portugal
Reviews: AllAboutJazz
Listen: Bandcamp, Deezer, Spotify
Imaginative covers of standards and more, with
latin and other colors, by remarkable tenor
saxophonist and arranger César Cardoso’s octet,
featuring Jason Palmer (tp) and Miguel Zenon
(as)
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Black Art Jazz
Collective – Ascension
Genre: Contemporary
jazz, post-bop
Label: HighNote
Records
Country: USA
Reviews: JazzIt
Listen: Deezer, Spotify
Exemplary, dynamic, possibly even “hard” post-
bop, by the Black Art Jazz Collective, a @rst-
class sextet, formed in 2012. The current lineup
includes two of the founding members, Wayne
Escoffery (ts) and Jeremy Pelt (tp), along with
James Burton III (trb), Victor Gould (p), Rashann
Carter (b) and Mark Whitleld Jr. (dr)
Ambrose Akinmusire –
on the tender spot of
every calloused moment
Genre: Modern jazz
Label: Blue Note
Records
Country: ΝΥ, USA
Reviews: BlueNote, PitchFork, AllAboutJazz
Listen: Deezer, Spotify
Inspired by sociopolitical issues, creative
virtuoso trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire’s @fth
album is, once again, a today’s @ne jazz art
statement, with a poetic mood and blue feeling.
Featuring his long-time bandmates, Sam Harris
(p), Harish Raghavan (b), Justin Brown (dr) and
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guests
Clairdee – A Love Letter
to Lena
Genre: Vocal jazz
Label: Declare Music
Country: San Francisco,
USA
Reviews: AllAboutJazz, JazzJournal
Listen: Deezer, Spotify
With her warm, rich voice on nice arrangements,
Clairdee makes a tribute to Lena Horne, also
including narrative parts by actress Margo Hall.
Featuring Regina Carter (vln), Charles McNeal
(ts) and others
Enjoy the playlist on music streaming services
(misses two tracks)
More new releases are listed below (links to
Deezer)
