Truckloads of New Jazz!

Air Date: 3/28/2021

Take a look at the playlist down below, and you will see quite a few tracks from CDs released just in 2021. Here we are, three months into the new year, and already there is so much new jazz to sift through, to listen to, and enjoy.
 
And that's exactly what I'm doing! I suspect that would save you a bit of time and money, since all you have to do is tune in to the Sunday Jazz Brunch to hear the best tracks from the new crop. 

Take the new release from Diego Figueiredo, for example. The show opens with a fine track entitled Bled, but there is one song on Antarctica that really got me: My Friend Menescal. This song opens Brazil/World hour in beautiful fashion. We have three of Mr. Figueiredo's releases in our library, and each new release seems better than the previous one.
 
Pianist Art Hirahara is another artist I am tracking. When I first heard him a few years ago I knew we had another fine keyboard player here. His new CD from 2020 is called Balance Point.

I have some other releases from 2020 that I'm playing for the first time on SJB, like another keyboardist Sam Hirsh, here with his debut CD. Check out his version of Look For The Silver Lining during your contemplative morning. 

While we're on the subject of pianists, one of my long term favorites Eric Reed also had a release in 2020 that I'm just getting to now. Well, you might know how much I love a good piano trio, so these releases are quite welcome.

I did want to mention that we have some great material during groove hour, including a new release from saxophonist Richard Elliot. And I am still grooving with drummer Steve Gadd from his live release recorded in Tokyo.

Thanks so much for tuning in to the Sunday Jazz Brunch.

Marty


HOUR ONE: Contemplative Morning

Diego Figueiredo\Antarctica\Bled 2021
Sam Hirsh-Quite Frankly - Inroducing Sam Hirsh-02 Look For The Silver Lining-2020
Eric Reed-For Such a Time as This-06 Waltz-2020
Art Hirahara-Balance Point-01 Mother's Song-2020
Bruce Brown\Death of Expertise\We Click 2021
Out To Dinner-Play On-08 Something From Nothing-2021
Ryan Cohan-Originations-01 The Hours Before Dawn-2020
Smithsonian Jazz Orchestra-Bernstein Reimagined-02 Dream With Me-2021
Monika Herzig-Eternal Dance-11 Memories Of Petra-2020
Dave Stryker\Baker's Circle\Superstar 2021
Edward Simon\25 Years\25 Years [Disc 1]\Simplicity

HOUR TWO: New For You

Out To Dinner-Play On-12 The Dream-2021.wav
Jeremy Pelt-GRIOT- THIS IS IMPORTANT!-13 A Beautiful [Fxcking] Lie [Instrumental]-2021
Russell Ferrante Trio-Inflexion-02 Network Of Mutuality-2021
Veronica Swift-This Bitter Earth-04 Getting To Know You-2021
Isaiah J.Thompson-Plays The Music Of Buddy Montgomery-08 1,000 Rainbows-2020
Quincy Davis-Q Vision-01 Lost In Thought-2020
Mark Winkler & David Benoit\Old Friends\I've Got Just About Everything 2021
The New Faces-New Sounds-03 Afloat-2021
Art Hirahara-Balance Point-04 Ascent-2020
Eric Reed-For Such a Time as This-07 Bebophobia-2020
George Kahn Quartet-DreamCatcher-06 DREAMCATCHER-2020
Zoe Scott\Shades of Love\This Girl's In Love With You 2021
Vinnie Riccitelli Octet\For the Record\Flugelsville 2020

HOUR THREE: Brazil/World

Diego Figueiredo-Antarctica-09 My Friend Menescal-2021
Yulia Musayelyan\Oblivion\07 Si Llega a ser Tucumana 2021
Steve Gadd\Blue Note Live Tokyo\03_Timpanogos 2021
Diego Figueiredo-Broken Bossa-07 Valsa Curitibana 2015
The Brazilian Trio-Aguas Brasileiras-08 Aguas Brasileiras-2020
Zoe Scott\Shades of Love\Wave 2021
João Gilberto-Amoroso,Brasil-11 Bahia Com H 1976
Celso Fonseca-07 Don De Fluir (2005)
Alfredo Cardim Trio-Bossa Nova Bossa Blues\05 Batida Diferente (1995)
Diego Figueiredo-Antarctica-08 Edgewater Park-2021
Diego Rivera-Indigenous-09 Nefeli-2021
Kenney Polson - Colors of Brazil - 08 Incompatidade De Genios 2021
Hendrik Meurkens-Amazon River-11 Piano na Mangueira 2005

HOUR FOUR: Groove, Baby

Steve Gadd\Blue Note Live Tokyo\Doesn't She Know by Now 2021
Marion Meadows - Twice As Nice (single) 2021
Richard Elliot\Richard Elliot - Authentic Life - Secrets 2021
Chris Standring\Real Life\In Other Words 2020
Frank Colon-Latin Lounge-03 Summer Cocktail-2020
Zoe Scott\Shades of Love\I'll Stand By You 2021
Randy Brecker and Eric Marienthal-Double Dealin'-01 Double Dealin'-2020
Brian Simpson-South Beach-01 South Beach
Frank Colon-Latin Lounge-03 Summer Cocktail-2020
Diego Rivera-Indigenous-09 Nefeli-2021
Richard Elliot-Authentic Life-Move Ahead 2021
Najee - Center Of The Heart - 10 - Tonight We Say Goodbye

 

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