May 30 2017
Now up, the latest Best of Bandcamp Jazz recommendations for The Bandcamp Daily. The newest monthly installment covers albums for May 2017 (more of an April 25th – May 24th thing, really). There’s ten primary recommendations in total, plus some side recommendations to boot.
Follow this LINK to read those recommendations and listen to music from each album.
Have fun going through the list!
Cheers.
May 27 2017
Chris Mapp’s Gonimoblast has a new album on the horizon. Gonimoblast Live is getting released June 30, 2017 on Stoney Lane Records. It’s a two-disc production, with vocalist Maja S.K Ratkje featured on the first disc and trumpeter Arve Henriksen on the second.
Here’s a preview of what’s to come…
Your album personnel: Chris Mapp (bass, electronics), Leafcutter John (electronics, light interface, music box, vocals), Dan Nicholls (keys, synths), Mark Sanders (drums, cymbals, percussion), Maja S.K Ratkje (voice, electronics, oscillator, other things) and Arve Henriksen (trumpet, pocket trumpet, vocals, electronics).
You can learn more about the album and pre-order it on the label’s Bandcamp page.
May 20 2017
Multi-instrumentalist Brian Landrus has a new album coming out. Generations features a 25-piece orchestra, and it’s getting released July 28th, 2017 via an ArtistShare project.
Here’s a preview of what’s to come…
Your album personnel: Brian Landrus, Jamie Baum, Tom Christensen, Darryl Harper, Michael Rabinowitz, Alden Banta (woodwinds), Debbie Schmidt, Ralph Alessi, Igmar Thomas, Alan Ferber, Marcus Rojas (brass), Brandee Younger (harp), Sara Caswell, Mark Feldman, Joyce Hammann, Meg Okura, Lois Martin, Nora Krohn, Jody Redhage and Maria Jeffers (strings), Joe Locke (vibraphone), Billy Hart, Justin Brown (drums), Jay Anderson, Lonnie Plaxico (bass) and JC Sanford (conductor).
You can learn more about the album and pre-order it on the artist’s ArtistShare page.
And here’s an EPK about the creation of the album:
May 14 2017
Pianist George Colligan has a new album on the horizon. More Powerful is getting released June 30, 2017 on Whirlwind Recordings.
Here’s a preview of what’s to come…
Your album personnel: George Colligan (piano), Linda May Han Oh (double bass), Rudy Royston (drums) and Nicole Glover (tenor & soprano saxophones).
You can learn more about the album and pre-order it on the label’s Bandcamp page.
May 31 2017
My interview of Yazz Ahmed is up at The Bandcamp Daily
I interviewed trumpeter Yazz Ahmed for The Bandcamp Daily.
We talked about her new album La Saboteuse, how recording sessions involved road trips, the struggle with identity, and how those things informed her new album.
Here’s a LINK to go read it.
And you can listen to and purchase the new album La Saboteuse on Bandcamp.
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By davesumner • Announcement - Music, Interviews • 0 • Tags: Bandcamp articles, Yazz Ahmed