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New Music From Melford, Halvorson, Henriksen And More

By Bob Osborne | World of Jazz
May 22, 2025
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A comprehensive look at new releases from the USA and Europe is topped and tailed with older recordings re-issued or released for the first time. New associations between established musicians deliver exciting listening experiences whilst new players on the scene demonstrate Jazz is alive and growing.

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Charles Rouse

" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Rouse "Bitchin'" from Two Is One (Mack Avenue Music Group/Strata-East Records) 00:00

Myra Melford

piano
b.1957

" data-original-title="" title="">Myra Melford With

Michael Formanek

bass, acoustic
b.1958

" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Formanek And

Ches Smith

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Ches Smith "Drift" from Myra Melford Splash (Intakt Records) 07:10

Tommaso Perazzo

piano
b.1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Tommaso Perazzo "Santo Antonio" from Samba of Sorts (Sunnyside Records) 17:46

Mary Halvorson

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Mary Halvorson "Carved From" from About Ghosts (Nonesuch Records) 22:14

Arve Henriksen

trumpet
b.1968

" data-original-title="" title="">Arve Henriksen "Trofast" from Arcanum (ECM Records) 27:35

Shai Maestro

piano
b.1987

" data-original-title="" title="">Shai Maestro "Aba" from Solo : Miniatures & Tales (na?ve records) 32:09

David Murray

saxophone, tenor
b.1955

" data-original-title="" title="">David Murray Quartet "Capistrano Swallow" from Birdly Serenade (Impulse! Records) 35:42

Tommaso Perazzo

piano
b.1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Tommaso Perazzo &

Tommaso Perazzo

piano
b.1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Tommaso Perazzo Featuring

Buster Williams

bass, acoustic
b.1942

" data-original-title="" title="">Buster Williams "Ricordi" from Portrait of a Moment (Red Records) 40:00

Igmar Thomas

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Igmar Thomas Revive Big Band "Thelonious" from Like A Tree It Grows (Soulspazam) 45:12

Igmar Thomas

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Igmar Thomas Trio "Shiitake" from Multiverse (Self Released) 48:26

GPS Band

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">GPS Band "Take Flight" from Directions + Destinations (577 Records) 53:42

Tuomo Uusitalo

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Tuomo Uusitalo Trio "Line For Lee" from S?rkka (All4Corners) 57:52

Sultan Stevenson

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Sultan Stevenson "El Roi" from El Roi (Edition Records) 1:02:36

Samuel Hällkvist

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Samuel H?llkvist "In Cologne" from Song For Mimi : The Haas Company Volume 3 (Psychiatric Records and Tapes) 1:06:39

Shelley Yoelin

" data-original-title="" title="">Shelley Yoelin Gabriel Datcu Quintet "Rojo" from Rojo (Self Released) 1:11:24

Finn Wiest

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Finn Wiest "Giga" from Aurora (Self Released) 1:17:28

Axel Filip

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Axel Filip,

Signe Emmeluth

saxophone, alto

" data-original-title="" title="">Signe Emmeluth,

Ingebrigt Håker Flaten

bass
b.1971

" data-original-title="" title="">Ingebrigt H?ker Flaten "Come Closer" from Hyperboreal Trio (Relative Pitch Records) 1:20:56

Doug Wyatt "The Pseudo-Iterative" from Days Of Gypsy Nights (Sonosphere) 1:25:34

Ojorojo "Leyenda" from Leyenda (Self Released) 1:29:47

Michael Sarian

trumpet
b.1985

" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Sarian "Straight Trash (Edit) from Esquina (Greenleaf) 1:34:04

Ashley Jackson "Troubled Water" from Take Me To The Water (Decca) 1:39:03

Morten Haxholm

bass

" data-original-title="" title="">Morten Haxholm "Magnolia" from Aether II (Zack's MUSIC) 1:45:25

The Counterfictionals "Norm Gundersons 3-cent Stamp" from Norm Gundersons 3-cent Stamp (Zack's MUSIC) 1:49:53

Tubby Hayes

saxophone, tenor
1935 - 1973

" data-original-title="" title="">Tubby Hayes Quintet "Modes and Blues" from Antibes 62 (Jazz In Britain) 1:53:25

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