r/Jazz • u/MarsupialWhich8321 • 12h ago
r/Jazz • u/--THRILLHO-- • 21d ago
New Jazz Listening Club #2 - Knats - A Great Day In Newcastle (2026)
Sorry for the delay, here’s the second album for the listening club. My plan for these threads is to focus on new jazz (released in the last 5 years or so) as we’ve all heard plenty of jazz from the golden age. I’m hoping to post every 2 weeks or so. I’m always on the lookout for new interesting stuff, so if you have any thoughts, drop me a DM.
Knats are a quintet from Newcastle upon Tyne, about as far away from London as you can get in the north of England. If you don’t know much about Newcastle, you might have a better idea by the end of the album as their hometown and the people that inhabit it are as much a part of the music as the music itself.
Newcastle’s inhabitants are known as Geordies, but this album has a double helping of Geordie as it’s produced and arranged by Geordie Greep (Black Midi) who also plays on a couple of tracks. I’m not sure how exactly to label this but as simply as possible I’d say…Fusion-poetry?
The vocals will be a sticking point for some, and a highlight for others. New member Cooper Robson’s geordie slam poetry turns up on most of the songs, spinning a yarn about someone he once met, or the history of his city. It helps that there are long instrumental passages though, so the vocals never get overwhelming for me. I see it more as another instrument that takes a solo sometimes before other players take their turn.
Speaking of the other players, it’s a really tight band. They’re labeled as a quintet, but there are 20 musicians on this record by my count (plus a poet). I’m not always great at describing music, so you’ll have to do that for yourself in the comments, but these songs are catchy and danceable. Sometimes they sound like Weather Report, teetering on the edge of smooth/cheesy territory, other times they sound much more modern.
I didn’t think I’d enjoy this because 1: fusion generally isn’t my thing and 2: I CAN NOT STAND Geordie Greep (sorry Greep stans). But it’s a really fun record, and the storytelling makes it stand out for me.
But what did you think?
Knats - A Great Day In Newcastle
Personnel:
Cooper Robson - Vocals-
Stanley Elvis Woodward - Bass Guitar/Synths
King David Ike-Elechi - Drums/Percussion
Ferg Kilsby - Trumpet/Flugelhorn
Sandro Shargarodsky - Piano/Keyboards/Synthesiser
George Johnson - Tenor Saxophone
Links:
r/Jazz • u/Annual-Broccoli-1215 • 14h ago
I must have watched Caddyshack a hundred times, and I always loved this scene, but I never realized who played the porter until now
There should be a statue in Jacksonville of this man. Do you know who without looking it up?
It’s a Good Day
My absolute two favourite jazz artists. In my opinion, both records turned out to sound excellent.
r/Jazz • u/Acrobatic_Bit_8207 • 11h ago
Talking about Cm7 in "All The Things You Are"
This video is part of a collection of videos which Frans Elsen recorded during workshops that Barry Harris gave at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague between 1989 and 1998. Frans Elsen was a very important Dutch pianist, arranger and educator of Jazz. He and Barry shared a mutual appreciation of each others music and were close friends. This material has been edited and selected by Frans himself. It gives a unique insight in Barry's wonderful ways of teaching and his extraordinary musicianship.
Please visit http://www.franselsen.com for info about Frans Elsen and his musical legacy. There is a special reference to these videos on that website. These videos are an important historical document of one of Jazz music's finest and foremost musicians and educators.
r/Jazz • u/kalcheus • 9h ago
Wooten Brothers recommendations
Attending the Wooten Brothers master class in High Point Friday night before the Coltrane Festival and while I'm pretty familiar with Victor I'm not very familiar with the rest of the family. Any song recommendations for Regi, Roy and Joseph, or for the brothers together? I have Spotify so if you're aware of any good playlists there please let me know.
Thanks
r/Jazz • u/a_spiritual_man • 6h ago
Free Jazz Tenor Sax Improv recorded in Hiroshima on July 25, 2026. 🔥
Deeply inspired by John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" and Evan Parker's masterclass in multiphonics, this session is a raw, unedited expression of cosmic energy and pure vibration.
Check it out and let me know how it resonates with you!
r/Jazz • u/Epikur2311 • 7m ago
Andy Bartosh plays "Close To You" (Comp. by Burt Bacharach)
Andy Bartosh plays "Close To You" (Comp. by Burt Bacharach)
(No AI, Comic effect: Final Cut)
Andy Bartosh: Guitar (as always, in a single take)
Programming: Keys, Drums, Bass
r/Jazz • u/Actual_Session_8755 • 1d ago
AI Jazz Epidemic on Spotify
Every time I get to the end of an album, Spotify kindly puts me in “recommended” mode and starts playing new stuff. I actually liked this feature before because it might actually bridge me to the next album for me to listen to / filled the gaps between albums on my list.
Now, when this happens, 50% of the time I am getting AI slop jazz recommended. There is a crazy wave of this stuff on Spotify and it’s not labeled as AI, which is one of the most annoying things, because it’s probably steering the untrained listener away from real music and artists. Each AI profile is trying to pass as 100% real, down to the AI-generated bio, even though it’s so obviously fake.
I really hope Spotify begins to clearly label this stuff at minimum, if not restrict / ban its publication on the app. It’s also insane how much plays the AI stuff gets. Perhaps, at the very least, those earnings from AI slop plays should be dished out to the actual musicians whose music the AI was trained on…
And don’t get me started on the spam AI-generated “new releases” on the profiles of real genuine jazz musicians!!
r/Jazz • u/Wide_Cantaloupe6286 • 4h ago
Just discovered Adam O'Farrill's HUESO - recommendations for more like this?
This album blew me away, chordless quartet with a lot of really interesting effects stuff / mixing that kind of filled the void that one might feel on a chordless quartet record. I'm kind of snobby about overwrought modern jazz mixing and I felt like this album struck a nice, musical balance.
I have a plan to buy it on Friday (bandcamp Friday), and am looking for recommendations of another 3 or 4 albums to buy where there are acoustic groups with interesting sonic things happening. Thank you
r/Jazz • u/Original_DocBop • 1d ago
Truth from Herbie
No one can teach you anything, they can only point you to where the answer is, it's up to you to go and teach yourself.
r/Jazz • u/Agile-Experience2097 • 23h ago
Favorite ECM album?
This "genre" kind of seems like a black hole & I'm not really sure where to start
r/Jazz • u/Tufftedit • 1h ago
Duke Ellington's Caravan (Rerecorded?)
I found this version of Caravan which was very interesting to me, slower in tempo, sounded like its on a shellac record. I can't find any documentation on this besides the licensing to some obscure record label, they do however, credit Duke Ellington for this recording. I just need help Identifying where this recording is from or at least the year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyX-gV5CvJI&list=RDdyX-gV5CvJI&start_radio=1
r/Jazz • u/BigAssQuanta • 8h ago
Early Jazz - The Mound City Blowers
"Pressed on the red-and-gold Champion label (manufactured by Decca Records), this 10-inch 78 RPM single features William "Red" McKenzie’s influential novelty jazz group, the Mound City Blue Blowers. Recorded in New York during the band's final studio run in early 1936, this session featured premier swing musicians including trumpet legend Bunny Berigan and drummer Dave Tough.
Side A Track: "I'm Gonna Clap My Hands" (Riley–Farley) — Master: CH 60485 | Vocal by Billy Wilson
Side B Track: "High Society Blues" (Williams) — Master: CH 60223
Session Lineup: Red McKenzie (comb/kazoo), Bunny Berigan or Sterling Bose (trumpet), Forrest Crawford (clarinet/tenor sax), Dave Barbour or Carmen Mastren (guitar), Pete Peterson or Mort Stuhlmaker (bass), Dave Tough (drums), Billy Wilson (vocals)."
Above information is from the Discography of American Historical Recordings (DAHR): Hosted by the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), this master database archives matrix records, recording dates (e.g., February 17, 1936, in New York for matrix 60485), master numbers, and original session personnel for Decca and Champion releases.
r/Jazz • u/HominidCrafts • 8h ago
Has anyone played around with the Sessionography: Jazz Explorer app?
r/Jazz • u/SomekindaStory • 6h ago
New Jazz Guitar Album - Can You Not by Daniel DeLorenzo, now streaming!
Hey everyone! My latest album is available to stream today!
"Can You Not " by Daniel DeLorenzo is the latest exploration of his anomalous compositional style and approach to the guitar. DeLorenzo's playing is complemented by the masterful musicianship of Theous Jones (drums) and Casey Toll (bass). The album features six original compositions and a reimagining of Robert Schumann's Kinderszenen Op.15 (Scenes from Childhood). Can You Not continues the musical relationship between the trio developed through countless improvisations and creative collaborations.
Available wherever you stream music, links below! If you'd like to support real music made by real humans considering purchasing on Bandcamp
r/Jazz • u/Tasty_Description_26 • 3h ago
An all star lineup on this late 50s Riverside release 🤩
No wonder this album was reissued recently… never heard of it until today. The original pressing goes for big money so holler if you got it and please share your impressions of that particular pressing.
r/Jazz • u/Wise-Top-5170 • 11h ago
name that track?
I have an ear worm baddd. What's this track? It's giving Miles Davis or some kind of muted brass sound... Please and thank you! https://voca.ro/14g5ZjsfIs3F
edit: this is just the opening phrase
r/Jazz • u/TheCatInside13 • 11h ago
Need sad recs
My wife has come around to jazz over the past few years, mostly through me playing Bill Evans all the time. We’re starting a vinyl collection and I’m hoping to get some recs she’s going to like. She likes the melancholy / noir vibe.
Here’s my list so far:
Daoud OK
The offline le grande evasion
Emil brandquist trio poems for travelers
Blue earth sounds Cicero nights
Ali farka toure talking Timbuktu
Yoni mayraz dybbuk tse
Tom Misch & yussef dayes what kinda music
Ryuchi sakamoto opus
Terumasa hino city connection
Sadao watanabe fire fly
Jiro inagaki and soul media breeze
Casiopea magic ray
Gilberto amoroso
Getz/Gilberto 76 also 1964
Hiroshi Suzuki - cat
Coltrane plays the Blues
Ryo Fukui - scenery, in New York
Cannonball adderley - somethin’ else
The Dave Brubeck quartet - time out
Bill evans - undercurrent, alone, everybody dig, you must believe in spring, from left to right, waltz for Debbie, moonbeams, explorations
Art Blakey and the jazz messengers - moanin’ / just coolin’
Coltrane - ballads
Erroll garner - ready take one
Oscar Petersen - plays the George Gershwin songbook / we get requests
Herbie Hancock - maiden voyage
Sunny Rollins - saxophone colossus
Sonny Stitt-only the blues
Charlie parker with strings/
Mingus - ah hum
Sholto letting go of forever
Ahmad Jamal chamber music of the new jazz / awakening / happy moods
Hank Mobley with Art Blakey soul station
Miles - birth of the cool, kind of blue, etc. legrand
Clifford brown with strings
Miles Davis- kind of blue
Blue Mitchell-blue’s moods
Wayne shorter- speak no evil
Tsuyoshi Yamamoto-midnight sugar
Astrud Gilberto beach samba
Edit—just wanted to say thanks to everyone posting!!!! My list is growing exponentially and these sound perfect!
r/Jazz • u/Frandalf_Failsafe • 8h ago
Does anyone know the title of the song in this Max Fleisher tribute?
r/Jazz • u/CalArtsMusic • 4h ago
CalArts Jazz CD Archive - 1990, Hard to find archived CDs being added to youtube
Hello friends,
I work in the Music Office at CalArts and have been helping out with digitizing our Jazz Archive and wanted to share with this community if that's okay.
In 1990, Capitol Records began supporting an annual recording of new, original music from CalArts music students. This project was a way for Capitol to have a tremendous impact on the lives of many young, talented musicians. Since then, we’ve recorded 34 albums at Capitol Studios and Evergreen Studios.
Now we are making the Jazz Archive available on CalArts YouTube channel!
The Archive captures over three decades of original student compositions and performances, graphic design and cover art produced at CalArts.
We will release one album every week, beginning with the first year, 1990. The first CD features music by well-known alums including Ravi Coltrane, Ralph Alessi, Julie Spencer, Peter Epstein, Michael Cain, and Pedro Eustache.
Thank you!
r/Jazz • u/songhaus • 17h ago
Japanese and Latin American Jazz
Been getting more into jazz not from the US. As an outsider looking in, I'd prefer more Japanese or Latin American stuff.
I like Casiopea, Himiko Kikuchi and Seatbelt in terms of Japanese jazz, but haven't listened to any Latin American stuff in nearly 20 years and can't remember what I listened to so open season there.
Bonus points if it's bass centered with a good brass section. Must be on streaming.
r/Jazz • u/Diogodarkness1 • 8h ago
Jazz artists that fit well in the Classic Noir/Hardboiled book/Film genre?
Hello, it's my first time interacting with this community even though it's a subject i would really like to know more about.
I like to think i have a very broad knowledge of Jazz music but if i'm being honest for the past 6 years i just stuck with the most popular/known artists and from there i just keep finding more songs from the same 6 or 7 guys/gals.
There's also the matter of me not knowing what is the meaning of 'Jazz' exactly(what it entails). for me there's the guys who make songs instrumental only/ people who are known for being talented with a certain instrument(Miles Davis). And then there's the jazz of guys who sing songs and use their voice as the 'focus', the Rat Pack being a example. Are those the same thing?
Now for what i'm looking for, 1930's-50's Jazz artists that really dig in the blues. The Film Noir, Fatalist vibe, Rainy day, Hardboiled Detective in his office drinking his life away, until a new case pops up, Great Depression, Corruption etc etcetc.
I don't even know if the period correct equivalent exists, i saw it in LA Noire but that's from 2011, i did watch some noir movies from the time period, One that i really liked was 'Laura(1944)' but that was so long ago(3-4 years ago) that i dont remember much about the others.
And yes i did search for playlists on youtube/spotify but those are either mixed in with modern music, AI or too short. Its mostly my lack of knowledge about the subject limiting my methods.
