"Hi-Lee" is the opening track of tenor saxophonist Lena Bloch's new CD "Feathery." All of the songs on the album are Bloch originals.

Out on Thirteenth Note Records, March 18, 2014.

http://thirteenthnoterecords.com/
http://www.lenabloch.com/

The CD features Bloch with Dave Miller on guitar, Cameron Brown on bass and Billy Mintz on drums.

Hi-Lee - Lena Bloch

"Never Sleeps" is the opening track from vibraphonist Tyler Blanton's new CD "Gotham."

Out April 22 on Ottimo Music.

All six compositions on the CD are Blanton originals. His band includes Donny McCaslin on tenor saxophone, Matt Clohesy on electric and acoustic bass, and Nate Wood on drums.

http://www.tylerblanton.net/

Never Sleeps - Tyler Blanton

"Nuvem" is an original composition by vocalist Sara Serpa off of her new album "Primavera" with guitarist André Matos. Serpa plays piano on three songs, including this one.

Out April 25, 2014, via Inner Circle Music.

Serpa and Matos are joined here by Leo Genovese on bombo legüero and piano. Guests on other tracks include soprano saxophonist Greg Osby and keyboardist Pete Rende.

http://www.saraserpa.com/
http://www.andrematosmusic.com/
http://www.innercirclemusic.net/

Nuvem - Sara Serpa & André Matos

"Barack Hussein Obama at Selma: The Bridge of Transformation” is the fourth movement from Wadada Leo Smith’s Sapphire Symphony – The Presidents and Their Vision for America. Sapphire Symphony No. 4 is the fourth in his 4-CD box set The Chicago Symphonies featuring Smith's Great Lakes Quartet.

This track features Wadada Leo Smith’s Great Lakes Quartet:
Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet
Jonathon Haffner - alto and soprano saxophones
John Lindberg - double bass
Jack DeJohnette - drums


The Chicago Symphonies represents another magnificent four-disc collection of extended compositions by composer, musician, artist and educator Smith leading his Great Lakes Quartet in a celebration of Chicago and the rich contributions of the Midwestern artistic, musical and political culture to the United States of America. The first three symphonies, “Gold,” “Diamond” and “Pearl” are performed by Smith with three other contemporary masters of creative music, saxophonist/flutist Henry Threadgill, bassist John Lindberg and drummer Jack DeJohnette. The fourth, “Sapphire Symphony – The Presidents and Their Vision for America,” features saxophonist Jonathon Haffner with Smith, Lindberg and DeJohnette.

“The idea of a symphony composed for a sextet was first presented by composer/ performer Don Cherry in his classic recording Symphony For Improvisers in 1966,” says Smith. “I have broadened this idea to include the social, political and psychological dynamic into the creative space. My Chicago Symphonies are intended to illustrate and preserve the powerfully unique cultural contribution that the Midwesterners made in helping to shape the American society.”

THE CHICAGO SYMPHONIES

Wadada Leo Smith - Movement 4: Barack Hussein Obama at Selma: the Bridge of Transformation

"Bright Eyes" is an original composition by baritone saxophonist and flutist Andrew Hadro from his new CD "For Us, The Living," featuring Daniel Foose on double bass, Carmen Staaf on grand piano and Matt Wilson on drums & cymbals.

Out April 1, 2014 on Tone Rogue Records.

http://www.andrewhadro.com/
http://toneroguerecords.com/

Bright Eyes - Andrew Hadro

"The Buffalo" is the opening composition within saxophonist and composer Felipe Salles' new five-movement "Ugandan Suite."

Out May 20, 2014 on Tapestry Records.

Featuring:
 
Salles - tenor and baritone saxophones, flutes, bass clarinet and handclaps David Liebman - wooden flute, soprano and tenor saxophones
Damascus Kafumbe - (o)mugalabe, (e)ngom'enene, (e)nduumi, kadodi, inemba, indonyi, mbuutu, mpuunyi, atin bull, min bull, ngalabi drums, ndingidi tube-fiddle, adungu bow-harp, nsaasi gourd shakers, madinda xylophone
Rogerio Boccato - all other percussion, (e)nduumi drums, handclaps
Nando Michelin - piano, handclaps
Keala Kaumeheiwa - bass, handclaps
Bertram Lehmann - drumset, atin bull drums, handclaps
Lucas Apostoleris - handclaps

The Buffalo - Felipe Salles

"Gen Himmel" (German for "toward heaven") is a spiritually meditative composition by pianist Satoko Fujii off of her new album, "Shiki," with the Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York. Originally recorded as the title track to Fujii's 2013 solo CD, the piece is dedicated to Norikatsu Koreyasu, the bassist in Satoko's ma-do quartet who died unexpectedly in 2011.

Out May 27, 2014 on Libra Records.

The Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York features:

Oscar Noriega, Briggan Krauss - alto sax
Ellery Eskelin, Tony Malaby - tenor sax 
Andy Laster - baritone sax
Natsuki Tamura, Herb Robertson, Steven Bernstein, Dave Ballou - trumpet
Curtis Hasselbring, Joey Sellers, Joe Fiedler - trombone
Satoko Fujii - piano 
Stomu Takeishi - bass 
Aaron Alexander - drums

http://satokofujii.com/
http://www.librarecords.com/

Gen Himmel - Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York

"Dudu" is the title track that opens Natsuki Tamura's new Gato Libre CD. It is the fifth release by the trumpeter's working quartet since 2005.

Out May 27, 2014 on Libra Records.

Gato Libre features:

Natsuki Tamura - trumpet 
Yasuko Kaneko - trombone 
Kazuhiko Tsumura - guitar 
Satoko Fujii - accordion 

http://natsukitamura.com/
http://www.librarecords.com/

DuDu - Gato Libre

"Isis" is an original composition by drummer Mark Lomax from his new album, "Isis & Osiris," featuring the Mark Lomax Trio with Edwin Bayard on tenor saxophone and Dean Hulett on bass.

Out September 16, 2014 on Inarhyme Records.

www.marklomaxii.com
www.inarhyme.com

Isis - The Mark Lomax Trio

"The Secret Love Affair" is the first track from trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis' new CD "The Last Southern Gentlemen." It features Marsalis' father, Ellis, on piano along with bassist John Clayton and drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith.

Out September 30 on Troubadour Records. 

The Secret Love Affair - Delfeayo Marsalis

After a long hiatus, my alter ego Noble Barrister has re-emerged - jolted into action by the intensity of 2020 and the urgency of the election - to write and record the rock song “Enough!”  May the song, and the cathartic scream of five simultaneous electric guitar solos towards the end of the track, be of benefit to all!
Many thanks to Noah Cole (drums and mixing) and Liz Muther (chorus backing vocals).
(In the late 1970s, early ‘80s, Noble Barrister and the Absolutes gigged regularly in the Bay Area punk/new wave scene at venues such as the Mabuhay Gardens and Berkeley Square, among others.)

Wadada Leo Smith - Movement 4: Barack Hussein Obama at Selma: the Bridge of Transformation

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