Ivan Cordoba has made a short film about Melissa Aldana called Bridges, and you can watch it at Artpop Studio (and right here):
Wayne Horvitz has a new album out in time for his 60th birthday--and he's celebrating by giving away 52 free tracks (one each week). Read all about it.
You know by now that RJA veterans show up in the jazz monthlies on a pretty regular basis. The latest to do so is Fred Hersch, the subject of a cover story in the October issue of DownBeat.
That same number includes a feature on Cécile McLorin Salvant, who is marking the release of a fabulous new album, For One to Love, on Mack Avenue Records. It's a serious contender for jazz record of the year. See a "trailer" for the album on Salvant's website, and watch a video of a track from the album right here:
Actually, there's a bunch of new albums out (or about to be), including one from the Dave Douglas Quintet, Brazen Heart. Here's the title track:
Meanwhile, Kevin Whitehead reviewed the fourth album by Harris Eisenstadt's Canada Day on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross:
(You can stream three tracks from Canada Day IV--and download one, for free--at the Songlines Records site. Ditto for Wayne Horvitz's new one, some places are forever afternoon.)
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