GRAMMY-NOMINATED PIANIST AND COMPOSER DONALD VEGA ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM PLAY IT FORWARD THE JUILLIARD PROFESSOR, 2023 GUGGENHEIM FELLOW AND LONGTIME RON CARTER PIANIST HONORS THE MENTORS, ELDERS AND COMMUNITIES WHO CARRY JAZZ ACROSS GENERATIONS FEATURING VEGA’S LATIN JAZZ SEXTET WITH SAXOPHONIST DAVID DEJESUS, TRUMPETER BRANDON LEE, BASSIST RAUL REYES, DRUMMER PETE VAN NOSTRAND & PERCUSSIONIST … Read More
SOUNDS OF APRIL AND RANDALL ANNOUNCE DISHES AIN’T CLEAN, A NEW SELF-PRODUCED ALBUM OF ORIGINAL SONGS ABOUT THE UNPOLISHED PARTS OF LIFE APRIL MAY WEBB & RANDALL HAYWOOD WITH MENTORSHIP FROM T.S. MONK OUT AUGUST 21, 2026 VIA SOARING RECORDS Dishes Ain’t Clean is the forthcoming album by Sounds of April and Randall, the project … Read More
GRAMMY Winning Pianist Sullivan Fortner Announces New Album Leave That In There – out August 28 via Artwork Records Artwork Records is thrilled to announce the August 28, 2026 release of Leave That In There, the sixth album by GRAMMY Award-winning pianist, composer, and bandleader Sullivan Fortner. Co-produced by Derrick Hodge and Jack DeBoe, Leave … Read More
Stefon Harris Honors Ancestral Legacies, Community, and the Life of Casey Benjamin on Legacy Dances Out August 28, 2026 via Motéma 4x GRAMMY®-nominated vibraphonist, composer, educator, and arts leader Stefon Harris celebrates 20 years of his groundbreaking band, Blackout with Legacy Dances, a vibrant recording inspired by ancestral influences, the importance of community, and Harris’s belief … Read More
Gretchen Parlato Reflects on Growth, Connection, and Renewal on The Wise Ones, New Album out Digitally August 28, CD/LP out September 11, 2026 via Edition Co-produced by Alan Hampton, The Wise Ones features Robert Glasper, Becca Stevens, Amber Navran (Moonchild), Meshell Ndegeocello and more As the 2010s dawned, acclaimed singer and composer Gretchen Parlato released … Read More
Flutist/Vocalist Alex Hamburger and pianist José Luiz Martins present Catalog of Dreams, a duo showcase of over six years of collaboration spanning Brazilian music, Jazz, and beyond – out August 14 via Challenge Records A meeting of two brilliant souls is a rare beauty to behold; for such a meeting to last, mature, and refine … Read More
2x Juno Award-winning pianist-composer Andy Milne presents True North – the powerful original motion picture soundtrack to EMMY® AWARD WINNING director Michèle Stephenson’s latest PBS documentary – out June 19, 2026 on Contrology Records Pianist and composer Andy Milne is thrilled to announce the June 19, 2026 release of True North (Original Motion Picture Score) … Read More
Zaccai Curtis channels the spirit of an era and the light of a new one on Sonoluminescence Vol. 1, out August 7, 2026 via TRRcollective GRAMMY-winning pianist and composer Zaccai Curtis returns with Sonoluminescence Vol. 1, set for release on August 7, 2026 via TRRcollective. The record marks a distinct turn in Curtis’s artistic evolution … Read More
