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
DJANGO FESTIVAL ALLSTARS DEBUTS NEW ALBUM ON MOTÉMA: EVOLUTION, OUT FEBRUARY 13, 2026 – ALL-ORIGINAL PROGRAM OF ‘NOUVELLE GYPSY SWING’ MARKS 25 YEARS OF THE DJANGO REINHARDT NY FESTIVAL ALBUM RELEASES FEB 13, 2026 • SINGLES DROP: NOV 7/DEC 5/JAN 9 The thrilling Django Festival Allstars, who just toured with Veronica Swift to celebrate 25 years … Read More
NEW ALBUM INFINITE CONNECTIONS FROM THE AWARD-WINNING JIHYE LEE ORCHESTRA FUSES TRADITIONAL KOREAN RHYTHMS WITH CONTEMPORARY ORCHESTRAL JAZZ TO CREATE A PROFOUND CROSS-CULTURAL MEDITATION ON LIFE, WOMANHOOD, AND THE TIES THAT BIND HUMANITY. Out May 31 via Motéma Listen to first single, “We Are All From The Same Stream”, out as of April 5, here … Read More
THE ROYAL BOPSTERS CELEBRATE 10 YEARS WITH REISSUE OF THEIR LANDMARK DEBUT ALBUM W/ BONUS TRACKS “JAZZ JUMP” + “AULD LANG SYNE” (INSPIRED BY THE BEACH BOYS 1966 TRACK) The Royal Bopsters (10th Anniversary Edition) out 12/30/2022 on Motéma “Extraordinary” — Allen Morrison, Downbeat (4.5 stars), Best Albums of 2015 “Priceless… [a] landmark” – Christopher … Read More
The 70th Annual Downbeat Critics Poll is out now, highlighting several albums and artists repped from May 2021-April 2022 at Lydia Liebman Promotions. See the full list below! Rising Star Large Ensemble 1. Ulysses Owens Jr. Big Band Rising Star Soprano Sax 1. Roxy Coss Jazz Artist of the Year 17. Dave Liebman Jazz Album … Read More
by Ron Schepper, Textura In their Best 30 Jazz Albums of 2021, Textura nods to Jalen Baker’s This Is Me, This Is Us, Jihye Lee Orchestra’s Daring Mind, Adi Meyerson’s I Want To Sing My Heart Out In Praise of Life, Adam Moezinia’s Folk Element Trio, Tomoko Omura’s Branches Vol. 2, Sam Pilnick’s The Adler … Read More
By Editor, Jazzwise “Over nine spellbinding compositions, the South-Korea native approaches large-ensemble jazz in a personal and adventurous storytelling manner. Lee invites listeners into her creative world, finding sounds and musical equivalents for her thoughts and emotions. A glimpse of her method is captured on a video of the studio sessions for the track, ‘Suji’.” Watch … Read More
CHARNETT MOFFETT TRIO SET TO RELEASE LIVE EP FOLLOWING 2021’s INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED “NEW LOVE” featuring Jana Herzen | with Corey Garcia Out on Motéma Music: DIGITAL EP: “LIVE” drops 10/22/21 | SINGLE: “Summertime” Out Now! “The interplay of this trio is stupendous and breathtaking.” – JAZZ’N’MORE (Switzerland) Renowned jazz bass virtuoso Charnett Moffett is set … Read More
by Scott Yanow, LA Jazz Scene Read both reviews in full here.
by Jeff Tamarkin, Jazz Times “Charnett Moffett takes his responsibilities as a leader—and New Love is the 17th album putting him in that position—quite literally. Approaching his fretless electric bass as a lead instrument, and thereby freeing it up from its traditional supportive function, Moffett allows himself to go for broke. One way he does so on New … Read More
