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Don't forget Rouse's work with Les Jazz Modes, including the great Julius Watkins on French horn.

Agreed. That album is very enjoyable and has a lot of substance. I read something somewhere (Facebook?) that in 1971, the Beach Boys were facing their “uncool” image and were having trouble getting gigs (this was the height of hippydom, and being uncool was the kiss of death). The Grateful Dead were having a run of shows at the Fillmore East that were also being broadcast on FM radio. Beach Boys mgmt asked the Dead if they could be a supporting act. Jerry Garcia, who loved The Beach Boys, eagerly agreed. I heard that concert on the radio, and was pleasantly surprised by the BB set.

Riccardo Muti - The Complete Warner Symphonic Recordings, disc 67.

A guess: George Klabin, owner of Resonance, has some sort of ownership stake in Cinnamon Flower - he was the original engineer.

Growing up in the Sixties with my ear glued to the transistor radio, The Beach Boys were always a part of my life. So many great AM hits: 409, When I Grow Up, Barbara Ann, Wouldn't It Be Nice... Then, as I grew up, they seemed a little immature and uncool. But they were always here, and I'm glad I reconnected with their music as I got older. Brian's first solo album on Sire is really good, and I'm very impressed with their 50th anniversary tour album. I'll leave comments about Brian's personal life to others; really, those sorts of stories seem all too common in show business (see Sly Stone as just one example). But the music was great. R.I.P.

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I remember when it came out, the rap was that it was too "commercial" and lacking in personality. I had never heard it myself. It was also surprising that it came out on Douglas, because nothing had come out on that label for years. Turns out there was a distribution deal with Casablanca (see also the Wildflowers loft jazz series).

Yes, it was: August 5, 1955. Those tracks are on this package.

Release date July 25: 1998 Charlie Mariano fulfilling a long & dearly cherished wish: finally get the chance to play with a symphonic orchestra. In November 1998 Charlie Mariano celebrated his 75th birthday on stage with the Würzburg Philharmonic, thereby fulfilling a long and dearly cherished wish: finally get the chance to play with a symphonic orchestra. That occasion was the springboard for various new arrangements, which now appear here for the first time on CD. Two years later a second artistic collaboration in Würzburg took place: this concert resulted in the current recording. A decisive element in the successful communication between the symphony orchestra and jazz musicians was the presence of the New On The Corner Trio, which has been organising jazz productions with the Würzburg Orchestra on a regular basis since 1994, including a CD recording with Benny Bailey. Thus we hear four of the titles here in an arrangement for quartet. Charlie`s italien roots, and the fact that he often heard arais at home in his younger days are the reason for the arrangements from the aria "Vesti la giubba" from I Pagliacci, and from Albinoni`s Adagio which we hear here. Some listeners may well prefer Charlie`s alto sax to many an italian tenor! The Next Last Wave, the original compositions by Peter Fulda is in fact already available on CD in various versions (big band, piano solo, piano trio), but this is a first-time recording of the version for quartet and symphony orchestra. Charlie Mariano`s years of involvement with the music of the Indian subcóntinent are reflected in the large-scale Yagapriya by the Indian composer Ramamani, in an arrangement by Peter Fulda. The first half of this work is a gigantic tampura or free improvisation by thew soloist over a changing "bordun" in the orchestra. The second half is rhythmically defined, but in 7/4 time. The notes are all pitched within one single, unchanging scale. The conductor of these recordings, Jonathan Seers, puts it simply this way: "This is where "world music" is created in the best sense of the word". Track Listing Adagio Plum Island Yagapriya Vesti La Giubba Not Quite A Ballad Next Last Wave Lopin' Candy Lip You Better Go Now

Release date July 11: Unpublished tracks by Art, received from his wife Laurie in a compelling and intense tribute. With Cables, Essiett, Burnett. The leader and supporter of this meeting, with the approval and the blessing of Laurie Pepper - who also provided three unreleased pieces in addition to the one signed by none other than Phil Woods -, is the saxophonist Gaspare Pasini. A contemporary and free spirit who does not emulate but rather interprets every note with depth and definition, this alto player mainly plays himself at the peak of his maturity and artistic fullness. Never excesses or verbose improvisations but, on the contrary, a synthesis expressed with fluidity and without pauses or hesitations. The rhythm section is of the highest order given the long militancy of George Cables and Carl Burnett alongside the Californian giant, but also the granitic Essiet Essiet integrates at his best in a game of stimuli in which the music triumphs, with an almost hypnotic ability to dominate the listener from the first moment to the last. Track Listing Disc 1: Ophelia One For The Bartender AWFN Blues 33 Our Song Disc 2: King Arthur Au Revoir Mrs Poivre Patricia Mambo Koyama

Release date June 13: "Primal Colors" brings together the best of two worlds-the improvisational energy of jazz performed by the Frankfurt Radio Big Band and the majestic grandeur of classical music from the Frankfurt Radio Symphony. This synergy is masterfully balanced to preserve the unique character of both genres. Each track showcases incredible solo performances from members of the Big Band and Symphony. Jim McNeely is an award-winning jazz composer known for his innovative approaches. "Primal Colors" further cements his reputation as a visionary artist who blends abstract concepts with rich musicality.

Release date July 18: Cinnamon Flower: The Expanded Edition is a reissue of the legendary saxophonist Charlie Rouse's Brazilian-inspired 1977 album, originally released on Douglas Records. Nearly 50 years later, Resonance is proud to present this deluxe, definitive edition of Cinnamon Flower, which contains nearly 30 minutes of previously unissued versions of songs from the original release captured by Resonance founder and engineer, George Klabin. 2 LP set on 180g vinyl in gatefold sleeve with extensive liner notes and rare photos.

Release date August 1: John McLaughlin (Guitar, Guitar Synth), Zakir Hussain (Tabla, Chanda, Madal, Konokol), Shankar Mahadevan (Vocals & Konokol), Ganesh Rajagopalan (Violin, Konokol), Selvaganesh Vinayakram (Kanjira, Mridangam, Ghatam, Konokol)... 2025 Release. Recorded live throughout their globe-spanning 50th anniversary tour in 2023, Mind Explosion is the final album from vanguard world fusion ensemble Shakti. To be released on Abstract Logix, it contains a selection of performances carefully curated from countless hours of concert recordings by co-founding guitarist John McLaughlin and Shakti master percussionist Selvaganesh Vinayakram. Mind Explosion is a rapturous celebration of the life, music, and humanity of Zakir Hussain - not just McLaughlin's original partner in Shakti, but a brother and inspiration to every past and present member of Shakti - who passed away in December 2024. "I am eternally grateful to Zakir," McLaughlin reflects, "because he was there before the beginning of Shakti to the very end." Mind Explosion features the Shakti of the past two decades - Hussain, McLaughlin, Vinayakram, and Shankar Mahadevan (vocals) - plus Ganesh Rajagopalan (violin), who came aboard several years ago, on a program of material ranging from Shakti's 1976 debut album to extended versions of two compositions from their GRAMMY™ award-winning 2023 album This Moment. Throughout, the revolutionary ensemble's virtuosity, deeply felt kinship, and entirely unique hybrid of eastern and western traditions is on full, glorious display. "What else can epitomize the history of Shakti if not the final live recording?" McLaughlin asks. "Now that it is completed, I find it to be absolutely superb: Heartfelt, deliriously joyful, and masterly all at the same time. It is our greatest achievement."

Release date July 25: Beingness brings together three masters of creative music: award-winning percussionist Adam Rudolph, soprano sax player and NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman, and drummer and NEA Jazz Master Billy Hart.Available May 23, 2025 via Rudolph's Meta Records, the live album, recorded in the spring of 2023 at New York City's iconic creative music venue The Stone, marks the fourth in a series of trio recordings released by Liebman and Rudolph. The trio's genesis evolved naturally. Hart and Liebman, who met performing on Miles Davis' historic 1972 recording On the Corner, have played together for over 30 years in configurations including their Quest quartet. Liebman and Rudolph began playing as a duo in 2016, developing a trio with rotating drum chairs. "When we found out Tyshawn (Sorey) was unavailable for The Stone concert, Dave suggested we ask Billy Hart, " remembers Rudolph. "I enthusiastically agreed. I've admired Billy's playing since I first heard him with Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi Sextet at the Smiling Dog in Cleveland. I loved his playing then and I love it now." Working with Liebman and Hart was a dream come true for Rudolph. "Both Billy and Dave inspired me so much when I was a teenager first getting into playing music, " he said. "It was a real honor to create the spontaneous compositions on Beingness with these two masters." Together, Hart, Liebman and Rudolph bring decades of performance experience in the full range of contemporary jazz and creative improvised music. Their embodied experience of playing these forms allows them to spontaneously generate new forms though melodic and rhythmic dialogues. These factors, along with the unique combination of instruments Liebman's wood flutes and Rudolph's array of percussion bring to the trio, make Beingness a completely original and soulful addition to the evolution of creative music. Liebman, Hart and Rudolph channel their unique and evolved rhythm and sonic languages through inspired, spirited musical dialogue. The result is music that exists on it's own terms, reflecting the wonderful alchemy of the artists as they spontaneously create dialogues, orchestrations, and sonic moods. "The three of us were committed to open our ears and hearts, " says Liebman. "The results were magical."Hart concurs: "You have to come to a creative situation like this with open ears, an open heart, and freeflowing imagination. The preparation is also years of practice, composing and performance so that we can be free to play anything we can imagine to play." For the live performance, Rudolph employed his "organic" orchestrations and electronic processing. He recalls, "Dave was so inspired by the electronic processing I did during the concert that he asked me to do more of it post production." Rudolph spent hours diving deep into the music to subtly expand the orchestral palate and create a shadow world of harmonic colors. While maintaining awareness of the precedent of post-production processes in classic recordings like BitchesBrew and Weather Report, Rudolph incorporated additional ideas from his world music experience: "My primary inspiration for the electronic orchestrations is the ancient African practice of complexifying the sound of instruments, for example by attaching rattles or putting gut strings on skins, so that when they're played, a parallel 'shadow line" of sound is heard. These rhythm overtones are sometimes called 'the voice of the ancestors' and add a transcendent quality to the music." As Rudolph reflects in the liner notes "Beingness is the source of inspiration which moves silence towards it's manifestation as form in sound. Each gesture animates in the infinite space between thought and non-thought awareness. The fluidity of spontaneous sonic projections reflect the essential being of nature, which is change."

Release date August 15: Acclaimed guitarist Craig Brann joins forces with tenor saxophone virtuoso Greg Tardy for an electrifying new release on SteepleChase. This album showcases Brann's signature melodic storytelling and Tardy's expressive phrasing, creating a dynamic interplay between guitar and saxophone that is both adventurous and deeply rooted in jazz tradition."As a guitarist, Brann continually reshapes his sound... When a musician has the capacity to do just about anything, the choices he makes are critical. Here, Brann and his quintet never put a foot wrong." (Mark Corroto - All About Jazz on SCCD 31847 Lineage)

Release date July 25: The magical world of the great Cuban-American woodwind master Paquito D'Rivera continues to expand. Over his seven decades in music, D'Rivera has become engaged with musicians hailing from locations all throughout the world. His most recent release, La Fleur de Cayenne, highlights his work with an ensemble of Cuban expatriates and a Colombian vibraphonist who call Madrid, Spain home with a group they call the Madrid-New York Connection Band.D'Rivera has called the United States home since the early 1980s, his arrival creating a spark in New York City's jazz and Latin music communities. His interest in the music and collaborations with musicians from different origins have made D'Rivera a magnetic personality, continually attracting individuals interested in incorporating his brilliant sounds on clarinet and saxophone into their music. In the late 1990s, D'Rivera was enjoying a quiet evening at his New Jersey home when a car pulled up nearby. A handful of young musicians called out to him, explaining that they were Cuban musicians living in Spain who wanted to see where D'Rivera lived. That was how D'Rivera met Pepe Rivero, a pianist and composer originally from Manzanillo, thus beginning a long and fruitful musical relationship.Rivero introduced D'Rivera to other Cubans living in Spain, including drummer Georvis Pico, percussionist Yuvisney Aguilar, and bassist Reinier "El Negrón" Elizarde. While in Spain, D'Rivera would regularly reunite with these fantastic musicians along with the Colombian vibraphonist Sebastián Laverde. After nearly two decades of inspired collaborations, D'Rivera and the Spanish contingent have come together to form the Madrid-New York Connection Band and record their first album together, La Fleur de Cayenne. The recording was done in Madrid in December 2024 and features original songs by D'Rivera and Rivero along with a wide-ranging program of music with Latin roots, from Cuban son to Argentinean folk song and tango.The program begins with D'Rivera's "La Fleur de Cayenne," a deftly challenging Venezuelan joropo, that allows D'Rivera's clarinet to dance with Laverde's vibes and churning percussion. The fantastic Spanish harmonica player Antonio Serrano is featured on Bebo Valdes' "Miriam," the piece unfurling with Rivero's romantic piano and D'Rivera's warm alto sound over a lush harmonic bed. Rivero's "Paq-Man in La Pampa" leans into an Argentinian chacarera as the band swings and sways to D'Rivera's clarinet. Release date August 15:

Release date June 20: Solace of the Mind is a profoundly lyrical solo album from pianist, organist, vocalist, and newly minted NEA Jazz Master Amina Claudine Myers. This extraordinary recording, a follow-up to her critically acclaimed duo with Wadada Leo Smith (Central Park's Mosaic of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens, released via Red Hook in 2024), stands as a testament to the uncompromising vision of a seasoned leader in creative music. CD Digipak.

Release date July 18: Pianist, vocalist, and composer Dawn Clement has proven to be a joyful and formidable force in modern creative music through her work with Jane Ira Bloom, sje, Matt Wilson, Ron Miles, Julian Priester and many others over the last two decades. For "Delight," she forms a captivating, tri-generational unit with legendary bassist Buster Williams and the singular drummer Matt Wilson, and creates a soulful, endlessly dynamic recording of mostly original compositions. Torchbearers of the tradition while trailblazers in evocative & surprising sonic explorations, "Delight" describes not just their gathering, but also the resultant music created-inspired, original and resplendent. The revelation is Dawn Clement's piano, always ready with the lyricism or structure the moment needs. - DownBeat"In all this world of jazz, there are very few individual voices, no matter what the instrument, but Dawn has come up with a voice that's unique..." - Julian Priester

Release date July 11: Openness Trio is the debut album by a unique collective comprised of guitarist and producer Nate Mercereau, saxophonist Josh Johnson, and percussionist Carlos Niño. Free-thinking creators who bring a depth of experience from wide-ranging collaborations with the likes of Andre 3000, Meshell Ndegeocello, Kamasi Washington, Shabaka, Jeff Parker, Makaya McCraven, and many more, the trio presents a profound musical offering born of deep communication, immersive emoting, exploration, discovery, and trust. The album is five recordings from five different sessions all around Los Angeles and Ventura county - outdoors in the hills of Ojai with a view of the Topatopa Mountains, an intimate living room setting in Elysian Park, in an Oak Tree Cathedral at the Churchill Orchard in Ojai, a Garden of Electronics in the courtyard of an Echo Park home, and a recording session under a pepper tree at Elsewhere in Topanga Canyon.

Release date June 20: The seminal Matthew Shipp String Trio (Shipp: piano; Mat Maneri: viola; William Parker: bass) reconvened to commune with tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman, and Armageddon Flower is the epic result. This album is a peak gem in each of their extensive bodies of work, revealing new ways of exemplifying tradition, language, physics, material, and energy. A profound work presenting improvised communication at it's highest level.Since 1996 Perelman & Shipp have recorded 46 albums together in duo and small group settings. But as Shipp is careful to point out, "there's only one Matthew Shipp String Trio." At the turn of the century, this Trio struck out on a path to redefine "Third Stream" chamber jazz via two very well-received Hat Hut CDs. A quarter century later, this new work clearly builds on extensive, musically interwoven personal history. For Shipp, "William and Mat are as close to my natural soul brothers as you can get-and by soul I mean the soul. Ivo is another layer of that same soul."Perelman's copious studio dates - beginning with his self-titled Ivo (1989) - are a continual refinement and study in process whether or not they share personnel, and countless gems reside in his vast body of work. Armageddon Flower is a singular gem in the entire body of improvised music. +++This work is fundamentally a group music; while there are sections of duo and trio interaction, the onus is on a four-way conversation in which parallel streams become oceans of sound, only to be distilled into isolated rivulets once again. Without a drummer but with forward motion and bounce, the music on Armageddon Flower is sublimely striking and operates in a continuous flow of both impulsion and idea. As these four musicians have spent decades together in various capacities, their language is on one level honed. What's surprising is that entirely new pathways are exploding into view. It's unquestionable that this is music of necessity, of striving, and of possibility.

Release date July 11: After 13 years, internationally acclaimed saxophonist Jaleel Shaw returns with Painter of the Invisible - a deeply personal and emotionally resonant album that honors the heroes, places, and legacies that shaped him. With critical praise from The New York Times, DownBeat, and The Philadelphia Inquirer, Shaw is celebrated as a visionary voice in modern jazz. On this long-anticipated full-length release, he delivers a powerful suite of original compositions that merge expressive storytelling with exquisite musicianship.Backed by an all-star ensemble - Lawrence Fields (piano), Ben Street (bass), Joe Dyson (drums), Lage Lund (guitar), and Sasha Berliner (vibraphone) - Shaw weaves an unforgettable sonic narrative that explores themes of love, loss, ancestry, identity, and social justice. From the uplifting tribute "Good Morning" to the heartbreaking meditation "Tamir (for Tamir Rice)," each track paints a vivid portrait of those who remain invisible in life, yet unforgettable in memory.Shaw's virtuosic playing and soulful compositions reveal a singular jazz artist at the height of his powers - thoughtful, fearless, and uncompromising. Painter of the Invisible is not only a celebration of life and legacy, but a vital contribution to the evolving story of Black American music.

Release date August 29: Nonesuch Records releases pianist and composer Brad Mehldau’s Ride into the Sun—a songbook recordof music by the late singer, songwriter, and guitarist Elliott Smith. Featured musicians include singer/guitarist Daniel Rossen (Grizzly Bear); singer/mandolinist Chris Thile (Punch Brothers, NickelCreek); bassists Felix Moseholm (Brad Mehldau Trio) and John Davis; drummer Matt Chamberlain (FionaApple, Tori Amos, Randy Newman, etc.); and a chamber orchestra led by Dan Coleman. Ride into the Sun’s ten Elliott Smith songs are complemented by four Mehldau compositions that he says are “inspired by, and reflect, Smith’s oeuvre.” Also included are interpretations of Big Star’s “Thirteen,” which Smith also covered, and “Sunday” by Nick Drake, who Mehldau says, “I look at in some ways assort of Smith’s visionary godfather.” Recalling how he first got to know Smith and his music, which has been a regular part of his repertoire for years, Mehldau said that after years living in New York, he moved to Los Angeles “and there was this wonderful scene of singer-songwriters that was congregating at a club called Largo. That included Elliott but it also included artists like Rufus Wainwright, Fiona Apple. And then other musicians who had been around for a while would come down every Friday night to sit in on a gig that was led by Jon Brion. I played behind Elliott on his own tunes with Jon. It felt to me like a kind of renaissance in songwriting that flourished for a number of years.”

Release date June 27: After his acclaimed solo album Silent, Listening, Fred Hersch comes back on ECM with Drew Gress and Joey Baron for a new trio recording: The Surrounding Green.

Release date August 22: Miles '55 offers a deeper look at 1955, the year in which jazz icon Miles Davis formed his first great quintet (John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones) and established his influential sound. This 2-CD set collects 16 tracks remastered from the original analog tapes by GRAMMY-winning engineer Paul Blakemore. Included are new liner notes by GRAMMY-winning music historian Ashley Kahn and session notes by Dan Morgenstern. Limited Edition.

It seems to work. A lot tidier this way.