2012-07-02 Adds To The Jazz 88 Music Library

(Collective piano trio doing an open-ended style of arrangements of some rare straight-ahead Brazilian tunes). – Motema

(Guitarist with his Love Electric group featuring players from South, Central, and North America. Session includes a wide range of edgy avant jazz grooves, delta blues, 70’s soul, funk and rock. All originals). – Royal Potato Family

(Collective pianoless trio project with each member contributing original tunes. The date offers improvisations with a sound that’s closer to contemporary classical music than jazz tradition). – ECM

(Texas based band (all graduates from University of North Texas) with their debut album. A progressive outing that includes nine original compositions that draws inspiration from many sources ranging from Indian classical music to indie-rock). – Armored Records

(Drummer, leading a quartet, doing a mix of originals and other straight-ahead jazz tunes). – Jazz Hang Records

(An edgy solo piano release that concentrates on the music of Paul Motion). – Sunnyside

(Composer/harmonica player featuring bassist/vocalist Gabriel Espinosa. The session includes a number of musicians of different ethnic backgrounds bringing together a Brazilian-based program. While the date has a distinctive Brazilian identity, each track tends to show individual distinguishing characteristics). – Zoho

(Flautist/alto saxophonist with his follow up to This Brings Us To, Vols. 1 and 2. This release features improvisations and counterpoints that make up the continuation of his twelve-year musical journey with his band Zooid). – PI

(Canadian vocalist/pianist backed by a quartet doing all standards). – Justin Time

(Vocalist/gutarist, with a date featuring guitarist Fabrizio Sotti, that includes the sounds of smooth jazz, bossa nova and samba). – Entertainment One

(Pianist, presenting an entire program of ballads. Solo release that ranges from the classics to the American Songbook along with a couple of originals and renditions of compositions by songwriter Antonio Carlos Jobin). – Sunnyside