Jazz music is alive and well and showing it's worldwide inspirations and influences in the 20 new releases being added to the Jazz 88.3 Music Library the week of June 1, 2015. And there are several local connections with vocalist Gillian Margot ("Black Butterfly") having performed in San Diego back in April 2015 (and making an appearance on The New Jazz Thing back in November 2014) and Trifolia ("Le Refuge") performing this coming June 12 at the La Jolla Athenaeum. Your Jazz 88.3 hosts will be introducing you to these new releases all week, so Listen Long, Often, and LIVE at 88.3 FM San Diego and Worldwide at Jazz88.org! You can check out the debut of all the new releases each week on The New Jazz Thing with Vince Outlaw, Monday evenings 6-8pm PT.
- AGUANKO – “INVISIBLE”
- JD ALLEN – “GRAFFITI”
- THE BAD PLUS / JOSHUA REDMAN – “THE BAD PLUS JOSHUA REDMAN”
- KENNY CARR – “IDLE TALK”
- JOAN CHAMORRO / ANDREA MOTIS – “FEELING GOOD”
- STEVE DAVIS – “SAY WHEN”
- AARON DIEHL – “SPACE TIME CONTINUUM”
- JEFF HACKWORTH – “THE HEART OF THE MATTER”
- SCOTT HAMILTON – “PLAYS JULE STYNE”
- KU-UMBA FRANK LACY & MINGUS BIG BAND – “MINGUS SINGS”
- GILLIAN MARGOT – “BLACK BUTTERFLY”
- GARY McFARLAND TRIBUTE BAND – “CIRCULATION: THE MUSIC OF GARY McFARLAND”
- PAQUITO D’RIVERA & QUINTETO CIMARRON – “AIRES TROPICALES”
- PEARL DJANGO – “TIME FLIES”
- BRIANNA THOMAS – “YOU MUST BELIEVE IN LOVE”
- THROTTLE ELEVATOR MUSIC – “JAGGED ROCKS”
- TIEMPO LIBRE – “PANAMERICANO”
- TRIFOLIA – “LE REFUGE”
- KAMASI WASHINGTON – “THE EPIC”
- JEFF “TAIN” WATTS – “BLUE, VOL.1”
READ THE FULL ARTICLE for links to artists websites, release reviews, and additional listening notes from the Jazz 88 Music staff....