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Ivo Neame – “Vegetarians” (Video)

Pianist Ivo Neame always brings incredibly dope music, particularly with the piano-bass-drum trio Phronesis. However, his solo work is certainly worthy of talk and some space on your hard drives. …

Butcher Brown Live at Paste Studio NYC

Our favorite band out of Richmond, VA, Butcher Brown, are back at it again with a new studio session from Paste‘s studio in Manhattan. With a short set of songs, …

Maria Neckam – ‘Because I Sang So’ (EP Premiere)

Maria Neckam has always been one of my favorite vocalists ever since I fell in love with her album Deeper in 2010. She’s been, as of late, marching to the …

Braxton Cook – “Lately” (Stream)

Saxophonist/vocalist Braxton Cook is dropping a new single today. “Lately”, the track made in collaboration with rapper/producer Karnival Kid a.k.a BLVK Samurai is more R&B/hip hop than jazz, even by …

THIEFS – “I Live in Fear” (Single)

THIEFS, the trio of saxophonist Christophe Panzani, bassist Keith Witty, and drummer David Frazier, Jr., are getting ready to release their sophomore album later this month, GRAFT. This is a …

John Raymond & Real Feels – “Joy Ride”

Trumpeter John Raymond has been leading Real Feels, his band comprised of guitarist Gilad Hekselman and drummer Colin Stranahan, for over four year now. The trio is set to drop …

Woolly Mammals – “Voicemail”

Brooklyn collective Woolly Mammals is a daring exploration of the intersection between alternative indie rock and jazz fusion blending the expressive vocabulary of Robert Glasper and Snarky Puppy with a …

Psychic Temple – “Dream Dictionary” (Video)

One of the bands in which we delight around here, Psychic Temple, that most chill, ecclectic, hard to define group led by guitarist Chris Schlarb, has been celebrating their latest …

Delfeayo Marsalis – “Sesame Street Theme”

A second single has emerged from Delfeayo Marsalis’ new live album Kalamazoo, which we wrote about last week. For a little nostalgia, check out Marsalis’ swinging rendition of childhood favorite …

Walter Smith III – “Ask Me Now”

Saxophonist Walter Smith III has a new album on the horizon. TWIO to be released February 9 on Whirlwind Recordings, features Smith’s trio comprised of bassist Harish Raghavan and drummer …

Ryan Keberle & Frank Woeste (feat. Jeff Ballard & Vincent Courtois) – ‘Reverso: Suite Ravel’

In 1928 French classical composer Maurice Ravel said: “You Americans take jazz too lightly. You seem to see it as a music of little value, vulgar and ephemeral. In my …

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah (Featuring Vic Mensa) – “Freedom is a Word”

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah is constantly treading the line between innovative and revolutionary. Whether you like him or not, aTunde Adjuah is one of the only neojazzmen going where no …

Chase Jackson – “Vocabularies”

Vibraphonist Chase Jackson studied jazz composition and performance at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music under Robin Eubanks, Jay Ashby, Paul Samuels, Dan Wall, Billy Hart, Jamey Haddad, Wendell Logan and …

Delfeayo Marsalis – “If I Were A Bell”

We’ve had our well-documented feuds with the Marsalis clan and we would like to, at last, bury the hatchet. Although our visions differ on some points, we, at Nextbop, believe …

Marquis Hill – ‘Meditation Tape EP’

Marquis Hill, who we recently interviewed, has finally dropped his Meditation Tape EP. You can check out the first track from the album, “Good Morning”, below. The EP’s also presently …

Nate Wood as fOUR – “Frozen Head” (Video)

It’s always fun hearing drummer/multi-instrumentalist Nate Wood, best known for his work in Kneebody. However, his series of one-take videos under the name fOUR has been a highlight of 2017 …

Gianluca Gibbons – “Shades of Me” (Video)

Saxophonist Gianluca Gibbons is set to release a somber, ethereal new single, “Shades of Me” on Friday, December 1st. The Bermudan composer has crafted a song that’s more of a …

Kat & Ben – “The Life that Surrounds” (Single Release)

Kat & Ben are something special. While unassuming in name, the sound world generated by these two musicians is really pretty magical. Kathryn Shuman and Ben Finley of Kat & …

Danny Janklow’s Elevation Band – “Creep” (Radiohead Cover)

Sometimes less is more as demonstrated by LA saxophonist Danny Janklow’s superb rendering of Radiohead’s cult hit “Creep.” Read Other Articles in Our ‘Best Song Covers’ Series! Without the zig-zagging and …

NOW VS NOW live at the office (Video)

Jason Lindner, Panagiotis Andreou and Justin Tyson collectively known as NOW VS NOW were in Rotterdam and stopped by the Good Music Company headquarters for an impromptu jam session. In …

Ernesto Cervini’s Turboprop – REV (EPK)

Toronto drummer Ernesto Cervini released REV on Anzic Records last week with his band Turboprop namely Tara Davidson and Joel Frahm on saxophones, William Carn on trombone, Adrean Farrugia on …

The Kris Johnson Group with Lulu Falls – “Painfully Sober” (Video)

Earlier this summer, Kris Johnson, Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Utah, released his first album with vocalist Lulu Fall, The Unpaved Road. Check out the brand new …

Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band’s Brand New Single “Broken Leg Days”

Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band are set to drop their fifth album, Body and Shadow, November 10th marking their 20th anniversary as a unit. Formed in 1997, the Fellowship …

‘Jazz Loves Disney 2’ (Preview Video)

Proprietary cash grab projects are kinda the pits, and this project almost seems to fit in that ideal, but this compilation, produced by Jay Newland, and arranged and directed by …

Thundercat – “Show You The Way” (Video)

Bassist Thundercat’s Drunk, released earlier this year on Brainfeeder, is still very much a dope album. To remind you of its dopeness, that wacko has released yet another music video, …

Eddie Moore And The Outer Circle – “007”

Keyboardist Eddie Moore has a new single out now entitled “007”. Could this mean there’s a new album on the way? Regardless, hit play and shake three measures of Gordon’s, …

Sarah Elizabeth Charles – “Zombie” (Stream)

As we gear up for the release of Sarah Elizabeth Charles’ upcoming album, Free of Form, there are still more delights to discover. For example, as wide ranging the album …

Gregory Porter – “L-O-V-E” feat. Terence Blanchard

Gregory Porter has released the second single off his upcoming Nat King Cole tribute Nat King Cole & Me due out October 27 on Blue Note Records. Check out “L-O-V-E” …

Teri Parker Quartet – “Chromo” (Video)

Pianist Teri Parker hails from Toronto, Canada, yet has spent some time in the Big Apple honing her chops under the tutelage of Aaron Goldberg, Guillermo Klein, Fred Hersch and …

Braxton Cook – “Somewhere in Between” (Swarvy Remix) (Stream)

Braxton Cook has always maintained a silky smoothness on the saxophone that in his debut solo album, Somewhere In Between, lays it all out in spades and never ceases to …

Sarah Jerrom – ‘The Yeats Project’

Vocalist/composer/arranger Sarah Jerrom has a strong voice to go with her cerebral approach to jazz. Her embracing of chamber jazz melds her firm, but airy voice with compositions that bandy …

Matthew Stevens – “Reservoir”

Guitarist Matthew Stevens, which you should know by now following his work with Christian Scott and Esperanza Spalding, released his latest album as a leader, Preverbal, last March. Our very …

Sarah Elizabeth Charles feat. Christian Scott – “Change to Come”

More and more artists are fed up with the senseless violence happening daily in the United States and are letting their frustration be heard through their music. The latest example …

Gregory Porter Drops New Single “Smile”

The details of Gregory Porter’s latest album have just been announced. The GRAMMY-winning vocalist will be tackling the Nat King Cole songbook on Nat King Cole & Me, set to …

BADBADNOTGOOD – “Confessions, Pt. III” feat. Colin Stetson (Stream)

One of the best qualities of our friends from up north, BADBADNOTGOOD, is their can’t stop, won’t stop nature. They seem to always have something cooking. This new song, fresh …

Mike Lebrun – “Going Through the Emotions” feat. Amber Navran (Stream)

You may remember saxophonist Mike Lebrun from his work with pianist Josh Moshier. The two made a great pair, but when Moshier left Chicago to head to Los Angeles, Lebrun …

Christian Scott Featured in Gap Commercial “Skate Meet Horn”

It’s always nice to see one of ours break through the mainstream barrier. Robert Glasper, Kamasi Washington and BADBADNOTGOOD come to mind as recent examples. Over here at Nextbop, it …

Saxophonist Uri Gurvich Set to Release ‘Kinship’

Israeli-born, New York-based saxophonist Uri Gurvich is set to release is third album as a leader, Kinship, September 8th on the French label Jazz Family. Kinship brings together a stellar …

Rez Abbasi drops new single “Propensity”

Guitarist Rez Abbasi is back at it with a new album coming October 6th on Whirlwind Recordings. Unfiltered Universe brings back Abbasi’s South Asian-inspired supergroup, Invocation, featuring saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, …

Sarah Elizabeth Charles – “Free of Form” feat. Christian Scott

Vocalist Sarah Elizabeth Charles has continuously dazzled us here, standing out as a singer with a voice as airy as a breeze or as gusty as a thunderstorm. Whether on …

Butcher Brown – Jam in the Van

It’s no secret that Butcher Brown gets some love around here, and some newly released videos aren’t going to change that. The band gets down on “Fiat”, “Lysol”, and “AfroKuti …

Dave King Rolls Out New Web Series, ‘Lights, Cameron, Jackson’

Last year, comedian Louis CK produced a single-camera dramedy on his website with episodes of various lengths and, thusly, with each episode available for purchase at varying prices. Horace and …

Portico Quartet – “Endless” (Video)

They’re back. The difficult to pin down London band with the baddest hang in the game have seemingly returned to a jazzier inclination once more with their upcoming new album, …

Nate Wood’s fOUR – “sides” (video)

The multi-talented drummer for Kneebody, Nate Wood, (whose work on Dan Tepfer’s new album, Eleven Cages, I have been gushing about and will do so here at the site soon) …

Digbii – ‘Lonely Star’

Nothing wrong with coming across some new grooves on a Friday. Milwaukee-based Digbii’s new release, Lonely Star, should fit the bill. Digbii is a quartet of drums (Jay Arpin), bass …

Maria Grand – ‘TetraWind’

Tenor saxophonist/vocalist María Grand is on Steve Coleman’s next album (Morphogenesis with Coleman’s group, Natal Eclipse, is out June 23rd on Pi Recordings). Based on her four-song EP, TetraWind, based …

Orlando LeFleming – “Pretentious Brooklyn” (Stream)

Bassist Orlando LeFleming’s new project, Romantic Funk, is described as falling “somewhere between the serene, legato passages of early-Jaco-era Weather Report, and the spaced out electronica of late-70’s Herbie Hancock“. …

Jazzahead! 2017

The recent Jazzahead! event in Bremen, Germany, featured performances from a who’s who of current jazz players. Thankfully, many of those performances have been recorded and made available to those …

Rotem Sivan – ‘Antidote’ (EPK)

Rotem Sivan is one of my favorite guitar players. He’s a nimble player and an engaging composer, and his trio including bassist haggai Cohen Milo and drummer Colin Stranahan are …

DeJohnette, Grenadier, Medeski, & Scofield – ‘Hudson’

Jack DeJohnette, Larry Grenadier, John Medeski, and John Scofield share not only extremely high-level improvisational ability, but also the Hudson River Valley as a home. Good news for us, as …

SFJAZZ Collective – “111” (Stream)

The SFJAZZ Collective which currently features Miguel Zenon, Sean Jones, Dávid Sanchez, Robin Eubanks, Matt Penman, Edward Simon, Warren Wolf and Obed Calvaire are set to release their 2017 album, …

Thums Up Live at the 2017 Ecstatic Music Festival (Stream)

Thums Up is one of those projects that has floated around for a little while but I’ve yet to hear but sound like so awesome a configuration that I would …

Linda May Han Oh – “Lucid Lullaby” (Live at WJF 2015 Video)

I have had Linda May Han Oh’s “Lucid Lullaby” off her upcoming album, Walk Against Wind, stuck in my head for the last five days. While it still seems a …

Kneebody – “Uprising” (Studio Session Video)

We’ve already made note about how excited we are for Kneebod’s dope new album, Anti-Hero, dropping March 3rd on Motéma. As the quintet continues touring and general mustering of enthusiasm …

Linda May Han Oh to Release New Album, ‘Walk Against Wind’, April 14th

I am extraordinarily excited about bassist Linda Oh. I still keep her last album, 2013’s Sun Pictures, in steady rotation. I feel genuine guilt that I didn’t love it more …

Nate Wood as fOUR – “Rabbit” (Video)

We recently noted the exciting new album from Kneebody, Anti-Hero, dropping next month. In line with that skronkily awesome sound, their drummer Nate Wood is soon to release a solo …

David Weiss & Point of Departure – “Sanctuary” (Stream)

There’s always something engrossing about David Weiss & Point of Departure. The trumpeter’s quintet has for some time now burrowed deeply into infectious 1970s post-bop and fusion material, playing the …

Twin Talk + The Westerlies – “I Have My Doubts” (Live Video)

Chicago trio Twin Talk and bi-coastal brass quartet The Westerlies got together for a gig last year at Chicago’s Hideout Inn. Part of what resulted from that gig is their …

Miles Okazaki – “Mischief Maker” (Stream)

Guitarist Miles Okazaki can get (unfortunately the pun was not intended) tricky. As a composer, he encompasses a sound that spirals constantly until one may feel things could get out …

Kneebody’s New Album, ‘Anti-Hero’, Out March 3

A new Kneebody album is cause for celebration, that and probably fanatical dancing. The rambunctious quintet consisting of Ben Wendel on tenor sax, Shane Endsley on trumpet, Adam Benjamin on …

Jose James – “Always There” (Video)

Singer José James is changing tack. James has always had every ingredient of soul in his sound, so for him to embrace R&B in his upcoming album, Love in a …

Introducing Nate Smith Kinfolk

Drummer extraordinaire Nate Smith is getting set to release his Postcards From Everywhere album this February 3 with his group Kinfolk. To get ready for that release, Smith has released …

Braxton Cook – “Run Away” (Video)

As we have noted before, alto saxophonist/vocalist Braxton Cook is gearing up to release a new album, Somewhere in Between, on January 31st. He’s already been stoking the R&B-tinged flames …

BADBADNOTGOOD at Red Bull Sound Select’s 30 Days in LA

Like a week after their one-off gig in Austin last month, BADBADNOTGOOD jaunted off to Los Angeles to play a set for Red Bull Sound Select and Pitchfork, including their …

Braxton Cook – “Somewhere in Between” (Video)

Saxophonist/vocalist Braxton Cook, in all the moves he has been making this year (it’s not like he was previously known for being a vocalist, great as he is at it), …

DD Horns – “Salty Salty” (Video)

Chris Schlarb continues to do great things out of California’s BIG EGO Studios. The Psychic Temple leader produced the upcoming debut album from trumpeter Danny Levin and tenor saxophonist David …

LiveHuman – “Magic for Beginners” (Video)

LiveHuman — the trio of bassist Andrew Ross Kushin, drummer Albert Mathias, and DJ Quest on the 1s and 2s — have been together for twenty years and are set …

Jeff Parker – “Cliche” (Video)

Guitarist Jeff Parker’s album, The New Breed, is the jam. It’s laid back, casually muscular, with the ability to take the listener on a journey without any fuss at all. …

DR. MiNT – ‘Voices in the Void’ EPK

The quintet DR. MiNT are preparing to release their fifth album together, Voices in the Void January 23rd on Orenda Records. The group which consists of trumpeter Daniel Rosenboom, bassist …

Braxton Cook – “Somewhere In Between” (Stream)

Saxophonist Braxton Cook is breaking out on his own. He’s always been talented, one could tell with his work with Christian Scott atunde Adjuah’s group. His EP with Butcher Brown …

“Working Musician”, a 7 Episode Web Series (Video)

I’ve always been curious as to how up-and-coming jazz musicians survived in the chaos that is New York City. After spending some time there a year or so ago, I …

Ben Van Gelder – ‘Among Verticals’ (EPK)

New York based Dutch saxophonist Ben Van Gelder’s newest album is on its way. Among Verticals features usual cast members vibraphonist Peter Schlamb, bassist Rick Rosato, drummer Craig Weinrib, and …

David Bowie – “Killing a Little Time” (Stream)

Yesterday, one of three songs from the late David Bowie‘s Blackstar sessions — the ones featuring saxophonist Donny McCaslin, keyboardist Jason Lindner, bassist Tim Lefebvre, and drummer Mark Guiliana — …

Shabaka And The Ancestors Releases ‘Wisdom of Elders’ (Stream)

Shabaka Hutchings isn’t a name that is overly familiar on this side of the pond, but the young British saxophonist had been garnering serious attention in his native London, receiving …

Le Boeuf Brothers and JACK Quartet – “Pretenders” feat. Ben Wendel (Video)

The Le Boeuf Brothers, Remy and Pascal, are set to release a new album soon with the accompaniment of the JACK Quartet. imaginist, based on the early 20th Century Russian …

Oddarrang – “Mass I-III” (Video) + ‘Agartha’ (Full Album Stream)

Scandinavians seem to have a real knack for aestheticism and minimalism whether in architecture, design, gastronomy or in this particular case music. It seems like the philosophy of “less is …

Card on Spokes – ‘As We Surface’ EP

Bassist and producer Shane Cooper is a presence in South Africa. His work on his own moves the rather strong jazz scene there and his work under the moniker Card …

Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society – “Dark Alliance” (Stream)

Our favorite big band is back at it. After a three year hiatus, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society is set to release their third album a week from today, once again on New Amsterdam Records. The LP entitled Real Enemies centers around America’s fascination with conspiracy theories. More on that at a later date. In the meantime, check out the newest single from the record, a song called “Dark Alliance”, for a taste of things to come.

Damion Reid – Vic Firth Artist Spotlight (Video)

Sideman don’t always get all the praise they deserve. Who else but an ardent jazz fan knows the name of Robert Glasper’s drummer. Which band you ask? Haha! Yes, that was a trick question. Damion Reid has been playing drums in Glasper’s acoustic trio since it’s very inception appearing on the pianist’s 2004 Fresh Sound New Talent debut Mood. Since then, the trio’s journey on Blue Note has been well documented with their latest album Covered released just last year. Percussion company Vic Firth recently released a 10 minute artist spotlight on Reid giving us an insightful glimpse into the drummer’s universe. You can check that out below.