Keith Jarrett – Roma
ECM released “Roma” on 6 November, Keith Jarrett’s solo recital at Rome’s Sala Santa Cecilia on 12 July 2016, the fifth and final concert issued from his last European tour.
Jazz
Jazz, en català: discos, concerts i figures del gènere, des dels segells històrics fins als projectes actuals que continuen ampliant el llenguatge de la improvisació. Tótum Revolútum Press hi dedica ressenyes i cobertura de concerts a Catalunya amb la mateixa atenció que al rock progressiu i el metal.
Florian Hoefner – Into the Aquasphere
Pianist Florian Hoefner released “Into the Aquasphere” on 23 October through Alma: a three-movement suite about water for jazz quartet and chamber orchestra.
Exhaust – All the Beauties and Disasters
Exhaust, the trio of Camila Nebbia, Kit Downes and Andrew Lisle, released “All the Beauties and Disasters” on 23 October through Intakt: eight tracks recorded in a single day in Berlin.
Noel Langley – Syzygy
Trumpeter Noel Langley released “Syzygy” on 30 October through Suntara Records: fifteen tracks built around a duo session with pianist Alcyona Mick.
ECM and Manfred Eicher receive the National Concert Hall’s lifetime achievement award in Dublin
Cellist Anja Lechner accepted it on Eicher’s behalf on 30 October, at one of the concerts in the series the hall is devoting to the label this autumn.
Tania Giannouli & Nik Bärtsch – Metakosmos
Pianists Tania Giannouli and Nik Bärtsch released “Metakosmos” on 23 October through Fuga Libera: eight duo pieces recorded in April 2025 in Ludwigshafen.
Tomoki Sanders will release “Visage: The Third Eye”, their first solo album, on Brownswood on 12 February
The New York multi-instrumentalist, whose father was Pharoah Sanders, has an eight-track album coming on Gilles Peterson’s label. The third single came out today.
Marty Ehrlich – Open Air: The Complete Saxophone Quartet Compositions Of Julius Hemphill
Saxophonist Marty Ehrlich released a 42-track double CD of Julius Hemphill’s compositions for saxophone quartet on 28 August, through Out Of Your Head Records.
Howard Levy – Heavy World
Harmonica player and pianist Howard Levy released “Heavy World” on 25 September: twelve solo pieces, made up of originals, improvisations and arrangements of Bach, Saint-Saëns and traditional tunes.
Moses Boyd releases “Songs For Sinners”, his first album since “Dark Matter”, with the gospel he grew up with at its core
The London drummer returns with twelve tracks blending gospel, jazz and soundsystem culture, with Raelle, Shantéh and Amber-Simone on vocals. It’s out on Exodus, the label behind his previous album.
Ernesto Cervini – Water Pistols at Dawn
Drummer Ernesto Cervini released “Water Pistols at Dawn” on TPR Records on 30 October, the first album by his new quartet with Kae Murphy, Andrew Marzotto and Mark Godfrey.
Dave Douglas releases “Brass Conclave”, with two trombones, tuba and drums, for now only to Greenleaf subscribers
Eleven tracks: pieces by Douglas and trombonist Andy Clausen, plus takes on Monk and Bach. Subscribers to the label can download it now.
Billy Mohler – Covell
Bassist Billy Mohler releases “Covell” on Contagious Music, a trio with Mark Turner and Joe LaBarbera recorded in one afternoon at the Hotel Covell in Los Angeles and mixed as it was tracked.
John Donaldson – We Were Together, I Forget the Rest
Pianist John Donaldson has released “We Were Together, I Forget the Rest” on Hexagonal Records: seven tracks recorded at Real World Studios with Norma Winstone, Rebecka Edlund and Rob Luft.
Anna Webber releases her nonet’s first album, with Mary Halvorson, Ingrid Laubrock and a gayageum
Six compositions for nine musicians, recorded in Brooklyn straight after presenting them at The Jazz Gallery in January. Out on Intakt Records since 30 October.
Michael Moss – Quantum Butterfly
Michael Moss releases all four volumes of “Quantum Butterfly” digitally: twenty-three tracks and more than four hours with ROOTS to SHOOTS, Ensemble Bows and a 2025 concert at Westbeth.
Joey van Leeuwen – Stray
Drummer Joey van Leeuwen self-releases “Stray”: ten pieces with Roger Lin on guitar, Sharik Hasan on piano and Chris Worden on double bass.
Kelly Green – Eat Your Greens
Kelly Green releases “Eat Your Greens”, recorded in New York in February 2026 with Wycliffe Gordon, Scott Robinson, Steve Wilson and Wallace Roney Jr.
Andrew Toombs – Alloy
Andrew Toombs’ first album as a leader, on Shifting Paradigm Records, with Junius Paul, Makaya McCraven and trumpeters Marquis Hill and Maurice Brown.
Oded Tzur – In The Arms Of A True Believer
With “In The Arms Of A True Believer”, six tracks on Sky River Music, Oded Tzur completes a trilogy dedicated to his wife, Isabela.
Red Kite – This Too Shall Pass
The Norwegian jazz-rock band’s third album, their first without Bernt André Moen and with saxophonist Gisle Johansen as a member. Eight tracks on Is It Jazz? Records.
Soft Machine – Slightly All The Time: Recordings 1970-1974
A 14-CD, three-Blu-ray box with Soft Machine’s five CBS albums, from “Third” to “Seven”, plus BBC sessions, concerts and TV footage, much of it previously unreleased.
Matt Carmichael – Held In The Dark
Matt Carmichael (saxophone) has released “Held In The Dark”, Carmichael’s fourth album, through Porthole Music on 16 October: eight tracks, with Fergus McCreadie on piano and Ali Watson on bass.
Marc Ribot Quartet – Hurry Red Telephone
Pi Recordings releases “Hurry Red Telephone”, by the Marc Ribot Quartet, on 30 October: six tracks, four by Ribot and two by Frantz Casséus, on CD, vinyl and digital.
Christine Tobin releases “Pseudologia Fantastica”, eighteen pieces from an Improvised Music Company commission
Christine Tobin released “Pseudologia Fantastica” on 2 October, eighteen pieces that grew out of a 2025 BAN BAM commission, with Kate Shortt and Phil Robson.
Sylvie Courvoisier releases “Amalthea” on 13 November with the quartet formerly known as Poppy Seeds
Sylvie Courvoisier releases “Amalthea” on 13 November on Pyroclastic Records, with Patricia Brennan, Thomas Morgan and Dan Weiss. It is the quartet formerly known as Poppy Seeds.
Christian McBride and Ursa Major release their first album, “Points of Light”, on 30 October
“Points of Light” is the first album by Ursa Major, McBride’s quintet with Nicole Glover, Ely Perlman, Mike King and Savannah Harris. It is out on 30 October on Mack Avenue.
Rymden release “Today May Be Tomorrow”, eight pieces from the Wesseltoft, Berglund and Öström trio
The trio of Wesseltoft, Berglund and Öström has released eight pieces on Jazzland: three written by Öström, three by Wesseltoft and two by Berglund.
Ghost Rhythms release “Missing Times” on Cuneiform this Friday
The Paris nine-piece release their ninth album on Friday 30 October, built around UFO abductees who can’t remember what happened to them. The first track, “Quinta del Sordo”, is already out.
James Brandon Lewis devotes Red Lily’s third album, “Calling Antonín”, to Antonín Dvořák
The New York saxophonist releases nine original pieces built on the music the Czech composer wrote in the United States, played by a sextet with strings.
Tigran Hamasyan
Tigran Hamasyan, Armenian pianist and composer born in Gyumri in 1987, author of Mockroot (2015), The Call Within (2020) and Manifeste (2026).
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa, composer and guitarist born in Baltimore in 1940, leader of the Mothers of Invention, with whom he released Freak Out! in 1966, and author of Hot Rats (1969) and Joe’s Garage (1979).
Hiromi
Hiromi, pianist and composer born in Hamamatsu, who has released albums since 2003 under names such as Hiromi’s Sonicbloom, The Trio Project (with Anthony Jackson and Simon Phillips) and Sonicwonder.
Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman, saxophonist and composer born in Fort Worth in 1930, author of The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959) and Free Jazz (1961) and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2007 with Sound Grammar.
Marc Ribot
Marc Ribot, guitarist born in Newark, who leads Ceramic Dog and Los Cubanos Postizos and has released albums since 1990 such as Rootless Cosmopolitans and Silent Movies.
Dave Holland
Dave Holland, double bassist and composer born in Wolverhampton, who played with Miles Davis from 1968 to 1970 and leads his own quintets, octets and big bands.
Chris Potter
Chris Potter, saxophonist and composer born in Chicago in 1971, who leads the group Underground and was part of Dave Holland’s quintet from the late 1990s.
Miles Davis
Miles Davis, American trumpeter and composer born in Alton, Illinois, in 1926, author of Kind of Blue (1959), In a Silent Way (1969) and Bitches Brew (1970).
John Coltrane
John Coltrane, the American saxophonist and composer (1926–1967), author of albums such as Giant Steps (1960) and A Love Supreme (1965), a central figure of modal jazz and the avant-garde.
Jordi Sabatés
Jordi Sabatés, the Barcelona pianist, composer and arranger (1948–2022) who was a member of Om, led Jarka and collaborated with Toti Soler, Tete Montoliu and Maria del Mar Bonet.