Amalie Dahl’s Dafnie – Live at Kafé Hærverk
Forty-two minutes across four tracks, recorded in an Oslo club: saxophonist Amalie Dahl’s band with Swedish pianist Lisa Ullén guesting.
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.
Matt Wilson’s Good Trouble – Love Is The Whole Thing, We Are Only Pieces
Drummer Matt Wilson’s sextet returns two years on with ten tracks that run from Andrew Hill to Tom Petty to Bacharach, and a choir of family singing the title.
Wadada Leo Smith – Constellations And Hemispheres
Five pieces cut between 2017 and 2022 with four different ensembles and assembled afterwards as a collage. At the centre, a twenty-two-minute suite that travels from trio to octet.
Jon Lloyd Quartet – Anima
Eleven compositions from the British saxophonist with the same quartet as “Earth Songs”: open space, few notes and a closing “Winter Light” of almost eleven minutes.
Mark Guiliana – BEAT MUSIC 2.0
Seven years on, the drummer returns to his electronic project with eight broken-up titles. When the retro layer thins out the record lifts; when it’s in charge, it’s an exercise.
Frank London – Touzle Your Kurchy
London drags eighteenth-century fife and drum music into a Lower East Side backstreet: eight public-domain pieces cut in a single session, with tuba, fiddle and washboard.
Stephanie Borgani – Mímica: Música para Quatro Instrumentos
Two voices and two saxophones, no rhythm section and nothing playing the harmony: the São Paulo singer’s debut is thirty-seven minutes of written and improvised counterpoint in equal measure.
Juzz – Juzz II
The second album from the Pontevedra group: polished, melodic jazz rock, with a Metheny-leaning guitar solo at the centre of the long track and little to contradict it.
Henry Threadgill – Cut You Where You Was
Ten tracks and thirty-six minutes with Zooid: one past twelve, five that do not reach two. Jose Davila’s tuba carries the bottom again, and the ending dissolves into sketches.
Alessandro Florio – Controra Avenue
The Italian guitarist returns to the Hammond organ trio and runs two classic Neapolitan songs through it: forty-one minutes of midday stillness and not much of his own material.
Mike Catalano – A Trio Affair
The pianist closes a trilogy begun in 1989 in sixty-six minutes, with Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez and Randy Brecker sharing eleven tracks between New York and Brazil.
“Vital Spark”, the record with Kenny Wheeler’s last pieces, gets a CD reissue
Dave Holland, Norma Winstone and the London Vocal Project’s record came out in February. The CD reissue went on sale on 22 September.
Paul Yonemura – First Flight Home
A 1984 demo tape that ended up on vinyl in 1985 and now reaches digital with two recovered Rick Helzer pieces and guests Kim Richmond and Mary Fettig.
Las Instancias – Las Instancias
Debut from the Argentinian trio of Shantala Ferreyra, Fermín Suárez and Gonzalo Goicoechea: clarinet, double bass and drums between tango, free improvisation and a debt to Monk.
Todd DelGiudice – Mas Alto
Alto sax, double bass and drums, with no instrument fixing the chords: seven contrafacts and three standards in jazz’s most stripped-down format, cut with two different drummers.
Pete Roth Trio – Group Chat
Bill Bruford, Pete Roth and Mike Pratt live: nine pieces recorded between late 2025 and early 2026, with Dvořák taken apart and a «Summertime» that’s hard to recognise.
Josh Berman Trio – Everybody Else’s Life, Too
Cornet, double bass and drums, cut live at Chicago’s Constellation. Josh Berman returns to the trio he first tried in 2015, bop always close at hand and the risk kept well in check.
Wadada Leo Smith releases «Constellations And Hemispheres» on 25 September, five pieces recorded with four different line-ups
Wadada Leo Smith releases ‘Constellations And Hemispheres’ on 25 September, five pieces recorded across five years with four different line-ups.
Brad Mehldau releases «Fantasy & Reveries» on 13 November, two of his works for solo piano
Brad Mehldau releases ‘Fantasy & Reveries’ on 13 November, two solo-piano works recorded at the Kronberg Academy in Germany.
Matters Unknown debuts on Tru Thoughts with «The Wind and the Forest», between spiritual jazz and psychedelic soul
Matters Unknown, the project of Jonathan Enser, debuts on Tru Thoughts with ‘The Wind and the Forest’, blending spiritual jazz and psychedelic soul.
Meshell Ndegeocello previews «Synonym» with a Bob Dylan cover sung with Bill Callahan and Chris Thile
Meshell Ndegeocello previews ‘Synonym’ with a Bob Dylan cover sung with Bill Callahan and Chris Thile, ahead of its 2 October release on Blue Note.
Columbia reissues the complete Miles Davis and John Coltrane recordings, 1955 to 1961, on 6 November
Columbia reissues ‘The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961’, the Miles Davis/John Coltrane box set, on 6 November, in the centenary year for both musicians.
Blue Note releases anthology of contemporary Chinese jazz on 23 October
Blue Note Records China releases ‘Now’s The Time’, a six-track anthology of contemporary Chinese jazz from Beijing and Shanghai musicians, on 23 October.
Guim Cifré, the driving force behind JazzSí’s reopening, dies in a motorcycle accident in Barcelona
Guim Cifré, who was bringing back Barcelona’s JazzSí Club this weekend, has died in a motorcycle accident aged 34.
Blue Note reissues Nat King Cole’s «After Midnight» in the Tone Poet series
The 1956 record that brought Cole back to piano trio format, with a rotating guest on every session, gets a 180-gram Tone Poet reissue.
Söndörgő release «In Residence at Müpa», featuring three Snarky Puppy musicians and the Balanescu Quartet
Söndörgő’s Budapest residency across folk, classical and jazz nights becomes a record, with guests from Snarky Puppy and the Balanescu Quartet.
Krokofant set a date for «7», the record they close out without drummer Axel Skalstad
Krokofant’s double record «7», out 27 November, is a tribute to drummer Axel Skalstad, who died in an accident in 2025.
Kiefer previews «BusyForYa» from his debut Blue Note record, out 25 September
Kiefer’s «Memory Bomb», his first record for Blue Note, is previewed by «BusyForYa», featuring Planet Giza and producer Shibo.
Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves rework the Coltrane and Hartman standards for the saxophonist’s centenary
«Dedicated to You» revisits the 1963 Coltrane/Hartman standards for John Coltrane’s centenary, with a Barcelona date at the Palau de la Música.
Andy Sheppard releases «Salt Catchers», the new trio with Rita Marcotulli and Michel Benita
Andy Sheppard’s drumless ECM trio with Rita Marcotulli and Michel Benita is out 11 September; he also revisits his years busking in Paris.
Frode Kjekstad and Eric Alexander Quartet — 25 September 2026, Jamboree (Barcelona)
Frode Kjekstad and Eric Alexander play Jamboree in Barcelona on 25 September, presenting their hard-bop album ‘Stars Aligned’.
Louis Ford New Orleans Flairs and Carlos Childe — 1 October 2026, Jamboree (Barcelona)
Clarinettist Louis Ford brings his New Orleans Flairs and banjo player Carlos Childe to Jamboree on 1 October, in two sold-out sets.
Matías Míguez Quartet — 2 October 2026, Jamboree (Barcelona)
Matías Míguez presents ‘Swango’, his second album blending jazz and tango, at Jamboree on 2 October, sold out.
Tornaviaje Trio — 3 October 2026, Jamboree (Barcelona)
Tornaviaje Trio, led by drummer Gonzalo del Val, play Jamboree on 3 October in a rare piano-less format, sold out.
Josh Meader Trio — 4 October 2026, Jamboree (Barcelona)
Australian guitarist Josh Meader’s trio play Jamboree’s Sala 3 on 4 October, sold out.
La Bomba de Tiempo — 6 October 2026, Razzmatazz 1 (Barcelona)
La Bomba de Tiempo play Razzmatazz 1 on 6 October: live improvised percussion, led by hand signals and composed in front of the audience. It’s the only Catalan date announced on the tour.
Samuel Marthe Organ Trio — 6 October 2026, Jamboree (Barcelona)
The Samuel Marthe Organ Trio, born from a Fred Wesley tribute, play Jamboree on 6 October, sold out.
Gideon Tazelaar Quartet — 7 October 2026, Jamboree (Barcelona)
Dutch saxophonist Gideon Tazelaar’s quartet play Jamboree’s Sala 1 on 7 October, sold out.
Max Sunyer — 8 October 2026, PUY&CO (Barcelona)
Max Sunyer plays PUY&CO (Gràcia) on 8 October as part of Cicle Connexions: electronic, improvised jazz for twenty people, with Jaume Vilaseca on piano.
Florian Arbenz and Greg Osby — 9 October 2026, Jamboree (Barcelona)
Florian Arbenz and Greg Osby, playing together since 1998, bring their ‘Conversation’ project to Jamboree on 9 October, sold out.