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New Album Releases Project 2021-1-18

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And then there were … Liner Notes

What the … Talk about a full-house. I did not see this onslaught coming this week.

Armel Dupas’ Organ Trio is comprised of Armel Dupas on piano, organ, Kenny Ruby: bass, synths, Mathieu Penot: drums, synths. You’ll be hearing a lot more about this trio as time progresses, and even more about the genius of Armel Dupas. I have included in this NARP a 6-disc set of Armel Dupas Jammin’ with Friends. Within seconds of hearing the first track, I knew this album was going to be on repeat-play for the rest of the day.

Deborah Gibson will always be Debbie to me and her M.Y.O.B is such a fun romp, finding her in top form and voice. There was no way this was not going to earn a spot. Happy, upbeat and dare I say it, infectious, in only the very best way possible.

Coda Piano Trio – Coda Piano Trio (aka The White Album) The trio is also known as Kazusou Oda and is made up of Ryosuke Tanaka on bass, Yosuke Omiya on drums, and Coda on piano. If you have not twitched it by now the trio hail from Japan and shockingly only got together in 2019. In that short amount of time, they have captivated audiences and now me.

Janis Ian – Hope is a collection of 12 archival tracks from anywhere between 1976 and 2011. The majority of the tracks on this compilation have never been heard before.

‘All tracks are unedited, ranging from cassettes to 1/4″ reels later transferred to DAT for preservation. One was recorded life straight to a Mackie board (“Here Comes the Night”); others were casually laid down by Janis as she sat on a couch at home and sang into a DAT player, or in a local studio where she sat down with a guitar to get a new song down on tape. No editing, no auto-tuning, no attempts to make them sound more “professional”. There’s some hiss, there are a few mistakes. That’s what happens when you make art! Any noise artefacts you may hear are part of the original. As little as possible has been done to render these recordings usable.’ (from the Janis Ian official website)

Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra – The Democracy! Suite, and Death Cab For Cutie – The Georgia EP share something in common, something wonderful. Both albums honour democracy, the recent elections and a changing of the tide, a momentous event in America’s rather recent history. Knowing what prompted these recordings makes them all the more poignant.

I’m now going to bullet-point albums which I want for you to hear:

  • Jon Batiste – We Are The Golden Ones
  • Kaori Uemura – Yuu Gentleness and Melancholy
  • Louise Jallu – Piazzolla
  • Marina Tarasova & Ivan Sokolov – Weinberg Works for Cello & Piano
  • Menagerie – Many Worlds
  • Pearl Charles – Magic Mirror
  • Pennisi Complete Works for Solo Piano
  • Phillip Dornbuschs Projektor – Reflex – Jazz Thing Next Generation Vol. 86
  • Signum Saxophone Quartet – Echoes
  • Spendiarov Complete Piano Works & Chamber Works with Piano
  • The Brit Funk Association – Lifted (Extended)
  • Vikingur Olafsson – Reflections Pt. 2, Debussy: Canope

I would not know where to start singling out recordings in the Re-Issues, Re-Masters and Miscellany section, there’s not one misfire in the bunch. Strutting their stuff on all cylinders, if forced to pick 5 albums here we go, with some extra shout-outs.

  1. KT Tunstall – Drastic Fantastic (Ultimate Edition)
  2. Christian Reim Quartet – Molde International Jazz Festival 1976
  3. Hal Galper Quintet – Live at the Berlin Philharmonic
  4. Aretha Franklin – Festival de Jazz d’Antibes (Live 1970)
  5. Joni Mitchell – Carnegie Hall 1972

 

** Extras

 

  • Mary Timony – Mountains (20th Anniversary Expanded Edition)
  • Milt Jackson – The Remasters (All Tracks Remastered)
  • Petula Clark – Remastered Hits Vol. 2 (All Tracks Remastered)

 

New Releases

Aki Takase, Christian Weber, Michael Griener – Auge

Armel Dupas – Jammin’ with Friends

Armel Dupas – Organ Trio

Coda Piano Trio – Coda Piano Trio

Death Cab For Cutie – The Georgia EP

Deborah Gibson – M.Y.O.B

Ensemble K & Simone Menezes – Accents

Festetics Quartet: Schubert: String Quartets D 46 & D 804 Rosamunde

Giancarlo Guerrero – John Adams My Father Knew Charles Ives & Harmonielehre

Gidon Kremer, Madara Pētersone – Weinberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 67

Goran Filipec – Liszt & Busoni – Orchestral Works

Ivan Ilic – Reicha Rediscovered, Vol. 3

Janis Ian – Hope

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra – The Democracy! Suite

Jon Batiste – We Are The Golden Ones

Kaori Uemura – Yuu Gentleness and Melancholy

Louise Jallu – Piazzolla

Marina Tarasova & Ivan Sokolov – Weinberg Works for Cello & Piano

Menagerie – Many Worlds

Midnite String Quartet – MSQ Performs Bee Gees

Miles Donahue – Just Passing Thru

Nova Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Rome – Opera Live! (Instrumentals)

Pearl Charles – Magic Mirror

Pennisi Complete Works for Solo Piano

Phillip Dornbuschs Projektor – Reflex – Jazz Thing Next Generation Vol. 86

Signum Saxophone Quartet – Echoes

Soup with John Zorn – Shinjuku Pit Inn

Spendiarov Complete Piano Works & Chamber Works with Piano

The Brit Funk Association – Lifted (Extended)

The Stand – Replay

Veronika Harcsa – Debussy Now!

Vikingur Olafsson – Reflections Pt. 2, Debussy: Canope

Vinicius Modelski – História

Walter Wanderley – Murmúrio

Witold Wilczek – A Journey into the Abyss

 

Re-Issues, Re-Masters & Miscellany

Aretha Franklin – Festival de Jazz d’Antibes (Live 1970)

Art Pepper – Walkin’ Shoes

Bill Evans – Goodbye

Brian Eno – Film Music: Voices & Words

Bud Powell – Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Original Master Recording)

Christian Reim Quartet – Molde International Jazz Festival 1976

Dexter Gordon – One Flight Up

Freddie Hubbard – Freestyle

Hal Galper Quintet – Live at the Berlin Philharmonic

Joni Mitchell – Carnegie Hall 1972

KT Tunstall – Drastic Fantastic (Ultimate Edition)

Mary Timony – Mountains (20th Anniversary Expanded Edition)

Milt Jackson – The Remasters (All Tracks Remastered)

Oscar Peterson – Anthology

Pat Travers – Black Pearl (Remastered)

Petula Clark – Remastered Hits Vol. 2 (All Tracks Remastered)

Sting – The Soul Cages (Expanded Edition)

Wayne Shorter – Wayne

 

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