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On November 1, Palmetto Records will release a new edition of A Beautiful Day, pianist and composer Andrew Hill’s seminal 2002 live album with his Sextet + 10 big band, recorded at Birdland in January 2002. Released as a 2-LP/CD set with a fresh remaster, A Beautiful Day, Revisited, includes the eight Hill compositions that comprised the original album with an extended edit of the band’s theme “11/8,” plus a second, previously unreleased performance of the title track.

On August 23, Blue Note released Celebration, Volume 1, the first in a series of archival releases by the saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter (left) curated before passing in 2023. This 2014 live recording captured Shorter’s quartet with Danilo Perez, John Patitucci and Brian Blade at the Stockholm Jazz Festival in Sweden. The set includes “Smilin’ Through,” which has been released as a single and is accompanied by a live video of the performance.

Walkin’ After Midnight, a new collection of twelve previously unreleased Eva Cassidy live tracks, will be released digitally (September 6) and on physical media (November 8) via Blix Street Records. Recorded on November 2, 1995, at the King of France Tavern in Annapolis, Walkin’ After Midnight documents the much-missed vocalist alongside an unusual lineup, accompanied only by Chris Biondo on bass, Keith Grimes on electric guitar, and guest violinist Bruno Nasta, adding a fresh dynamic to the performance.

Drummer, producer and educator Emanuel Harrold has shared a new video for “I Think,” featuring Gregory Porter. Watch the video filmed in Brighton during Harrold’s recent time in the United Kingdom. “I Think” is taken from Harrold’s latest album, We Da People, which exemplifies his soulful and future-thinking sound and was released at the beginning of the year via Gearbox Records.

Levs marks the debut Pi Recordings album by bassist and top improviser Kim Cass, and presents a program of compositions described via a press release as being “built on stilts of complex, polyrhythmic structures over a sea of harmonic murkiness.” The trio album finds Cass playing alongside pianist Matt Mitchell and drummer Tyshawn Sorey.

Brazilian pianist, composer and vocalist Eliane Elias showcases her compositional prowess, offering eight new original songs with lyrics sung in English and Portuguese on her latest album, Time and Again. Co-produced with her long-standing team of Marc Johnson and Steve Rodby, the record features stellar musicians, including guest performances by Mike Manieri, Peter Erskine, Bill Frisell and more.

Saxophonist and clarinettist Ken Peplowski offers unique renditions of jazz classics and lesser-known gems on Live at Mezzrow. Recorded at New York City’s famed Mezzrow Jazz Club, the bandleader is joined on this release by Ted Rosenthal on piano, Martin Wind on bass and Willie Jones III on drums.

Talented young multi-instrumentalist Vincent Ingala, one of the most in-demand touring artists on the contemporary jazz circuit, blends jazz, soul, blues, pop and R&B in his new album, Escape With Me, featuring a mix of memorable originals and surprising covers. Ingala aims to use his music as a universal force, reflecting via an official statement: “The ultimate goal is for music to connect us all, and be our common denominator in life and love.”

Rockport Music (right) has announced the lineup of its 2024/25 season. Jazz programming includes performances by Veronica Swift (September 8, 2024), and Christian Sands and Somi (October 6, 2024). The season will also include concerts by the Arun Ramamurthy Trio (October 19, 2024), which fuses South Indian Carnatic music with contemporary jazz, and the American Patchwork Quartet, blending jazz sophistication, country (March 21, 2025), West African hypnotics and East Asian ornamentation. The latter two concerts are part of Rockport Music’s culture-crossing Global Journeys Series, curated by cellist Mike Block.

New Orleans trombonist, producer, composer and educator Delfaeyo Marsalis performed with the Uptown Jazz Orchestra at New York City’s Birdland Jazz Club on August 6-10. The 18-piece band upholds the traditions of New Orleans swing, ensemble riff-playing and infectious, soulful dance music forming the foundations of American jazz. Birdland’s lineup for August 2024 also included such artists as the Tyreek McDole Quintet (August 8), Bruce Harris (August 10), and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra (August 11). Juilliard has announced the full program of its 2024-25 season, with more than 800 live music, dance and drama performances at the school and beyond. The program includes the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra opening night concert, featuring a program with music by Duke Ellington and faculty members, inspired by the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and painters Edgar Degas, Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollack. The concert will take place on September 21 in the Peter Jay Sharp Theater as part of the first annual Juilliard Jazz Festival.

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