Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, musician and the Big Chief of the Golden Eagles, is a revered elder of both the Mardi Gras Indian community and the larger New Orleans cultural family. The two-time Grammy nominee is perhaps best known for his long-time affiliation with Big Chief Bo Dollis and the Wild Magnolias, but he has also garnered international attention and acclaim for his more recent work with groups like the Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars, Dr. John, Cyril Neville, Anders Osborne, Galactic, and Johnny Sansone, and other luminaries of the New Orleans blues and funk landscape.

Nano Stern presents "Refugio," his new album and first album of original songs since "Aún creo en la belleza" (I Still Believe in Beauty) (2022). The musical project, recorded live at the prestigious EastSide Sound Studios in Manhattan, brings Stern's compositions closer to Latin American jazz and was recorded alongside prominent musicians from the international scene in New York. The songs, with an intimate and emotional tone, combine roots music with the freedom of jazz, and Stern's writing is evocative and precise, with reflections on heartbreak, loss, disorder, and the need for shelter. The celebrated Chilean singer Claudia Acuña also features as a guest, and the album includes creative collaborations with Acuña herself and Eduardo Carrasco, leader of Quilapayún.

"Happy People" is the second album from the international trio led by Swiss double bassist and composer Dominik Schürmann. The trio also features Italian tenor saxophonist Max Ionata and German drummer Janis Bicker. The album is conceived as a musical expression of joy, positivity, and optimism in response to contemporary challenges and crises. All compositions on the record were written by Dominik Schürmann. The trio's music is characterized by strong, memorable melodies, tight interplay between the musicians, and an energetic yet soulful sound rooted in the modern jazz tradition.

Sunday Coffee is a spiritual experience that will leave you shook, yet full at the same time. The album is tethered by the rhythm section and heartbeat of Alexander Thomas on drums and Chris Frank (Frank Irwin Quintet) on both upright and electric bass, yet unfastened by saxophonist Reed Wallsmith (Blue Cranes), the saturated keyboards of Andre Raiah (Brown Calculus), and MPC genius / electronic hardware wizard MLTZR.

“El Eco de Un Tambor is an extended, multi-movement saxophone quintet that draws on rhythmic traditions from around the globe, focusing specifically on drumming from West Africa and its extension into Afro-Caribbean music. The title is an allusion to both the percussive elements within the piece and to the idea of music as an ancient language that is in constant evolution.”

Since setting sail in late-noughties Manchester, Riot Jazz Brass Band has been the bare-breasted, fist-pumping galleon figure of the Riot Jazz armada. Stirring up a hot-pot of peace-lovin' aggro-jazz and re-interpreted dancefloor bangers, these brass-wielding super-heroes of fine-tuning the good times have filled ear-holes, dance floors and festival fields across countries and continents!

Jazz sensibilities from guitarist, Akio Sasajima and fellow world-class musicians pay homage to two of the most prolific songwriters of the last seventy-five years. The timeless tunes of Lennon and McCartney are reimagined by this outstanding ensemble.

John Lennon’s birthday today, October 9, is marked by the release of a new deluxe and expanded version of Imagine (The Ultimate Collection). The set is now available to stream and download, and features the entire full-length collection of tracks, some of which have previously only been available on Blu-Ray, in Hi-Res Stereo and Spatial Audio/Dolby Atmos. Yoko Ono Lennon and Sean Ono Lennon have sent a note to Lennon’s legions of fans worldwide to explain that each set of mixes from the compilation – Ultimate, Elements, Evolution, Raw Studio and Out-Takes – has been released as a separate album. This allows his songs to be enjoyed in the way that was originally intended, curated by Yoko Ono Lennon, rather than release all 78 tracks from the themed retrospective in one vast playlist.

Marconi Union, one of the most influential names in contemporary ambient and electronic music, announce their twelfth studio album, The Fear of Never Landing, set for release 6th June via Just Music. The news is paired with the release of first single Eight Miles High Alone, out 20th March on all major streaming platforms.

While the two sets from the second night (February 28, 1971) have been released before, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE ENTIRE TWO-NIGHT STAND HAS BEEN RELEASED. So half of this is previously completely unreleased.

Swedish jazz phenomon Nils Berg Cinemasocpe is back with their sixth album - The music on this album is based on field recordings of musicians, singers and sounds from the streets and countryside of Punjab, India - Nils Berg Cinemacope is a group of highly acclaimed Swedish jazz musicians that has toured all continents and collaborated with musicians and dancers in Italy, Cuba, Japan and more.

Antigone is a chilling look at our already-alternate reality, coming from inside Eiko Isibashi’s own head. Her band brings a wide array of sounds and moods, shading pop, funk and jazz, ambient, electronic and musique concrète in a bittersweet latticework. Interlocking her new songs in seamless long-play flow with the compositional ambitions of her acclaimed soundtrack work, Eiko’s expressions are epic and intimate. 2025 will never be the same!

The new medium of film with sound was developing at around the time Prokofiev returned to the Soviet Union, where in 1933 he composed the music for his first film, Lieutenant Kijé. Prokofiev’s remarkable perception of the medium’s requirements was enhanced by his collaboration with Sergey Eisenstein on Alexander Nevsky. The music was of epic proportions and the resultant cantata remains one of Prokofiev’s most brilliantly conceived and popular works. Leonard Slatkin’s classic VOX recordings of these works have been praised for their “powerful and compelling performances”. (ClassicsToday.com) The Elite Recordings for VOX by legendary producers Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz are considered by audiophiles to be amongst the finest sounding examples of orchestral recordings.

Sage Warrior is a genre-crossing, borderless, 12-song odyssey into ancestral wisdom from the critically acclaimed singer, trumpeter, and songwriter Sonny Singh. The album explores the Sikh spirit of the sant sipahi, the sage warrior: the sage leads with love; the warrior answers the call to courage. Introspective and urgent, spiritual and rebellious, the album offers bold new renditions of Sikh devotional poems from South Asia, channeling ancestral wisdom for our time. Singh created the album as a companion to the new book Sage Warrior by visionary civil rights leader and bestselling author Valarie Kaur. Each track on the album accompanies a chapter in the book. Together, the Sage Warrior book and album offer an electrifying multisensory experience of Sikh wisdom—a clarion call to love, devotion, and courage in dark times.

ECR Music Group is set to release the acclaimed final album of legend Lesley Gore as a deluxe edition on November 17th, fully restored, remixed, and remastered by the album’s original producer and ECR founder, Blake Morgan. This new deluxe edition of Ever Since will also feature a never-before-released bonus track––Gore’s final studio recording––recorded during the album’s original 2005 sessions.