Jazz 2025

Swedish singer Tea Lundgren has a voice that's hard not to love. She released her first single at the age of 14, and it has now been streamed over 4.9 million times! On this new EP, she is joined by renowned Swedish jazz guitarist Gustav Lundgren.

It seems safe to imagine that Zoh Amba has been busy most of her life—the rising Appalachian avant-garde saxophonist positively radiates energy.

The liner notes for Exude celebrate the exceptional musical dialogue between pianist Francesca Han and trumpeter Ralph Alessi, joining the lineage of iconic piano-trumpet duos such as Earl Hines and Louis Armstrong or Fred Hersch and Ralph Alessi. This collaboration is praised for its profound reciprocity, melodic sensitivity, and poetic intensity. Having previously worked together in New York, Han and Alessi demonstrate an extraordinary understanding, crafting a serene and structured musical universe. Their compositions are marked by beauty, fragility, and emotional depth, captured in an exceptional recording that enhances their artistry. Balancing technical mastery with heartfelt expression, the duo creates music that is demanding yet captivating, deeply moving, and irresistibly seductive. Jean-Paul Ricard, a jazz scholar and founder of AJMI, describes this album as a moment of grace and fulfillment in the art of the duo, urging listeners to savor its beauty and emotional power.

Joachim Kühn, one of the world's best-known musical personalities from Germany, presents his debut on Intakt Records with the double album Échappée and delivers us a stellar moment in the art of solo piano. Kühn has been one of the most outstanding musicians from contemporary jazz since the mid-1960s and has been captivating listeners for decades with his soulful piano sound and a ravenous drive for freedom. Échappée bears impressive witness to this relentlessness. "This is a summation under the banner of the provisional; these melodies condensed into moments reflect the experiences of a rich life. With this recording, made shortly before his eightieth birthday, the pianist set out to offer the best he was capable of: Joachim Kühn, that exceptional talent, setting his bar higher than ever" writes Bert Noglik in the liner notes and adds: "With Échappée he has created an ‘essential album’, and he has bared all: his craft, his love and his passion." A masterwork.

Soft & Low (Live Paris '62)" is an album featuring a live performance by Louis Armstrong, recorded in Paris in 1962.

We come from a time when the benchmark for young musicians was to master jazz standards, in other words, to be able to improvise on a musical form and sometimes complex chords, and then, building on that, to develop their own style.

Just when I thought that I wouldn't be recording any more of my music, the powers that be opened up a door and pushed me through it. I ended up in the studio with 8 songs, (6 of which I wrote), arrangements and a dream come true cast of players. Both John Beasley/rhodes and Bob Sheppard/sax, flute, have been my friends and peers for 36 years. Gary Novak/drums, 35! It's magical when you're working with your "family".

Drawing on her vast experience of performing George Gershwin, Juliet Ewing creates an album of jazz inflected George Gershwin tunes, including much loved songs like “Embraceable You” and “‘S Wonderful” and hidden gems like “Naughty Baby” and “The Lorelei.” Inventive arrangements ranging from Swing and Bossa Nova, to dramatic and lush ballads and a reimagined ethereal version of the classic “Summertime.” Juliet Ewing is backed by a seasoned trio of Ron Drotos, Davd Finck and Mark McLean produced by pianist and arranger Tedd Firth.

Irving A. Aaronson (February 7, 1895 – March 10, 1963) was an American jazz pianist and big band leader.

Louis Stone known professionally as Lew Stone (28 May 1898 – 13 February 1969) was a British bandleader and arranger of the British dance band era, and was well known in Britain during the 1930s. He was known as a skillful, innovative and imaginative musical arranger.