Jazz New Release Round-Up - 17th March 2023

Guitarist Julian Lage releases The Layers, a companion record to 2022's acclaimed View With a Room - six originals recorded during the same sessions with his now well-oiled machine of a trio featuring drummer Dave King (of The Bad Plus) and bassist Jorge Roeder.

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The latest album by the celebrated and similarly prolific Bobo Stenson Trio showcases the best parts of this particular group's dynamic; carefully atmospheric arrangements and intertwined - but never overplayed - improvisation.

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Another new ECM album this week is a new quartet recording from trumpeter Ralph Alessi, his fourth for the label. Following up his 2019 album Imaginary Friends, It's Always Now features Alessi alongside an all-new quartet line-up that includes pianist Florian Weber.

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Five-time Grammy Award-winner Billy Childs releases his third album for Mack Avenue Records this week, featuring a solid quartet with trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, bassist Scott Colley, and drummer Brian Blade playing Childs' five new originals and arrangements of Chick Corea and Kenny Barron.

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Presenting a unique electric instrument on his SteepleChase debut is Steve Millhouse, who plays a six-string contrabass guitar (an electric bass with extra lower- and higher-tuned strings) alongside trio bandmates Rich Perry on tenor sax and Eric Halvorson on drums.

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The second new SteepleChase album for the week comes to us from bassist Mike Richmond, playing cello-led interpretations of old standards by Bill Evans, Michel Legrand and Fred Ahlert.

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