The Week in Jazz is your roundup of new and noteworthy stories from the jazz…
Unreleased Chet Baker Album Out Soon: A previously unreleased Chet Baker album titled Salt Peanuts is set to be released digitally and on CD on November 20 via Sleepy Night Records. The album was originally recorded live at a show from his 1981 European tour and named after the club in Cologne, Germany, where he and his band played. This is the first time the Prince of Cool's Salt Peanuts will be available officially, having been available as a bootleg only up to now.
Unheard Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Covers Compilation Out Soon: Daptone Records has announced the digital release of Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In), a collection of covers by Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings due out on October 23. The compilation includes five previously unheard covers as well as fan favorites previously released in various formats. Among them, lead single "Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours," which you can listen to via the player below.
https://youtu.be/eF7YUONoRU0
JazzDanmark Is the Recipient of the EJN Award for Music & Community 2020: JazzDanmark was awarded the Europe Jazz Network (EJN) Award for Music & Community in recognition of their outstanding achievements in the area of music and community. The winner was announced on September 10, during the EJN General Assembly of Members, which took place online on September 10. The award is bestowed annually by the EJN to a European organization that successfully tackles the issue of social inclusion in its communities via programs and initiatives. JazzDanmark is the Danish national organization that supports and promotes the growth and value of Danish jazz both within Denmark and abroad.
Dave Liebman and Joe Lovano to Release Co-Led Live Album: The Kaleidoscope Quintet, co-led by Dave Liebman and Joe Lovano, are set to release their Dot Time debut on October 23. Dancing on the Edge is a live album originally recorded in 2013. It features the saxophone legends co-leading a band with vocalist Judi Silvano, bassist Tony Marino and drummer Michael Stephans. Conceptually informed by the ever-changing patterns and colors of a kaleidoscope, the band's distinctive voices come together as one performing five cuts on the record: two composed by Lovano and Liebman apiece and a lively rendition of the beloved standard "There Is No Greater Love."
Earth, Wind & Fire Share New "September" Remix: Earth, Wind & Fire have shared a new version of their classic song "September," remixed by acclaimed production master Eric Kupper. The remix, out in collaboration with Legacy Recordings, comes 42 years after the song's original release and is accompanied by a brand new video. “When I first heard the mastered final mix of ‘September,’ at our private listening party back in the day,” said the band's legendary vocalist Philip Bailey, “I would never have guessed that such a simple catchy song as it is, and was, would become an all-time global favorite for generations.”
https://youtu.be/3B4pNK5g8UQ?list=FLztiH7D-fHwsMyUF8r15vsQ
Documentary on Harlem's Iconic Apollo Theater Wins Emmy: The Apollo won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special on September 14. This is an HBO documentary directed by Roger Ross Williams that looks at the history of Harlem's Apollo Theater while following Apollo's inaugural staging of Ta-Nehisi Coates' acclaimed Between the World and Me. The documentary also features a segment on the all-star concert in celebration of the music of Ella Fitzgerald that was documented on Concord Jazz's Ella 100: Live at the Apollo!, released earlier this year.
https://youtu.be/GMaRihRY19g
Cecile McLorin Salvant Creates Music Video for Ella Fitzgerald Song: Multi-talented artist Cecile McLorin Salvant has created an animated music video for Ella Fitzgerald's version of "Taking a Chance on Love," and you can watch it via the player below. Shared as a single last week, the song is included on Ella Fitzgerald: The Berlin Lost Tapes, an unreleased live album that documents a 1955 live concert by the First Lady of Song in Berlin, Germany. The album will be released by Verve on October 2.
https://youtu.be/lyB4SRYuXuM
Tino Contreras to Release New Album: Tino Contreras, Mexico's most established and prolific jazz musician, is set to release a new explorative album. La Noche de los Dioses, out on October 23 through Brownswood, finds him ruminating about life and humanity via seven new recordings. Here, the drummer is joined by a host of musicians including his son, Valentino Contreras, on bass. Listen to the lead track from the album, "El Sacrificio," via the player below.
https://youtu.be/_J_PwdL0U34
Sylvie Courvoisier to Release New Album and Perform Virtual Release Show: Pianist Sylvie Courvoisier will be performing a special virtual release show for her new trio album, Free Hoops, with bassist Drew Gress and drummer Kenny Wollesen. The album will be released on September 18 via Intakt Records. The release show will be streamed on Roulette Intermedium on September 30 at 8 p.m. You can listen to “Requiem D’un Songe” from Free Hoops via the player below.
https://youtu.be/9dYDJxCsflg
Dayna Stephens to Release New Live Album: Saxophonist Dayna Stephens will release Right Now! Live at the Village Vanguard on October 2 via his Contagious Music label. The album finds him leading a quartet with Aaron Parks, Ben Street and Gregory Hutchinson. It was recorded live at the famed New York jazz venue in February 2019. Stephens will return to the Vanguard for a special live stream performance on October 2-3, as part of the venue's series, "Live Streaming at the Vanguard."
