Bassist and Composer John Christensen Explores Nature’s Majesty and ’90s Nostalgia in New Album Soft Rock, Releasing August 9, 2024 and Featuring an All-Star Lineup Bassist and composer John Christensen will release Soft Rock, his second album as leade …
Co-leaders Joan Hutton and Sue Orfield return to Shifting Paradigm Records with their second album of original music, Splash. Drawing inspiration from memories and experiences of the past, Splash is a collection of quirky and nostalgic musical snapshot …
Pianist and composer Kavyesh Kaviraj tells his own story on his debut album Fables. Fables is the debut album from pianist and composer Kavyesh Kaviraj. The bandleader arrives in full force, after years accompanying the likes of Wynton Marsalis, David …
Minneapolis based trio The Early Planets, led by composer and guitarist, Mike Wolter, releases their debut album The Waits / inBetween Music on Shifting Paradigm Records on June 14, 2024. Wolter assembled the group with bassist Cody McKinney and drumme …
Twin Cities Trio Paints Expansive Soundscapes on Debut Album Boundaries Boundaries is the debut offering from the trio of trumpeter Jake Baldwin, guitarist Zacc Harris and drummer Pete Hennig. The album features eight spontaneously improvised pieces th …
IRIS was born out of the mutual desire of five young Chicago musicians to blend historic subgenres of jazz such as hard bop and post bop. Their self-titled debut comes out on Shifting Paradigm Records on May 3, 2024. Initially the brainchild of saxopho …
CHICAGO DRUMMER-COMPOSER KABIR DALAWARI ISSUES HIS INSPIRED SOPHOMORE RELEASE LAST CALL Produced by Matt Ulery Featuring Dalawari, drums and compositions, with: Kyle Brooks (alto saxophone), Chris Madsen (tenor saxophone), Joshua Achiron (guitar), Nich …
Saxophonist Sharel Cassity and drummer Colleen Clark to release their self-titled debut album with their new co-led collective, Alliance, out March 15, 2024. The album features Cassity and Clark alongside three generational talents in this all-female e …
Pianist Chris Rottmayer pays homage to Mulgrew Miller on Being, an album that explores Miller’s time with the Woody Shaw Quintet and features jazz master Rufus Reid. Being is pianist Chris Rottmayer’s fourth album as leader and contains all original co …
Twin Cities vocal icon Tina Schlieske ventures into new musical horizons with The Good Life her first jazz standards recording, out now. Tina Schlieske, a revered figure in the Minneapolis music scene, is gearing up for the release of her inaugural jaz …
