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[MoreWatts]

The Mingus Big Band is a New York collective that have performed and recorded since 1991. Yeah, they play Mingus, really well. Here's a short tune to give you a taste from their 2022 release, "The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions," with a link to the YouTube version of the album below. Enjoy!

Mingus Big Band, "The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions", YouTube link, full album.

 

[BitPerfect_]

Andy Sheppard Quartet - Medication

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[MoreWatts]

Steven Feifke is a pianist, jazz composer and big band arranger, who has released 4 big band albums since 2021. I enjoy 2021s "Kinetic." Here is the first tune and title song. Below is also a YouTube link to where the entire album is played live in the studio, recorded wonderfully.

Steven Feifke Big Band, "Kinetic", full album, live in studio, YouTube playlist

 

[MoreWatts]

Time for holiday cheer, big band version. Here is Joe McCarthy's New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band (phew) with their 2022 release "The Pan American Nutcracker Suite." The tune below is the "Overture", and below is a link to the full album on YouTube, where you can continue if you enjoy.

Joe McCarthy's ... Big Band, "The Pan American Nutcracker Suite," YouTube link, full album.

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[DarrylG]

 

[BitPerfect_]

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[MoreWatts]

Here is some new Latin jazz for (what's left of) 2022. Pianist Oscar Hernandez and his band Alma Libre put forth some nice tunes on their album "Vision." Here is a live on Zoom performance of the 2nd song from the album, and below is a YouTube link for the entire album. Enjoy!

Oscar Hernandez, "Vision", YouTube link, full album.

 

[MoreWatts]

Misha Tsiganov is a Russian pianist who won national jazz competitions as a youth, moved to the USA to study at Berklee at the bequest of Gary Burton, and has been an in-demand session musician in New York since ~2003. He's released 4 albums, and this is the first cut from his 2022 release "Misha's Wishes", and features Seamus Blake on sax. Below is link to a YouTube version of the full album, if you enjoy what you hear. Straight ahead jazz.

Misha Tsiganov, "Misha's Wishes", YouTube link, full album.

 

[MoreWatts]

John Daversa is a Grammy-winning trumpeter, arranger and jazz educator, and has released about a dozen albums since 2009, about half of them with a big band. Here is live in the studio performance of the first tune from "ARCeology: The Music of MSM Schmidt", the 2022 release by the ARC trio & The John Daversa Big Band. The video ain't the greatest production, but the sound is nice and the band is jammin'. A YouTube link to the full album follows. Enjoy!

ARC Trio & The John Daversa Big Band, "ARCeology: The Music of MSM Schmidt", YouTube link, full album.

 

[DarrylG]

 

[DarrylG]

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[MoreWatts]

The Dave Slonaker Big Band has released 4 albums since 2013, and earned a Grammy nomination with their first. The two videos below are from their 2022 release, "Convergency." That is Peter Erskine, of Weather Report fame, on the drums. A YouTube link to the entire album follows the videos. Big band jazz lives on, as shown by this wonderful new release!

Dave Slonaker Big Band, "Convergency," YouTube link, full album.