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08/12/2026

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08/10/2026

Award-Winning Indo-Canadian Drummer/Percussionist/Composer Agneya uses rhythm to transcend boundaries, spark dialogue, and connect global communities on his debut album - AGNEYA

Available on Agneya Music (ACM 001) on September 18, 2026

***Agneya Drops Third Single From His Debut Album: “Keiko” Is Out Today - August 10, 2026***

“Keiko” is built on a simple but beautiful idea: that rhythm can connect traditions long before words ever could. A traditional Malinké folk melody, sung by teenagers as they chase and tease one another, is reimagined through the expanding and contracting patterns of a South Indian Carnatic korvai. Rather than presenting a fusion of traditions, Agneya reveals their shared sense of play, movement, and communal rhythm. Light on its feet yet intricately crafted, "Keiko" reminds us that rhythm has always travelled more freely than borders, carrying stories, games, and human connection across generations and continents. https://conta.cc/3RTCsRv

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08/07/2026

Saxophonist/Composer DENNIS MITCHELTREE, Presents The Much-Anticipated Follow Up to GOLDEN RULE, SEEING RED

Seeing Red is a sonic reaction to the state of the world, and a testament to the infinite power of creating music, played by Mitcheltree’s longstanding quartet of Dennis Mitcheltree - tenor saxophone, Johannes Wallmann – piano, Jesse Crawford – bass & Bill McClellan - drums

Available October 2, 2026 on Dengor Music (DCD 251215)

Saxophonist/composer Dennis Mitcheltree’s new recording, his eighth as a leader, Seeing Red, is boiling over with strong emotions, expressed by strong players whose playing is fueled by the breadth of their life experience. In our current sociopolitical world, we see red everywhere: the angry faces on our social feed, on matters of political opinion, alerts of danger, tribal headgear, and those who believe they are the only true color of blooded Americans. Red is perceived as the color of destruction, which can be a precursor to transformation, just ask Shiva. However, existence within a limited color range is not the full experience, it’s myopic and constraining, and ultimately unnatural and unfulfilling. Conversely, “music is not monochromatic. It is capable of utilizing all the colors of the visible and invisible spectrum, with infinite sonic colors representing collaboration, cooperation, understanding and empathy, all available on our prodigious musical palette, giving us the potential to illuminate how we are bound together as one,” explained Mitcheltree.

UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
Aug 9 - The Los Angeles Jazz Festival
Sept 16 - Silvana, NYC
Sept 17 - Smalls, NYC
Sept 18 - The Five Spot, NYC
Sept 19 - Bad Therapy Bar, Brooklyn, NY
Sept 20 - The Connect Bar, Jamaica, NY
Oct 7 - Bird and Beckett, San Francisco, CA
Oct 8 - Soundroom, Oakland, CA
Oct 9 - Mr. Tipples, San Francisco, CA
Oct 10 - Meyhouse Jazz, San Ramon, CA
Dec 20 - The G Spot, Los Angeles, CA
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08/05/2026

OUT NOW! Conrad Herwig Celebrates Chick Corea’s Legacy with New Album “The Latin Side of Chick Corea”

"Corea’s music has always welcomed rhythmic adventure. While the honoree’s melodies remain instantly recognizable, Herwig and co-arranger Bill O’Connell, surround them with vibrant Afro-Caribbean rhythms, inventive harmonies and room for the musicians to stretch, making familiar material sound surprisingly new . . . The album’s ten compositions span every stage of Corea’s remarkable career and receive thoughtful, imaginative treatment from a stellar group . . ." - Pierre Giroux, The New York City Jazz Record

"You feel the love for Chick, for jazz, for humanity throughout."- Stephen Graham, Marlbank

"While some tribute albums can feel a little like museum pieces, perhaps by being a tad too reverential, Conrad Herwig’s The Latin Side of Chick Corea avoids that trap by doing exactly what Chick Corea himself spent a lifetime encouraging: taking great compositions somewhere unexpected. Rather than recreating familiar classics note-for-note, Herwig filters Corea’s music through the vibrant pulse of Afro-Cuban and Caribbean traditions, revealing just how naturally those worlds have always belonged together. Corea’s own catalogue was deeply rooted in Latin rhythms throughout his career, and that certainly helps the music on this very enjoyable album feel like something of a joyous homecoming." - Mike Gates, UKVibe https://conta.cc/4zhLcSr

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08/04/2026

EMERGING NYC JAZZ COMPOSER, BASSIST AND EDUCATOR HANNAH MARKS TO PERFORM AT DC JAZZ FESTIVAL ON SEPTEMBER 5

Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award Recipient Selected to Participate in ASCAP Foundation Partnership with Festival https://conta.cc/4w23HHD

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07/31/2026

First-Call Trombonist/Composer/Educator SAM BLAKESLEE Releases First Single, "Franklin's Blues," From Exhilarating New Album: NEW BLOOD

New Blood will be released on Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records (BJUR 083) on September 25, 2026

A mid-up tempo, driving tune, “Franklin’s Blues” not only reflects the meaningful and important relationship Blakeslee has with the blues, but also with his beloved cat, Franklin.

UPCOMING APPEARANCES:
Monday, August 24: Guest Artist w/ Hartford Jazz Orchestra, Elicit Brewing, Manchester, CT
Friday, September 11: Rubber City Jazz & Blues Festival, Akron Main Library, Akron, OH
Sunday, September 27: Shapeshifter Lab, Brooklyn, NY
Friday, November 13: Blu Jazz, Akron, OH
Saturday, November 14: The Bop Stop at the Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH
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07/29/2026

DRUMMER/COMPOSER JARED SCHONIG’S BIG BAND CAPTURED LIVE AT DIZZY’S CLUB/J@LC ON NEW RELEASE FROM ANZIC RECORDS - Available August 28, 2026

***CD Release Celebration – Monday, August 24 @ Dizzy’s Club/J@LC NYC***

“. . . a prime candidate for album of the year . . .”– Ron Netsky, Rochester City Paper

“His two new albums – Two Takes Vol. 1: Quintet and Two Takes Vol. 2: Big Band – decisively put him forward as a bandleader . . .”– Nate Chinen, WBGO FM

“ . . . a worthy offering of original music, played at the highest level by some remarkable performers . . . feels like accelerating onto the freeway in a brand-new BMW. Schonig’s drumming is energetic, precise, and with the exception of the solo interludes, never steals the spotlight . . . But the true brilliance resides in the decision to release the quintet recordings as a kind of source material to show how the music is transformed in spectacular fashion by some truly incredible arrangers.” – Gary Fukushima, DownBeat Magazine (4 ½ Stars)

The Jared Schonig Big Band is an elite group of musicians, as ego-less as a group of crème-de-la-crème artists could be. Hearing them in all their glory, live at one of NYC’s finest jazz rooms, on Jared Schonig Big Band – Live at Dizzy’s, is a treat. Featured on this recording are many of the drummer/composer’s gems, arranged by some of the most acclaimed big band leaders/arrangers/composers working today, including Mike Holober, Miho Hazama, John Daversa, Alan Ferber, Jim McNeely and Laurence Hobgood. Schonig’s love for large ensemble and big band music runs deep to his early forays into jazz, and many of these arrangers were initially heroes to the drummer/composer who then became colleagues and ‘bosses’ when Schonig became a much-in-demand sideman on NYC’s thriving big band scene. Encapsulated in Schonig’s “hits” heard on Live at Dizzy’s such as “White Out,” “Sound Evidence,” and “Eight Twenty,” is an unstoppable life-force and energy that is contagious. The music stirs up a dust cloud within, perhaps reminding you of someone you love, a beautiful memory, something you’re looking forward to on the horizon, or maybe rekindling sparks of an unfulfilled dream...” https://conta.cc/4w6umTK

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07/24/2026

Award-Winning Indo-Canadian Drummer/Percussionist/Composer Agneya uses rhythm to transcend boundaries, spark dialogue, and connect global communities on his debut album - AGNEYA

Available on Agneya Music (ACM 001) on September 18, 2026

***Agneya Drops Second VIDEO From His Debut Album: “Alone Above” Is Out Today - July 24, 2026***

If AGNEYA is an album about finding common ground through rhythm, “Alone Above” is its moment of complete surrender. Beginning with an angular groove in 15/8 that constantly shifts beneath the listener’s feet, the composition gradually unfolds into an expansive landscape where progressive rock energy meets the openness of contemporary improvisation. Named in honour of the life and spirit of Canadian free solo climber Marc-André Leclerc, the piece isn’t about climbing itself, but about the exhilaration of choosing an unconventional path, embracing uncertainty, and finding freedom beyond expectation. The result is music that feels vast, fearless, and unexpectedly lyrical, with Shirantha Beddage’s soaring baritone saxophone carrying the listener into open air. https://conta.cc/4yyw56J

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07/23/2026

Here's a clip of Stuart Mack blowing on Franklin's Blues. Listen to his whole solo on July 31st when the single drops!

07/22/2026

First-Call Trombonist/Composer/Educator SAM BLAKESLEE Presents Exhilarating New Album: NEW BLOOD - To be released on Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records (BJUR 083) on September 25, 2026

UPCOMING APPEARANCES:
Monday, August 24: Guest Artist w/ Hartford Jazz Orchestra, Elicit Brewing, Manchester, CT
Friday, September 11: Rubber City Jazz & Blues Festival, Akron Main Library, Akron, OH
Sunday, September 27: Shapeshifter Lab, Brooklyn, NY

Friday, November 13: Blu Jazz, Akron, OH
Saturday, November 14: The Bop Stop at the Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH
Award-winning Trombonist/composer Sam Blakeslee, originally from Columbus, Ohio, and now persistently raising the bar for all trombonists and composers on the NYC scene, presents an exhilarating and rewarding new album from his Sam Blakeslee Large Group, New Blood, to be released on Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records on September 25, 2026.

Blakeslee’s compositions exude quality and depth. The writing is sublime and expertly crafted (he was after all the recipient of the 2018 David Baker Prize in Composition from Ravinia Steans Music Institute.) There is an abundance of substance and experience in every phrase, and the music is brought to life with ebullience by an ensemble of first-call, high level NYC artists, including Charles Pillow, David Smith, Alex Norris, Pete McCann, Matt Pavolka, and many others. The quality of musicianship is nearly peerless, and the band sounds like they’ve been on the road together playing this music for quite some time. The Large Group sounds joyously engaged with the compositions, and Blakeslee was naturally thrilled that the musicians took such ownership of the music. “Thank you to the members of the Large Group who gave their all as part of a 3-day recording session where we documented two records of my big band music, the second of which I am also extremely excited to share with you down the line,” said Blakeslee https://conta.cc/4vEdaVn

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