Releases

Pianist, composer, and arranger Aleksandar Jovanović, performing under the nickname, or rather artistic name - Shljuka, has assembled some of the finest Serbian musicians in his new quintet with whom he recorded the album "Octave Up," consisting of eight original compositions. The title "Octave Up" symbolically represents a new phase in the author's creative work and a ...

A.MA Records' exploration of the Serbian Wave of contemporary jazz continues with The Soulful Heritage; the debut album for the label from pianist and composer Irina Pavlovic. Calling on a stellar line-up of musicians, including A.MA label mate Ivan Radivojevic and US vocalist Dean Bowman, Irina has created an album which pays homage to the soul jazz sound of the 1960's allied with a ...

Originally conceived by tour director Nico Scotti, Opus Trio features Ralph Moore, hailing from Brixton, on tenor saxophone (Horace Silver, Roy Haynes, Darrel Grant, Freddie Hubbard, Gene Harris), New York-based drummer Anthony Pinciotti (Pat Metheny, Hush Point, Jeremy Steig, Randy Brecker, Gary Bartz), and bassist Giuseppe Bassi, hailing from Puglia and aptly named (Schema Quartet, La Banda ...

New Serbian Jazz Wave. They call it that. And, for some time now, it has been closely linked with our label. Today it is the turn of Ivan Radivojevic, a young (thirty-one years old) trumpet player from Belgrade, who got noticed by us playing in the combo of Max Kochetov of whom a few months ago we published "Altered Feelings" and previously with Sanja Markovic for the album ...

If today we were to establish the coordinates of the most up-to-date music of the moment, the so called "cosmic groove" (or spiritual jazz if you prefer) we would have to retrace a period - the one between the second half of the sixties and the first mid-seventies - in which the sprouts of a mixture of psychedelia, spirituality, jazz, rock, soul, funk and so on and so forth, were ...

Starting from the second half of the 1950’s the flute began to take on the task of expressing with high, light, cheerful notes what the clarinet had expressed in the swing era in jazz recordings. Until that moment the flute in the liner notes of the records was mentioned under the heading “other instruments”.  From Frank Wess and Bud Shank onward, through Sam Most, Herbie ...

Even in Europe, as in the United States, jazz has had to adapt, over time, to coexist with a huge number of different styles. The public has adapted to follow, according to their tastes, any type of musician who comes before him, who compares himself with tradition, with swing, with bop, with free. Despite this, European jazz still remains neglected, sometimes even by its own public, always ...

Welcome to the first in the series of A.MA Reforged remix EPs curated by Bob Hill (The Return of the Illicit Groove and Totally Wired Radio) which connects the extensive and innovative back catalogue of A.MA Records with some of the most innovative remixers and producers around today. For A.MA Reforged 001 Antonio Trinchera's track Joy Drops from his Next Moves album and from the ...

Avishai Darash "Quarantine Blues" AMEPD001 Only Digital 5 tracks EP Release Date March 3 2021 Avishai Darash - piano/compositions/leader Arin Keshishi - Bass Udo Demandt - World Percussion In August the trio met after a long pause of more than two months. Because it felt so special, we've decided to put the session on tape and see if an EP can come out of it. It was very ...

Welcome to the 2nd in the series of Inside A.MA compilation albums curated by Bob Hill (The Return of the Illicit Groove and Totally Wired Radio) which explores the extensive and innovative back catalogue of A.MA Records. As with Volume 1 this is designed to be a track list of two sides; Side 1 very much a nod to the Jazz- Dancers and Side 2 taking a more relaxed and intricate approach with a ...

Inside A.MA Volume 1 – Sleeve Notes Being given free access to the back catalogue of A.MA Records has been like being given the password to Aladdin's Cave or the map into Tutankhamen's tomb. The treasures held within the A.MA vaults of releases over the past decade mean that being tasked to curate a set of volumes of compilations is a difficult but wondrous pleasure. With so much ...

Sébastien Jarrousse       Soprano and Tenor Saxophone Pierre-Alain Goualch       Piano Mauro Gargano                  Double Bass Antoine Banville     ...

“Ascension" Sanja Markovic debut album, is written in a contemporary jazz language and consists of seven songs (two instrumentals) that speak of love and humanity.                                                              ...

In a daring and exciting mix of Jazz, soul and arabic sounds, Pianist, arranger and composer Avishai Darash has created SAMSKARA. The project expresses the bridges and influences of the composer by combining his heritage of middle eastern music together with his modern language of Jazz and soul. Karima El Fillali, a known voice in the fringe arabic world, paints his songs with magistral presence ...

Roots On Boots "Back to the Earth" AMAU001 A.MA Records New  Releases Soul Jazz / Funk Series co-produced with Auand Records Published by A.MA Edizioni & Engine Ed. Mus, Roots On Boots "Back to the Earth" AMAU001 Bruno Calvo Anillo Trumpet Attilio Pisarri Guitar Xavi Torres Vicente Keyboards Giuseppe Vitale Bass Joan Terol Amigò Drums

Nomadic Treasures Debut Album Preview AMC012 A.MA Edizioni  A.MA Records "Nomadic Treasures’ collective sound is the result of years of traveling and combines sounds from all over the world, from Western classical music and American jazz to Jewish and traditional folk music from North Africa." Avishai Darash Piano Eirini Konstantinidi Vocals Daniele Cappucci ...

Walk Tall New Album "Roots On Top" AMC 008 A.MA Records Gilles Estoppey piano Enric Peinado guitar Giampaolo Laurentaci double bass Tijn Jans drums Produced by Walk Tall Executive Producer A.MA Edizioni / A.MA Records Release date December, 21, 2016  info@amaedizioni.it www.amaedizioni.it