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Dave Douglas started a new band called High Risk, featuring Shigeto, Mark Guiliana, and Jonathan Maron. They finished the record in the following weeks.

Chicago bassist Matt Ulery writes beautiful music in an unpretentious way. It's intricate stuff, with interlocking parts and multiple sections, but it comes out sounding folky and simple. His small group, featuring bass clarinet and accordion, has it down pat.

Tuesday, August 27th sees the release of a new album by bassist Linda Oh on our Greenleaf label. To celebrate, Linda brings a quartet to Jazz Standard NYC for two sets.

We're happy to announce the preorder of Linda Oh's "Sun Pictures"—her 3rd album as a leader, and her 2nd for our label. This is a dynamite band featuring Greenleaf alum Ben Wendel of Kneebody, Aussie guitarist James Muller, and drummer Ted Poor. And Linda's writing for this crew is stronger than ever. The title of the album comes from the world's oldest operating outdoor cinema located in Broome, Australia where Linda's sister lives. That imagery and concept are central to the feel of these tunes—Linda describes each piece as a "snapshot from recent travels and experiences playing music." And busy she's been, playing with Dave Douglas' Quintet, Sound Prints Quintet with Dave and Joe Lovano, and countless other projects the helped shape these tunes.

We're excited to announce and share with you new Linda Oh music. "Sun Pictures" is her second for Greenleaf after last year's "Initial Here." Linda has been busy since that release playing in Dave's Quintet, the Sound Prints Quintet with Dave and Joe Lovano, and a boatload of other projects. And it's from those travels and experiences that "Sun Pictures" came into focus — Linda calls the album "a set of musical postcards."

"This is music of brisk intelligence and an almost off-putting abundance of composure... with frictionless access to great chunks of classical postminimalism, atmospheric indie-rock and harmonically astute post-bop." -NY Times

Listen to new music and watch video by Chicago bassist Matt Ulery's Loom Quintet. "Wake An Echo" releases July 16th, 2013 on Greenleaf Music.

Dave Douglas Quintet live at Avatar Studios NYC performing the Douglas composition "Beware Of Doug" from the album Time Travel [2013].

Got a chance to chat with one of my longest term supporters and biggest champions of jazz in the UK, Tony Dudley-Evans. We spoke about this weekend's Cheltenham Festival in the lounge of the Royal Academy.

Dave Douglas Quintet performing at Aperitivo in Concerto in Milano Italy, March 3, 2013

Dave Douglas, trumpet
Walter Smith III, tenor saxophone
Matt Mitchell, piano
Linda Oh, bass
Rudy Royston, drums