Hot Summer Cool Music Exclusive interviews @wfmu.bsky.social 7/11: Clarity: Michael Gregory Jackson Interview 8/1: Birds Have Elbows: Wrens Interview @ooyhrecords.bsky.social 8/22: Speaker Music: DeForrest Brown Jr. Interview @planetmurecords.bsky.social DETAILS ▶️ wfmu.org/playlists/OV

Richmond-based indie Out of Your Head continues an extraordinarily rich year of essential new releases with this priceless collection of Julius Hemphill's complete works for saxophone quartet, beautifully and buoyantly played by his friend and collaborator Marty Ehrlich in excellent company.

Marty Ehrlich - OPEN AIR: The Complete Saxophone Quartet Compositions of Julius Hemphill (OOYH 047) up for pre-order now, out August 28 on 2xCD + digital. You can hear one track 'Open Air (for Tommy)' only on Bandcamp: outofyourheadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/open-a...

Mali Obomsawin’s 2022 debut Sweet Tooth has been reissued digitally today on all streaming platforms, and includes a never-before-heard bonus track Feu Follet, a teaser for her next album Automatic (OOYH 051) out October 16. More on that soon! outofyourheadrecords.lnk.to/SweetToothRe...

#NowPlaying - from our Release of the Week John Hollenbeck - Porter (10,000 men named George) Looking For Consonance (Out Of Your Head Records) johnhollenbeck.bandcamp.com/album/lookin... @ooyhrecords.bsky.social

WRENS - LIVE @ NUBLU (OOYH 046) is out now. Our first tape, limited to 100, and they are going fast...only available on Bandcamp. This album is so good, and it is the full concert so a listen from start to finish is the best. Enjoy! outofyourheadrecords.lnk.to/LiveAtNublu

This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter previews The Handover and dips into recordings by group members Jonas Cambien and Aly Eissa, while also checking out some Susan Alcorn Lobato tributes from Nate Wooley and Bill Nace. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

We had a great time talking to @burningambulance.bsky.social for this label spotlight in DownBeat Magazine!

One of my favorite releases of the year so far, in a year brimming with jazz innovation. outofyourheadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dance-...

Jazz: New album from DU’s Nate Wooley, and more shows this month

Ossicles Fest (Out of Your Head Records)

Monday at Artspace is the monthly @ooyhrecords.bsky.social series with JoVia Amrstrong & Nicole Mitchell + Mankwe Ndosi Body Memori. Music at 8, $20 at the door.

#NowPlaying #JazzSky The Tomeka Reid Quartet: dance! skip! hop! (Out Of Your Head, 2026) Tomeka Reid cello Mary Halvorson guitar Tomas Fujiwara drums Jason Roebke bass, cassette One of this year-so-far's very best for me outofyourheadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dance-...

#NowPlaying on @iheartnoise.bandcamp.com on @campradio.bsky.social WRENS - SAYFWYERB via @ooyhrecords.bsky.social outofyourheadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-n... listen.camp

This incredible album is out today, one of our favorite releases to date. A Silence Opens is the final album from Nate Wooley's Columbia Icefield, and is a memorial to the late legends of improvised music, Ron Miles and Susan Alcorn. outofyourheadrecords.lnk.to/asilenceopens

New live album from WRENS out June 12 Ryan Easter - trumpet, voice, words Elias Stemeseder - synths Lester St. Louis - cello, electronics Jason Nazary - drums, synths

Acclaimed cellist + composer Tomeka Reid reflects on 12 years with her quartet, the making of their fourth album, 'dance! skip! hop!', a family archive of Black life in Wyoming, and the two figures named CeCe who bookend her path in jazz. Interview by Lawrence Peryer. Tomeka Reid's Low End Theory:

#NowPlaying John Hollenbeck - George and Dee (Dedicated to George and Dee Gamble) GEORGE - Looking For Consonance (Out of Your Head Records) johnhollenbeck.bandcamp.com/album/lookin...

Great review of Tomeka Reid - dance! skip! hop! today on @nprfreshair.bsky.social. Big thanks to @martinvjohnson.bsky.social for this!! Tomeka Reid expands the possibilities of jazz avant garde on 'Dance! Skip! Hop!' one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5826...

New one from Columbia Icefield sounds incredible. Out at the end of May. Nate Wooley – trumpet and amplifier, feet, whistling, voice Susan Alcorn – pedal steel guitar Ava Mendoza – guitar and voice Ryan Sawyer – drums, shakers, and voice "This is most likely the last Columbia Icefield record"

At WSJ on new recordings by Jason Moran and Marta Sanchez. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

WRENS - LIVE @ NUBLU (OOYH 046) is up for pre-order now. You can check out a preview track, SAYFWYERB, on Bandcamp (also on AppleMusic). This one comes out June 12 digital, streaming (no spotify), and cassette tape (limited 100). It is WILD! outofyourheadrecords.lnk.to/LiveAtNublu

Big thanks to DownBeat Magazine + @burningambulance.bsky.social for the label spotlight on OOYH Records in the June 2026 issue. We appreciate the very kind words! www.outofyourheadrecords.com/news/2026/5/...

My spring round up of hot new #jazz releases and tasty reissues/archival albums is up now on POW Mag. Featuring reviews of: Tomeka Reid, Aaron Shaw, Walter Smith III, Asher Gamedze, Harriet Tubman, Joe Henderson, Cecil Taylor, Julius Hemphill, Roy Hargrove.

GEORGE - Looking for Consonance (OOYH 044), featuring John Hollenbeck with Anna Webber, Chiquita Magic, and Sara Rossy is OUT NOW! "On Looking for Consonance, Hollenbeck’s GEORGE is on a whole other level of harmony, sonics and monster beats."  —NYCJR outofyourheadrecords.lnk.to/lookingforco...

GEORGE - Looking for Consonance (OOYH 044) is out TONIGHT at midnight. GEORGE is John Hollenbeck, Anna Webber, Chiquita Magic, and Sara Rossy. Photos + animated gif by TJ Huff. outofyourheadrecords.lnk.to/lookingforco...

Richmond VA, Monday May 11, OOYH Records Second Mondays at Artspace w/ Laura Ann Singh, Marlysse Simmons, and Michael McBean. 7:30pm doors, 8:00pm music, $10.

One of my very favorite 2026 releases so far, Tomeka Reid Quartet's "dance! skip! hop!" shows up to TURNTABLE PARTY. The interplay between Reid and guitarist Mary Halvorson is truly delightful.

In 2013 cellist Tomeka Reid founded the Chicago Jazz String Summit in order to honor those who'd come before her and to spotlight current and upcoming musicians who improvise on stringed instruments. https://bit.ly/4uhBUCj

Marta Sánchez by Charlotte Jacobs Marta's new album 'For The Space You Left' is on out now and added to our new releases page! womeninjazzmedia.com/new-releases...

FAVORITE ALBUMS OF APRIL PT. 3: OOIOO & Lightning Bolt-THE HORIZON SPIRALS/THE HORIZON VIRAL (Thrill Jockey) Marta Sanchez-FOR THE SPACE YOU LEFT (Out Of Your Head) Sunn O)))-s/t (Sub Pop) Upsammy & Valentina Magaletti-SEISMO (PAN) Weed420-“ESTOY VIVIENDO” (self-released)

You Taste, the lone single from Columbia Icefield - A Silence Opens is OUT NOW! This is Nate Wooley w/ Susan Alcorn, Ava Mendoza, Ryan Sawyer, and Susan left us an absolute gift with the pedal steel solo on this track. It is truly special music: outofyourheadrecords.lnk.to/youtaste

Arrived in today’s mail from @ooyhrecords.bsky.social sounds amazing.

Incredibly honored that Webber/Morris Big Band won the German Jazz Prize for Large Ensemble of the Year (International) this past weekend. Thanks to everyone who has supported this project, and who have been checking out Unseparate since its release in October!

Acclaimed cellist + composer Tomeka Reid reflects on 12 years with her quartet, the making of their fourth album, 'dance! skip! hop!', a family archive of Black life in Wyoming, and the two figures named CeCe who bookend her path in jazz. Interview by Lawrence Peryer. Tomeka Reid's Low End Theory:

Porter, the second and final single from GEORGE - Looking for Consonance (OOYH 044) is OUT NOW! GEORGE is John Hollenbeck, Anna Webber, Chiquita Magic, and Sara Rossy. Full album out May 8, LP/CD shipping NOW (follow link to Bandcamp)! outofyourheadrecords.lnk.to/porter

On the next episode Vinyl, CD, Digital, Whatever Sat, April 25, 7-10pm(ET) @wfmu.bsky.social ▶️ wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

On today's new episode of The Tonearm Podcast, Tomeka Reid joins us to talk about 'dance! skip! hop!', one of the more irresistible albums to come out of avant-garde jazz this year. Reid discusses writing music she could bounce around to and the very physical demands of the cello … #Jazzsky

Brooks Geiken writes that two standout releases -- from #AdamOFarrill and #daveadewumi -- showcase adventurous composition, tight ensemble interplay, and the next wave of trumpet-driven jazz. Out Of Your Head Records and Giantstep Arts

Pianist Marta Sánchez' brilliant, first solo prepared piano album matches her music’s vulnerability with an eloquent sonic vision, and is performed with masterful elegance. My review for Salt Peanuts: salt-peanuts.eu/record/marta...

We saw Marta Sanchez perform this album at An die Musik last night for the cd release. The album is gorgeous and worth checking out. Also she was extremely charming! link.deezer.com/s/332mYpu2Fz...

Mali Obomsawin tomorrow night at Icehouse in Minneapolis. Twin Cities peeps check her out! @ooyhrecords.bsky.social on BandCamp.

Marta Sanchez's debut solo prepared piano album, For The Space You Left, is OUT NOW! Check it out anywhere you like to check things out via the link below. **** "Her playing is dazzlingly articulate." —AllMusic outofyourheadrecords.lnk.to/ForTheSpaceY...

With his first album as the leader of a quartet, acclaimed jazz trumpeter Adam O’Farrill is simply astounding. I reviewed ELEPHANT - probably my favorite jazz album of the year so far - for PopMatters. www.popmatters.com/adam-ofarril...

Deerlady - Greatest Hits [deluxe edition] is out now! It has two remixed tracks by Adrian Olsen of Montrose Recording, and they sound great. NYC be sure to check out the concert this Sunday at National Sawdust. This album is awesome, enjoy! outofyourheadrecords.lnk.to/GreatestHits...

I first heard Adam O'Farrill play on Rudresh Mahanthappa's excellent 2015 album Bird Calls, and he hasn't stopped surprising me since. His new quartet record, ELEPHANT, is easily one of the best jazz releases of the year.

The rhythmic cat and mouse harmonic machinations of the opening track of trumpeter's Adam O'Farrill exquisite new release Elephant lives up its title as twists and turns abound...with Yvonne Rogers, bassist Walter Stinson, and drummer Russell Holzman #JazzMusic #JazzSky #NowPlaying #Curve

Tomeka Reid - Dance! Skip! Hop! absolute blast of fresh air to kick off friday morning right here. huge thanks to everyone who recommended this magic to me. outofyourheadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dance-...

Inward Loop, the second single from Marta Sanchez's forthcoming solo prepared piano album For The Space You Left, is out now!! outofyourheadrecords.lnk.to/inwardloop

Saw someone else do a Favorite 2026 Albums, 1st Quarter Edition, so here are mine (links in comments) Ben Wendel - BaRcoDe Christopher Hoffman - REX The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis - Deface The Currency Tomeka Reid Quartet - Dance! Skip! Hop! Work Money Death - A Portal To Here #jazzsky