After a very exciting first gig at the Baiser Salé in Paris on the 24th April (thanks to all those who came listening to us) we spent a day at Sextan Studios in Malakoff (France) were we recorded our new repertoire. The session was recorded by Nicolas David. It will be mixed and mastered by Katsuhiko Naito at Avatar Studios in New York and it is scheduled for release in September 2012 on the PJU label.

We are happy to announce two new releases on the Paris Jazz Underground label:

- Karl Jannuska’s ‘The Halfway Tree’ (PJU009) featuring Karl Jannuska on drums, Sienna Dahlen on vocals, Olivier Zanot on alto saxophone, Nicolas Kummert on tenor sax, Pierre Perchaud on guitars, Tony Paeleman on piano and Fender Rhodes and Andrew Downing on 5 string cello. ‘The Halfway Tree’ was recorded by Nicolas David at Studio Sextan in Malakoff (France) and mixed and mastered by David Travers Smith at Found Sound in Toronto, (Canada). ‘The Halfway Tree’ was awarded a CHOC on the May 2012 edition of JazzMan/JazzMag.

- Romain Pilon’s NY3 (PJU008) featuring Romain Pilon on guitar, Matt Brewer on bass and Colin Stranahan on drums. NY3 was recorded, mixed and mastered in New York by Michael Perez Cisneros.

We are happy to announce the release of David Prez’s new album ‘Awakening’ on our label PJU records. ‘Awakening’ was recorded at La Buissonne in Pernes Les Fontaines and mixed and mastered at Avatar Studios in New York. It features Laurent Coq on piano, Yoann Loustalot on trumpet/flugelhorn, Romain Pilon on guitar, Yoni Zelnik on bass and Karl Jannuska on drums. The official CD release concert is scheduled on the 30th March at Sunside Jazz Club in Paris. The album can be purchased on the Catalogue page.

Paris Jazz Underground will start a new residency at the recently refurbished Parisian club Les Disquaires in the Bastille area. The series of concerts will kick off on February 22nd with Sandro Zerafa Quartet (featuring Laurent Coq, Yoni Zelnik and Karl Jannuska).

The newly created Paris Jazz Underground Sextet will be performing at Baiser Salé in Paris on the 24th April, before entering the studio to record its new repertoire.

Paris Jazz Underground has some new faces and some exciting projects coming up. In April 25 and 26, the new PJU sextet, featuring two new members, Yoni Zelnik and Olivier Zanot, will enter the studio to record its first opus. The band members will compose new music for this CD, which will be out on the PJU label in 2012.

David Prez’s ‘Awakening’ , Karl Jannuska’s ‘The Halfway Tree’ and Romain Pilon’s ‘NY3′ – three new exciting releases on the Paris Jazz Underground label – PJU records, scheduled for 2012.