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Chicago jazz label International Anthem is hitting the high notes

Dezron Douglas

I use jazz label as shorthand but, admittedly, it’s too confining to describe the eclectic roster at Chicago’s International Anthem.

The label has already released an impressive batch of albums this year, including those by the late Jaimie Branch’s Anteloper, Makaya McCraven and Alabaster DePlume.

And there’s more to come. Here are two albums I’m excited about.

Tom Skinner (Sons of Kemet, The Smile) releases Voices of Bishara November 4.

Voices of Bishara by Tom Skinner

And, on November 18, bassist Dezron Douglas (Pharoah Sanders, Ravi Coltrane) releases ATALAYA.

ATALAYA by Dezron Douglas