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Vinyl Round-Up - 22nd November 2024
22nd Nov 2024
With all the inclement weather and dark nights, now is the perfect time to show your turntable some love. In our vinyl round-up we explore reissues: Miles Davis in Paris, Diana Krall’s debut, McCoy Tyner and Joe Henderson Live at Slugs' Saloon, a trio of Blue Note releases, and a Nigerian highlife fusion compilation.
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Jazz Recordings of the Year - Finalists 2024
21st Nov 2024
We are delighted to reveal the 25 finalists for our Jazz Recordings of the Year Awards, with the 5 winners being announced on Thursday 5th December.
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Roy Haynes 1925-2024
20th Nov 2024
Roy Haynes, legendary jazz drummer, innovator across bebop, post-bop, free jazz and fusion, has died aged 99. His seven-decade career included collaborations with icons like Charlie Parker and John Coltrane, leaving a timeless impact on jazz history.
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New Release Round-Up - 15th November 2024
14th Nov 2024
This week’s releases feature Colin Vallon Trio’s organic grooves, Stephan Micus’s global soundscapes, Jon Batiste’s Beethoven with the blues, Emile Londonien’s genre-blending rhythms, and archival recordings from Oscar Peterson and Michel Petrucciani.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 8th November 2024
8th Nov 2024
Jazz highlight this week include the pairing of Lionel Loueke and Dave Holland, a never-heard-before Keith Jarrett trio recording, standards from both Marilena Paradisi & Bob Nieske, and also Fred Hersch, and younger upstarts in the form of The Banger Factory and OTOOTO.
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Quincy Jones (1933-2024)
5th Nov 2024
Quincy Jones, the pioneering composer, producer, and cultural icon whose visionary career spanned jazz, pop, and film, has died at 91. From jazz clubs to Hollywood and global pop hits, Jones’ influence forever transformed the world of music.
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Quincy Jones, Lucky Thompson (tenor saxophone), Bunny Bardach (tenor saxophone), Jerome Richardson (tenor saxophone), Phil Woods (alto saxophone), Paul Chambers (bass guitar), Hank Jones (piano), Charlie Persip (drums), Jerome Richardson (flute), Jack Nimitz (baritone saxophone), Urbie Green (trombone), Ernie Glow (trumpet), Art Farmer (trumpet), Ernie Royal (trumpet), Joe Wilder (trumpet), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone), Frank Rehak (trombone), Charles Mingus (bass guitar), Billy Taylor (piano), Herbie Mann (flute), Gene Quill (alto saxophone), Herbie Mann (tenor saxophone), Milt Jackson (vibraphone), Zoot Sims (tenor saxophone)
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Ineza with Alex Webb & The Copasetics - Women's Words - Sisters' Stories
1st Nov 2024
Women’s Words - Sisters’ Stories sung by Ineza with Alex Webb and The Copasetics, weaves intimate narratives of women’s experiences to explore themes of love, resilience, and identity through a uniquely personal lens.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 1st November 2024
1st Nov 2024
This week’s new releases include releases from tenor saxophonist JD Allen, drummer Brandon Sanders, classical leaning improvisation with Sarah Neufeld, Rebecca Foon and Richard Reed Parry, Philip Clemo, Stína Ágústsdóttir, and Dick Sisto and Andy LaVerne.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 25th October 2024
25th Oct 2024
New releases from Paul Dunmall & Kevin Figes, BADBADNOTGOOD, Glen Manby, John Gibbon Trio, Faz Tempo, Stefan Schöler, Danilo Pérez, Bohuslän Big Band, and a rarity from Sphere.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 18th October 2024
18th Oct 2024
This week's highlights include albums from Aaron Parks, Josephine Davies, Pentadox, Sidsel Endresen, Jan Bang, and Erik Honore, Guy Davis, and vinyl reissues for Sun Ra, Donald Byrd, and Art Blakey.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 11th October 2024
11th Oct 2024
This week’s jazz releases include Immanuel Wilkins exploring themes of heritage, whilst Ashley Henry blends introspective lyrics and lush jazz melodies. Ilario Ferrari's offers a fusion of styles, Joe Sanders gives us genre-blending compositions, and there's a refreshing reunion between Oscar Peterson and Herb Ellis.
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Immanuel Wilkins (altosaxophone, saxophone, vocalist, synthesizer), June McDoom (vocalist), Yaw Agyeman (vocalist), Ganavya (vocalist), Micah Thomas (piano, organ), Rick Rosato (bass), Kweku Sumbry (drumkit), Esi Sumbry (vocalist), Cécile McLorin Salvant (vocalist), Marvin Sewell (guitar), Chris Dave (drumkit)
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 4th October 2024
4th Oct 2024
This week's highlights include Michael Mayo's versatile Fly, Dario Miranda's chamber jazz in La Dormiente, Ben Wendel's vibrant live album Understory, and David Preston's Purple/Black Volume 2.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 27th September 2024
27th Sep 2024
This week's new releases range from Antonio Dayyani’s melancholic Trop Op to Rick Panzer’s jazz dance classic. Walter Smith III’s modern jazz, Laura Jurd’s avant-garde brass, and Tenderlonious' Indian fusion highlight the boundary-pushing creativity in contemporary music.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 20th September 2024
20th Sep 2024
Highlights this week include Nubya Garcia's gorgeous Odyssey, Markus Harm's cosmic Out in Space... and seeing as he's taken into the cosmos let's give Sun Ra's Jazz in Silhouette another spin.
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Esperanza Spalding (vocals), Nubya Garcia (music production, tenor saxophone), Chineke! Orchestra (strings), Joe Armon-Jones (piano, keyboards), Daniel Casimir (double bass), Sam Jones (drums), Jansen Santana (percussion), Richie (vocals), Sheila Maurice-Grey (trumpet, flugelhorn), Rosie Turton (trombone), Georgia Anne Muldrow (vocals), James Douglas (cello)
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Meshell Ndegeocello - No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin
16th Aug 2024
Meshell Ndegeocello's celebration of the Harlem-born writer and civil rights activist is both an homage and a call to action, urging listeners to engage with Baldwin’s ideas and the urgent social issues which they address.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 29th March 2024
29th Mar 2024
Amongst the highlights this week is Cyrille Aimee's first self-penned album A Fleur de Peau, Palle Mikkelborg, Jakob Bro and Marilyn Mazur are captured live in 2023, and Lonnie Smith's Afro-Desia goes all psychedelic on us...
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Michiel Stekelenburg - Catharsis
27th Mar 2024
Guitarist / composer Michiel Stekelenburg takes us on a moving journey through his deepest inner emotions, looking for resolution and closure for himself, and offering up a compelling long player for us all to enjoy.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 22nd March 2024
22nd Mar 2024
This week's round-up includes a double instalment of double bass wizardry, a previously unreleased Alice Coltrane live recording, Kjetil Mulelid's music for ensemble, some rather out-there improvisations from Shiver & Matthew Bourne, and a collection of songs from vocalist Lauren Kinsella...
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Jazz New Release Round-up - 28th July, 2023
28th Jul 2023
Our weekly round-up of the new releases includes music from Alex LoRe, The Dam Jawn, and Steve Lacy on vinyl.
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Astrud Gilberto (1940-2023)
8th Jun 2023
The Brazillian chanteuse, synonymous with the bossa nova craze of the 1960s, has died aged 83.
