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New Release Round-Up - 7th February 2025
7th Feb 2025
New releases this week include funk and soul grooves with Danish group Tabloid, genre cross-overs in Solidarity and BelleJazzClub, and an avant-garde sound in Honey From A Winter Stone. A softer sound in Martin Budde's Back Burner and a blend of jazz and Afro-Caribbean styles with Clélya Abraham.
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Misha Mullov-Abbado - Effra
31st Jan 2025
Misha Mullov-Abbado returns to the jazz scene with a tribute to the neighbourhood of Brixton in his latest album, Effra. Across a collection of different styles and sounds, the skilled bassist leads his ensemble through a musical journey of the London suburb, all whilst demonstrating his mastery of arranging and composition.
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New Release Round-Up - 31st January 2025
31st Jan 2025
This week includes releases from the talented bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado, Loek van den Berg and his quintet, and the Mani Padme Trio. Violinist Pierre Blanchard turns his attention to on-screen favourites, and the Julia Hülsmann Quartet return with a guest trumpeter in tow.
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Jacob Wutzke - You Better Bet
24th Jan 2025
Canadian drummer, Jacob Wutzke, pays homage to legendary icon Tony Williams in his second album, You Better Bet. With a balance of original compositions and some standard tunes from Williams, Wutzke delivers an album that captures the Blue Note sound with a modern approach.
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New Release Round-Up - 24th January 2025
24th Jan 2025
Matt Berry steps away from the screen to bring us his next album Heard Noises with Acid Jazz, saxophonist Jakob Dinesen encourages listeners to take things easy in Slow Flow, and a tribute from Nicole Zuraitis to female American songwriters in siren songs volume 1.
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Benny Goodman - Live At Carnegie Hall (1938)
22nd Jan 2025
Making musical history, Benny Goodman takes jazz to New York's Carnegie Hall in a live recording that changed the way people viewed the genre. It still swings today; much as it did in 1938.
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Fabienne Ambuehl - Thrive
17th Jan 2025
Back with her second album, pianist and vocalist Fabienne Ambuehl dazzles with her fusion of jazz and folk on Thrive. With melodic and finely tuned arrangements, Ambuehl takes her love of poetry and contrasting surroundings to deliver a high quality album, supported by a dynamic ensemble.
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New Release Round-Up - 17th January 2025
17th Jan 2025
Highlights this week include the sublime Fabienne Ambuehl presenting Thrive, the contemporary family trio in Madre Tierra, a diverse selection of styles in Oh People's Part Time Elegance, and Benjamin Lackner's return in his new quintet album Spindrift.
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Xhosa Cole - On a Modern Genius Vol.1
10th Jan 2025
Previous BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year winner and saxophonist, Xhosa Cole brings a fresh new take on the classic compositions of Thelonious Monk, including "Straight No Chaser", "'Round About Midnight", and "Misterioso". Featuring both tap dancer Liberty Styles and singer Heidi Vogel, Cole transforms well known classics into something new.
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New Release Round-Up - 10th January 2025
10th Jan 2025
The new year brings with it new releases; such as Carl Allen's Tippin', Brown Spirits' psychedelic Cosmic Seeds, Flygmaskin's creative Ianchelevici, Xhosa Cole's tribute to Thelonoious Monk with On a Modern Genius Vol. 1, and finally Malia's vocal One Grass Skirt to London.
