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31st May 2019

New Release Round-up, Jazz New Release Round-Up - 31st May 2019

by Matt Groom

Matt troughs through the week’s jazz new releases, listening to some so you don’t have to, but plenty so you hopefully will. Of particular note this week is Brittany Anjou’s Enamigo Reciprokataj, full of memorable tunes, and Joe Henderson’s State of the Tenor: Live at the Village Vanguard gets a vinyl release, and there is also a rare collection of Turkish music from the seventies that’s worth an hour of anyone's time.

Enamigo Reciprokataj

Enamigo Reciprokataj

Brittany Anjou

Aside from fronting grindcore metal band Bi Tyrant on their album Bi Sexual Tyrant, this seems to be Brittany Anjou’s first appearance on disc, and it’s really caught my attention. Obviously Anjou has a penchant for wacky song titles as this features tracks Snuffaluffagas, Hard Boiled Soup and Balliou for Bartok, but this is no gimmick project. The highlight for me is the Reciprokataj suite, which moves from stride piano through avant-garde clusters to Brubeck-like block chords in the blink of an eye.

Available Format: CD

On Another Note

On Another Note

Pieces Of A Dream

Chunky yet smooth jazz-fusion mixed with R&B vibes from James Lloyd’s long-standing group, with a highlight being co-founder Curtis Harmon’s Real To Me. It exists in its own little universe this sort of stuff, and I rarely travel there, but discretely sort of enjoy it when I do. Having said that, unforgivable cover artwork… come on fellas!

Available Format: CD

[A]part

[A]part

Ellen Kirkwood + Sirens Big Band

A recording of Ellen Kirkwood’s epic 56-minute, four part suite, performed by 3-piece powerhouse Sirens Big Band plus featured soloists Andrea Keller, Sandy Evans and Gian Slater. Kirkwood’s emotive and captivating response to growing issues in a rapidly changing world, we can expect an engrossing journey through music that evokes rage, bewilderment, calm, determination, and everything in between.

Available Format: CD

Music from Turkey

Music from Turkey

Sameyda Ensemble

And finally a world music selection, the first time on CD for an album originally called Turkisk music and recorded in 1973 by the legendary music ethnologist and record producer Deben Bhattacharya. A real journey, with lots of varied tracks. Anyone who is familiar with Albert Ayler’s mid-sixties band on the Village Vanguard record will find the track Military Music of interest… compare and contrast. The focus of the second half of the album is on the singer Sevinç Uygur, founder of the group Sameyda in some truly evocative songs.

Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC

Matt Groom - Head of Jazz

After spending much of the nineties producing music programmes for cable television, at the turn of the millennium Matt became a music publicist, before joining Presto to become Head of Jazz. He enjoys making electronic noises for his own amusement, and was once in an improv trio with real jazz musicians.

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