Jazzwise Editor's Choices from the June 2023 issue include new music from ARTEMIS, Donny McCaslin, Joe Lovano, Magnus Öström, Snazzback, David Preston, Peter Brötzmann, Native Dancer and Brandee Younger, as well as an archive reissue from the Stan Tracey Quartet.
New Releases
In Real Time
ARTEMIS
"...closely evocative of earlier Blue Note eras [...] the future looks bright for an exciting group that promises much."
Available format: Vinyl Record
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Our Daily Bread
Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry
"This innovative ensemble [...] have been exploring a rich landscape of tone rows, ballad and blues phrasing, and glimpses of jazz grooves...
Available format: Vinyl Record
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
A Room For Travellers
Magnus Öström Group
"Easily the best album so far by Magnus Öström […] more to the point it's an album you want to play again, and again, and you can't ask much more than that."
Available formats: Vinyl Record, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Catching Ghosts
Peter Brötzmann
"[Brötzmann] does his best to disrupt proceedings, throwing in abrasive honks on sax and clarinet that go off like bombs: less concerned with completing the timeless Gnawa compositions than with sending them on sudden, unforeseen divisions."
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Purple / Black Vol.1
David Preston
"Preston's gift is to discover the right voice to fit the vibe of his composition [...] the resonances jigsaw together the chordal textures and the sense of storytelling that is deep in these different songs."
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
At Pizza Express Live - In London
Native Dancer
"Named after, and taking their inclusive musical aesthetic cue from, Wayne Shorter's genre-bending 1975 album, Native Dancer draw from a deep stylistic well which embraces everything from jazz and electronica to neo-soul and prog."
Available format: Vinyl Record
Brand New Life
Brandee Younger
"...Brandee Younger directly champions [Dorothy] Ashby's compositions on Brand New Life, placing previously unrecorded Ashby compositions alongside some of her own work, effortlessly travelling between past and present in the process."
Available format: Vinyl Record
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
Reissues & Archive
