Jazzwise Choices,
Jazzwise Editor's Choices - September 2023
Jazzwise Editor's Choices from the September 2023 issue include new music from include new music from Johnathan Blake, Harold López-Nussa, Nite Bjuti, Emma Rawicz, Shakti, Tyshawn Sorey and David Virelles. In addition, there's a reissue of Idris Muhammad's Black Rhythm Revolution! and the archive release of Nina Simone, You've Got To Learn, which captures the iconic singer's 1966 performance at the Newport Jazz Festival.
“[...] space, dynamics and thoughtful interaction lie at the heart of this thoroughly exquisite album.”
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
“[This album] is López-Nussa’s most expansive and ambitious work to date, a provocative, lavishly colourful song cycle that amounts to a top-to-bottom modernisation of Latin jazz.”
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Available Formats: Vinyl Record, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
"Shapeshifting work from a group that is pleasingly hard to pin down, creating its own unique world by stealthily moving between many."
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
“Chroma’s coherence owes much to Rawicz the composer and arranger, skills that may yet transcend her evident sax ability.”
Available Format: CD
“For the avoidance of doubt, ‘stunning’ in this context is not mere hyperbole, but as in the dictionary definition of the word, “extremely impressive.”
Available Format: 2 Vinyl Records
"Very few jazz piano-trios in that long-honed method's brilliant history can have played with quite this spellbinding equilibrium of understatement and simmering power."
Available Format: CD
“[Virelles] knows how to mix things up while maintaining focus, taking the listener on a journey in which every destination and turn is delightfully unexpected.”
Available Format: CD
Archive & Reissues
“All in all, proof of Muhammad’s unique style of drumming.”
Available Format: Vinyl Record
“With its soul-bearing, heart-rending singing and virtuosic piano flourishes, and its raw expressions of sorrow and anger, You’ve Got To Learn is a contender for archive release of the year.”
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
Barney Whittaker
