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.
Passage
Johnathan Blake
“[...] space, dynamics and thoughtful interaction lie at the heart of this thoroughly exquisite album.”
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Timba A La Americana
Harold López-Nussa
“[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, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
Available formats: Vinyl Record, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
Nite Bjuti
Nite Bjuti
"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 & Download (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Chroma
Emma Rawicz
“Chroma’s coherence owes much to Rawicz the composer and arranger, skills that may yet transcend her evident sax ability.”
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
This Moment
Shakti
“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
Continuing
Tyshawn Sorey Trio
"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
Carta
David Virelles
“[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
You've Got To Learn
Nina Simone
“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, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
