Latest News: Jazz
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 3rd November 2022 3rd November 2022The latest jazz releases include O'Higgins & Luft's second collaborative record, Arild Andersen Group's Affirmation on ECM, and Monty Alexander at the Montreux Jazz Festival.
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Jazzwise Choices,
Jazzwise Editor's Choices - November 2022 2nd November 2022Jazzwise Editor's Choices from the November 2022 issue include The Bad Plus' new self-titled album, Espen Berg's Trondheim Concert, and a tribute to Paul Motian from Jakob Bro and Joe Lovano.
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Presto Chart,
The Jazz Chart - October 2022 31st October 2022Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for October, including new entries from Benjamin Lackner, The Comet Is Coming, and Mark Guiliana.
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Recording of the Week,
The Bad Plus, 'The Bad Plus' 28th October 2022The American jazz trio-turned-quartet's second self-titled album serves as a rebirth over two decades into the band's existence, with the addition of guitarist Ben Monder and saxophonist Chris Speed.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 27th October 2022 27th October 2022The latest jazz releases this week include Emmet Cohen's Uptown in Orbit, a solo live recording from Espen Berg, and Daniel Herskedal's Out of the Fog.
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Classic Recordings,
Bill Evans & Jim Hall, 'Undercurrent' 25th October 2022Following a long period of mourning, Bill Evans returned to music with a slew of new projects, one of which being this classic duo session with guitarist Jim Hall.
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Recording of the Week,
Mark Guiliana, 'the sound of listening' 21st October 2022The Grammy-nominated drummer's latest offering draws on a diverse set of sounds from across his career, featuring close collaborators Shai Maestro, Jason Rigby, and Chris Morrissey.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 20th October 2022 20th October 2022The latest jazz releases include jazz-rock trios from Corrie Dick, reworkings of classic songs by Michael Wollny Trio, and a reissue of Max Roach's We Insist!.
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Recording of the Week,
Alina Bzhezhinska & HipHarpCollective, 'Reflections' 14th October 2022The London-based harpist's sophomore album expands her sonic palette and indulges her wide-ranging music taste alongside her new 'HipHarpCollective'.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 13th October 2022 13th October 2022The latest jazz releases include Andrew Hill and Thelonious Monk reissues from Ezzthetics, duos by Bugge Wesseltoft & Henrik Schwarz, and Benjamin Lackner's ECM debut.
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Obituary,
Ronnie Cuber (1941-2022) 13th October 2022The American baritone saxophonist, known for his versatile playing across jazz, blues, pop and rock, has died aged 80.
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Featured Label,
Jazz highlights from Nonesuch Records 11th October 2022We take a look at some recent highlights from the eclectic label Nonesuch Records' jazz catalogue, including Brad Mehldau, Tigran Hamasyan and Cécile McLorin Salvant.
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Recording of the Week,
The Comet Is Coming, 'Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam' 7th October 2022One of London's most unique instrumental trios return for their third full-length record, with deeper explorations in electronic music, psychedelia and jazz.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 6th October 2022 6th October 2022The latest jazz releases for the first week of October, including new albums from Mark Guiliana and Bobby Watson, as well as Blue Note Tone Poet reissues from Grant Green and Kenny Burrell.
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Presto Chart,
The Jazz Chart - September 2022 4th October 2022Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for September, including new entries from J.D. Allen, Samara Joy and Miles Davis.
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Recording of the Week,
Blue Note Records, 'Blue Note Re:imagined II' 30th September 2022The second volume of Blue Note Re:imagined again sees the best up-and-coming jazz, soul and R&B artists from the UK let loose into the Blue Note vaults, with brilliant results.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 29th September 2022 29th September 2022The latest jazz releases this week include more jazz classics re-worked on Blue Note Re:imagined II, the first album of The Bad Plus' new era, and a live set from Snarky Puppy.
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Obituary,
Pharoah Sanders (1940-2022) 26th September 2022The legendary jazz saxophonist, whose career spanned over six decades and was instrumental in the development of the 'spiritual jazz' sound, has died aged 81.
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Recording of the Week,
Julian Lage, 'View With a Room' 23rd September 2022Julian Lage returns with another trio record, following up 2021's Squint, featuring David King and Jorge Roeder with contributions from Bill Frisell. A diverse set of excellent original tunes make View With a Room a consistently enjoyable and refreshing release.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 22nd September 2022 22nd September 2022This week's crop of jazz releases includes new music from Charles Lloyd's trios project, space-jazzers The Comet Is Coming, and a retrospective of Chick Corea at the Montreux Jazz Festival.