Latest News: Jazz
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Featured Label,
The New Wave of Jazz: Free and Avant-Garde Sounds of 1960's Impulse! Records 27th June 2022We take a look back at the first decade of Impulse! Records' influential output, and recommend some of our favourites from groundbreaking artists exploring free, avant-garde and spiritual jazz sounds.
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Jazzwise Choices,
Jazzwise Editor's Choices - July 2022 25th June 2022Jazzwise Editor's Choices from the July 2022 issue include Joey Alexander's Mack Avenue debut Origin, the first of Charles Lloyd's trio of trio albums, and Binker Golding's electric blues-infused Dream Like a Dogwood Wild Boy.
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Recording of the Week,
Jean Carne, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad, 'Jazz Is Dead 012: Jean Carne' 24th June 2022Veteran soul vocalist Jean Carne returns to the studio as part of the latest instalment in Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad's Jazz Is Dead series.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 23rd June 2022 23rd June 2022The latest new jazz releases include trios from Charles Lloyd, a previously unreleased concert from Ella Fitzgerald, and T.S. Monk's first sextet live album.
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Interview,
Rembrandt Frerichs on improvising piano concertos 20th June 2022The Dutch pianist and composer sat down with us to chat about his two new piano concertos, bringing improvisation into the composition process, and what the rest of 2022 has in store for him.
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Featured Label,
10 Essential Blue Note Albums: 1950s 19th June 2022We recommend some of our favourite recordings from a heavily influential period in an equally important record label's catalogue.
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Recording of the Week,
Bill Evans, 'You Must Believe In Spring' 17th June 2022A reissue of the much-loved posthumous Bill Evans album on Craft Recordings gives us the perfect excuse to revisit his late-career classic, You Must Believe In Spring.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 16th June 2022 16th June 2022New music from Alan Broadbent, Pasquale Grasso, and Ivo Neame are amongst our picks for the best new jazz releases this week.
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Recording of the Week,
Ben Marc, 'Glass Effect' 10th June 2022London-based bass player Ben Marc (aka Neil Charles) pools his influences from broken beat, free jazz and electronica in a low-key yet ambitious studio debut.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 9th June 2022 9th June 2022This week's new jazz releases include the first solo album in over two decades from Brian Jackson, Parisian musician Sly Johnson's soul and hip-hop-infused 55.4, and Danish drummer Kresten Osgood playing the organ.
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Jazzwise Choices,
Jazzwise Editor's Choices - June 2022 6th June 2022Jazzwise Editor's Choices from the June 2022 issue include Trish Clowes' A View With a Room, Mary Halvorson's two new records, and Jeremy Pelt.
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Recording of the Week,
Steve Davis, 'Bluesthetic' 3rd June 2022Steve Davis' latest album with Smoke Sessions reunites the trombonist with a quintet of close collaborators from his long career, as they tackle a quality set of originals underpinned by a love of blues and swing.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 2nd June 2022 2nd June 2022New music from Mats Gustafsson, a reissue of a Bill Evans classic, and the latest instalment of Jazz Is Dead are amongst our picks for new jazz releases this week.
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Recommended New Release,
Shabaka, 'Afrikan Culture' 31st May 2022The London multireedist of Sons of Kemet and The Comet Is Coming fame releases his first full solo project, a short album of meditative woodwind music.
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Recording of the Week,
Andrés Thor, 'Hereby' 27th May 2022The globe-trotting Icelandic guitarist's new album is a masterclass of the Metheny-style guitar trio, bringing the rawness of classic rock acts to the time-honoured tradition.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 26th May 2022 26th May 2022The latest jazz releases include the solo artist debut of Shabaka Hutchings, child prodigy Joey Alexander on Mack Avenue, and Ubuntu Music's Aid for Ukraine.
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Interview,
Tord Gustavsen on piano trios and Scandinavian folk tunes 25th May 2022We caught up with Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen while touring his new album Opening on ECM Records, to discuss his love of piano trio chemistry, Scandinavian folk tunes, and the psychology of improvisation.
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Recording of the Week,
Tigran Hamasyan, 'StandArt' 20th May 2022Tigran Hamasyan's latest recording sees him tackling an album's worth of American standard repertoire with the same experimental flair that makes his original compositions so compelling.
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New Release Round-up,
New and Upcoming Vinyl - May 2022 19th May 2022The latest vinyl issues include 2021 releases from Nishla Smith and Esperanza Spalding, and reissues of classics by Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald.
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Tangents,
The Legacy of 'Madvillainy' 17th May 2022Madlib and MF DOOM's now-iconic 2004 collaborative record provided a young Josh his gateway into hip-hop music, and more than holds up today as a hip-hop classic with some tangential links to jazz, funk and soul music.