Latest News: Jazz
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Awards,
Jazzwise Albums of the Year 2019 27th November 2019Jazzwise reveal their favourite new albums of 2019 with a selection reflecting just how exciting the current jazz scene is, with newer artists vying with the old guard.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 22nd November, 2019 22nd November 2019R&B blowers, avant-tunesmiths, Jazz Messengers, multi-instrumentalists and ambient noodlers all get attention in this week's round-up.
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Artist Profile,
Ornette Coleman 21st November 2019Ornette Coleman's reputation as the man who broke jazz often gets in the way of some of the most celebratory music of any age, which continues to communicate 60 years on.
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Recording of the Week,
Eri Yamamoto's Goshu Ondo Suite 15th November 2019Composer/pianist Eri Yamamoto weaves magic in this choral jazz odyssey, drawing on the Japanese tradition of Goshu Ondo, the dance song, in a vivid collaboration between her trio and Choral Chameleon.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 15th November 2019 15th November 2019New releases this week include albums from Terri Lyne Carrington, Emilia Martensson, Genzo Okabe and Craig Brann.
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Recording of the Week,
Jeff Goldblum - I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This 8th November 2019Jeff Goldblum's second album is an enjoyable romp through the standards, with a little help from his star-studded friends.
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Recommended New Release,
Miles Davis - The Lost Quintet 6th November 2019A rare recording of the short-lived 1969 Miles Davis Quintet that featured Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, Wayne Shorter and Dave Holland, taking no prisoners on stage in Rotterdam.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 1st November 2019 1st November 2019The week in jazz, from titans like Keith Jarrett and Bill Frisell to new artists like bassist Kinga Glyk.
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Recording of the Week,
Holland / Hussain / Potter - Good Hope 30th October 2019A nuanced meeting of minds - tabla master Zakir Hussain meets bassist Dave Holland and saxophonist Chris Potter for a joyful collaboration that rewards close listening.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 25 October 2019 25th October 2019New releases this week include albums from The Bad Plus, the Alison Rayner Quintet, Scott Kinsey and a Charles Lloyd Quartet discovery recorded at the first Montreux Jazz Festival.
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Classic Recordings,
Teddy Wilson 24th October 2019Teddy Wilson was the definitive pianist of the swing era, an artist who appeared on many great recordings from the 1930s through to the 1970s. This week Matt focuses on Wilson's ebullient recordings made after the American recording ban was lifted in 1944.
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Recording of the Week,
Jan Garbarek and The Hilliard Ensemble 18th October 2019Released 25 years after Officium, Remember Me, My Dear is the final album recorded by saxophonist Jan Garbarek and The Hilliard Ensemble.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 18th October 2019 18th October 2019A great selection of new releases this week, with a Bernard Herrmann tribute from the Carla Marciano Quartet, a live concert recording from Chick Corea, Christian McBride and Brian Blade, and surfing fun from trio Alaias.
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Recording of the Week,
O'Higgins & Luft Play Monk & Trane 4th October 2019Some albums are an enjoyable challenge, some are pure joy from start to finish, and Dave O'Higgins and Rob Luft's tribute to Monk and Coltrane on the Ubuntu label is firmly in the latter category.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 4th October 2019 4th October 2019A couple of this week's releases draw inspiration from classical models, and do it convincingly! There's also further proof of talent coming out of London at the moment, and Matt manages to slip some Japanese noise under the radar because it's on a jazz label. Happy days.
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Interview,
Gwilym Simcock 2nd October 2019Matt talks to pianist Gwilym Simcock about his latest album Near and Now, and the album's live London debut at King's Place.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 27th September 2019 27th September 2019Abdullah Ibrahim leads a strong brace of new releases this week, with excellent offerings from ECM, Edition, Conchord Records and Enja.
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Announcement,
New international delivery charges & shipping options 25th September 2019Chris introduces some updates to our delivery options for orders being shipped outside the UK.
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Recording of the Week,
Golden Valley is Now 20th September 2019Childhood friends, all of whom are now improvising superstars in their own rights, come together to make a noise closer to blissed out pop than jazz. Matt gets over excited.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 20th September 2019 20th September 2019Some edifying releases out this week, from blissed-out jazz- pop, Bach-goes-jazz, Garner gets mangled and a Bill Evans documentary.