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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 30th August 2019
30th Aug 2019
A brace of Impulse! vinyl reissues have caught Matt's eye this week.
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Jelly Roll Morton
21st Aug 2019
Matt explores Jelly Roll Morton's recordings both as a solo pianist and with the Red Hot Peppers group.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 16th August 2019
16th Aug 2019
A couple of standout vocal releases from Jazzmeia Horn and Bryony Jarman-Pinto are the highlights this week. Matt also revisits some not-strictly-jazz but still improvised releases that remind him of his youth.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 9th August 2019
9th Aug 2019
Stopping off in NY for some Latin jazz and R&B, we then head towards Scandinavia for Norwegian double bass and Swedish folk mixed with jazz.
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Jon Batiste - Anatomy of Angels
7th Aug 2019
Anyone who has seen 'The Late Show' will recognise Jon Batiste, but there is much more to him than being Stephen Colbert's musical side-kick, as he proves on the engrossing live set from New York's Village Vanguard.
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Archie Shepp on Impulse!
7th Aug 2019
One of the great saxophonists of the sixties, Archie Shepp made some of the most exciting and politicised recordings of the era, in a series of albums that documented the civil rights struggle.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 2nd August 2019
2nd Aug 2019
It's Friday again, so lets take a stroll around the latest jazz new releases. From Evan Parker Avenue (easy to get lost here) head south down Steve Herring Cul-de-Sac, find the footpath sign-posted towards the Monkey House, then take a left with Jon Batiste when you get to the Village Vanguard, and if you're lucky get a lift home in Andy Fusco's Punto.
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Tubby Hayes Quartet - Grits, Beans And Greens
30th Jul 2019
One of the most exciting archive discoveries of recent times, after 50 years on the shelf Grits, Beans And Greens is everything Tubby Hayes worshippers had hoped for, and it already sounds like a classic.
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Nicola Benedetti on Wynton Marsalis
30th Jul 2019
The violinist talks to Katherine about premiering the legendary jazz musician's Violin Concerto (released earlier this month on Decca), which draws on influences as diverse as Robert Johnson, Duke Ellington, Scottish folk music and Stravinsky.
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Bill Evans - Everybody Digs Bill Evans
30th Jul 2019
With his second album, Everybody Digs Bill Evans, the pianist re-invented the role of his instrument in jazz. Over 60 years later it remains as fresh as when it was first released, and is the ideal first step into Evans's discography.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 26th July 2019
26th Jul 2019
All jazz life is here... from the bawdy Pearl Bailey, through lost Tubby Hayes, guitar noodlings, George Haslam in a church, and wasp-deterrent improv.
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Laura Jurd - Stepping Back, Jumping In
23rd Jul 2019
Stepping Back, Jumping In is a sharp, witty and exciting new album from one of the powerhouses of UK jazz, Laura Jurd. Is it too soon to call her our own Carla Bley?
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Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert
23rd Jul 2019
Talk about behemoths - this week I pull out The Köln Concert, Keith Jarrett's game-changing solo album. Over forty years later it hasn't lost any of its power.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 19th July 2019
19th Jul 2019
A quiet week for new releases affords Matt the chance to check out some of the latest vinyl reissues, including flautist Bobbi Humphey's Black and Blues and Roy Haynes's Out of the Afternoon
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JD Allen - Barracoon
16th Jul 2019
A fiery yet satisfying album from JD Allen, marking the 400th anniversary of the start of slavery in America.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 12th July 2019
12th Jul 2019
The week in jazz includes laid-back Gullah music from Ranky Tanky, a Hammond-less Mike LeDonne, JD Allen's itching for a fight, and happy-birthday to Alan Barnes!
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Roland Kirk - Volunteered Slavery
12th Jul 2019
Volunteered Slavery presented Roland Kirk at his most inclusive, exuding a lust for life that burns to this day.
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Rahsaan Roland Kirk (clarinet), Ron Burton (piano), Robert Shy (drums), Rahsaan Roland Kirk (flute), Joe "Habao" Texidor (percussion), Rahsaan Roland Kirk (tenor saxophone), Rahsaan Roland Kirk (horn), Jimmy Hopps (drums), Harold White (drums)
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Rabbia/Petrella/Aarset - Lost River
9th Jul 2019
Matt enjoys an aquatic deep listening experience with Michele Rabbia, Gianluca Petrella and Eivind Aarset on the evocative Lost River from ECM, a well deserved Recording of the Week.
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Dave Douglas on Devotion and The Sacred Harp
5th Jul 2019
Matt speaks to NY based trumpeter Dave Douglas about his new album Devotion, a collaboration with pianist Uri Caine and legendary drummer Andrew Cyrille.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up 5th July 2019
5th Jul 2019
Matt assess some of the week's new releases, whilst simultaneously being locked into a life-or-death struggle to revive a neglected pot plant... all through the healing power of jazz.
