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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 10th May 2019
10th May 2019
A brief roundup of the week's jazz new releases, including a DVD of the Thelonious Monk Quartet in 1963.
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Miles Davis - Milestones
8th May 2019
One of the pinnacles of hard-bop, Milestones showcases some of the finest musicians at work in the fifties - John Coltrane, Julian `Cannonball' Adderley, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Jo Jones, as well as Miles Davis's first steps into modal jazz.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 3rd May 2019
3rd May 2019
Matt goes through some of the weeks notable releases, including Alan Broadbent's finger poppin' piano trio, the exciting South African / Swiss group Skyjack, explores the mysteries of the Stone Soup and the VEIN Trio's orchestral manoeuvres.
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Claire Martin
2nd May 2019
Claire Martin celebrates her twentieth album in style with this collection of modern day standards recorded with her Swedish trio.
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Trish Clowes - Ninety Degrees Gravity
26th Apr 2019
A vivid and compelling new album from Trish Clowes' quartet My Iris, Matt has been enjoying the sci-fi mind-flip that is Ninety Degrees Gravity on Basho Records.
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Ninety Degrees Gravity
Trish Clowes My Iris
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 26th April 2019
26th Apr 2019
Aside from Recording of the Week, Trish Clowes excellent Ninety Degrees Gravity , this week Gwilym Simcock unviels his second solo piano album, Claire Martin takes on Mister Mr (or is it Mr Mister, on Mr Mr even?) amongst others, Hubro reissue Ketil Bjornstd's early solo albums on vinyl, evocactive explorations from Kino Trio and Sam Rivers' masterpiece Contours on vinyl.
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Sonny Rollins - The Bridge
25th Apr 2019
In 1959 Sonny Rollins decided he needed a break in order to grow as a musician and left the New York music scene. After two years of practising every day on the Williamsburg Bridge, accompanied only by the cry of seagulls and trains rolling by, he returned with this terrific album.
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Elliot Galvin - Modern Times
19th Apr 2019
My Recording of the Week is Elliot Galvin's hugely enjoyable Modern Times. I recently chatted with Elliot about his inspiration for recording direct to vinyl.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 19th April
19th Apr 2019
Plenty to get excited about this week - not least Eliott Galvin’s Modern Times my Recording of the Week plus Sheila Jordan, Wes Montgomery, Polly Gibbons, Hamds on Strings and Angelique Kidjo.
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Dave Holland - Conference of the Birds
18th Apr 2019
A conference of the finest players on the free music scene in the early seventies, Matt argues that Dave Holland's Conference of the Birds is one of the great seventies jazz albums.
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Herlin Riley Perpetual Optimism
12th Apr 2019
Matt is buzzing off Herlin Riley's Perpetual Optimism. This addictive new album is our Recording of the Week - read on to find out why.
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Perpetual Optimism
Herlin Riley (drums)
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 12th April 2019
12th Apr 2019
Matt assesses the week's new jazz releases, with quality releases from Herlin Riley, Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan.
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Jazz New Releases Roundup - 5th April 2019
5th Apr 2019
A quick look at some of the week's jazz new releases, and a varied bunch it is too...
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Orbit Folks
5th Apr 2019
Bright and breezy jazz fusions on the latest album from globetrotting bassist Martijn Vanbuel and his group Orbit Folks.
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Orbit Folks
Orbit Folks Martijn Vanbuel
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Ellington at Newport 1956
3rd Apr 2019
Let us journey back to the Newport Jazz Festival in 1956, to witness a demoralised Ellington Band find its mojo in realtime, thanks to a storming Paul Gonsalves solo that runs for 27 choruses, and caused a mini-riot.
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Daniel Herskedal - Voyage
29th Mar 2019
Matt takes a Voyage with Daniel Herskedal, a vivid series of seafaring tone poems for tuba, bass trumpet, viola, oud, piano and bass.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 29th March 2019
29th Mar 2019
From long-lost Japanese jazz-fusion to tasteful interpretations of swing era tunes, there's a varied bunch of new releases out this week.
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Desmond & Mulligan - Two of a Mind
28th Mar 2019
Matt winds down to urbane warriors Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan's Two of a Mind.
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Vijay Iyer & Craig Taborn
22nd Mar 2019
Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn take the road less travelled on this fascinating document of a live concert from Budapest on ECM.
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The Transitory Poems
Vijay Iyer (piano), Craig Taborn (piano)
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 22nd March 2019
22nd Mar 2019
Beach Boys-go-bebop with Atomic's latest offering, boogaloo odysseys from Oz Noy, David Laborier's latest cross-genre experiments and the Benny Lackner Trio continue to tastefully push the envelope.
