Latest News: Jazz
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-up - 8th September, 2023 8th September 2023Our round-up this week features new music from Rhiannon Giddens, Jon Batiste, Mulgrew Miller, Baptiste Trotignon and Harold López-Nussa.
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Featured Label,
15 Years of Edition Records 6th September 2023Having transformed itself into a home for an elite calibre of global musicianship and artistry since its foundation in 2008, we send Dave Stapleton's homegrown label our own birthday wishes and cherry-pick ten of our favourite releases from its remarkable catalogue.
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Jazzwise Choices,
Jazzwise Editor's Choices - September 2023 5th September 2023Jazzwise Editor's Choices from the September 2023 issue include new music from Johnathan Blake, Harold López-Nussa, Nite Bjuti, Emma Rawicz, Shakti, Tyshawn Sorey and David Virelles, as well as reissues and archival releases from Idris Muhammad and Nina Simone.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-up - 1st September, 2023 1st September 2023This week's round-up highlights several new releases from Morton Georg Gisvermik, Sharon Minemoto, Cautious Clay, Brandon Sanders and Chip Wickham.
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Recording of the Week,
Alfredo Rodríguez - Coral Way 1st September 2023The Cuban-born pianist brings the party for a festive gathering in celebration of Miami's Latino culture and communal identity.
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Featured Label,
A Fresh Look at CTI Records 30th August 2023Predicting the direction soul-jazz would move in over the course of the late 60s, label founder Creed Taylor quickly established a recording house whose sound would soon go on to become one of the industry's most influential — come and join the cool revolution!
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Recording of the Week,
Tenderlonious - You Know I Care 25th August 2023This compelling new album from the lynchpin of the London jazz scene is a heartening gesture complete with old-school gems.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-up - 25th August, 2023 25th August 2023Our round-up this week includes new music from Oiro Pena, Spice'n'Space, Almanaque, Wynton Marsalis and Chris Hazelton. In addition, there's a groundbreaking new archive of field recordings from the archives of American folklorist Mitch McCormick.
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Classic Recordings,
John Coltrane, 'Africa/Brass' 24th August 2023Whilst underappreciated upon its release, Trane's bombastic first album for Impulse! from 1961 would seal his fate as one of the label's most iconoclastic artists and performers.
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Announcement,
Presto Celebrates 10 Years of Love Supreme Festival! 23rd August 2023Join us as we commemorate a whole decade of the groundbreaking Sussex-based festival and talk to several key figures from this year's lineup including Courtney Pine, Zoe Rahman and Immanuel Wilkins.
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Recording of the Week,
Johnathan Blake - Passage 18th August 2023The established drummer's second solo foray on Blue Note is absolutely brimming with subdued emotion and charm, as he and his fortified quintet serve a life-affirming tribute to his late father.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-up - 18th August, 2023 18th August 2023This week's round-up covers new releases from Rudy Royston, Brian Bromberg, Manuel Valera and The Dam Jawn. Plus, there's a new album from Slowly Rolling Camera.
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Jazz Genre Guides,
Jazz Noir 16th August 2023Highlighting the most prolific uses of that gritty and moody style which emerged during the mid-1950s, often accompanying Hollywood movies of the period, think fast-paced crime capers and car chases – our genre guide is action-packed!
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-up - 11th August, 2023 11th August 2023This week's round-up features new music in all shapes and sizes from High Pulp, Secret Night Gang, Massimiliano Rolff, Johnny Hunter and even the Daniel Hersog Jazz Orchestra.
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Recording of the Week,
Nite Bjuti - Nite Bjuti 11th August 2023The New York-based trio emerge for an experimental album of spine-tingling nature, augmenting their multi-disciplinary approach by drawing on such enigmatic themes as Afrofuturism and Haitian Voudou.
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Jazz Genre Guides,
Sacred Jazz 9th August 2023We untangle the gospel roots of the many devout offerings musicians have made over the past decades for our latest genre guide, as jazz goes to church!
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-up - 4th August, 2023 4th August 2023Our round-up this week includes new music from Dee Byrne, Anna Margolina, The Peggy Lee Band and Teitur & Aarhus Jazz Orchestra. Plus, there's a special new 7" single courtesy of Kevin Figes & You Are Here.
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Recording of the Week,
Matt Carter Octet - Read Between The Lines 4th August 2023A recent conservatoire graduate, the young bandleader's exciting debut continues to affirm the healthy state of the incoming generation of UK jazz artists.
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Interview,
A Conversation with Zoe and Idris Rahman 2nd August 2023A recent dialogue between the two siblings saw them approach topics including their previous work honouring Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore, the process behind creating Zoe's new album Colour of Sound, and the realities of being a performing artist in today's musical environment.
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Jazzwise Choices,
Jazzwise Editor's Choices - August 2023 2nd August 2023Jazzwise Editor's Choices from the August 2023 issue include new music from Uriel Herman, Andy Emler Megaoctet, Joachim Kühn New Trio, Mark Lewandowski and Zoe Rahman as well as reissues and archival releases from Old and New Dreams, Gary Burton and Sonny Rollins.