Latest News: Jazz, Nonesuch (label)
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Recording of the Week,
Mary Halvorson - Cloudward 9th February 2024The guitarist's third album for the Nonesuch label sees the radical improviser hone her signature brand of free-form jazz into a refined and accessible end result, all the while remaining wildly unpredictable.
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Recording of the Week,
Ambrose Akinmusire - Owl Song 15th December 2023The American trumpeter's eleventh hour album, his first in an upcoming hat-trick for Nonesuch, is a delicately-balanced blend of embalming trio sorcery.
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Featured Label,
Jazz highlights from Nonesuch Records 11th October 2022We take a look at some recent highlights from the eclectic label Nonesuch Records' jazz catalogue, including Brad Mehldau, Tigran Hamasyan and Cécile McLorin Salvant.
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Recording of the Week,
Redman, Mehldau, McBride & Blade, 'LongGone' 16th September 2022Joshua Redman's 1990s quartet reconvene a second time since their 2020 reunion for LongGone, an album of Redman originals.
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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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Recording of the Week,
Brad Mehldau, 'Jacob's Ladder' 25th March 2022Brad Mehldau combines the sounds of contemporary jazz and classic progressive rock on his conceptual new record.
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Recording of the Week,
Cécile McLorin Salvant, 'Ghost Song' 4th March 2022The American vocalist and songwriter's debut on Nonesuch Records explores themes of nostalgia and yearning, with an eclectic set of original songs and reworked standards.
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Tangents,
Naked City 13th June 2019The first in Matt's more self-indulgent, pretentiously titled Tangents series of articles. Join him back in 1989, for a sunday encounter with New York's finest improvisers at a rep theatre in the east midlands.