Jazz Recommendations
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 28th February 2020
28th Feb 2020
Anybody for some Georgian folk music crossed with microtonal jazz? What's that? I read your mind... then join us for the latest jazz new release round-up.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 14th February 2020
14th Feb 2020
New albums from pianist Aaron Diehl, drummer Trilok Gurtu, guitar legend Pat Metheny, fusion from Eric Vloeimans and a compilation of Maynard Ferguson live in the mid-seventies.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 31st January 2020
31st Jan 2020
This week Matt enjoys two new recording from Losen Records, the debut album from a young German pianist who's clearly going to go places, a generous slice of aged trad-jazz, and a harp-bop rarity (no, that wasn't a typo).
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 15th January 2020
15th Jan 2020
With the post-Christmas lull clearing, Matt settles back and enjoys some of the jazz new releases, including a re-issue of a lesser-known Erroll Garner album.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 22nd November, 2019
22nd Nov 2019
R&B blowers, avant-tunesmiths, Jazz Messengers, multi-instrumentalists and ambient noodlers all get attention in this week's round-up.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 15th November 2019
15th Nov 2019
New releases this week include albums from Terri Lyne Carrington, Emilia Martensson, Genzo Okabe and Craig Brann.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 1st November 2019
1st Nov 2019
The week in jazz, from titans like Keith Jarrett and Bill Frisell to new artists like bassist Kinga Glyk.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 25 October 2019
25th Oct 2019
New 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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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 18th October 2019
18th Oct 2019
A 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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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 4th October 2019
4th Oct 2019
A 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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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 27th September 2019
27th Sep 2019
Abdullah Ibrahim leads a strong brace of new releases this week, with excellent offerings from ECM, Edition, Conchord Records and Enja.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 20th September 2019
20th Sep 2019
Some edifying releases out this week, from blissed-out jazz- pop, Bach-goes-jazz, Garner gets mangled and a Bill Evans documentary.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 13th September 2019
13th Sep 2019
This week's releases include new albums from Matt Olson, Frode Haltli, and Charlie Apicelli plus a selection of vinyl re-issues on Blue Note.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 6th September 2019
6th Sep 2019
Two excellent releases from Norwegian label Odin are floating Matt's boat this week.
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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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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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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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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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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
