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New Release Round-Up - 19th September 2025
19th Sep 2025by Maddy Allison
This week’s jazz releases include Rolf Thofte’s debut on April Records, Cécile McLorin Salvant’s playful Oh Snap, and Johnathan Blake’s socially-driven My Life Matters.
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New Release Round-Up - 12th September 2025
12th Sep 2025by Maddy Allison
Nils Petter Molvær puts a refreshing spin on a previous work, Brigitte Beraha makes a bold return alongside her ensemble Lucid Dreamers, and pianist Aki Rissanen presents his emotionally-driven and immersive Imaginary Mountains.
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New Release Round-Up - 5th September 2025
5th Sep 2025by Maddy Allison
This week’s highlights include an exclusive jazz boxset from Joni Mitchell, introspective trios and vibrant Brazilian grooves.
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New Release Round-Up - 29th August 2025
29th Aug 2025by Maddy Allison
A vibrant mix of jazz for this week’s new releases, featuring Christian McBride’s big band brilliance, Caity Gyorgy’s orchestral debut, and Nate Smith’s genre-blending grooves.
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New Release Round-Up - 22nd August 2025
22nd Aug 2025by Maddy Allison
A jam packed selection of new releases this week, including the latest from international vocalist Laufey and Grammy-winning pianist Jon Batiste.
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New Release Round-Up - 15th August 2025
15th Aug 2025by Maddy Allison
This week’s releases include gritty rhythm and blues in Go Get Gone, a bold international jazz trio in Epic Power and reflective minimalism in Eigengrau.
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New Release Round-Up - 8th August 2025
8th Aug 2025by Maddy Allison
A heartfelt collection of jazz vocal numbers from Donna Byrne, a meeting of minds for all things blues in Devon Allman's latest project, and classic jazz meets the turntables in Verve Remixed.
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New Release Round-Up - 1st August 2025
1st Aug 2025by Maddy Allison
This week jazz meets ‘folk nihilism’ in the Spafford Campbell duo, trumpeter Adam Hall brings a sense of rock and roll, and funky, soulful grooves are the emphasis for guitarist LEMEK.
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New Release Round-Up - 25th July 2025
25th Jul 2025by Maddy Allison
This week’s new releases include the 1985 live recordings by the late Louis Moholo-Moholo, Larry Stabbins and Keith Tippett, saxophonist Alexa Tarantino’s collaborations with Keita Ogawa and Cécile McLorin Salvant, and a blend of jazz, soul and funk from Danny Widdicombe and Trichotomy.
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New Release Round-Up - 18th July 2025
18th Jul 2025by Maddy Allison
From intimate vocals, to cross-cultural instrumentation and creative reimaginings, this week's new releases cover a whole range of styles and sounds.
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New Release Round-Up - 11th July 2025
11th Jul 2025by Maddy Allison
Spiritual jazz meets electronica in Openness Trio, a father and son duo deliver their take on Argentinian music and jazz in El Viejo Caminante and Edition Records presents saxophonist Olga Amelchenko’s latest release Howling Silence.
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Vinyl Round Up - January to June 2025
10th Jul 2025by Maddy Allison
A collection of some of the best vinyl release during the first half of 2025!
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New Release Round-Up - 4th July 2025
4th Jul 2025by Maddy Allison
From duo saxophones to funk fusion, and blues guitar to big band, there’s plenty of genres to choose from throughout this week’s brand new releases.
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New Release Round-Up - 27th June 2025
27th Jun 2025by Maddy Allison
From Fred Hersch’s lyrical trio to Nicole Zuraitis' second instalment in her bold tribute to women songwriters, this week’s releases are full of cinematic jazz, experimental duos, and original and contemporary compositions.
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New Release Round-Up - 20th June 2025
20th Jun 2025by Maddy Allison
From electric sounds to the acoustic blues, as well as reimaginings of Gershwin and jazz quartets, this week has got plenty of new releases to suit every jazz fan.
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New Release Round-Up - 13th June 2025
13th Jun 2025by Maddy Allison
New releases this week include Grammy-winning vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater in collaboration with jazz piano legend Bill Charlap, reimagined works of classical music giants by Haggai Cohen-Milo, and things get experimental with Jozef Dumoulin, Tony Malaby and Samuel Ber.
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New Release Round-Up - 6th June 2025
6th Jun 2025by Maddy Allison
From Matt Johnson's cosmic jazz to spiritual piano work from Isaiah J. Thompson, this week has plenty of new music to bring us into June.
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New Release Round-Up - 30th May 2025
30th May 2025by Maddy Allison
Inspired by the Great American Songbook, composer Sandra-Mae presents new vocal standards, saxophonist Cecile Strange explores spacious improvisation, and Mike Bono and Jamie Eblen bring jazz, electronics and rock together in their new duo album.
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New Release Round-Up - 23rd May 2025
23rd May 2025by Maddy Allison
This week’s new releases presents Italian quartets, solo piano from Tanya Ekanayaka, a blend of Americana and the blues with Taj Mahal and Keb Mo, and some fresh vocal releases from Alma Naidu and Roxana Amed.
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New Release Round-Up - 16th May 2025
16th May 2025by Maddy Allison
Brand new releases this week include Chet Baker Re:imagined, bringing fresh voices to classic songs, while Béla Fleck’s BEATrio fuses global sounds with bold improvisation. Lucía is a fresh self-titled debut from the Mexican-born singer and both Andrea Rinciari and Eric Scott Reed offer a unique, modern spin on jazz tradition.