Jazz Recommendations
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Jazz New Release Round-up - 21st July, 2023
21st Jul 2023
This week's round-up features new music from Aki Rissanen, Mark Lewandowski, Matt Choboter and William Evans & Roberto Koch. Enrico Periannunzi & Bert Joris join forces with help from the hr-Bigband, plus there's a new anthology box-set of Sonny Rollins recordings from his 'Way Out West'-era.
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Jazz New Release Round-up - 14th July, 2023
14th Jul 2023
This week's round-up features new releases from Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog, Lorenzo De Finti & Fabrizio Bosso, Filip Jers with the Carl Bagge Trio and Steven Feifke. Plus, there's an archival live release of Sonny Rollins in Finland from 1972 and a reissue from Jasmine Myra.
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Jazz New Release Round-up - 7th July, 2023
7th Jul 2023
This week's round-up includes a career-spanning boxset from Alan Skidmore plus new releases from John Carroll Kirby, Soft Machine, Vincente Archer and Svaneborg Kardyb, as well as an adventurous final recording from Peter Brötzmann.
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Jazz New Release Round-up - 30th June, 2023
30th Jun 2023
This week's round-up includes new releases from Alex LoRe & Weirdear, Tyshawn Sorey, Tchicai/Skovbakke/Pasborg, Phi-Sonics and John Hadfield.
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Jazz New Release Round-up - 23rd June 2023
23rd Jun 2023
This week's round-up includes new releases from Dexter Gordon, Roscoe Mitchell, Klaus Koenig and Orrin Evans. There's also some experimental Norwegian folk from Nils Økland & Sigbjørn Apeland whilst Maia Wackernagel presents an album of solo keyboard music.
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Jazz New Release Round-up - 16th June 2023
16th Jun 2023
This week's round-up features new releases from Pat Metheny, Marquis Hill and Caesar Frazier. Plus, there's a debut recording from guitarist Steve Banks as well as vocalist Gabriela Garrubo.
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Jazz New Release Round-up - 9th June 2023
9th Jun 2023
This week's roundup highlights releases from Jonny Greenwood & Dudu Tassa and Cecilie Strange. There's a reissue of Sphere and Wynton Marsalis' latest orchestral work receives its first release. Plus, the latest compilation from the eclectic DJ Luke Una.
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New Release Round-up - 2nd June 2023
2nd Jun 2023
This week's new releases include straight-ahead trio efforts from Kenny Barron and David Hazeltine, a stellar album from Peter Somuah and a full-length Sun Ra soundtrack. Plus, there's some groove-infused 70's funk and an atmospheric solo performance from Evan Parker.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 26th May 2023
26th May 2023
This week's round-up highlights a straight-ahead release from Linley Hamilton plus a Scandinavian outfit's take on Milton Nascimento. Also featured are the guitar-piano duo Heinen & Kitchman, some rare funky Latin jazz, a piece of classical crossover and the new album from folk legend Shirley Collins.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 19th May 2023
19th May 2023
This week sees a new spiritual jazz release from New Zealand and a live recording from tenor titan George Coleman. Two guitar-trio albums come from Nordic ECM-exponent Jacob Young plus the Berlin-based newcomer Gur Liraz. Also, Hermeto Pascoal's bombastious debut receives a reissue for the first time in over four decades!
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 12th May 2023
12th May 2023
This week's new releases see several high-profile collaborations between musicians and cultures from as far as Mali & Iran, Puerto Rico & Israel, Poland & Pakistan and Britain & Croatia.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 5th May 2023
5th May 2023
This week's releases include new albums from Joe Lovano, Matthieu Saglio, Tineke Postma and the six-piece group, Artemis. In addition, there's a second instalment of UK jazz dance legend Paul Murphy's Jazz Room compilation.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 28th April 2023
28th Apr 2023
Rounding up our April releases, there's new material from Taj Mahal and Arturo O'Farrill, plus a reissue from avant-garde stalwarts The Jazz Doctors. The experimental Alexander Hawkins Trio push boundaries and the Miles Electric Band come together for a blend of modern hip-hop realness.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 21st April 2023
21st Apr 2023
This week's new releases include a glimpse of summer from ECM, some forward-thinking sounds from the younger generation and a tribute to a spiritual avant-garde legend.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 14th April 2023
14th Apr 2023
Highlights this week include Fire! Orchestra, the percussion section of Bayerisches Staatsorchester, and jazzy trip-hop from Sharky.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 7th April 2023
7th Apr 2023
Super smooth harp from Brandee Younger, a cinematic tribute from Erik Truffaz, and Walter Smith III's debut for Blue Note are some of the highlights from this week's batch of new releases.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 31st March 2023
31st Mar 2023
A round-up of the week's new releases, including abstractions from Mats Gustafsson and Joachim Nordwall, a piano trio set from Sultan Stevenson, and a release for London Brew, a lock-down project that reimagines Bitches Brew for the 21st century.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 24th March 2023
24th Mar 2023
The latest new jazz releases include the late, great Pharoah Sanders live in Hamburg in 1980, Jeff Goldblum and The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, Cécile McLorin Salvant and prog-jazz nourishment from Orchestra of the Upper Atmosphere.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 17th March 2023
17th Mar 2023
The latest new jazz releases include Julian Lage's companion record The Layers, new ECM albums by Ralph Alessi and Bobo Stenson, and Billy Childs in an all-star quartet.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 10th March 2023
10th Mar 2023
This week's new jazz releases include Eric Reed playing the music of Black and Brown American composers, Jeremy Pelt meditating on love and intimacy, and releases from both a Desert Blues veteran and a contemporary trailblazer.
