Jazz Recommendations
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New Release Round-Up - 25th July 2025
25th Jul 2025
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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Polar Bear Vinyl Reissues
18th Jul 2025
Over twenty years since their debut, the experimental jazz ensemble release their first two albums on vinyl for the very first time - a strong reminder of their immense impact on the landscape of British jazz.
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New Release Round-Up - 18th July 2025
18th Jul 2025
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 2025
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 2025
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 2025
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 2025
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 2025
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 2025
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 2025
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 2025
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 2025
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 2025
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.
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New Release Round-Up - 9th May 2025
9th May 2025
Genre-defying artists is certainly the theme for this week’s set of new releases: from the ambient sounds of Glasgow DJ/producer Rebecca Vasmant to the eclectic music of The Action 4s and the Horst Hansen Trio. For more traditional sounds, the latest from jazz trio Brigitte Beraha, Alan Barnes and Barry Green captures all the intimacy and elegance.
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Scandinavian Ice and American Fire: A Tale of Two Belongings
6th May 2025
The saxophonist's Blue Note debut honours the recording that introduced Keith Jarrett’s ‘European Quartet’ to the world in 1974. But how do the two stack up against each other today?
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New Release Round-Up - 2nd May 2025
2nd May 2025
From jazz-rock to the new ECM supergroup, there are plenty of releases this week that are certain to capture your ear.
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Jazz FM Awards 2025: Winners
25th Apr 2025
On Thursday evening, Jazz FM celebrated the best of jazz, soul and blues and honoured recipients by presenting them with their respective awards. Check out the winners now!
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New Release Round-Up - 25th April 2025
25th Apr 2025
Powerful arrangements from pianist Janette Mason, new offerings from Norway musicians Daniel Herskedal and Bugge Wesseltoft, and a classic easy listening sound from Hollywood regular Jeff Goldblum all make for the exciting new releases this week.
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New Release Round-Up - 18th April 2025
18th Apr 2025
Grammy winner Rhiannon Giddens explores fiddle and banjo traditions, guitarist Charlie Ballantine blends Americana roots with jazz, and vocalist Angela Verbrugge delivers soft yet stylistic nuance when undertaking familiar melodies.
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New Release Round-Up -11th April 2025
11th Apr 2025
This week the Kwashibu Area Band blend Ghanaian Highlife with jazz, reggae and dub influences, Melbourne trumpeter Niran Dasika looks to science fiction for inspiration, and Blue Note’s Gerald Clayton experiments with turntablism. The ensemble Enemy explore material new and old, and singer Savina Yannatou dedicates her new ECM album to the element of water.
