Latest News: Jazz, Recording of the Week
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Recording of the Week,
FIRE! - Testament 1st March 2024The raucous Scandinavian trio go back to basics, tearing up the rulebook and starting all over again in the expressionistic fashion they know best!
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Recording of the Week,
Joel Ross - nublues 23rd February 2024On his exceptional fourth album for Blue Note, the vibraphonist explores the ins-and-outs of the blues with the help of a fresh mindset and an equally reflective band.
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Recording of the Week,
Vijay Iyer Trio - Compassion 16th February 2024Exploding with musical ideas that move in all-encompassing harmony with one another, the faithful trio reunite in perhaps the first great ECM release of this year.
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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,
Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel - The Room 2nd February 2024This intimate meeting of two musical minds results in a congruously flowing dialogue between their different languages, cultures and philosophies.
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Recording of the Week,
Keyon Harrold - Foreverland 26th January 2024This uplifting album from the widely-acclaimed 'mugician' plants the latest flag in the ground at the intersection of jazz, hip-hop and R&B with the help of a stellar supporting cast.
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Recording of the Week,
Tony Kofi Quartet - Plays Monk 19th January 2024A new release on the twentieth anniversary of Kofi's original recording makes for a perfect introduction to the unpredictable jazz genius. Misterioso!
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Recording of the Week,
Henri Texier - An Indian's Life 12th January 2024The outstanding French double bassist delivers an atmospheric set prompted by his lifelong appreciation of Native American culture as well as the friends and inspirations he's lost along the way.
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Recording of the Week,
Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel - A Lovesome Thing 5th January 2024A live recording of the sole performance from this stellar pairing is both tender and poignant, and is almost certainly destined to become a future classic.
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Recording of the Week,
Nikki Iles & NDR Big Band - Face to Face 22nd December 2023This collaborative album between two of the most impressive voices in their respective fields marks the crowning moment of an intensely busy work period— and their symbiotic relationship simply bursts off the page.
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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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Recording of the Week,
Mike Westbrook - Live 1972 8th December 2023Rounding off its golden anniversary year, Cadillac Records goes out the same way it began with this exemplary live recording captured in 1972 as a surefire sign of things to come.
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Recording of the Week,
Oscar Peterson Trio - Con Alma: Live in Lugano, 1964 1st December 2023This previously unheard recording of the Oscar Peterson Trio performing live in Switzerland at the height of their creative peak is being released for the first time.
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Recording of the Week,
J.D. Allen III - THIS 24th November 2023The American saxophinist ignites his UK-based trio of drummer Gwilym Jones and electronics effects wizard Alex Bonney for a record that truly defies conventions.
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Recording of the Week,
Alex Hitchcock - Dream Band: Live in London 17th November 2023The prodigious young saxophonist and bandleader reconnects with a host of musicians he initially found common ground with before the lockdown, resulting in this bedazzling multi-lineup live album consisting of three nights' shows recorded at London's Vortex Jazz Club.
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Recording of the Week,
Erik Truffaz - Clap! 10th November 2023The Swiss-French trumpeter applies a fresh reel of film for the second part of his cinematic Blue Note odyssey.
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Recording of the Week,
Nils Petter Molvær & Norwegian Radio Orchestra - Certainty of Tides 3rd November 2023The oracle of Nordic jazz reimagines several of his previous compositions in a new light with the immense support of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra.
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Recording of the Week,
corto.alto - Bad With Names 27th October 2023The young Scottish newcomer hits it out of the park with his brilliantly fresh debut record that features some of Glasgow's finest players.
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Recording of the Week,
Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter - SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree 20th October 2023Elling and Hunter reprise their immaculate partnership for this funky elixir of an album, reigniting their untouchable groove as they showcase tunes from Joni Mitchell and Ornette Coleman.
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Recording of the Week,
Hiromi - Sonicwonderland 13th October 2023The Japanese piano princess stuns with her impressive and down-to-earth new group, straddling both electric and acoustic worlds with equal fervour and technical skill.