Jazz Reviews
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Henri Texier - An Indian's Life
12th Jan 2024
The 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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Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel - A Lovesome Thing
5th Jan 2024
A 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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Nikki Iles & NDR Big Band - Face to Face
22nd Dec 2023
This 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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Ambrose Akinmusire - Owl Song
15th Dec 2023
The 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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Mike Westbrook - Live 1972
8th Dec 2023
Rounding 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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Oscar Peterson Trio - Con Alma: Live in Lugano, 1964
1st Dec 2023
This 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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J.D. Allen III - THIS
24th Nov 2023
The 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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J.D. Allen III (saxophone)
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Alex Hitchcock - Dream Band: Live in London
17th Nov 2023
The 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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Alex Hitchcock (saxophone), James Copus (trumpet), Kit Downes (piano), Lewis Wright (vibraphone), Conor Chaplin (double bass), Marc Michel, Liselotte Östblom, Mark Kavuma (trumpet), Rob Luft (guitar), Rio Kai, Jamie Murray, Alex Ridout, Ant Law (guitar), Orlando le Fleming, James Maddren (drums)
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Erik Truffaz - Clap!
10th Nov 2023
The Swiss-French trumpeter applies a fresh reel of film for the second part of his cinematic Blue Note odyssey.
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Jimmy Giuffre, 'Music For People, Birds, Butterflies & Mosquitoes'
8th Nov 2023
In many ways ahead of its time, this underappreciated mid-career gem from the late master of mult-instrumental freeness is well worth a re-examination.
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Nils Petter Molvær & Norwegian Radio Orchestra - Certainty of Tides
3rd Nov 2023
The 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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corto.alto - Bad With Names
27th Oct 2023
The 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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Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter - SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree
20th Oct 2023
Elling 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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Hiromi - Sonicwonderland
13th Oct 2023
The 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.
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Espen Eriksen Trio with Andy Sheppard - As Good As It Gets
6th Oct 2023
This warmly reliable quartet continues to expand, with the synergy between the core trio and its regular addition of saxophonist Sheppard having cemented itself as one of jazz's strongest working relationships around.
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Wolfgang Muthspiel - Dance of the Elders
29th Sep 2023
The Austrian guitarist's sophomore outing with previous sidemen Scott Colley and Brian Blade proves to be a winning formula in this symmetrical slice of electric and acoustic enchantment.
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Joshua Redman - where are we
22nd Sep 2023
For his latest album, the American saxman seeks to refine our understanding of our own place and surroundings in a compelling thematic journey across the United States.
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Sarah Webster Fabio, 'Jujus/Alchemy of the Blues' & 'Together to the Tune of Coltrane's “Equinox”'
20th Sep 2023
Following the reissue of two long out-of-print recordings of her poetry set to a killer funk accompaniment, we take a closer look at the life and career of the pivotal Black writer and activist.
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Matthew Halsall - An Ever Changing View
15th Sep 2023
Inspired by stunning landscapes and sea views, the new album from the Gondwana-boss and trumpeter is a richly immersive and soothing listening experience.
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Irreversible Entanglements - Protect Your Light
8th Sep 2023
Embarking on this, their fourth impressive studio release - and first on a major label - the American free jazz collective deliver a rousing mixture of socially-charged spoken word and non-stop musical heat.
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Irreversible Entanglements, Camae Ayewa (voice, percussion, synthesizer), Luke Stewart (electric bass, percussion, sound effects, upright bass), Shahzad Ismaily, Keir Neuringer (synthesizer, percussion, clarinet, alto saxophone), Aquiles Navarro (synthesizer, percussion, trumpet), Tcheser Holmes (voice, percussion, drums), Janice Lowe (piano, voice), Sovie (voice), Leslie St. Lewis (cello)
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