Jazzwise Choices,
Jazzwise Editor's Choices - October 2023
Jazzwise Editor's Choices from the October 2023 issue include new music from Balimaya Project, Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Jaimie Branch, Matthew Halsall, Matana Roberts and Shear Brass. In addition, master violinist Jean-Luc Ponty is receiving a reissue of his eighties work and beyond.
New Releases
“... to use folkloric repertoire and age-old instrumentation to express complex contemporary emotions. When the Dust Settles does all this and more. Remarkable.”
Available Format: CD
“A strong and vital voice where musical excellence is used to create and shape music of enduring value that creates its own unique niche in jazz today.”
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
“... this album is a super addition to a small but brilliant legacy: as a final statement, they don’t come much better than this.”
Available Format: CD
“In Halsall’s jazz the dancefloor and the meditative retreat merge in mutual rhythmic recognition.”
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
“This forthright call for historical justice [...] only lends more weight to music that is striking in its evocation of visual image amid a daringly-crafted sound world.”
Available Format: CD
“Short measure at 38 minutes, I’d have loved to hear more. A Volume Two, anyone?”
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Archives & Reissues
“... Ponty’s own playing on violin and electric violin is technically and rhythmically assures - and timeless in its improvisatory zeal.”
Available Format: CD
Barney Whittaker
