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Trish Clowes on Wayne Shorter's 'Footprints Live!'
1st Mar 2021
In the second of our new series of videos, British saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, Trish Clowes, tells us about Wayne Shorter's Footprints Live!, The Record That Changed Her Life.
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Pure Exotica: As Dug By Lux and Ivy
23rd Feb 2021
A new compilation from Cherry Red offers an ideal entry point into the weird and wonderful world of Exotica.
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Pure Exotica: As Dug By Lux and Ivy
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Chick Corea (1941-2021)
12th Feb 2021
The American pianist and composer, Chick Corea, one of the most beloved jazz musicians of the past 50 years, has passed away aged 79.
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Tony Kofi on Charlie Parker with Strings
8th Feb 2021
In the first of a new series of videos, UK saxophonist, bandleader, and composer Tony Kofi, tells us why Charlie Parker with Strings had such an impact on his conception of music, and his introduction into the world of bebop.
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Red Garland - Groovy
2nd Feb 2021
Red Garland was amongst many fine bebop pianists to be overshadowed by titans like Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, so it's time he got a bit of attention, as we revisit his 1957 classic Groovy.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 21st January 2021
21st Jan 2021
Highlights this week include Will Glaser's Climbing in Circles, Arthur Hnatek Trio's Static, a mash-up of jazz and consort music, and Soweto-based Urab Village's Udondolo
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Matchbox Bluesmaster Series - Volumes 1 & 2
15th Jan 2021
Matchbox commences an important archival project with the Bluesmaster series, with Volumes 1 & 2 focussing on country and ragtime blues, and great harp players from the period 1926-1934.
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Matchbox Bluesmaster Series Set 1: Country and Ragtime Blues
Papa Harvey Hull (vocals), Long "Cleve" Reed (vocals), Long Cleve Reed (vocals), Richard "Rabbit" Brown, Buddy Boy Hawkins, Bo Weavil Jackson, William Moore, Stephen Tarter, Harry Gay, Bayless Rose, Willie Walker, Sam Brooks, Peg Leg Howell, Eddie Anthony, Jim Hill (vocals), Alger "Texas" Alexander (vocals), Lonnie Johnson (guitar)
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2020 Jazz Goodbyes
4th Jan 2021
A short tribute to remember some of the jazz musicians we lost in 2020.
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Barbara Thompson at the BBC
30th Dec 2020
A staggering 14 CD collection of saxophonist Barbara Thompson's music, recorded by the BBC over a 21 year period. With a biography due in 2021 this is an ideal introduction to this multi-faceted artist's oeuvre.
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Jazzwise Albums of the Year 2020
17th Dec 2020
Jazzwise reveal their favourite new albums of 2020 with a selection reflecting just how exciting the current jazz scene is, with newer artists vying with the old guard.
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Jazz Recordings of the Year 2020
10th Dec 2020
After much deliberation, we are thrilled to reveal our top five Jazz Recordings of the Year.
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Lewis Wright - The Colour of Intention
4th Dec 2020
British vibraphonist Lewis Wright's The Colour of Intention is a trio session that impresses for both its lyrical flow and the strength of the compositions.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 4th December 2020
4th Dec 2020
The latest jazz new releases, incuding a 6-LP boxset from Avishai Cohen, and an epic Keith Tippett orchestral commission.
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Have Yourself A Jazzy Little Christmas
27th Nov 2020
Matt selects some of the best jazz-infused Christmas albums out there, and sincerely apologises for the Santa picture to the left.
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Christian Wallumrød Ensemble - Many
20th Nov 2020
A distinctly obtuse collection of musical organisms from Norwegian pianist and composer Christian Wallumrød's Ensemble.
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Harold López-Nussa - Live at the EFG London Jazz Festival
16th Nov 2020
Watch Cuban piano sensation Harold López-Nussa perform live at the EFG London Jazz Festival at 20:00 (UK time) on Tuesday 17th November. Find the link, and special prices for his Mack Avenue recordings, in here!
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Elina Duni & Rob Luft - Lost Ships
13th Nov 2020
Lost Ships, a moving series of reflections on loss and displacement by singer Elina Duni and guitarist Rob Luft, marks a promising first release from the partnership, and sounds perfectly at home on ECM.
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Sam Rivers
10th Nov 2020
A brief introduction to the music of Sam Rivers, who in his long lifetime established himself one of the most consistently inventive saxophonists in jazz.
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Erlend Apneseth - Fragmentarium
30th Oct 2020
Hardingfele master Erlend Apneseth's Fragmentarium is a brilliantly constructed mix of improvisation and folk music, where tradition rubs shoulders with the modernistic.
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Jazz New Release Round-up - 23rd October 2020
23rd Oct 2020
A Norwegian saxophonist recording in Denmark, a vinyl issue of a classic Jim McNeely session, experimental jazz rock explorations, Glaswegian acid jazz, and a Haitian cellist's homage to the poetry of Langston Hughes.
