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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 16th June 2022
16th Jun 2022
New music from Alan Broadbent, Pasquale Grasso, and Ivo Neame are amongst our picks for the best new jazz releases this week.
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Ben Marc, 'Glass Effect'
10th Jun 2022
London-based bass player Ben Marc (aka Neil Charles) pools his influences from broken beat, free jazz and electronica in a low-key yet ambitious studio debut.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 9th June 2022
9th Jun 2022
This week's new jazz releases include the first solo album in over two decades from Brian Jackson, Parisian musician Sly Johnson's soul and hip-hop-infused 55.4, and Danish drummer Kresten Osgood playing the organ.
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Jazzwise Editor's Choices - June 2022
6th Jun 2022
Jazzwise Editor's Choices from the June 2022 issue include Trish Clowes' A View With a Room, Mary Halvorson's two new records, and Jeremy Pelt.
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Steve Davis, 'Bluesthetic'
3rd Jun 2022
Steve Davis' latest album with Smoke Sessions reunites the trombonist with a quintet of close collaborators from his long career, as they tackle a quality set of originals underpinned by a love of blues and swing.
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Steve Davis
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 2nd June 2022
2nd Jun 2022
New music from Mats Gustafsson, a reissue of a Bill Evans classic, and the latest instalment of Jazz Is Dead are amongst our picks for new jazz releases this week.
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Shabaka, 'Afrikan Culture'
31st May 2022
The London multireedist of Sons of Kemet and The Comet Is Coming fame releases his first full solo project, a short album of meditative woodwind music.
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Andrés Thor, 'Hereby'
27th May 2022
The globe-trotting Icelandic guitarist's new album is a masterclass of the Metheny-style guitar trio, bringing the rawness of classic rock acts to the time-honoured tradition.
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Andrés Thor
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 26th May 2022
26th May 2022
The latest jazz releases include the solo artist debut of Shabaka Hutchings, child prodigy Joey Alexander on Mack Avenue, and Ubuntu Music's Aid for Ukraine.
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Tord Gustavsen on piano trios and Scandinavian folk tunes
25th May 2022
We caught up with Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen while touring his new album Opening on ECM Records, to discuss his love of piano trio chemistry, Scandinavian folk tunes, and the psychology of improvisation.
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Tigran Hamasyan, 'StandArt'
20th May 2022
Tigran Hamasyan's latest recording sees him tackling an album's worth of American standard repertoire with the same experimental flair that makes his original compositions so compelling.
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New and Upcoming Vinyl - May 2022
19th May 2022
The latest vinyl issues include 2021 releases from Nishla Smith and Esperanza Spalding, and reissues of classics by Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald.
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The Legacy of 'Madvillainy'
17th May 2022
Madlib and MF DOOM's now-iconic 2004 collaborative record provided a young Josh his gateway into hip-hop music, and more than holds up today as a hip-hop classic with some tangential links to jazz, funk and soul music.
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Gilad Hekselman, 'Far Star'
13th May 2022
Gilad Hekselman's tenth studio album has the New York-based guitarist at his most creative and daring, with curious sonic experimentation and contributions from Eric Harland and Shai Maestro.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 12th May 2022
12th May 2022
This week's latest jazz releases include a double-feature from avant-garde guitarist Mary Halvorson, saxophonist Oded Tzur's follow-up to his 2020 record Here Be Dragons, guitarist Gilad Hekselman's Edition Records debut Far Star, and a collection of '70s live recordings by Albert Ayler.
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6 Essential Joe Lovano Recordings
10th May 2022
We take a look back at some of our favourite albums by American saxophonist Joe Lovano, from his mid-90s recordings with Blue Note to recent work with ECM.
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Emile Parisien, 'Louise'
6th May 2022
Dedicated to the great sculptor Louise Bourgeois, Emile Parisien's latest project is a multi-faceted joy, performed by a truly international group of musicians.
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Essentials - John Abercrombie
3rd May 2022
For our second instalment of 'Essentials', we give some recommendations on where to start with the vast catalogue of American jazz guitarist John Abercrombie.
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Anna von Hausswolff, 'Live at Montreux Jazz Festival'
1st May 2022
Anna von Hausswolff's spellbinding set at the 2018 Montreux Jazz Festival enjoys a vinyl release on Southern Lord and Pomperipossa Records, making for an excellent introduction to the Swedish pipe organist/singer-songwriter's dark musical world.
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Ornette Coleman, 'Genesis of Genius: The Contemporary Recordings'
29th Apr 2022
An archival re-issue by Craft Recordings offers the perfect excuse to revisit a major visionary of jazz music's earliest recordings.
