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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 10th March 2022
10th Mar 2022
The latest jazz releases include the latest installation of In Common by Walter Smith III and Matthew Stevens, saxophonist Melissa Aldana's Blue Note label debut, and British saxophonist Brandon Allen playing the music of Stanley Turrentine.
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The Jazz Chart - February 2022
7th Mar 2022
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for February, including new entries from Kit Downes, Mark Lockheart, and Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio.
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Cécile McLorin Salvant, 'Ghost Song'
4th Mar 2022
The American vocalist and songwriter's debut on Nonesuch Records explores themes of nostalgia and yearning, with an eclectic set of original songs and reworked standards.
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Cécile McLorin Salvant (creative director, piano), Ben Tousley (designer), Paul Sikivie (electric bass, synthesizer, bass), Sullivan Fortner (piano, fender rhodes keyboards, background vocals), James Chirillo (banjo), Keita Ogawa (percussion), Alexa Tarantino (flute), Marvin Sewell (guitar), Burniss Travis (bass), Brooklyn Youth Chorus (choir vocals), Kyle Poole (drums), Aaron Diehl (pipe organ, piano), Daniel Swenberg (theorbo, lute), Iris McLorin Picot (vocals), Violette McLorin Picot (vocals)
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Jazz New Release Round-Up, 3rd March 2022
3rd Mar 2022
The latest jazz releases include an eclectic piano album from Bugge Wesseltoft, jazztronica-meets-Afrobeat from Blue Lab Beats, and a new ECM quartet album from trumpeter Avishai Cohen.
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Kamasi Washington, 'The Epic'
27th Feb 2022
American saxophonist and composer Kamasi Washington's 2015 breakout record is a gargantuan work, and though it hasn't had the time to develop the long-enduring status of the records we usually cover, we reckon it's worthy of the title of a modern classic.
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Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, 'Cold as Weiss'
25th Feb 2022
Delvon Lamarr and co. deliver a delightful set of old-school organ trio funk, with impressive performances and memorable originals.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 24th February 2022
24th Feb 2022
The latest jazz releases include new sounds from Robert Glasper, vocalist Alma Naidu's debut, and reissues from John Handy and Bill Evans.
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Jazzwise Editor's Choices - March 2022
23rd Feb 2022
Jazzwise Editor's Choices for March 2022 include Chilean saxophonist Melissa Aldana's Blue Note Records debut, experimental new textures from London drums & sax duo Binker & Moses, and Cécile McLorin Salvant's Ghost Song on Nonesuch.
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Jim McNeely, Frankfurt Radio Big Band & Chris Potter, 'Rituals'
18th Feb 2022
Jim McNeely's tribute to Igor Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring' is immortalised on record with the help of the Frankfurt Radio Orchestra and saxophonist Chris Potter.
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New and Upcoming Vinyl - February 2022
17th Feb 2022
The latest jazz vinyl releases include reissues of Nina Simone and Ella Fitzgerald, as well as a repressing of Gretchen Parlato's latest album Flor.
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Episode 27: A Life in Notes - The Art of Music Biography
13th Feb 2022
This week three eminent music biographers join Paul for a round-table discussion on the art of writing a music biography.
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Kit Downes, Petter Eldh & James Maddren, 'Vermillion'
11th Feb 2022
Pianist Kit Downes teams up with some familiar collaborators to explore the fertile ground of jazz piano trio music, with some eccentric twists along the way.
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Kit Downes, Petter Eldh & James Maddren
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 10th February 2022
10th Feb 2022
The latest jazz releases include a live recording of soul vocalist Omar with QCBA, duo recordings by Tony Overwater & Atzko Kohashi playing Coltrane, and Søren Kristiansen & Thomas Fonnesbæk playing the music of Oscar Peterson and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen.
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Sonny Rollins, 'Saxophone Colossus'
8th Feb 2022
The highlight of Sonny Rollins' mid-50s sessions deservingly remains one of his most long-enduring recordings, as well as an essential listen of the hard bop era.
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Sonny Rollins
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Immanuel Wilkins, 'The 7th Hand'
4th Feb 2022
Immanuel Wilkins follows up his celebrated debut Omega with an equally ambitious project, exploring spiritual and free jazz sounds in pursuit of what the saxophonist calls 'vesselhood'.
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Martin Archer on the history of Discus Music
3rd Feb 2022
We spoke to Martin Archer, label boss over at Discus Music, about his own background in jazz and improvised music, as well as his approach to running a label with a catalogue as diverse as Discus.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 3rd February 2022
3rd Feb 2022
The latest jazz releases include clarinetist Kinan Azmeh with the NDR Bigband, old-school piano and vocal jazz from Savant, and Japanese free jazz reissues from No Business.
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The Jazz Chart - January 2022
1st Feb 2022
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for January, including new entries from Andrea Motis, Ayumi Tanaka, and Albert Ayler.
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Mark Lockheart, 'Dreamers'
28th Jan 2022
Mark Lockheart and friends take us on a surreal trip with Dreamers, an early standout jazz album for 2022.
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Mark Lockheart
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 27th January 2022
27th Jan 2022
This week's picks for new jazz records include Immanuel Wilkins' follow-up to 2020's Omega, experimental new recordings from Discus, and the latest releases from Criss Cross Jazz.
