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Blue Note Re:imagined
16th Oct 2020
The cream of the crop from the UK's vibrant jazz scene find inventive new ways to re-imagine classics from the Blue Note vaults on this varied and entertaining collection.
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Jazz New Release Round-up - 16th October 2020
16th Oct 2020
Another batch of eclectic new releases out this week, including an excellent debut from Ferdinand o Romano, Chris Barber's trad jazz, San Fransico experimentalism, Australian jazz funk, and Norwegian jazz rock.
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Roland Kirk - I Talk With the Spirits
15th Oct 2020
On one of the eminent saxophonist's many essential releases, I Talk With the Spirits sees him taking up the flute and pushing it to its limits in a way that is unmistakably Roland Kirk.
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Django Bates - Tenacity
9th Oct 2020
Django Bates brings together his Belovèd Trio with the Norrbotten Big Band for a technicolour romp through the Charlie Parker tunes that have inspired Bates throughout his career, making a fitting way to celebrate significant birthday markers for both.
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Tenacity
Django Bates (multi-instrumentalist)
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Jazz Vinyl Round-Up - 7th October 2020
7th Oct 2020
The latest rundown of new vinyl additions to the Presto Jazz catalogue.
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Horace Silver Quintet - Song for My Father
7th Oct 2020
A hard bop classic inspired by the pianist's cultural heritage, Song for My Father is one of the most influential cuts of the era.
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Jersey Street - Love Rising Up
2nd Oct 2020
Get your dancing shoes on for an irresistible slice of Brit Funk from Manchester's Jersey Street, featuring the smooth vocals of Dawn Zee.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 2nd October 2020
2nd Oct 2020
This week's new releases include the latest from saxophonist Matthieu Bordenave's bandleading debut on ECM, new sounds from New York-based label Savant, and vocalist Ganna Gryniva's explorations in Ukrainian folk music via contemporary jazz.
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Thelonious Monk Quartet at Palo Alto
25th Sep 2020
A unique window into a moment in time; the Thelonious Monk Quartet live a school hall in 1968, at a gig arranged by a 15-year-old, and recorded by the janitor! The results more than live up to the backstory.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 24th September 2020
24th Sep 2020
This week's new release highlights include the anniversary of a Coltrane classic, new sounds from ECM, and Tippett spirituals re-interpreted for jazz quartet.
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Trio of Doom
24th Sep 2020
Jaco Pastorius, Tony Williams and John McLaughlin's incredibly short-lived collaboration, Trio of Doom, was almost too good to be true. The sole commercial recording of this trio of amazing musicians makes for both a great listen and an intriguing snapshot of a week in each player's lives.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 18th September 2020
18th Sep 2020
This week's round-up includes Terje Rypdal's first recording as a bandleader in seven years, the formless, flowing third record from pianist Christian Sands, and a lockdown-inspired suite from Brad Mehldau.
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Rymden - Space Sailors
18th Sep 2020
A trio of Scandinavian jazz heavyweights set a course for the stars on Space Sailors, embracing the sounds of psychedelia and krautrock along the way.
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Chick Corea - Plays
11th Sep 2020
Chick Corea brings a lifetime of musical influences, and elements of game playing, to these brilliant live recordings, with the audience very much part of the act.
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Jan Garbarek-Bobo Stenson Quartet - Witchi-Tai-To
11th Sep 2020
With a varied repertoire and unmatched chemistry, Witchi-Tai-To is one of the landmark releases of both the ECM sound and 'Nordic tone', as well as one of Garbarek's favourites of his catalogue.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 10th September 2020
10th Sep 2020
This week's round-up of new releases includes two new piano recordings from Mack Avenue, piano and bassoon duets, and a trio of European jazz releases from straight-ahead bands to eccentric compositions.
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Gary Peacock (1935-2020)
8th Sep 2020
One of the founding fathers of modern-day bass playing, Gary Peacock, who worked with Bill Evans, Albert Ayler and Keith Jarrett, has died, aged 85.
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Nubya Garcia - Source
4th Sep 2020
The term ‘rising star’ gets thrown around a lot in modern jazz music, but Nubya Garcia's long-awaited debut album is a testament to the praise she's garnered on her rise to prominence on the UK circuit.
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Lester Young and the Kansas City Six
4th Sep 2020
Nat Hentoff said the Kansas City Six sessions would be the record he'd rescue if his building was on fire... 80 years on they're still worth the risk.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 3rd September 2020
3rd Sep 2020
This week's release round-up includes the latest recording from vocalist Shelly Rudolph, the sounds of working class Paris from Rue de Tanger, and fusion/soul-inspired tunes from flautist Christophe Zoogonès, as well as the latest from contemporary pianist Tigran Hamasyan.
