Jazz Guides
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West Coast Jazz
12th Jun 2024
Inspired by the sunny climate of the Pacific and professing a more laid-back feel, take a dive into the finest recordings to have emerged from the 'cool' antidote to New York's hard bop scene. Get ready to soak up some of that California soul!
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A Celestial Centennial... Marshall Allen at 100
28th May 2024
As he reaches his one hundreth birthday, we look back on the career of the Sun Ra Arkestra leader, the many recordings he has appeared on and the contemporary musicians picking up the torch in his wake.
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Shabaka Hutchings... The Next Chapter
17th Apr 2024
As the apprentice retires his saxophone in pursuit of a new quest to master esoteric flutes from across the globe, we reflect on the career that brought him to this momentous new stage of his journey.
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Perceive its Beauty, Acknowledge its Grace
Shabaka (clarinet, shakuhachi, flute, saxophone), Jason Moran (piano), Nasheet Waits (drums), Carlos Niño (percussion), Brandee Younger (harp), Charles Overton (harp), Miguel Atwood-Ferguson (violin, viola, cello), Moses Sumney (vocals), Saul Williams (vocals), Nduduzo Makhathini (piano), Surya Botofasina (synthesizer), E L U C I D (vocals), Esperanza Spalding (bass), Chris Sholar (electronic percussion), Laraaji (vocals), Floating Points (rhodes), André 3000 (flute), Tom Herbert (bass), Dave Okumu (guitar), Marcus Gilmore (drums), Eska (vocals), Rajna Swaminathan (mridangam), Lianne La Havas (vocals), Anum Iyapo (vocals)
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Evan Parker at 80
10th Apr 2024
As the master improviser celebrates his oaken jubilee, we explore some highlights from his iconoclastic career.
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Happy Birthday, Courtney Pine!
18th Mar 2024
Presto Music celebrates the 60th birthday of British jazz giant and multiple MOBO winner Courtney Pine OBE, CBE.
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Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou - The Singing Nun
28th Feb 2024
On a new recording, the singing Ethiopian nun mesmerises with her hauntingly beautiful piano compositions, deeply rooted in Ethiopian spiritual and folk traditions.
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Austin Peralta's Legendary Spacewalk
22nd Feb 2024
As a deluxe edition of his magnum opus Endless Planets is released on vinyl for the very first time, we take a look back at the all-too-brief life and career of the visionary American piano prodigy.
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Endless Planets (Deluxe Edition)
Austin Peralta
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Abdullah Ibrahim - For A Few Dollars More...
7th Feb 2024
In light of his latest release which, amongst other things, highlights a rapturous performance at EFG London Jazz Festival last year, we take a deep dive into the life and career of the Cape Town crusader.
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Rufus Harley, The Pied Piper of Jazz
24th Jan 2024
Take a look at the unique performer who, for a while, brought bagpipes into the mainstream and was called on by several leading musicians of his day.
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Don't Git Weary... Max Roach at 100
10th Jan 2024
Marking the centerary of this drummer par excellence, we explore the life of one of the figureheads of bebop and his tireless fight as a civil rights activist.
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Arabic Jazz
9th Jan 2024
Our latest genre guide covers the many artists to have been influenced by Middle Eastern sounds as well as the international musicians who proudly wear their heritage on their sleeves.
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60 Years of Airto Moreira & Flora Purim
4th Jan 2024
With a new boxset celebrating their threescore years in the business, explore the lives and careers of the coregent figures of Brazilian Jazz along with some of their greatest works and collaborations.
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Airto & Flora - A Celebration: 60 Years - Sounds, Dreams & Other Stories
Flora Purim (leadvocalist), Airto Moreira (leadvocalist, drums & percussion), Frank Colon (leadvocalist), Jorge Fattoruso (leadvocalist), Hugo Fattoruso (leadvocalist), Outernational Meltdown, Shaluza Max Mntambo (leadvocalist)
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Christmas Jazz
14th Dec 2023
Make yourselves cosy while we offer some of the finest selections of Christmas recordings from days of yore, as well as some new additions to the holiday canon.
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Christmas Gift Ideas for Jazz Lovers
6th Dec 2023
This handy list covers a selection of the wide range of jazz-related gifts we have to offer lovers of the genre, from budding musicians to armchair listeners.
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Norma Winstone, First Lady of British Jazz
29th Nov 2023
Known for her enigmatic vocal style since first emerging on the underground jazz scene in the early 70s, we chart the fabled career of this esteemed English icon across several of her 'holy grail' recordings.
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The Next Best Sound to Silence: ECM Artists Pick their Favourite Albums
13th Nov 2023
We asked a handful of our favourite performers to choose the records they enjoy most from the vast ECM archive, featuring exclusive personal highlights from artists including Norma Winstone, Arild Andersen and Kit Downes.
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Around the World in Eighty Plays with Sven Wunder
11th Oct 2023
With the release of his fourth album in as many years, we take a look at the various influences behind the Swedish multi-instrumentalist and composer as well as uncovering how he crafts them into organic studio magic.
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Late Again
Sven Wunder
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15 Years of Edition Records
6th Sep 2023
Having transformed itself into a home for an elite calibre of global musicianship and artistry since its foundation in 2008, we send Dave Stapleton's homegrown label our own birthday wishes and cherry-pick ten of our favourite releases from its remarkable catalogue.
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A Fresh Look at CTI Records
30th Aug 2023
Predicting the direction soul-jazz would move in over the course of the late 60s, label founder Creed Taylor quickly established a recording house whose sound would soon go on to become one of the industry's most influential — come and join the cool revolution!
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Jazz Noir
16th Aug 2023
Highlighting the most prolific uses of that gritty and moody style which emerged during the mid-1950s, often accompanying Hollywood movies of the period, think fast-paced crime capers and car chases – our genre guide is action-packed!
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Sweet Smell Of Success
Elmer Bernstein, Jack Marsh (bassoon), John Williams (piano), Shelly Manne (drum), Lloyd Ulyate (trombone), Conte Candoli (trumpet), Pete Candoli (trumpet), Ray Linn (trumpet), Chico Hamilton (drums), Paul Horn (clarinet), Carson Smith (guitar), Fred Katz (cello), Chico Hamilton Quintet, Sinclair Lott (tenor saxophone) Leo Shuken, Jack Hayes, Elmer Berstein
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