Jazz Recommendations
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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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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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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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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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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.
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New and Upcoming Vinyl - January 2022
20th Jan 2022
The latest additions to our growing jazz vinyl catalogue include greatest-hits compilations from Glenn Miller and Ella Fitzgerald, reissues of Don Cherry and Johnny Hodges, and early recordings by Charles Mingus.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 13th January 2022
13th Jan 2022
The latest new jazz releases include an album of solo recordings by pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, a reissue of the controversial Coltrane album "Live" at the Village Vanguard, and the debut release from South London carnival band Kinetika Bloco.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 6th January 2022
6th Jan 2022
Our pick of the latest jazz releases include instrumental psychedelic soul from Anemoia, reinterpretations of pianist Winifred Atwell, and young trumpeter-vocalist Andrea Motis alongside the WDR Big Band Cologne.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 16th December 2021
16th Dec 2021
Our pick of the latest jazz releases includes new music from John Zorn, archival releases from Ornette Coleman and Archie Shepp, and John Coltrane interpreted by saxophonist Dave Liebman.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 9th December 2021
9th Dec 2021
Our picks for the latest jazz releases include new music from Hedvig Mollestad, and archival live recordings from Bud Powell and Oscar Peterson.
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Jazz Vinyl Round-Up - November 2021
25th Nov 2021
The latest new and upcoming jazz vinyl releases from Blue Note, Groove Replica, 20th Century Masterworks and more...
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 18th November 2021
18th Nov 2021
Our picks for the latest jazz releases include Charlie Parker tunes from the SWR Big Band, genre-defying ensemble Eskina's newest record, and Makaya McCraven's reworkings of classic Blue Note recordings.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 11th November 2021
11th Nov 2021
This week's pick of the latest jazz releases include vocal jazz from Australian-born artist Nishla Smith, tributes to the music of Black American women by Melanie Charles on Verve, and reissues of box sets by Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins and Louis Armstrong.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 4th November 2021
4th Nov 2021
Recent releases and additions to the Presto Music jazz catalogue include an unreleased live set from Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, a selection of ACT Music’s best bits from the past year, and solo guitar pieces from Matthew Stevens.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 28th October 2021
28th Oct 2021
The latest batch of new jazz releases include a previously unreleased suite from British bassist/composer Graham Collier, electronica-meets-jazz flute from Tenderlonious, and the bandleading debut of pianist Ayumi Tanaka on ECM.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 21st October 2021
21st Oct 2021
The latest jazz releases for this week include a 1960s live set from John Coltrane, remixes of London saxophonist Nubya Garcia’s widely acclaimed debut album, and jazz reinterpretations of J.S. Bach’s ‘Two-Part Inventions’.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 14th October 2021
14th Oct 2021
Our recent crop of new jazz releases includes a deluxe reissue from Jon Batiste, an ambitious new project from Esperanza Spalding, and an excellent double-live album from Chick Corea's Akoustic Band.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 7th October 2021
7th Oct 2021
The latest jazz releases of the week include Enrico Rava and Craig Taborn on ECM, Nordic folk and atmospheric pedal steel sounds from Hubro and American vocalist Kurt Elling’s funk-inspired SuperBlue.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 30th September 2021
30th Sep 2021
This week’s selection of the latest jazz releases include Norwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick on ECM, a re-issue of Japanese jazz flautist Hozan Yamamoto’s score to the ‘70s horror film ‘The Devil Comes Playing the Flute’, and a double-reissue of avant garde goodness from Don Cherry on Ezz-thetics.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 23rd September 2021
23rd Sep 2021
This week’s latest jazz releases include drummer Nate Smith’s Kinfolk 2: See the Birds, Marc Ribot’s 2010 solo guitar album Silent Movies reissued for the first time on vinyl, and the bebop & swing-inspired Harvey / O’Higgins Project’s That’s the Way to Live!.
