Jazz Recommendations
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New Release Round-Up - 31st October 2025
31st Oct 2025
All treats and no tricks this Hallowe'en, with releases from Emma Rawicz, Jenna Nyman and Örjan Hultén.
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New Release Round-Up - 24th October 2025
24th Oct 2025
From free saxophone improvisations to undiscovered gems from pianist Horace Silver, this week has something for every jazz fan.
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New Release Round-Up - 17th October 2025
17th Oct 2025
This week’s releases span intimate duos, fresh debuts, and genre crossovers from the likes of The Getdown, Jason Palmer, and Viktoria Søndergaard.
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New Release Round-Up - 10th October 2025
10th Oct 2025
This week’s releases include the latest from Charles Lloyd in a double disc celebrating the sounds of his recent birthday concert, and Hollie Cook brings tropical sounds in her latest album Shy Girl.
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New Release Round-Up - 3rd October 2025
3rd Oct 2025
This week features Alfa Mist’s genre-blending Roulette, Matthew Shipp’s boundary-pushing solo piano album The Cosmic Piano, and the Polish all-female quartet O.N.E. with their dynamic fusion of modal jazz and free improvisation.
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New Release Round-Up - 26th September 2025
26th Sep 2025
This week’s jazz highlights include Robert Plant’s roots-inspired Saving Grace, pianist Bill Laurance’s intimate solo Lumen and Donny McCaslin’s genre-blending Lullaby for the Lost.
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New Release Round-Up - 19th September 2025
19th Sep 2025
This week’s jazz releases include Rolf Thofte’s debut on April Records, Cécile McLorin Salvant’s playful Oh Snap, and Johnathan Blake’s socially-driven My Life Matters.
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New Release Round-Up - 12th September 2025
12th Sep 2025
Nils Petter Molvær puts a refreshing spin on a previous work, Brigitte Beraha makes a bold return alongside her ensemble Lucid Dreamers, and pianist Aki Rissanen presents his emotionally-driven and immersive Imaginary Mountains.
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New Release Round-Up - 5th September 2025
5th Sep 2025
This week’s highlights include an exclusive jazz boxset from Joni Mitchell, introspective trios and vibrant Brazilian grooves.
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New Release Round-Up - 29th August 2025
29th Aug 2025
A vibrant mix of jazz for this week’s new releases, featuring Christian McBride’s big band brilliance, Caity Gyorgy’s orchestral debut, and Nate Smith’s genre-blending grooves.
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New Release Round-Up - 22nd August 2025
22nd Aug 2025
A jam packed selection of new releases this week, including the latest from international vocalist Laufey and Grammy-winning pianist Jon Batiste.
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New Release Round-Up - 15th August 2025
15th Aug 2025
This week’s releases include gritty rhythm and blues in Go Get Gone, a bold international jazz trio in Epic Power and reflective minimalism in Eigengrau.
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New Release Round-Up - 8th August 2025
8th Aug 2025
A heartfelt collection of jazz vocal numbers from Donna Byrne, a meeting of minds for all things blues in Devon Allman's latest project, and classic jazz meets the turntables in Verve Remixed.
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New Release Round-Up - 1st August 2025
1st Aug 2025
This week jazz meets ‘folk nihilism’ in the Spafford Campbell duo, trumpeter Adam Hall brings a sense of rock and roll, and funky, soulful grooves are the emphasis for guitarist LEMEK.
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New Release Round-Up - 25th July 2025
25th Jul 2025
This week’s new releases include the 1985 live recordings by the late Louis Moholo-Moholo, Larry Stabbins and Keith Tippett, saxophonist Alexa Tarantino’s collaborations with Keita Ogawa and Cécile McLorin Salvant, and a blend of jazz, soul and funk from Danny Widdicombe and Trichotomy.
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New Release Round-Up - 18th July 2025
18th Jul 2025
From intimate vocals, to cross-cultural instrumentation and creative reimaginings, this week's new releases cover a whole range of styles and sounds.
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New Release Round-Up - 11th July 2025
11th Jul 2025
Spiritual jazz meets electronica in Openness Trio, a father and son duo deliver their take on Argentinian music and jazz in El Viejo Caminante and Edition Records presents saxophonist Olga Amelchenko’s latest release Howling Silence.
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Vinyl Round Up - January to June 2025
10th Jul 2025
A collection of some of the best vinyl release during the first half of 2025!
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New Release Round-Up - 4th July 2025
4th Jul 2025
From duo saxophones to funk fusion, and blues guitar to big band, there’s plenty of genres to choose from throughout this week’s brand new releases.
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New Release Round-Up - 27th June 2025
27th Jun 2025
From Fred Hersch’s lyrical trio to Nicole Zuraitis' second instalment in her bold tribute to women songwriters, this week’s releases are full of cinematic jazz, experimental duos, and original and contemporary compositions.
