Jazz Recommendations
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 22nd July 2021
22nd Jul 2021
The latest jazz releases include a historical compilation of British jazz from the '60s and '70s, bassist William Parker's new guitar trio and fusion hero John McLaughlin.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 15th July 2021
15th Jul 2021
New jazz releases include a box set chronicling the music of late trombonist and bandleader Chirs Barber, Grateful Dead tributes from Blue Note saxophonist Dave McMurray, and a handful of new albums by budding young artists on Unit Records.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 8th July 2021
8th Jul 2021
This week’s pick of recent jazz releases includes rising vocal talent Samara Joy, jazz-funk from trombonist Nils Landgren, and a collection of tunes in tribute to Charlie Parker.
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20th Century Masterworks on Vinyl
7th Jul 2021
New and upcoming vinyl releases from 20th Century Masterworks include essential classics like Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown, Etta James’s At Last! and Mingus Ah Um.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 1st July 2021
1st Jul 2021
This week’s pick of new jazz releases includes soul-jazz from Matti Klein, new music from multi-instrumentalist Alex Ward, and historical live tapes from Etta James and Nina Simone.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 24th June 2021
24th Jun 2021
This week’s picks for new jazz releases include jazz trio renditions of Richard Wagner, a reunion of French jazz group Belmondia Quintet, and soul-infused nu-jazz from Hiatus Kaiyote.
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Jaubi - Nafs at Peace
21st Jun 2021
After a prolific year of small releases, the Lahore, Pakistan quartet make their full-length debut on Astigmatic Records, straddling North Indian classical music, hip-hop and improvised jazz.
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Jazz Vinyl Round-Up - Reissued Classics from Blue Note
19th Jun 2021
New and upcoming vinyl reissues from Blue Note include 60s Dexter Gordon, Andrew Hill’s Passing Ships, classics by Sonny Clark and Hank Mobley, and a deluxe box set from trumpeter Lee Morgan.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 17th June 2021
17th Jun 2021
This week’s pick of new releases includes Bob Mintzer with the WDR Big Band, funky smooth jazz from saxophonist Steve Cole, and a deluxe reissue of Charles Mingus’s Live at Carnegie Hall.
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Early works from The Comet Is Coming repressed on vinyl
14th Jun 2021
The cosmic jazz trio's first three releases - Prophecy, Channel the Spirits, and Death to the Planet - are made available again on vinyl from The Leaf Label.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 10th June 2021
10th Jun 2021
New jazz releases including the latest from multi-instrumentalist Stephan Micus, the Hendrix of modern jazz guitar Julian Lage, and the studio debut from Argentinian duo Cande y Paulo.
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Squarepusher - Feed Me Weird Things
7th Jun 2021
The mind-melting debut from one of the UK's most influential electronic acts gets a deluxe reissue courtesy of Warp Records on its 25th anniversary.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 3rd June 2021
3rd Jun 2021
This week’s picks for recent additions to the jazz catalogue include the latest recording by Norwegian tubist Daniel Herskedal, piano trio jazz from Maria Kannegaard, avant-garde big-band music from Alex Paxton, and afro-rock from South African quartet BLK JKS.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 28th May 2021
28th May 2021
This week’s pick of recent jazz releases include an unreleased live set from saxophonist Lol Coxhill, the debut recording by New York-based pianist Roy Gallon, and the latest album from seasoned bassist Dave Holland.
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Graham Bond Organization - Wade in the Water
26th May 2021
A definitive 4 CD boxset collecting together all of the studio recordings, plus rare live recordings, made by one of finest British rhythm and blues groups of the sixties, The Graham Bond Organization.
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Label Round-Up - Intakt Records
21st May 2021
Josh digs through some of the boundary-pushing Swiss label's most recent recordings.
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New Archival Recordings from Sam Rivers
19th May 2021
A new series from NoBusiness Records digs out some previously unreleased recordings by the legendary composer and multi-instrumentalist.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 14th May 2021
14th May 2021
Chris Potter, big band-meets-techno, and a 60th anniversary set from Impulse! Records are among our new release picks this week.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 7th May 2021
7th May 2021
GoGo Penguin remixes, James Brandon Lewis and the latest volume from the Matchbox Bluesmaster Series are amongst our picks for new jazz releases this week.
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New and Upcoming Jazz Vinyl - 30th April 2021
30th Apr 2021
Recent and upcoming additions to the Presto Jazz vinyl catalogue include this year's best ECM recordings, a reissued recording from Avishai Cohen featuring a young Shai Maestro, and low-down jazz-funk from Snarky Puppy guitarist Mark Lettieri.
