Jazz Recommendations
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 20th September 2019
20th Sep 2019
Some edifying releases out this week, from blissed-out jazz- pop, Bach-goes-jazz, Garner gets mangled and a Bill Evans documentary.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 13th September 2019
13th Sep 2019
This week's releases include new albums from Matt Olson, Frode Haltli, and Charlie Apicelli plus a selection of vinyl re-issues on Blue Note.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 6th September 2019
6th Sep 2019
Two excellent releases from Norwegian label Odin are floating Matt's boat this week.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 30th August 2019
30th Aug 2019
A brace of Impulse! vinyl reissues have caught Matt's eye this week.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 16th August 2019
16th Aug 2019
A couple of standout vocal releases from Jazzmeia Horn and Bryony Jarman-Pinto are the highlights this week. Matt also revisits some not-strictly-jazz but still improvised releases that remind him of his youth.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 9th August 2019
9th Aug 2019
Stopping off in NY for some Latin jazz and R&B, we then head towards Scandinavia for Norwegian double bass and Swedish folk mixed with jazz.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 2nd August 2019
2nd Aug 2019
It's Friday again, so lets take a stroll around the latest jazz new releases. From Evan Parker Avenue (easy to get lost here) head south down Steve Herring Cul-de-Sac, find the footpath sign-posted towards the Monkey House, then take a left with Jon Batiste when you get to the Village Vanguard, and if you're lucky get a lift home in Andy Fusco's Punto.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 26th July 2019
26th Jul 2019
All jazz life is here... from the bawdy Pearl Bailey, through lost Tubby Hayes, guitar noodlings, George Haslam in a church, and wasp-deterrent improv.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 19th July 2019
19th Jul 2019
A quiet week for new releases affords Matt the chance to check out some of the latest vinyl reissues, including flautist Bobbi Humphey's Black and Blues and Roy Haynes's Out of the Afternoon
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 12th July 2019
12th Jul 2019
The week in jazz includes laid-back Gullah music from Ranky Tanky, a Hammond-less Mike LeDonne, JD Allen's itching for a fight, and happy-birthday to Alan Barnes!
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Jazz New Release Round-Up 5th July 2019
5th Jul 2019
Matt assess some of the week's new releases, whilst simultaneously being locked into a life-or-death struggle to revive a neglected pot plant... all through the healing power of jazz.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 28 June 2019
28th Jun 2019
A tribute to the 'Jazz Baroness', a trip back to 52nd Street, Ryan Keberle's interpretation of a thirties poem, Jeanie Barton's Moment of Clarity, more Hammond madness, and cutting edge cello abstractions... it's all happenin' over here folks!
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 21st June 2019
21st Jun 2019
Matt vents spleen over boring cover artwork, and also finds time to check out the latest releases, and a diverse bunch they are too.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 14th June 2019
14th Jun 2019
You never think it's going to happen to you, listening to British trad jazz comps and enjoying them.... find out more by joining Matt for a nice cup of tea at his weekly new-release drop-in centre.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 7th June 2019
7th Jun 2019
Matt's usual pithy look at some of the latest releases, lacklustre attempts at humour, lots of vinyl and actually some pretty good releases.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 31st May 2019
31st May 2019
Matt troughs through the week’s jazz new releases, listening to some so you don’t have to, but plenty so you hopefully do!
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 24th May 2019
24th May 2019
Matt bends an ear towards some of this week's jazz related releases, from the slowcore guitar of Chris Brokaw, through the upbeat soul jazz of Beatifik to Paolo Russo's Mediterranean musings.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 17th May 2019
20th May 2019
This week I have been enjoying Partisan's first ever live album, avant-garde music for French kids TV, Brad Mehldau's new album and also picked some suggestions from the second half of the ECM Touchstones series, celebrating 50 years of one of the most important Jazz labels.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 10th May 2019
10th May 2019
A brief roundup of the week's jazz new releases, including a DVD of the Thelonious Monk Quartet in 1963.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 3rd May 2019
3rd May 2019
Matt goes through some of the weeks notable releases, including Alan Broadbent's finger poppin' piano trio, the exciting South African / Swiss group Skyjack, explores the mysteries of the Stone Soup and the VEIN Trio's orchestral manoeuvres.
