Jazz Recommendations
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New Release Round-Up - 30th May 2025
30th May 2025
Inspired by the Great American Songbook, composer Sandra-Mae presents new vocal standards, saxophonist Cecile Strange explores spacious improvisation, and Mike Bono and Jamie Eblen bring jazz, electronics and rock together in their new duo album.
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New Release Round-Up - 23rd May 2025
23rd May 2025
This week’s new releases presents Italian quartets, solo piano from Tanya Ekanayaka, a blend of Americana and the blues with Taj Mahal and Keb Mo, and some fresh vocal releases from Alma Naidu and Roxana Amed.
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New Release Round-Up - 16th May 2025
16th May 2025
Brand new releases this week include Chet Baker Re:imagined, bringing fresh voices to classic songs, while Béla Fleck’s BEATrio fuses global sounds with bold improvisation. Lucía is a fresh self-titled debut from the Mexican-born singer and both Andrea Rinciari and Eric Scott Reed offer a unique, modern spin on jazz tradition.
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New Release Round-Up - 9th May 2025
9th May 2025
Genre-defying artists is certainly the theme for this week’s set of new releases: from the ambient sounds of Glasgow DJ/producer Rebecca Vasmant to the eclectic music of The Action 4s and the Horst Hansen Trio. For more traditional sounds, the latest from jazz trio Brigitte Beraha, Alan Barnes and Barry Green captures all the intimacy and elegance.
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Scandinavian Ice and American Fire: A Tale of Two Belongings
6th May 2025
The saxophonist's Blue Note debut honours the recording that introduced Keith Jarrett’s ‘European Quartet’ to the world in 1974. But how do the two stack up against each other today?
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New Release Round-Up - 2nd May 2025
2nd May 2025
From jazz-rock to the new ECM supergroup, there are plenty of releases this week that are certain to capture your ear.
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Jazz FM Awards 2025: Winners
25th Apr 2025
On Thursday evening, Jazz FM celebrated the best of jazz, soul and blues and honoured recipients by presenting them with their respective awards. Check out the winners now!
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New Release Round-Up - 25th April 2025
25th Apr 2025
Powerful arrangements from pianist Janette Mason, new offerings from Norway musicians Daniel Herskedal and Bugge Wesseltoft, and a classic easy listening sound from Hollywood regular Jeff Goldblum all make for the exciting new releases this week.
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New Release Round-Up - 18th April 2025
18th Apr 2025
Grammy winner Rhiannon Giddens explores fiddle and banjo traditions, guitarist Charlie Ballantine blends Americana roots with jazz, and vocalist Angela Verbrugge delivers soft yet stylistic nuance when undertaking familiar melodies.
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New Release Round-Up -11th April 2025
11th Apr 2025
This week the Kwashibu Area Band blend Ghanaian Highlife with jazz, reggae and dub influences, Melbourne trumpeter Niran Dasika looks to science fiction for inspiration, and Blue Note’s Gerald Clayton experiments with turntablism. The ensemble Enemy explore material new and old, and singer Savina Yannatou dedicates her new ECM album to the element of water.
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New Release Round-Up - 4th April 2025
4th Apr 2025
This week’s releases include the new album from pianist Yaron Herman, Hiromi’s Sonicwonder delivers a dazzling follow up album to their 2023 debut, and Burt Bacharach is given a jazz twist by the Swedish ensemble Alfie! Saxophonist Uli Kempendorff releases his explorative free jazz album with Unit Records and the folk-jazz ensemble Goleine make their debut.
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New Release Round-Up - 28th March 2025
28th Mar 2025
This week sees a fusion release from Michael Bladt and the Aarhus Jazz Orchestra, a new duo in the form of rising saxophonist Emma Rawicz and pianist Gwilym Simcock, and Billy Marrows debuts his live concert recording. Sultan Stevenson continues his exploration of faith and identity in his second release with Edition Records, and Keith Jarrett’s 1974 album gets a revamp with the Branford Marsalis Quartet.
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New Release Round-Up - 21st March 2025
21st Mar 2025
Lots of new releases this week: the debut from The Mario Senge Group in Optimistic View gives a Latin flavour and Handel is given a jazz-twist in Dieter Ilg’s Motherland. An ECM return for Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith in Defiant Life and the saxophone ensemble The Empress make their debut in Square One.
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New Release Round-Up - 14th March 2025
14th Mar 2025
From the free jazz sounds of Nicolas Masson, to the Sufi devotional music across the globe with Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali, there are plenty of diverse new releases this week. Snorre Kirk also debuts his fresh ensemble lineup and Nels Cline releases his fourth album with Blue Note.
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New Release Round-Up - 7th March 2025
7th Mar 2025
This week’s releases include the debut album by Knats with Gearbox Records, Alison Rayner returns with a live-recorded album and Charles Pasi releases his third Blue Note album.
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New Release Round-Up - 28th February 2025
28th Feb 2025
From the modern sounds of ECM artists Jon Balke and Billy Hart to the never-before-released 1967 concert of Ella Fitzgerald in The Moment of Truth: Ella at the Coliseum, there’s plenty of new music to enjoy as we come to the end of February.
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New Release Round-Up - 21st February 2025
21st Feb 2025
From swinging new releases from the likes of Tom Smith and Hazy Osterwald, to the fusion sounds of Andorra, this week has plenty to offer. Plus, Grammy nominees Chuck Owen and Richard Baratta release new albums that blend genre and give classic 60s rock a twist.
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New Release Round-Up - 14th February 2025
14th Feb 2025
There's lots to love this Valentine's Day with new releases from trumpeter Matthew Eick, saxophonist Jordan Vanhemert and experimental pianist Elliot Galvin. The ensemble Mama Terra pay tribute to Herbie Hancock and bassist John Patitucci crafts an intricate trio album in his debut with Edition Records.
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New Release Round-Up - 7th February 2025
7th Feb 2025
New releases this week include funk and soul grooves with Danish group Tabloid, genre cross-overs in Solidarity and BelleJazzClub, and an avant-garde sound in Honey From A Winter Stone. A softer sound in Martin Budde's Back Burner and a blend of jazz and Afro-Caribbean styles with Clélya Abraham.
