Jazz Reviews
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Alice Coltrane - The Carnegie Hall Concert
12th Apr 2024
Only previously released in unofficial capacities, this definitive recording of a 1971 benefit concert features an all-star lineup of spiritual jazz heroes.
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Alina Bzhezhinska & Tony Kofi - Altera Vita
5th Apr 2024
An engrossing ambiance, beautiful pieces and spirited performances make for a recording augmented with a certain otherworldliness from these two close-knit musical partners.
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Michiel Stekelenburg - Catharsis
27th Mar 2024
Guitarist / composer Michiel Stekelenburg takes us on a moving journey through his deepest inner emotions, looking for resolution and closure for himself, and offering up a compelling long player for us all to enjoy.
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Trish Clowes & Ross Stanley - Journey To Where
22nd Mar 2024
Recorded live at Wigmore Hall in 2021, this collaboration between saxophonist and pianist is a charmingly sophisticated affair containing as many pleasingly interwoven musical references as you care to mention.
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Trish Clowes (saxophone), Ross Stanley
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FIRE! - Testament
1st Mar 2024
The raucous Scandinavian trio go back to basics, tearing up the rulebook and starting all over again in the expressionistic fashion they know best!
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Joel Ross - nublues
23rd Feb 2024
On his exceptional fourth album for Blue Note, the vibraphonist explores the ins-and-outs of the blues with the help of a fresh mindset and an equally reflective band.
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Vijay Iyer Trio - Compassion
16th Feb 2024
Exploding with musical ideas that move in all-encompassing harmony with one another, the faithful trio reunite in perhaps the first great ECM release of the year.
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Mary Halvorson - Cloudward
9th Feb 2024
The guitarist's third album for the Nonesuch label sees the radical improviser hone her signature brand of free-form jazz into a refined and accessible end result, all the while remaining wildly unpredictable.
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Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel - The Room
2nd Feb 2024
This intimate meeting of two musical minds results in a congruously flowing dialogue between their different languages, cultures and philosophies.
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Fabiano do Nascimento, Sam Gendel
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Keyon Harrold - Foreverland
26th Jan 2024
This uplifting album from the widely-acclaimed 'mugician' plants the latest flag in the ground at the intersection of jazz, hip-hop and R&B with the help of a stellar supporting cast.
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Jean Baylor (music production, vocals), Common (vocals), Robert Glasper (keyboards, piano, synthesizer), Keyon Harrold (trumpet, flugelhorn, voice), Chris Dave (drums, percussion), Marcus Baylor (music production), Jahari Stampley (piano, organ, keyboards), Justus West (guitar), Burniss Travis II (bass guitar), Jahi Sundance (d j), PJ Morton (keyboards), Shedrick Mitchell (piano), Randy Runyon (guitar), Laura Mvula (vocals), Nir Felder (guitar), Malaya (vocals), Chris "Daddy" Dave (drums), Jahari Stamply (piano, keyboards), BIGYUKI (keyboards), Marcus Gilmore (drums), Greg Phillinganes (piano), Brandon Owens (bass guitar)
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Tony Kofi Quartet - Plays Monk
19th Jan 2024
A new release on the twentieth anniversary of Kofi's original recording makes for a perfect introduction to the unpredictable jazz genius. Misterioso!
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Music for a Japanese Listening Bar
17th Jan 2024
Find out more about the history of Japanese 'kissa', the unique listening experience that sparked a cultural revolution for the country and its lovers of jazz.
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Henri Texier - An Indian's Life
12th Jan 2024
The outstanding French double bassist delivers an atmospheric set prompted by his lifelong appreciation of Native American culture as well as the friends and inspirations he's lost along the way.
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Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel - A Lovesome Thing
5th Jan 2024
A live recording of the sole performance from this stellar pairing is both tender and poignant, and is almost certainly destined to become a future classic.
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Nikki Iles & NDR Big Band - Face to Face
22nd Dec 2023
This collaborative album between two of the most impressive voices in their respective fields marks the crowning moment of an intensely busy work period— and their symbiotic relationship simply bursts off the page.
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Ambrose Akinmusire - Owl Song
15th Dec 2023
The American trumpeter's eleventh hour album, his first in an upcoming hat-trick for Nonesuch, is a delicately-balanced blend of embalming trio sorcery.
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Mike Westbrook - Live 1972
8th Dec 2023
Rounding off its golden anniversary year, Cadillac Records goes out the same way it began with this exemplary live recording captured in 1972 as a surefire sign of things to come.
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Oscar Peterson Trio - Con Alma: Live in Lugano, 1964
1st Dec 2023
This previously unheard recording of the Oscar Peterson Trio performing live in Switzerland at the height of their creative peak is being released for the first time.
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J.D. Allen III - THIS
24th Nov 2023
The American saxophinist ignites his UK-based trio of drummer Gwilym Jones and electronics effects wizard Alex Bonney for a record that truly defies conventions.
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J.D. Allen III (saxophone)
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Alex Hitchcock - Dream Band: Live in London
17th Nov 2023
The prodigious young saxophonist and bandleader reconnects with a host of musicians he initially found common ground with before the lockdown, resulting in this bedazzling multi-lineup live album consisting of three nights' shows recorded at London's Vortex Jazz Club.
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Alex Hitchcock (saxophone), James Copus (trumpet), Kit Downes (piano), Lewis Wright (vibraphone), Conor Chaplin (double bass), Marc Michel, Liselotte Östblom, Mark Kavuma (trumpet), Rob Luft (guitar), Rio Kai, Jamie Murray, Alex Ridout, Ant Law (guitar), Orlando le Fleming, James Maddren (drums)
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