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‘Future Standards' sees him fulfil a long time aspiration to play jazz standards. Inspired by the classics, his piano songs have found a clearer shape as "future standards" but have always been a central element to his creativity. Sitting neatly against his huge back catalogue of solo records,...
Deeply influenced by the collaboration with David Bowie on his last record Blackstar, Donny McCaslin steps forward and releases Beyond Now on the 14th of October, recorded nearly three months after Bowie's passing. Along with "David Bowie's Last Band" (Jason Lindner, Mark Guiliana, Tim Lefebvre and...
The borders between London's musical tribes have always been porous. For Yussef Kamaal, the sound of the capital - with its hum of jungle, grime and broken beat - has shaped a selftaught, UKtipped approach to playing jazz. In the states, the genre's longrunning to-and-fro with hip hop - from Robert...
Last time I heard SPUNK was phenomenal! They are among the most exciting improvising groups in the world right now. Fred Frith Formed in 1995, SPUNK comprises four of Norway's most innovative musicians: Kristin Andersen - trumpet and recorders Hild Sofie Tafjord - french horn, toys, live processing...
This latest offering encapsulates a unique hybrid of approaches into an all original 9 track album which unifies New Orleans style clave rhythms, hard-bop ‘Coltrane changes', Boogaloo grooves reminiscent of Lee Morgan's ‘The Sidewinder' and influences from 70's funk, surf-rock and Country music's....
Soul Jazz Records' new album features the truly intense, hypnotic and fascinating Vodou drums of Haiti, a stunning collection of trance-like rhythms and beats traditionally used to induce spirit possession in the Vodou religion. Soul Jazz Records first journeyed to Haiti in 1996 to record a series...
Daniel Brandt, co-founder of Germany's electroacoustic ensemble Brandt Brauer Frick, joins the Erased Tapes family with his solo debut album Eternal Something. What started off as a more simplistic idea soon evolved into something a lot more complex as the London and Berlin based music producer...
As some of you may know, Alice Coltrane was a legendary pianist, composer, spiritual leader, and the wife of John Coltrane, the most venerated and infuential saxophonist in the history of jazz. In 1967, four years after meeting John, he died of liver cancer, leaving Alice a widow with four small...
Strut present the first official reissue of a landmark album in the field of African music, Mulatu Astatke's ‘Mulatu Of Ethiopia' from 1972. Recorded in New York, the album arrived at a time when Astatke had begun to master the delicate fusion of styles needed to create Ethio jazz. "I left the UK...
The second studio album from Ruby Rushton, the forward-thinking jazz group led by 22a label owner Tenderlonious. Their 2015 release ‘Two For Joy' blew up as one of the year's hottest releases, with ‘Trudi's Songbook' set to follow suit. Essential for fans of Kamasi Washington, Yusef Kamaal and GoGo...
El Viaje (The Journey), the title track of Cuban pianist and composer Harold López-Nussa's debut release on Mack Avenue Records, seems to sway gently like a boat in the water - as if readying for a voyage or returning to port after arrival - trumpet and voices whispering memories. This scene aptly...
Secrets of the Sun is an album by the American Jazz musician Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra. The album is considered one of the more accessible recordings from his ‘Solar' period. Originally released on Ra's own Saturn label in the early 1960's, the record was unavailable for many years before being...
2 CDs packed with gems from Atkins' solo canon where he tries his hand at various styles including Blues, Jazz, Rock ‘n' Roll etc plus 1 CD where his unmistakeable twang can be heard on some of the greatest records ever made. - The Absolutely Essential 3CD Collection by Chet Atkins
The Heart of Infinite Change is Natasha Agrama's forthcoming debut full-length album, joining the west coast jazz imprint World Galaxy for its release across vinyl, cassette, CD, and digital platforms September 8, 2017. Features include legends both foundational and new, drawing together Stephen...
Bringin' It, the highly anticipated release which follows the Christian McBride Big Band's 2011 GRAMMY® Award-winning debut, The Good Feeling, puts his status and skills as an all-around entertainer on full display. If it is true that jazz is a sponge for musicians to absorb and then squeeze out...
GRAMMY® Award-winning vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant has had a remarkable rise to stardom in her professional career, and she's taking another big leap forward with Dreams and Daggers, her third album for Mack Avenue Records. "The songs on this album are of dreams and daggers. The daggers have...
On Arise , Zara McFarlane returns to a buoyant UK jazz scene with a head-turning third album. Exploring the musical possibilities of British-Jamaican identity, it's a cultural exchange that's born of London's current musical climate. Released on Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Recordings, it sees her...
Ferguson's Big Band was playing a residency at New York's Jimmy's Club where this album was recorded live one lunchtime. CBS were keen to catch the vibrancy of the band hence the rush to record it. The material is a mixture with Jimmy Webb's ‘MacArthur Park' being one of the standouts. - M.F. Horn...
Modern Lore On Modern Lore, Julian Lage's second studio recording with his trio, the composer and guitarist focuses on the groove, building his melodies and solos around the work of the prodigious rhythm section of double bassist Scott Colley and drummer Kenny Wollesen. Modern Lore finds Lage...
This music is very personal, very close to home, Cécile McLorin Salvant responds when asked about the songs on For One To Love. I'm not playing anyone else here but myself. I can look at many of these songs and see that this is an event that really happened, or a feeling I've lived through myself,...