Latest News: Jazz
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Recording of the Week,
Jimmy Giuffre 3 - Live in Graz, 1961 10th June 2019A fascinating document of this groundbreaking trio live in Switzerland in 1961, this offers plenty of nourishment for those willing to enter an abstract musical world.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 7th June 2019 7th June 2019Matt'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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Classic Recordings,
Charlie Parker - Early Recordings 7th June 2019Charlie Parker's game changing sessions heralded the arrival of bebop and remained unsurpassed to this day... in Matt's opinion anyway. Read the full article to find out why.
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Recording of the Week,
Mosambique - Big City Moves 3rd June 2019This exciting young quintet from Norway release a memorable album of jazz fusion with tongue-firmly in cheek.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 31st May 2019 31st May 2019Matt 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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Classic Recordings,
Stan Getz - Focus 31st May 2019Stan Getz's Focus gets a reappraisal, that rare thing, a jazz with strings album that challenges, thanks to Eddie Sauter's sophisticated arrangements.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 24th May 2019 24th May 2019Matt 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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Recording of the Week,
Alexi Tuomarila Trio - Sphere 24th May 2019Alexi Tuomarila and his group prove there is plenty of scope of innovation in the jazz piano trio, forging their own unique sound on Sphere.
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Classic Recordings,
Thelonious Monk Trio 23rd May 2019Thelonious Monk roughed up some of his best known tunes on these exciting and spiky trio sessions, recorded during a troubled period in the pianists life, just before he would break through with some of his definitive albums.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 17th May 2019 20th May 2019This 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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Recording of the Week,
Pacifica from Australian quartet The Vampires 17th May 2019Matt delights in the refreshingly breezy new album from The Vampires, an Australian collective blending jazz with exotica, dub and much more.
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Artist Anthologies,
A fascinating Duke Ellington biography by Terry Teachout 15th May 2019Matt explores Duke Ellington's life and music through Terry Teachout's biography, which paints a picture of both the musician and the world he was working in.
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Recording of the Week,
Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen - Red Lips, Knuckles and Bones 10th May 2019Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen delivers a moving album of her own material, genre hopping from jazz to americana with style and humour, despite personal losses that inspired many of the songs.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 10th May 2019 10th May 2019A brief roundup of the week's jazz new releases, including a DVD of the Thelonious Monk Quartet in 1963.
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Classic Recordings,
Miles Davis - Milestones 8th May 2019One of the pinnacles of hard-bop, Milestones showcases some of the finest musicians at work in the fifties - John Coltrane, Julian `Cannonball' Adderley, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Jo Jones, as well as Miles Davis's first steps into modal jazz.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 3rd May 2019 3rd May 2019Matt 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.
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Recording of the Week,
Claire Martin 2nd May 2019Claire Martin celebrates her twentieth album in style with this collection of modern day standards recorded with her Swedish trio.
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Recording of the Week,
Trish Clowes - Ninety Degrees Gravity 26th April 2019A vivid and compelling new album from Trish Clowes' quartet My Iris, Matt has been enjoying the sci-fi mind-flip that is Ninety Degrees Gravity on Basho Records.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 26th April 2019 26th April 2019Aside from Recording of the Week, Trish Clowes excellent Ninety Degrees Gravity , this week Gwilym Simcock unviels his second solo piano album, Claire Martin takes on Mister Mr (or is it Mr Mister, on Mr Mr even?) amongst others, Hubro reissue Ketil Bjornstd's early solo albums on vinyl, evocactive explorations from Kino Trio and Sam Rivers' masterpiece Contours on vinyl.
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Classic Recordings,
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge 25th April 2019In 1959 Sonny Rollins decided he needed a break in order to grow as a musician and left the New York music scene. After two years of practising every day on the Williamsburg Bridge, accompanied only by the cry of seagulls and trains rolling by, he returned with this terrific album.