Latest News: Jazz
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 15th January 2020 15th January 2020With the post-Christmas lull clearing, Matt settles back and enjoys some of the jazz new releases, including a re-issue of a lesser-known Erroll Garner album.
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Recording of the Week,
Dave Brubeck Quartet at Oberlin & Wilshire-Ebell 13th January 2020Two classic Dave Brubeck Quartet concerts from 1953 find the pianist, with saxophonist Paul Desmond, forging the sound that would soon sell a million albums.
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Classic Recordings,
Edmond Hall 10th January 2020Clarinetist Edmond Hall is the focus of this week's Classic Album feature, a brilliant musician who managed to maintain a long and distinguished career through the changing stylistic tides of jazz.
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Awards,
Downbeat Readers Poll 2019 23rd December 2019The top 10 Albums of the Year as selected by Downbeat's readers.
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Classic Recordings,
Nina Simone in Concert 13th December 2019Nina Simone in Concert from 1964 stands as one of the most politically charged statements of the Civil Rights Movement, and a key album of Simone's career. From the perspective of late 2019 it stands as a timely warning of the dangers of complacency.
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Awards,
Presto Jazz Albums of the Year 2019 4th December 2019Matt has the enjoyable task of picking out his favourite jazz recordings of 2019, a year that saw the release of so many excellent releases. Feel free to get annoyed with his choices - that's the fun of lists after all!
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Recording of the Week,
Kit Downes - Dreamlife of Debris 29th November 2019Finding inspiration in W.G. Sebald's novel The Rings of Saturn, Kit Downes's second album for ECM demonstrates his unique approach to the church organ with a brilliantly atmospheric suite of pieces.
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Awards,
Jazzwise Albums of the Year 2019 27th November 2019Jazzwise reveal their favourite new albums of 2019 with a selection reflecting just how exciting the current jazz scene is, with newer artists vying with the old guard.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 22nd November, 2019 22nd November 2019R&B blowers, avant-tunesmiths, Jazz Messengers, multi-instrumentalists and ambient noodlers all get attention in this week's round-up.
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Artist Profile,
Ornette Coleman 21st November 2019Ornette Coleman's reputation as the man who broke jazz often gets in the way of some of the most celebratory music of any age, which continues to communicate 60 years on.
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Recording of the Week,
Eri Yamamoto's Goshu Ondo Suite 15th November 2019Composer/pianist Eri Yamamoto weaves magic in this choral jazz odyssey, drawing on the Japanese tradition of Goshu Ondo, the dance song, in a vivid collaboration between her trio and Choral Chameleon.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 15th November 2019 15th November 2019New releases this week include albums from Terri Lyne Carrington, Emilia Martensson, Genzo Okabe and Craig Brann.
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Recording of the Week,
Jeff Goldblum - I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This 8th November 2019Jeff Goldblum's second album is an enjoyable romp through the standards, with a little help from his star-studded friends.
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Recommended New Release,
Miles Davis - The Lost Quintet 6th November 2019A rare recording of the short-lived 1969 Miles Davis Quintet that featured Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, Wayne Shorter and Dave Holland, taking no prisoners on stage in Rotterdam.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 1st November 2019 1st November 2019The week in jazz, from titans like Keith Jarrett and Bill Frisell to new artists like bassist Kinga Glyk.
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Recording of the Week,
Holland / Hussain / Potter - Good Hope 30th October 2019A nuanced meeting of minds - tabla master Zakir Hussain meets bassist Dave Holland and saxophonist Chris Potter for a joyful collaboration that rewards close listening.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 25 October 2019 25th October 2019New releases this week include albums from The Bad Plus, the Alison Rayner Quintet, Scott Kinsey and a Charles Lloyd Quartet discovery recorded at the first Montreux Jazz Festival.
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Classic Recordings,
Teddy Wilson 24th October 2019Teddy Wilson was the definitive pianist of the swing era, an artist who appeared on many great recordings from the 1930s through to the 1970s. This week Matt focuses on Wilson's ebullient recordings made after the American recording ban was lifted in 1944.
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Recording of the Week,
Jan Garbarek and The Hilliard Ensemble 18th October 2019Released 25 years after Officium, Remember Me, My Dear is the final album recorded by saxophonist Jan Garbarek and The Hilliard Ensemble.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 18th October 2019 18th October 2019A great selection of new releases this week, with a Bernard Herrmann tribute from the Carla Marciano Quartet, a live concert recording from Chick Corea, Christian McBride and Brian Blade, and surfing fun from trio Alaias.