Category: Jazz
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South Africa’s Asher Gamedze leads new ten-piece for single on International Anthem – ‘Find Each Other’ trails album together with The Black Lungs
Cape Town based Asher Gamedze has shared new lead single Find Each Other – a polyrhythmic jazz reflection recorded with new 10-piece ensemble The Black Lungs – and is the first track from forthcoming album Constitution out 30th August on International Anthem. The drummer and composer is a cultural worker in South Africa and devotes…
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Swiss three-piece Ali Dada fuse experimentalist jams and beat-laden collages on new album ‘SUM’ for likeminded DIY label YNFND
These Swiss experimentalists adopt Dadaist themes and a range of influences – from surf rock to ambient jazz – on new album SUM for Baltic label YNFND. The second single is named after Silvia Federici and her feminist and left leaning thinking provides the context and concept around the latest fuzzy head-nodder Federici. While awaiting the…
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Danish jazz heaven via Luaka Bop – Bremer/McCoy announce ‘Kosmos’ album, as single ‘Alting Løser Sig’ leaves listeners eager for more
The Danish duo of bassist Jonathan Bremer and pianist Morten McCoy have announced their sixth album Kosmos and a beautiful taster sustains fans for now. The LP is out on September 6th via Luaka Bop, leading fans in another new direction, as this diverse and taste defining label writes another new musical chapter. Lead single…
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Stunning debut album by Finn Rees – ‘Dawn Is A Melody’ for Mr Bongo is among the very best of jazz albums this year – and is more world class music from Oz
Listen to the wonder of this album – Dawn Is A Melody by Finn Rees – a contender for best (jazz album) of the year, and one that means artists are delivering once again during a year (so far!) of supreme jazz music. There’s been a particular movement of supreme sounds from Antipodean parts, with…
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Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly’s MESTIZX for International Anthem & Nonesuch – avant-jazz and punk-ethos channel ancestral roots
A deep and experimental jazz album is the musical creation of multi-medium performer Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti and Chicago expat jazz drummer Frank Rosaly. The wife and husband team – Bolivian-born singer Ferragutti and Rosaly of Peurto Rican heritage, are co-composers, arrangers and musicians, on the MESTIZX LP for International Anthem & Nonesuch – channel their…
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LISTEN: new World Treasures Music mix for Alto Radio – feat. modern soul, African tearjerkers, French disco, Holy Tongue, Balearic dub and more
Tracklist Flowers – For Real Madelaine – Don’t It Drive You Crazy Jeff Scott – Mystery Of You Joe Harriott & Amancio D’Silva Quartet – Jaipur Radam Schwartz – Midde Eastern Fantasy Le Mystère Jazz De Tombouctou – Leli Franco Lee Ezute – Olise Nekwu Ode Omore Osarenren & Ewaen Osetin Stars – Iyereghe Ayo…
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DON’T MISS: One of the jazz highlights of the year is an album by WEB WEB and the supergroup is produced again by Max Herre for Compost Records
One of the contenders for jazz album of the year comes from German supergroup WEB WEB – who continue their collaboration with songwriter and producer Max Herre on their fifth album, WEB MAX II – and it is out now on Compost Records. They first joined forces with Herre in 2021 and released the WEB…
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LISTEN: Latest Narr radio mix is an anti-war selection – feat. Charlie Megira, peace craving gospel, Fela Kuti, Pharoah Sanders and Public Image Ltd.
Tracklist Bob Marley – So Much Trouble In The World (Bill Laswell Remix) Charlie Megira – The Valley Of Tears Lord Of The Isles & Ellen Renton – Don’t You Ache Fela Kuti – Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake AM Momo Joseph – War For Ground Larry T – Where Does The Answer Lie Public Image…
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Be With Records continue their library music odyssey of the French Tele Music label – eight more albums reissued in September, which fetch fortunes
One of the UK’s foremost reissue labels – Be With Records – continues its love affair with the cult Parisian library music label Tele Music. There will be eight albums reissued throughout September that cost collectors hundreds in their original format. Pierre Dutour’s 1979 album Top Fiction kicks off the September bonanza. Also in September will be…
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DON’T MISS: stunning jazz album from Lucia Cadotsch and her new band AKI – featuring special guest Kurt Rosenwinkel – is on Heartcore Records
Don’t miss this, it was out in May, so was nearly missed here. AKI are a sublime jazz collective featuring the blissful vocals of Lucia Cadotsch and a range of styles across this superme set. There are hints of Pat Metheny, alongside more complex grooves with free jazz interludes, throughout a varied and captivating LP. …
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