Tag: 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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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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Mieke Miami produces third album ‘Birdland’ from Brandenberg – she’s touring the jazz music at home in Germany first with new single ‘The Light’
Mieke Miami was a student of the jazz saxophone in Berlin and started her song-writing journey in 2014. Those talents have continued to evolve over the last decade. Her new single The Light is guided by producer Benjamin Spitzmüller and he has brought his influence from playing in Afrobeat and highlife bands – the track…
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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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Jaw dropping folk-jazz of Celtic heritage – sublime vocals remind of Joni Mitchell or Linda Perhacs – file Awen Ensemble’s great debut next to Pentangle
Having not left the stereo since it arrived, the lead single by seven-piece folk-jazz collective Awen Ensemble has been scorching the ears and igniting the soul at World Treasures HQ. The collective shared their first lead single Ionawr ahead of debut album, Cadair Idris, on New Soil and it has folk-jazz fans frothing in anticipation.…
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Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer join together on album ‘The Closest Thing to Silence’ and it is ambient bliss on International Anthem
Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer have produced another catalogue highlight for International Anthem Recordings – joining the label’s ambient and jazz dots, through this fourth world music gem. The album – The Closest Thing to Silence – expands a collaboration originally undertaken by the three artists for the BBC Radio 3 program…
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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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jaimie branch’s incredible third album for International Anthem – it marks a year-and-a-day since the tragic passing of this modern jazz legend
Today, International Anthem releases jaimie branch’s third and final album with Fly or Die entitled Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)), alongside focus track Bolinko Bass. The record is the late trumpeter and composer’s third and final album with her quartet. The record arrives just days after the one year…
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Balimaya Project’s new LP ‘When The Dust Settles’ is out today – dealing with death, fatherhood, migration and survival – via New Soil and Jazz re:freshed
Powerhouse mandé jazz ensemble Balimaya Project release their second album When The Dust Settles today – via New Soil in partnership with Jazz re:freshed – establishing further their forward-thinking musicianship. When The Dust Settles fuses West African rhythmic tradition with some of London’s best jazz players – led by composer/arranger and UK-based Djembe player Yahael Camara…
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