Latest News: Jazz, New Release Round-up
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 28th February 2020 28th February 2020Anybody for some Georgian folk music crossed with microtonal jazz? What's that? I read your mind... then join us for the latest jazz new release round-up.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 14th February 2020 14th February 2020New albums from pianist Aaron Diehl, drummer Trilok Gurtu, guitar legend Pat Metheny, fusion from Eric Vloeimans and a compilation of Maynard Ferguson live in the mid-seventies.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 31st January 2020 31st January 2020This week Matt enjoys two new recording from Losen Records, the debut album from a young German pianist who's clearly going to go places, a generous slice of aged trad-jazz, and a harp-bop rarity (no, that wasn't a typo).
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 4th October 2019 4th October 2019A couple of this week's releases draw inspiration from classical models, and do it convincingly! There's also further proof of talent coming out of London at the moment, and Matt manages to slip some Japanese noise under the radar because it's on a jazz label. Happy days.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 27th September 2019 27th September 2019Abdullah Ibrahim leads a strong brace of new releases this week, with excellent offerings from ECM, Edition, Conchord Records and Enja.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 20th September 2019 20th September 2019Some edifying releases out this week, from blissed-out jazz- pop, Bach-goes-jazz, Garner gets mangled and a Bill Evans documentary.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 13th September 2019 13th September 2019This week's releases include new albums from Matt Olson, Frode Haltli, and Charlie Apicelli plus a selection of vinyl re-issues on Blue Note.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 6th September 2019 6th September 2019Two excellent releases from Norwegian label Odin are floating Matt's boat this week.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 30th August 2019 30th August 2019A brace of Impulse! vinyl reissues have caught Matt's eye this week.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 16th August 2019 16th August 2019A couple of standout vocal releases from Jazzmeia Horn and Bryony Jarman-Pinto are the highlights this week. Matt also revisits some not-strictly-jazz but still improvised releases that remind him of his youth.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 9th August 2019 9th August 2019Stopping off in NY for some Latin jazz and R&B, we then head towards Scandinavia for Norwegian double bass and Swedish folk mixed with jazz.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 2nd August 2019 2nd August 2019It's Friday again, so lets take a stroll around the latest jazz new releases. From Evan Parker Avenue (easy to get lost here) head south down Steve Herring Cul-de-Sac, find the footpath sign-posted towards the Monkey House, then take a left with Jon Batiste when you get to the Village Vanguard, and if you're lucky get a lift home in Andy Fusco's Punto.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 26th July 2019 26th July 2019All jazz life is here... from the bawdy Pearl Bailey, through lost Tubby Hayes, guitar noodlings, George Haslam in a church, and wasp-deterrent improv.
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New Release Round-up,
Jazz New Release Round-Up - 19th July 2019 19th July 2019A quiet week for new releases affords Matt the chance to check out some of the latest vinyl reissues, including flautist Bobbi Humphey's Black and Blues and Roy Haynes's Out of the Afternoon