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Out of the aura inspirational mix
Under half an hour of remarkable listening. The elegant Minihi invites everyone in. Switch to …
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10 Voice of Ma. 9 Songs for Petra. 8 Maestro, please! 7 Black Art Jazz Collective. 6 Aura legend …
Voice of jazz needs to be heard loud and clear in this perilous time of crisis
Where is the voice of jazz if there even is one in this Pandemic and what could it possibly say? …
Korg roundtable a must: Herbie Hancock, Greg Phillinganes, James Poyser, Terrace Martin and Glasper
Keyboards heads, jazz heads all, and so much more: one to set your zen woodshed-Fitbit device …
Adam's Apple and Tones for Joan's Bones drum legend Joe Chambers will have Samba de Maracatu out returning to Blue Note
Samba de Maracatu is new next month on Blue Note by Joe Chambers, the label has announced. The …
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10 Avec le temps: the Ferré wheel turns. 9 Diatom Ribbons: welcome anarchy. 8 I hear you paint …
Deep Dark Eyes aesthetic appeal and Stańko Bro-how is a vision to behold
So ridiculously gorgeous this tribute to Stańko (1942-2018). One word, One vision. One artistic …
All of Me
Andra Day's cover of 'All of Me,' the Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons classic deeply associated …
Art of the improvisers weekend streaming highlight: Mopomoso
“find someone at last someone find you at last live together glued together love each other a …
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10 Albert Ayler pianist and schooldays pal Bobby Few, farewell 9 The Comet is Coming 8 Record …
Big cheese jazz critics who do the old Bradshaw badinage – and all the rest
Reading a superbly honed review written by Peter Bradshaw of The Mauritanian got the corpuscles …
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10 Record levels of fatigue 9 Too shy? Not at all as Maestro adds trumpet to his sound 8 Raves in …
Cellist David Darling has died
Cellist David Darling, whose work encompassed both jazz and new age has died. He was 79. ECM in …
At the cross road: client journalism and reviewing – anyway close enough for jazz?
Does an album that does not avail of the services of a publicist actually exist? Are reviewers …
Come Sunday Moses Boyd on Nefertiti
This week on Classic Album Sundays drummer Moses Boyd, top, looks at Miles Davis album Nefertiti – …
Sea of love in Sugar Hill: Allan Harris
With the secret sauce of the Kamau Kenyatta sound making all the difference the world may be as …
Howard Johnson has died
Multi-instrumentalist, tuba player and baritone saxophonist, Howard Johnson has died at the age of …
Intimacy: missing in action
''And all its aching joys are now no more,/And all its dizzy raptures'' (William Wordsworth, 'Lines …
Palle Mikkelborg and Bjarne Roupé, Pieces: Generations at Sunrise
Aura, the 1989 Miles Davis album produced, composed and arranged by Danish trumpeter Palle …
Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Rise Up
Brilliant cellist-singer Ayanna Witter-Johnson excels herself on this latest EP just released, …
Wynton Marsalis weighs in on Black Lives Matters
''Change requires imagination, courage and dogged dedication. The momentum of folly always pushes …
Miguel Zenón and Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero
An incredible piece of work: bolero classics delivered in an alto saxophone and piano setting from …
Minihi, Recaptures
There are some albums that have an elusive appeal. They evade genre and roam restlessly just out …
Bobby Few has died
French media are reporting the death at the age of 85 of pianist Bobby Few. From Cleveland, …
Lauren Kinsella: tonight at eight
Lauren Kinsella streams this evening as part of Dublin promoter IMC's ongoing online series Piece …
Francisco Mela fires us up with call-to-listen appeal of 'Calipso'
Run that lockdown voodoo down with this gem, the lead-off track from Francisco Mela's MPT Trio …
Jane Ira Bloom and Mark Helias, Some Kind of Tomorrow
Recorded remotely over wi-fi, the sound quality incidentally is fine although the bass could be a …
Emilie Conway: Mondrian talk
The National Gallery of Ireland is celebrating Dutch artist Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) and as part …