10 labels blazing a trail & leading the way: April 2021

Labels are a far better filter in the long term for quality and steady momentum nurtured and cultivated than the far more mercurial game of playlists. We salute all the labels listed below for their independent spirit and character. We're all for …

Published: 22 Apr 2021. Updated: 3 years.

Labels are a far better filter in the long term for quality and steady momentum nurtured and cultivated than the far more mercurial game of playlists. We salute all the labels listed below for their independent spirit and character. We're all for gemeinschaft rather than gesellschaft (Further reading, Yuval Noah Harari's Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, Harvill Secker, 2016)

  1. Gondwana (Manchester) for the prospect of Music for Film and Theatre and more
  2. Cadillac (London) for All Knavery and Collusion and more
  3. Jusqu'à la nuit (Paris) for Circles Live
  4. Lateralize (London) for 'If I Knew' and more
  5. Jazzland (Norway) for Maridalen and more
  1. ACT (Germany) for A New Dawn
  2. Red Hook (Ireland) for Hanamichi
  1. Stoney Lane (Birmingham) for We're Young Pilgrims and more
  2. Ghostlight (New York) for Better Days Ahead
  3. Sunnyside (New York) for Slowly: Song For Keith Jarrett and more

Also see snapshots for March 2021 and February 2021

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Prospect of the Charles Owens trio provides a very considerable lift

Talk about a trio Owensing it: We are dying for more at the prospect of 10 Years after hearing 'Cameron the Wise' a while back and gravitating back to the sound today. Gutsy to the g on that number from tenor saxophonist Charles Owens along with …

Published: 22 Apr 2021. Updated: 3 years.

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Talk about a trio Owensing it: We are dying for more at the prospect of 10 Years after hearing 'Cameron the Wise' a while back and gravitating back to the sound today. Gutsy to the g on that number from tenor saxophonist Charles Owens along with Butcher Brown bass guitarist Andrew Randazzo and providing the formidable opening figure drummer Devonne Harris aka DJ Harrison also from the often compelling BB. All three knit well and there's a strong undercurrent behind Owens' feisty Joe Lo sense of flow and control.

'Caught up in the Rapture' is on the record. Check a live version top, the video keeps it real like you're there warts and all. It's June for 10 Years. Have a considered gander in the meantime at the site of issuing label La Reserve. All track titling at a glance here, via Qobuz. Devonne Harris, top left, Andrew Randazzo and Charles Owens