Straight in at the top spot in the new UK jazz and blues chart is Yellow by Emma-Jean Thackray. The Yorkshire-born musician who initially surfaced as a trumpeter is transformed on this album which also makes it into the main pop chart at no. 58 of the top 100. Few new jazz albums ever make the main UK album chart. Need to know and hear? Absolutely. Emma-Jean Thackray, photo above: Movementt/Bandcamp
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Saxophonist Chelsea Carmichael has signed to Shabaka Hutchings' new label Native Rebel Recordings. The label was formed with music industry publisher Matt Smith of Metropolis Songs who have published Shabaka’s music. Musicians will record over three days at London's RAK studios including rehearsals.
Chelsea Carmichael (Seed Ensemble, Theon Cross), heard recently playing baritone saxophone with the Nu Civilisation Orchestra, is the first artist on Native Rebel. Carmichael's 'Myriad' has Carmichael on tenor sax plus Dave Okumu on guitar, Tom Herbert formerly of Polar Bear on bass, Edward Wakili-Hick (aka Eddie Hick) from Sons of Kemet on drums with Shabaka producing and is streaming. Chelsea Carmichael, photo: Adama Jalloh