Released to mark the 60th birthday of pianist and composer Nikki Iles - check out lead-off track the barnstorming 'Misfits' above from Face to Face - Iles collaborates with the NDR Big Band on an album of her own music to be issued by the Edition label in November. Recorded in Hamburg in 2021 UK personnel in the mix includes flautist Gareth Lockrane, trumpeter Percy Pursglove, guitarist Mike Walker and drummer Ian Thomas.
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There's an intriguing new direction on tenor saxophonist and composer JD Allen's new album of originals This to be issued in the autumn with 'Boom-Bap' our new track of the week, a piece that certainly provides a firm idea of where he's at. No stranger to the UK scene in recent years US saxist Allen has UK players drummer Gwilym Jones and electronics boffin Alex Bonney on the album which was recorded in south London earlier this year. Allen's long time label Savant are putting the album out in November.