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Patrick Zimmerli, Songs of Innocence, Emergence Music Productions ***1/2
“What I like in the William Blake ‘Songs of Innocence’,'' says saxophonist-composer Patrick Zimmerli, ''is a kind of willful naiveté, yet coming from a...
A generous slice of Michael Arbenz and Andy Sheppard in duo tantalises
Recorded in a Basel jazz club.
One to watch – Kaidi Akinnibi features in a 1000 Londoners film
A new short film in the 1000 Londoners series features sax player Kaidi Akinnibi.
Track of the Week: Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quintet, Presence (Whirlwind)
Stimulating Indojazz fusion from guitarist Rez Abbasi and his quintet measured out by the 12/8 groove found within 'Presence'
Top 5 UK jazz albums so far in 2025
1/El Roi, 2/Rowing Up River To Get Our Names Back, 3/On a Modern Genius Vol 1, 4/Alleviate, 5/A Year in the Life.
Track of the Week: Watch a Gabriel Grossi video entitled ‘Motion’ featuring Jacob Collier and Seamus Blake
Flavoured by a sunny Stevie Wonder-esque feel in the harmonica style 'Motion' from Plural is out in May. The piece is led...
Gilad Hekselman, Downhill from Here, La Reserve Records ****
Forget notions of April as the cruellest month. Coolest, more like.
Track of the Week: Tortoise, ‘Oganesson,’ International Anthem/Nonesuch **** recommended
Mellow, mighty groover of a return from Tortoise, with a sting in the tail - a band who erase all notions of...
Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith land in this week’s track of the week spot with their elegiac Procession from Defiant Life
Poise and rhapsodic abstraction are part of the spell.
Criss Cross to release a Bill Stewart trio live album recorded at the Village Vanguard
Dutch label Criss Cross Jazz to release a key spring post-bop trio release led by iconic post-bop drummer Bill Stewart
Chang Jing and Nils Petter Molvær, ‘Echoes’ ****
An all the time in the world track of the week
The inexorable rise and rise of jazz funkateer Stefan Redtenbacher
In Session with Rumer is the latest highwater mark from remarkable bandleader the Jaco and Joni influenced bass guitarist Stefan Redtenbacher
Track of the Week: Anouar Brahem’s ‘After the Last Sky,’ ECM
On the After the Last Sky title track new from Anouar Brahem, cellist Anja Lechner explores some pitch black, tonal dimensions wrapped...
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