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What makes a good live jazz album?
There isn’t a definition. But I can show you one eminently eligible candidate.
Title track of Momentism streams ahead of Jamie Safir Ronnie’s date
The pianist reunites with Iain Ballamy on a new studio quartet album of Safir originals
Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves honour John Coltrane’s centennial
It will be 100 years on 23 September since the world changing man from Hamlet, North Carolina was born
Marius Neset, Time To Live, ACT ****
Impeccable, imaginative big band writing from the greatest Norwegian saxophonist since Jan Garbarek - pride of the great city of Bergen, Marius Neset.
Sara Colman and Rebecca Nash, Ribbons Vol. 1, Stoney Lane ****
A brooding, serious work stocked with more than a few great moments.
Oh People, Part-Time Elegance, April ***
A certain acoustic alchemy from pre bebop loving Danish quintet old souls Oh People is an active ingredient.
Sue Rynhart and Katharine Timoney featured in the playlist
Dubliner Sue Rynhart's album ''Say Pluto'' represents a powerful Gothic influenced new direction in the avant singer's approach. And another Irish singer Belfast...
Marius Neset, Leif Ove Andsnes, Who We Are, Simax Classics ****
Most of the album consists of two suites: the 4-part ''Who We Are'' suite commissioned by the pianist co-leader for the Rosendal Chamber...
JD Allen, The Dark, the Light, the Grey and the Colorful, Savant ***1/2
Capable of great things JD Allen is a unique player who travels that bit more deeply than most.
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