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March 22, 2024

Jan Garbarek Quartet: 'Afric Pepperbird' / Keith Jarrett & Jan Garbarek: 'Luminessence' / John Taylor, Norma Winstone, Kenny Wheeler: 'Azimuth'

ECM’s landmark series of audiophile vinyl releases from their huge back catalogue continues with three new discs, each of which combines historical importance with superb music. They are all, in their different ways, under appreciated or underexposed recordings deserving of [...]

World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens. 15 March 2024

The jacket which sax player Nathaniel Facey wore at last week’s album launch for Empirical’s new album Wonder is the Beginning at a packed World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens was a metaphor for the music that followed: colourful, vivid, creative, and dry clean [...]

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Release, 22 March / Launch at 606 Club, 10 July

It’s been almost six years between composer, arranger and pianist Simon Lasky’s second album and his new release, For the Dreamers, which is out today on Ubuntu Music… The six years between these albums have been busy for the London-raised [...]

This dynamic album introduces vocalist Emily Masser as a new star of British jazz. Her performances are spot-on, the band is tight, the mood is swinging and all is set for a bright future for us all. Clark Tracey has [...]

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