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Room for Dancing is the somewhat ambiguous title of pianist and composer John Crawford’s latest album. What does it mean? Was it recorded in a room usually reserved for dancing? Does the music leave room for dancing? It’s a puzzle, [...]

Sometimes, album and song titles make it pretty obvious what sort of sounds are going to be heard. Sometimes, things are less obvious. That’s the case with Lucien Johnson’s latest. Neither the album title, Ancient Relics, or track titles such [...]

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There’s something of a resurgence in jazz harp at the moment.. On 7 May, Ben Creighton Griffiths brings his Cardiff-based ‘harp-led, electro-acoustic jazz fusion band’ Chube for its London debut at Pizza Express in Dean Street. On a Zoom call [...]

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BBC Radio 3’s ‘Round Midnight, the new five-nights-a-week show starts on Monday 1 April. Soweto Kinch is the presenter. ‘Round Midnight, BBC Radio 3’s new late-night jazz show, produced by Folded Wing, begins its five-nights-a-week schedule on 1 April, making [...]

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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 [...]

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