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ETERNAL TRIANGLE “Gravity” and “Moving On”

The Eternal Triangle Gravity Jazz Now, Jazz in Britain jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com Hertfordshire, 2023 Moving On (Live in Nijmegen) Sound of Niche soundofniche.bandcamp.com Nijmegen, November 26, 2023 Personnel: ...

Kenny Wheeler “With and Without Words”

ARTISTS Kenny Wheeler reimagined by Norma Winstone, Jason Keiser and Kenny Wheeler Legacy ALBUM TITLES "Wheeler with Words" "Kind of Kenny" "Some Days Are Better" LABELS Amm Records OA2 Records Greenleaf Records ______________________________________________________________ Ten years...

AWEN TRIO “Awen”

ARTIST Awen Trio ALBUM TITLE "Awen" LABEL Piuro Cultura Association ______________________________________________________________ Pasolini once said that poetry is like a rose – a carnal reference to the creative figure of the mother,...

RICHARD BARATTA “Looking Back”

ARTIST Richard Baratta ALBUM TITLE "Looking Back" LABEL Savant ______________________________________________________________ Some coincidences make you stop and think: Richard Baratta’s new album is titled Looking Back – the same as Scott Hamilton’s...
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SATOKO FUJII GEN “Altitude 1100 Meters”

ARTIST Satoko Fujii ALBUM TITLE "Altitude 1100 Meters" LABEL Libra ______________________________________________________________ An unusual and ambitious release from the prolific Satoko Fujii – in fact, a unique one. For the first time,...

MATTEO BORTONE NO LAND’S “A Tree in the Mist”

ARTIST Matteo Bortone No Land's ALBUM TITLE "A Tree in the Mist" LABEL Onze Heures Onze ______________________________________________________________ Five years after the release of the first No Land project, Apulian bassist Matteo...

JON IRABAGON “Server Farm”

ARTIST Jon Irabagon ALBUM TITLE "Server Farm" LABEL Irabbagast Records ______________________________________________________________ With Server Farm, Jon Irabagon delivers a sprawling, densely layered meditation on artificial intelligence—its promises, its threats, its uncanny imitations...

JOHN TAYLOR “Close to Mars”

ARTIST John Taylor ALBUM TITLE "Close to Mars" LABEL CamJazz ______________________________________________________________ This previously unreleased 2006 recording, likely from the same sessions as Giulia’s Thursdays, offers another chapter in John Taylor’s luminous...
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HACKOUT! “Cortado”

ARTIST Hackout! ALBUM TITLE "Cortado" LABEL Caligola ______________________________________________________________ Difficult to categorize—and all the better for it—Cortado is a bold statement of intent from the HackOut! trio. There are elements of jazz-rock,...

BRÖTZMANN/BYSTROV/PETT “Ranging”

ARTIST Brötzmann/Bystrov/Pett ALBUM TITLE "Ranging" LABEL Jazzwerkstatt ______________________________________________________________ This 2017 performance captures Peter Brötzmann in dialogue with two equally committed free improvisers—Russian multi-reedist Vlady Bystrov and Estonian pianist Anto Pett—at the...

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