Album Picks
Album Picks: New Movement Ensemble – Never Far From Home [self-released]
London's instrumental band New Movement Ensemble released at the end of the last year their superb debut album Never Far From Home. New Movement Ensemble is a collective of musicians and friends who have spent the last decade creating music…
Album Picks: Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O – Umdali [Mushroom Hour Half Hour]
Johannesburg multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Jiyane (SPAZA: UPRIZE!) releases his long-awaited debut LP UMDALI via Mushroom Hour Half Hour. A generous sideman and bandleader, multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Jiyane stands at the vanguard of his prodigious generation of jazz musicians. Operating from the centre and…
Album Picks: Flyjack – Pan Am [Big Indie Records]
Flyjack latest release Pan Am its latest and most ambitious album to date, featuring 8 instrumental originals and a cover of soul-jazz classic Dig On It, by Jimmy McGriff. The album was recorded while the band was on hiatus during…
Album Picks: Dan Berkson – Dialogues [Freestyle Records]
California-based jazz pianist and composer Dan Berkson release his solo album Dialogues via Freestyle Records. Dan Berkson is a California-based jazz pianist, composer, and electronic music producer originally hailing from Chicago, a long-time resident of London, and Trinity Laban Conservatoire alum.…
Album Picks: Shay Hazan Quintet – Nuff Headlines [Chant Records]
Tel Aviv bassist and composer Shay Hazan release his new album Nuff Headlines with his Shay Hazan Quintet via Chant Records. Bassist and composer Shay Hazan is a mainstay on the vibrant Tel Aviv jazz scene. His versatile bass playing can…
Album Picks: Timo Lassy Trio [We Jazz]
Tenor saxophonist Timo Lassy, one of Finland's leading jazz artists, is back with a new album release Trio on We Jazz Records. The album introduces Lassy's new combo with bassist Ville Herrala and drummer Jaska Lukkarinen – both We Jazz…
Rosie Turton – Expansions and Transformations: Part I & II [self released]
Rosie Turton self-released her new EP, Expansions and Transformations: Part I & II. It follows the release of the trombonist’s debut LP Rosie’s 5ive (Jazz re:freshed) in 2019, which solidified her unique voice as a composer and bandleader within the UK…
Maya Dunietz – Free The Dolphin [Raw Tapes]
Maya Dunietz, a prodigy pianist, an avant-garde sound artist, an award-winning composer, released her debut EP album Free The Dolphin on Raw Tapes. This is a unique kind of jazz. Glimpses of folk lullabies, African scales, and rhythms, moments that…
Tamil Rogeon – Son Of Nyx [Soul Bank Music]
Melbourne-based, jazz violist/violinist and orchestral composer, Tamil Rogeon, returns with the new album Son Of Nyx, released on Soul Bank Music (part of the !K7 Music Group). His first full-length album in three years, Son of Nyx is one of…
Album Picks: Kuja Orchestra – 2020 [Jazzagression]
A Helsinki-based instrumental band Kuja Orchestra, whose music combines rap, jazz, reggae, funk, and soul, as well as flamenco rhythms, released a new EP 2020. We provide a musically relaxed atmosphere without rigid genre limitations. The starting point is a…
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