Fresh Sounds: Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange – Prayer For Peace
Melbourne/Berlin dance jazz project Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange released a single Prayer For Peace, from the band's forthcoming same-titled new album. After a steady rise to international recognition through 2 LPS and several EP’s already since 2018, Zeitgeist Freedom Energy…
Song of the Day: Portico Quartet – Warm Data
London's instrumental band Portico Quartet released a new album Monument via Gondwana Records, alongside the release of the new single Warm Data. Portico Quartet has defied categorization over the course of six studio albums. Their new electronic-driven album Monument shows the…
Tomorrow’s Warriors unveils A GREAT DAY IN LONDON
Pioneering and award-winning talent development organization and charity Tomorrow’s Warriors has today announced ‘A Great Day In London – Celebrating 30 Years – A Jazz Happening’ on Saturday 4th December at Queen Elizabeth Hall at The Southbank Centre. The unique event will help raise funds to…
Fresh sounds: L’Eclair – Concorde
Geneva-based, cosmic instrumental six-piece, L’Éclair has released a single Concorde, from the band's new album Confusions. A band as kinetic as L’Eclair cannot stay idle. So when the pandemic hit, they stayed true to form and began recording a new…
Song of the Day: Dan Berkson – Unity
California-based jazz pianist and composer Dan Berkson has released a wonderful song Unity on his solo album Dialogues released via Freestyle Records. Dan Berkson is a California-based jazz pianist, composer, and electronic music producer originally hailing from Chicago, a long-time…
The Love Supreme Jazz Festival reveals the line up for 2022 edition
The Love Supreme Jazz Festival has added a host of star acts to the line-up for next summer’s event, which returns to Glynde Place in East Sussex from July 1st – 3rd 2022. The leading lights of international jazz will also…
Fresh sounds: Jelly Cleaver – Forever Presence: Pt. 1
South London guitarist, activist, producer, and singer-songwriter Jelly Cleaver has released her debut EP with her group The Forever Presence (which features members of Levitation Orchestra and Steam Down). The EP Forever Presence is released by taste-maker independent label Gearbox…
Song of the Day: Alison Shearer – Celestial
New York-based saxophonist and composer Alison Shearer has announced her debut LP, View From Above, alongside the release of the lead single Celestial. Alison Shearer’s debut album makes a statement. A statement about loss, and struggle, and the restorative power of music. Written…
Song of the Day: Shay Hazan – Desert Snake
Tel Aviv bassist and composer Shay Hazan released his new single Desert Snake from the 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.…
Fresh sounds: Ebi Soda – Yoshi Orange
Brighton-based jazz project Ebi Soda unveils a new single Yoshi Orange, the debut of new material from the band on their new home at Tru Thoughts. Frenetic precision horns lock with breakbeat drums, as the song evolves from a scatterbrain…
Song of the Day: Chip Wickham – Sais (Egypt)
Saxophonist and flautist Chip Wickham shared a new single Sais (Egypt), cover of James Mtume’s classic. Full-length album out in 2022 via Gondwana Records. Chip Wickham has signed to the Gondwana Records label and we’ll be releasing his debut album on the…
Fresh sounds: James Beckwith – Dreamliner
South London's synth man James Beckwith drops Dreamliner, the new single off his second album SE10. Electro-jazz at its finest with the who's who of London jazz including a killing trumpet solo by James Copus and Beckwith's trademark keys-heavy production.…
The Wicked Sound Playlist #36 (2021) New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound Playlist #36 (2021) new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from Elusive, Scrimshire, Miryam Solomon, FKAjazz, Makaya McCraven, Myele Manzanza, Matt Dal Din, Ashton Sellars, Aron…
Song of the Day: Gregory Porter – Love Runs Deeper
The amazing duo of singers Gregory Porter & Cherise joins forces on a new festive single Love Runs Deeper, from The Walt Disney new ad campaign. Celebrating a decade of success, the seven-time Grammy-nominated and two-time Grammy winner Gregory Porter, announces…
The Wicked Sound Playlist #35 (2021) New Music Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Beats
The Wicked Sound Playlist #35 (2021) new playlist with new music across Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Electronic music and Hip Hop Beats. New music from Chip Wickham, Alison Shearer, Kevin Bernstein, Marty Kenney, Horace Phillips, Jelly Cleaver, Dan Berkson, Shay…
Fresh sounds: Liyah Knight – Moon Baby
Eora/Sydney-based artist and songwriter, Liyah Knight unveils a new single Moon Baby, from her awaited sophomore EP Traveller's Guide (out now via The Orchard). The slow and steady swagger of an enunciated beat provides a backdrop to Liyah’s powerful heart-on-sleeve croons. …
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…
Song of the Day: Nicholas Payton – Hangin’ and a Jivin’
Trumper maestro and Black American Music's advocate Nicholas Payton shared a new song Hangin' and a Jivin', from his latest album Smoke Sessions, recorded with Ron Carter, Karriem Riggins and George Coleman. For a young Nicholas Payton, Miles Davis’ 1966 album ‘Four’ &…
Re Imagined: Rosie Frater-Taylor – Better Days (Kaidi Tatham Remix)
22-year-old UK singer, songwriter & guitarist Rosie Frater-Taylor is delighted to announce that her hit single Better Days is getting the Kaidi Tatham treatment. With a clear sense of purpose, Rosie Frater-Taylor blurs the lines between jazz, folk, pop &…
Song of the Day: Matthew Halsall – Salute to the Sun – Live at Hallé St Peter’s
Mancunian trumpeter & composer Matthew Halsall released a composition Salute to the Sun in a new live version from his forthcoming album Live at Hallé St Peter's. Released in November 2020, Matthew’s Halsall’s Salute to the Sun was the trumpeter’s…