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Album Review: Emma Rawicz & Gwilym Simcock – ‘Big Visit’: A sax/piano jazz connection that sets new standards.

April 2, 2025
John Parry

The similarities in the musical pathways between saxophonist Emma Rawicz and pianist Gwilym Simcock are a bit uncanny. Both studied at Chethams School Of Music and The Royal Academy, both…

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Album Review: Emily Kuhn – Ghosts Of Us : Bouyant, melodic, refreshing jazz from the Chicago trumpeter.

July 6, 2023
John Parry

Emily Kuhn’s new album ‘Ghosts of Us’, out now via the consistently impressive BACE Records, may have been written during the cloying pall of pandemic times but it represents an…

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Album: Maria Chiara Argirò And Jamie Leeming – Flow

March 4, 2021
Craig Young

Pianist Maria Chiara Argirò and guitarist Jamie Leeming debut album ‘Flow’, combines elements of modern jazz, electronica and contemporary folk music to create an expansive and cinematic sound, they explore…

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