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Japanese trumpeter Takuya Kuroda, perhaps best know for his 2014 Blue Note album ‘Rising Son’ (produced by José James no less) recently signed to First World Records, and has announced his new LP ‘Fly Moon Die Soon’ is out on September 14th. From it, he’s shared a new single ‘Change’. Breezy jazz chords and this …

WITH all the jazz noise coming out of South London these days it is easy to forget that the pulse continues to beat elsewhere. Mammal Hands have been steadily developing their individual pursuit of contemporary fusion music on Matthew Halsall’s esteemed Gondwana Records since their 2014 debut, Animalia. Now comes news of their fourth album …

Jon Hassell, trumpet player, sonic explorer and elder statesman of the ambient fusion scene has offered up another preview from his upcoming album ‘Seeing Through Sound/Pentimento Volume Two’. Unlike the previously released teaser the protracted and tensely metronomic ‘Fearless’, the new track ‘Unknown Wish’ offers up numerous possibilities in a succinct three -minute excursion. Moving …

Described as an ‘R&B and astral-funk polymath’, the singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Georgia Anne Muldrow is an artist in perpetual creative motion. She has co-founded her own label Someothaship Connect Records, been produced by Madlib and received a Grammy nomination for her 2018 futurist soul, Flying Lotus endorsed album ‘Overload’. Now Muldrow returns for …

‘Sage Secrets‘ is the latest EP from PYJÆN, a quintet that seamlessly melds funk, afro-beat and contemporary sounds with nods to hip-hop and disco, whilst acknowledging the heady days of 1920’s era jazz. The EP takes the listener on a tour of the group’s broad influences. It’s rock-solid rhythm section, triumphant brass fanfares and truly …

Famously covered by John Coltrane, the Rogers and Hammerstein classic passed over from show tune to standard a long time ago. Brooklyn based Grammy nominated drummer and composer Dan Pugach Has arranged the tune for his Nonet, and they’ve just released the resulting accompanying video. Difficult to arrange given its a tune that everyone knows …

Jade Emperor has returned with her second single ‘Greener’. Inspired by Etta James, Nina Simone and Ella Fitzgerald, the song focuses on the brighter side of life, imploring the listener to pour water on their own side of life and watch it grow, rather than always thinking it’s greener on the other side. Musically, Greener …

An unusual partnership it may be, that of renowned composer and tape loop pioneers William Basinski, and young up and coming studio assistant Preston Wendel, but nevertheless, the pair got together under the moniker Sparkle Division and Basinski hauled out his Saxophone as the pair made an album – To Feel Embraced, which mixes up …

Legendary Jazz guitarist Bill Frisell has put together a new trio featuring bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Rudy Royston for a new album Valentine, released on August 14th via Blue Note Records. From it, they’ve released their version of the Civil Rights anthem ‘We shall overcome’. “I’ve been playing the song for years, and I’m …

Released this month in aid of the Black Minds Matter Charity is a new collaboration between Warriors of the Dystotheque and Howie B, made remotely under lockdown, and put together remotely. It’s exclusively on Bandcamp for free or a charity donation. Warriors of the Dystotheque are composed of DJ, Producer, Engineers and Musicians: Jonny Mac …