jazz
Premiere: Simeon Davis Group – Eden
“Eden” from the Simeon Davis Group’s upcoming album, ‘Of Narratives & Nocturnes’. In addition to the music itself, we’re excited to provide exclusive access to the music video premier, should you so desire! Davis comments “‘Eden’, like all the compositions on this album, is completely through-composed, combining jazz, soul, and subtle elements of my heritage …
Album Review: Ilmiliekki Quartet – Ilmiliekki Quartet : Essential atmospheric jazz
Trying to unravel the interconnections and collaborations in jazz is often like code-breaking. Players are likely to be in several groups at a time, they form their own units, perform solo, take a guest spot, record a one-off with new people to keep up that spirit of adventure. The four members of Helsinki’s Ilmiliekki Quartet, …
Premiere: Genre-defying Melbourne instrumental trio The CB3 release the tempting morsel ‘Teacups & Candy ft XANI’ and announce new EP ‘Bunny Hop’.
While described as R&B/Funk/Hip Hop, the sound of Melbourne trio The CB3 is eclectic and difficult to pin down, but their new single ‘Teacups & Candy’ is a pure ray of sunshine. The challenge for instrumental groups as always is being able to convey thoughts and feelings without words, and in ‘Teacups & Candy’, The …
Album review: Black Flower – ‘Magma’: a perfumed souk of North African psych jazz from the Lowlands quintet
THE WORLD of Belgian Eastern jazz outfit Black Flower is a well-woven and beautiful one; the quintet this week unveil their sixth full-length album for Ghent’s rather groove-obsessed Sdban Ultra imprint, with whom they’ve released two of their past three albums this past five years. Through this arch, if you will, to enter their aural …
Album review: Claude Cooper – ‘Myriad Sounds’: taut, essential Bristol jazz breaks and cinematic LSD groove
CLAUDE COOPER: a jazz breaks legend in his own lifetime, should he even exist; for who CC is remains a complete mystery. Certainly to me. Certainly to you. One physical single, early last year, “Tangerine Dreams” / “Two Mile Hill”, the initial orange vinyl pressing of which is, lemme tells ya, already ker-ching and anyhow …
Track: Chiminyo shares new live session video for ‘Reachin’
Today, London-based drummer and composer Chiminyo has shared a stunning new live session video for his track “Reachin’”. The track is taken from his critically acclaimed debut album “I AM PANDA”, which came out in 2020 via London analogue specialists Gearbox Records. The live session for “Reachin’” is the culminative brainchild of the same three creative …
Track: Chelsea Carmichael – All We Know
Off the back of releasing her stunning debut album, ‘The River Doesn’t Like Strangers’ last year on Shabaka Hutchings’ new label Native Rebel Recordings (read our review here), Saxophonist Chelsea Carmichael today drops new track ‘All We Know’ as part of her new EP of the same name out March 4th. Featuring the same great set of musicians that Carmichael …
News: Detroit’s Strata Records + BBE Music announce rework LP from Jazzanova with special remixes: Hear first single ‘Creative Musicians’
Jazzanova offers up first single Creative Musicians from the project’s forthcoming LP Strata Records – The Sound Of Detroit – Reimagined By Jazzanova due out 22 April via 180 Proof/BBE Music. Since their very first release in 1974, Detroit-based record label Strata Records has gained almost mythical status amongst true music fans, despite its relatively …
Playlist: New Years Ode playlist
Yeah, it’s 2022, happy new year and all of that, but we’re still taking a little look back at last year with our end of years / retrospectives, and the like. You should definitely, as a point of reference, go back and check out our 100 albums of 2021 you shouldn’t miss, its here. For …
See: Oan Kim – ‘Mambo’: the Parisian composer splices an indie-jazz noir that lets the sax tell the story
FORMERLY a member of the romantic, cinematic Parisian quartet Film Noir and also of the lower-slung David Lynch rock ‘n’ roll outfit Chinese Army, Paris-based saxophonist and composer Oan Kim has struck out to carve his own path, drawing on the aesthetics of those previous outfits – a noirish romance, a late-night evocation and thrill …