Jazz

The Newport Jazz Festival had always brought the best out of Nina Simone. On July 2, 1966 the audience was treated to the full range of her artistry - from the opener, a breathtaking version of "You've Got To Learn" to a swinging take on "Mississippi...

The new record by Eric Chenaux is his most immaculate and pristine. Say Laura perfectly incarnates the counter-intuitive interplay of instrument and voice that Chenaux has been revealing and revelling in throughout the past decade: his gently unhinged...

The new album. Further compositional and musical explorations. Elements of a lot of Electronic music, improvisation. Featuring some fine musicians including Louis Cole. The new album Here & Now is a departure from earlier records. A direction that I am...

The new album by drummer producer Teppo 'Teddy Rok' Makynen continues where his trio 3TM was last spotted: 'Atonal Drums', out on Helsinki's We Jazz Records, lives someplace in & around the new spots where acoustic jazz and electronic music spill into...

'The memorable first leader work of Kosuke Mine, who has improved his skills in the Masabumi Kikuchi group and has distinguished himself. It features a sophisticated urban sound throughout. The two songs (A?, B?), both over 10 minutes long, are the...

The long-awaited record reissue of 'Yoruno Tsuduki', the second full-scale jazz album of 'Enka no Joou' Aki Yashiro, which was released in 2017 following 'Songs Around Midnight', has been decided! Yasuharu Konishi is in charge of producing the album,...

The long-awaited analog version of the best standard collection played by two maestros! A dignified and beautiful dialogue with a living legend in the Japanese jazz world The swingy and bluesy Tsuyoshi Yamamoto is supported by Yoshio Suzuki's solid...

'The long-awaited analog version of Tatsuo Sunaga's first full-length album, produced in 2001. A total album consisting of 5 vocal songs featuring EMI Nekozawa, Vince Andrews, etc. And instrumentals. His sense of transforming Brazilian, jazz, and lounge...

The long anticipated debut album by original jazz playaz quartet member TRACISGREY. Repping SIC RECORDS from Mozambique, his style is oh so unique!1. 4Ever 2. Tracisgrey ; MacKjunt. - Night Pleasures 3. Night Eyes 4. Midnight Lust 222 5. Jazz Playa...

The listener experiences the fantastic atmosphere of the concert with the legendary announcements of their pianist John Lewis. These grandiose musical personalities combine classic form awareness with a black blues feeling!1. Django 2. Bag's Groove 3...

The Lilli Lewis Project professes itself a pan-genre, pan-generational cult of radical decency, and their debut album seeks to inspire connection in a divided time. As one listener puts it "Lilli Lewis is one of the best for pure emotional impact and...

The Leonhart Brass Band was conceived during the 2020 Covid-19 quarantine when trumpeter/composer Michael Leonhart was unable to perform with his 18-piece orchestra at NYC's famous Jazz Standard. Instead, Leonhart began composing music for a raw small...