As the year comes to a close, Jazz keeps on going. In November, alto saxophonist and composure Alison Shearer release her first single (“Celestial”) from her 2022 debut album, View…
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In a year of crisis—medical, spiritual, financial, and racial—music is more important than ever. For our minds and souls. Y’all Don’t (Really) Care About Black Women follows in the footsteps…
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Multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Jiyane’s frontman debut comes as the exceptional album, Umdali (Mushroom Hour Half Hour, 2021). Very much a part of the South African jazz scene, Jiyane is accompanied by…
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Already making waves in the music world, New York-based Japanese conductor Miho Hazama gives us an album of her own compositions played by the Danish Radio Big Band. At once…
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Songs From Other Places by Stacey Kent (2021) One thing leads to another and suddenly you find yourself travelling to England to study at the school your favorite author went…
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Somewhere somebody said something about the bass being important. Like it keeps the rhythm, right? But in Marc Johnson’s new ECM release, Overpass, that’s all there is. Bass. Though I’ve…