15 Mar
The Last Farewell by Shapes
Shapes is a collection of six veteran Los Angeles musicians, with musical backgrounds that cover a diversity of musical styles. After eighteen months of playing together, t…
14 Mar
Chronic by Metalwood
Following their first major label release, Canadian fusion group Metalwood returns with a new record that, while retaining some of the strong groove style that marked Th…
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The fusion of world music with jazz is nothing new. Artists such as Herbie Hancock, Anouar Brahem and Dino Saluzzi have been mixing up elements of musical styles from vario…
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It’s only half-way through 2003 and I’ve already got my pick for best jazz vocal release of the year. Ann Dyer’s When I Close My Eyes is, quite simply, an exceptiona…
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Book ended by his two classic small groups of the 50s and 60s, it is no surprise that the period from 1960 to 1962 is considered no more than a minor footnote in a career t…
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