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Jazzwise

NEWS

Hiromi, McBride and Elling/Yellowjackets booked for EFG LJF 2025 programme

Ralph Moore hits the road in April for a UK Homecoming Tour

Editor’s Note

Nominees announced for this year’s Jazz FM Awards

HOT BOX – METEORIC NEW RELEASES IMPACTING ON THE JAZZWISE INBOX…

BACK IN THE DAY… • Swinging in the sticks…

FUTURE MOVERS • HIGHLIGHTING SERIOUS TALENT BUBBLING UNDER THE RADAR….

POPPY DANIELS TAKES 5 • The trumpeter selects her five favourite albums

Mancio marks 25th anniversary with new album and UK tour dates

85 YEARS AGO – SIDNEY BECHET

Petition launched for London Blue Note jazz club late license

Lakecia Benjamin and Laurance & League line up for Tallinn’s Jazzkaar Festival

Roy Ayers: 10/09/1940 - 04/03/2025

Charting the Jazz Message/April 2025

Baltica UK & Europe JAZZ Festival Guide 2025

Embracing battles with the Unknown • Led by gifted trumpeter Jonathan Enser, Matters Unknown match serious chops with tender grooves. Yet, as Gail Tasker discovers their sound is also shaped by Enser’s disability and life-long battle with chronic pain

TWO IN PERFECT HARMONY • Pianist Gwilym Simcock and saxophonist Emma Rawicz have teamed up together and seem to have found the ideal musical relationship straight out of the blocks with their debut duo album, Big Visit. Peter Quinn learns more about the power of partnership

LOW END STATE OF MIND • John Patitucci is widely recognised as one the great bass ‘doublers’, as adept on acoustic upright as he is on six-string electric. Back with Spirit Fall, his first solo album in six years, with power players Chris Potter and Brian Blade, Michael Jackson caught up with the busy bass maestro to find out more

Phantom in Paradise •  Sasha Berliner is at the leading edge of a new wave of vibraphone virtuosos, matching forceful attack with a sophisticated sound as both solo artist and collaborator with the likes of Christian McBride and Cécile McLorin Salvant. Jane Cornwell caught up with the vibist as she releases her latest album, Fantome

TURNING POINT • Norwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick tells Brian Glasser how a hugely celebrated album by fellow ECM artist Keith Jarrett provided him with a musical epiphany

WEST COAST JAZZ: SCENE AND HEARD • Stuart Nicholson takes another look at the 1950s US West Coast jazz scene – this time a lesser-known one, centered around LA’s Central Avenue and the city’s black players

Albums: New Releases • The UK’s biggest and most authoritative jazz reviews section

Album Interview

Shortcuts: New Releases

Albums: Reissues/Archive

Instrument News & Reviews • Pro or serious amateur musician? David Gallant checks out a feature-packed budget bass and the latest synthetic alto sax reeds

TREVOR MIRES • The versatile trombone virtuoso Trevor Mires tells David Gallant about his journey into jazz and the instruments he’s played over the years

Live Reviews

Gig Guide APRIL 25 • Rosie Hanley previews the must-see gigs and concerts. Send future listings to roseanne.hanley@gmail.com

Airshots April 25 Radio

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