Jazz Desk

News, reviews and reflections from the world of jazz. From concerts, records and publications.

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Fred Hersch and Mick Goodrick explore the piano and guitar duo format on this 1988 recording which is now released. https://t.co/kYTzWyOaUk

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Pat Metheny, Charles Lloyd and Terence Blanchard were all scheduled to play at Budapest Jazz Festival in June. With a weeks notice the festival has been cancelled. https://t.co/1dAhflvy3O

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Abdullah Ibrahim brought jazz to the world from the apartheid South Africa. Now he has died 91 years old. https://t.co/FrHGHjJ76G

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Jason Moran, https://t.co/gWI8Fz359o, and Marcus Gilmore thinks outside the box on their new album Shards. https://t.co/LhPjTws9kL

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Impressions blends live and studio recordings and is one of the classic John Coltrane albums. https://t.co/YcJD7AJ76p

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Chris Potter is on tour with a new trio playing new music despite having released a whole other album recently. https://t.co/Xj6xpOImiJ

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Fred Hersch continuously showed his pianistic brilliance at his concert in Antwerp during his recent European tour.
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Cecile McLorin Salvant’s quartet with Sullivan Fortner shifts effortlessly between jazz standards, new material, and chansons. https://t.co/BDnaSBqbI3

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Nduduzo Makhathini ended his current European tour with a solo piano concert at the jazz festival in Antwerp. It showed him trying to communicate with his audience with various success. https://t.co/yxMTRDu2KM

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Sonny Rollins has died aged 95 years. He is one of the major saxophonists of the 20th century. https://t.co/pXWlo4Ou9v

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Miles Davis 100 years – captured the audience with perfect pitch https://t.co/rpWYhjPgQf

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Betty Carter wrote original music and sang a duet with herself on The Betty Carter Album which was released on her own label 50 years ago. https://t.co/jEVOXuqGBA

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Chris Potter frames his music with a different group sound with violin and clarinet on his new album. https://t.co/1X28pDCpvq

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I find myself surrounded by dancing women at a concert on Makaya McCraven’s European tour. https://t.co/ZYevjYFMhP

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John Coltrane made a big splash with his Impulse debut album Africa/Brass. Now it is reissued on vinyl. https://t.co/ezvIDRIQde

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This superb Oscar Peterson Trio Detroit concert has been buried in the archives for 66 years just waiting to be heard. https://t.co/oYWtHgJ89V

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With Passage of Time Joshua Redman created a jazz suite for his acoustic quartet. It was released 25 years ago. https://t.co/6Miz5EGtIB

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Yvonne Rogers new solo piano album is in turns beautifully lyrical and humorous. It is a mature release from a new voice in jazz. https://t.co/m5GDj8wnNT

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Monk established many of his most well-known compositions already on his first recordings as a leader for Blue Note. https://t.co/hBEZfOPiIO

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John Coltrane The Tiberi Tapes reviewed + Five great Coltrane live recordings. https://t.co/379IqtiKog