Matty Bannond
Matty Bannond is a 38-year-old music journalist, fiction author and copywriter. He was born and raised near Manchester, UK. He now lives in Germany. Matty writes for publications and websites including Jazz Journal, The New York City Jazz Record and Free Jazz Collective. Twitter: @MattyBannond
Lake, Landæus, Osgood: Spirit
In 2017 saxophonist Oliver Lake met with Swedish piano and percussion to squall, holler and incant through some of his compositions
Galumphing Duo: Contrast Of Opposites
Norwegian duo uses reeds (including the tubax, a sax-tuba hybrid) and trombone to improvise on a series of mostly playful riffs and moods
Allison Au: Migrations
Canadian saxophonist adds strings to her conventional jazz quartet to play rhythmic, mostly modal pieces intended to evoke migration
Lina Allemano: Canons
Canadian trumpeter leads horns, guitar, synth, cello and others in passing around sombre, typically abstract themes for development
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Jennie Cashman Wilson: Becoming Brave
Children's guide to dealing with fear and loss was inspired by the author's experience as widow of trumpeter Abram Wilson
Maddie Vogler: While We Have Time
Chicago-based saxophonist leads trumpet, piano, guitar, bass and drums on nine originals mixing modal and hard bop with some Cuban figures
Anna Webber: Shimmer Wince
Diatonicism seems to lurk in Webber's minimalist musings but is rendered disconcerting - and somewhat intriguing - by use of just intonation
Arina Fujiwara: Neon
NY-based pianist plays four originals - one a piece with string quartet - and two covers including her solo arrangement of Maple Leaf Rag
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Rachel Eckroth: Humanoid
Having sung and played keyboards with Rufus Wainwright, KT Tunstall and Chris Botti, Eckroth returns to modal and postbop jazz
Flying Pooka!: The Ecstasy Of Becoming
Saxophone-voice and piano duo take the reflective, exploratory route, manifest in tiptoeing, rubato, now consonant, now dissonant lines
Sasha Berliner: Sasha Berliner and Tabula Rasa
Californian rock drummer turned vibist plays self-penned, pulsing but harmonically abstract jazz with a quartet including guitar and trombone
PESH: Peshish
Polish-Norwegian quartet produces dark avant-garde composition and improvisation that seems rooted in the departures of the 1960s and 70s
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