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Matty Bannond
Matty Bannond is a 40-year-old fiction author and music journalist. His debut novel, Cutting Contest, was published in 2025. Matty regularly contributes to publications around the globe including The New York City Jazz Record, Jazz Journal, All About Jazz, Hot House Jazz Guide and Free Jazz Collective. He grew up in Stockport and now lives in Hilden, near Düsseldorf. Instagram: bannond_m
The Wojtek Justyna TreeOH! at Jazz Schmiede, Düsseldorf
The Polish guitarist, alumnus of the jazz department at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, played a fusion of jazz-rock and world music
Dogs of Pleasure: Embrace
Tasmania-based rock guitarist and drummer bash through a set of visceral improvisations, apparently inspired by the natural world
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
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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
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
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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
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
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