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Matty Bannond
Matty Bannond is a 39-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. Instagram: bannond_m
PESH: Peshish
Polish-Norwegian quartet produces dark avant-garde composition and improvisation that seems rooted in the departures of the 1960s and 70s
Emily Kuhn: Ghosts Of Us
Chicago trumpeter Kuhn and quintet play originals largely born of 1960s-70s post-bop and modal style but with a later guitar sound
Fractus: Fractus
A Greek, five Scots, one German and an Englishman walk into a recording studio and set in motion Keats' idea that beauty is truth
Bleckmann, Olatuja, Tepfer, Hajdu: The Parsonage
Tales of a once bohemian now gentrified New York house worth $18m are told in theatrical style backed by orchestrations with hints of jazz
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Ingrid Laubrock: The Last Quiet Place
Tense, tumultuous set from the German-born saxophonist depicts the opposite of its title; her sextet includes Michael Formanek and Tom Rainey
William Carn: Choices
Canadian trombonist produces fusion-oriented music often recalling the harmonies, melodies and timbres of Weather Report and Frank Zappa
Hailey Brinnel: Beautiful Tomorrow
Philly-based trombonist and singer gives spirited renditions of originals and standards including Donald Fagen's Walk Between Raindrops
Hexabit: Unrulers
Swedish sextet temper what was invoiced as a cacophonous and experimental set with fast-acting injections of musicality and steel guitar
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Emma Rawicz: Incantation
Impressive reminders of 80s hard-bop and fusion spring from the debut album of the young sax virtuoso and BBC Young Jazz finalist
Kate Hamann: Momentary Beauty
Twenty-three-year-old Miami-based trumpet profesora leads a band of excellent soloists in a Latin-flavoured post-bop programme
Lauren Falls: A Little Louder Now
Canadian bassist and quintet riffle through a set of retiring, mostly modal laments joined by one of Vincent Youmans' best-known songs
Nadje Noordhius: Full Circle
Soft-spoken Australian trumpeter leads Fred Hersch, Thomas Morgan and Rudy Royston through styles touching on classical, lullaby, pop and bop
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