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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
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
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
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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
Soweto Kinch: White Juju
The saxophonist's musical portrait of 2020 is a restless mixture of angular contemporary jazz, rap, hip-hop and political newsbite
Anne Efternøler: Anne Efternøler & Lige Børn
Copenhagen-based improviser debuts as leader with an exploration of the tonal possibilities of one trumpet and three double basses
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Blueblut: Garden Of Robotic Unkraut
Jamming with improvising robots, Austrian experimentalists featuring Led Bib boss Mark Holub suggest a cross between punk and Stockhausen
Emma-Jean Thackray: Yellow (Deluxe)
The energetic and voguish multi-disciplinarian releases an extended version of her 2021 blend of avant-jazz, electronic dance, soul and more
Basher: Doubles
New Orleans quintet adds freely improvised spice to a mixture of tightly composed pop grooves and street-music influences
Lauren Henderson: La Bruja
US vocalist mixes original compositions and Latin standards with Spanish lyrics that highlight the resilience of women
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