Ross McGibbon
January 29, 2021
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POLYDOR RECORDS 29th Jan, 2021 It’s been a strange year for Celeste. In some ways her skywards trajectory has been slowed by COVID-19, in other ways she has flourished despite it all. Gathering plenty of
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Ross McGibbon
November 26, 2020
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ROPEADOPE RECORDS 30 October 2020 British jazz in a very healthy place right now, despite the lack of live music and, paradoxically, part of the evidence is this German violinist, singer and composer. We’ve
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Ross McGibbon
July 29, 2020
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GEARBOX RECORDS 31ST July 2020 London label, Gearbox Records, have been flying the flag high for UK artists as well as the US releases and this continues the very high quality output. Jazz is
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Ross McGibbon
March 12, 2020
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RAINY DAYS RECORDS 13th March 2020 Jazz is experiencing a major resurgence at the moment, thanks partly to the burgeoning London scene and the enthusiasm of the students at specialist colleges like Leeds. Jazz
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Ross McGibbon
March 9, 2020
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WORLD CIRCUIT RECORDS 20th March 2020 Thankfully, like so many prolific jazz musicians, being dead hasn’t prevented Hugh Masekela releasing more excellent music. Tony Allen, the Nigerian drumming legend dug out his tapes of sessions
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Ross McGibbon
October 16, 2019
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CONSTELLATION RECORDS 18th October 2019 An absolutely fascinating album, combining spoken word, songs, poetry, structured jazz, a country fiddle and freeform jazz. Riveting me to the sound, Matana Roberts weaves fragments of the life of
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Ross McGibbon
September 16, 2019
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Gearbox Records 27 Sept, 2019 Binker Golding is a lyrical saxophone player, yet capable of going way out there into abstraction. His work with Moses Boyd was fascinating and exciting and he has played
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Ross McGibbon
April 10, 2019
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GEARBOX RECORDS 12th April 2019 Who or what is a Dwight Trible? Does the name conjure up thoughts of a Star Trek episode with cute alien critters? It’s no surprise, as Dwight has had
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Ross McGibbon
February 12, 2019
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TROUBLE IN MIND 22nd Feb, 2019 An excellent modern-day psychedelic album, wrapped in a very terrible album sleeve that totally misrepresents the contents (though, apparently the band like it….) This album is crazed psychedelia
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Ross McGibbon
November 15, 2018
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7D MEDIA 16th November 2018 I’m fond of live albums. They give a band a chance to show its chemistry without the temptation to burnish the rough edges (though some can’t help themselves…). This set
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