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Mark McKergow

Guitarist John Hart teams up with baritone sax legend Gary Smulyan for this quartet date. The music is confidently calm and laid back, with a fine balance of punch and poise.  John Hart’s long career goes back over three decades, first as a regular [...]

and Nordoff Robbins’ 'We Are Listening'

Pianist Reuben James has a new single Closer – featuring Sophie Faith, Prince and Carrtoons – out today, 4 June 2021. A summer mixtape BBQ Energy is coming soon. He has also been working with Nordoff Robbins music therapy charity [...]

Brooklyn-based pianist Richard X Bennett leads his new trio on a lively and engaging journey in this new CD laced with tuneful grooves, raga influences and funky patterns. Bennett has been recording music for over a decade with some distinctive [...]

The Music of Ornette Coleman and Anthony Braxton

Where Rivers Meet is an ambitious project which sees Tommy Smith and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (SNJO) exploring music from the New Thing period of the 1960s and 1970s in partnership with visual artist Maria Rud. Over four streamed performances the orchestra plays new arrangements [...]

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