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Hotel San Claudio: MdCL + Shigeto + Melanie Charles

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Mark de Clive-Lowe, Shigeto & Melanie Charles arrive at Hotel San Claudio

Three of today’s most forward-thinking artists, in Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist/producer Mark de Clive-Lowe, Detroit drummer/producer Shigeto, and Brooklyn/Haitian singer, flautist and sample chopper Melanie Charles have teamed up under an exciting new project titled Hotel San Claudio, which was appropriately named after the Italian countryside stay in which the trio first came together in preparation for performing as a trio at the Fat Fat Fat Festival.

DJ Amir Presents Strata Records: The Sound of Detroit

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DJ Amir presents expansive compilation celebrating Detroit’s Strata Records

DJ Amir (aka Amir Abdullah), through his 180 Proof Records, has been officially reissuing and releasing previously unheard material from Strata Records for the past decade. Now with the help of London’s BBE Music, he has put together a brilliant compilation featuring some of the most essential tracks to have come out on the legendary 70’s Detroit jazz label.

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Milan producer Larry Manteca releases 70s-inspired cosmic cinematic 7inch

Milan-based producer Larry Manteca (aka Alessandro Paiola), who over the last decade has been publishing on Youtube 70s-inspired movie soundtracks, has recently released a brilliant new 7inch single for the outstanding Italian label Four Flies.

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Pedro Ricardo fuses jazz, electronic, and traditional Portuguese folk on debut album

Portuguese multi-instrumentalist, DJ and producer Pedro Ricardo has recently released an impressive and highly eclectic debut recording for London’s Soundway Records, titled Soprem Bons Ventos.

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Boundary-pushing saxophonist James Brandon Lewis returns with adventurous new album ‘Eye Of I’

New York City-based tenor saxophonist and composer James Brandon Lewis, who’s been one jazz’s most forward-thinking and cutting-edge artists over the last decade, has returned with a superb new trio album on the Los Angeles label Anti- Records, titled Eye Of I.

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Cosmic keyboardist & Alice Coltrane disciple Surya Botofasina releases meditative recording on Spiritmuse

New York-based pianist, keyboardist and composer Surya Botofasina has recently released his debut album , titled Everyone’s Children on the always excellent label, Spiritmuse Records. Raised at the Sai Anantam Ashram in the Southern Californian hills, Surya was taught by the legendary Alice Coltrane, who’s both music and religious practices are foundational elements in his life.

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Ten Lovers Music celebrates 40 releases with superb new 7inch from Italian producer Stefano De Santis

Italian producer and keyboard wiz Stefano De Santis follows up last year’s standout Unreachable Galaxy EP with a superb new 7inch, titled Barra Nova. This release also represents the 40th record issued by the fantastic UK-based label Ten Lovers Music, which was founded back in 1996 and run by Steve Conry.

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Nuovi Fratelli releases brilliant new remix of Nimbus Sextet’s jazz fusion gem ‘Forward Thinker’

Glasgow’s Nuovi Fratelli is superb production duo featuring DJ and producer Wayne Dickson and sound engineer, music producer, and synth wiz Luigi Pasquini. Over the last several years, they have really stepped onto the UK music scene, producing artists like jazz-fusion juggernaut Nimbus Sextet, folk-funk group The Paracosmos, and contributing arguably the best remix of STR4TA’s modern-day Brit-funk gem “Rhythm in Your Mind” (released on an EP in 2021 by Colin Curtis.

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UK keyboard wiz Charlie Stacey releases superb debut on Night Dreamer Records

London keyboardist and pianist Charlie Stacey has been making waves over the past few years, performing with Yussef Dayes and fellow Tomorrow Warriors alumni such as Moses Boyd and The Ezra Collective. He sets out on his own, releasing his highly-anticipated debut as a leader, titled The Light Beyond Time on UK’s Night Dreamer label.

Phil Ranelin, Wendell Harrison, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad — Jazz Is Dead 016

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Jazz Is Dead teams up Detroit Tribe founders Phil Ranelin and Wendell Harrison on latest release

For the latest release of the fantastic Jazz Is Dead series, Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad team up with two iconic legends in trombonist Phil Ranelin and Wendell Harrison, founders of the 70’s Detroit-based independent label and collective, Tribe Records.

Nostalgia 77 — The Loneliest Flower in the Village

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Nostalgia 77 returns with an incredible spiritual jazz full-length ‘The Loneliest Flower in the Village’

Over the past 20 years, Nostalgia 77 has been the eclectic work of UK producer Ben Lamdin, exploring the forward-thinking sounds of jazz, soul, and electronic music. Lamdin reunites with longtime collaborator and arranger Riaan Vosloo to release arguably the project’s best album to date in The Loneliest Flower In The Village.

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Stellar Japanese fusion trio Nautilus release new album ‘Revival’

Right on the heals of Jazz Room Records’ most recent 7inch release, Japan’s leading jazz fusion/funk trio Nautilus has recently released a brilliant new full-length on the Urban Discos label, titled Revival.

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UK drummer Andy Hay releases spiritual jazz masterpiece ‘Children Of The Sun’

In what can already be considered a front-runner for album of the year, UK-based drummer, producer and vocalist Andy Hay returns with a 2xLP spiritual jazz masterpiece, titled Children Of The Sun.