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UK composer & pianist Greg Foat returns with cosmic meditative soundscape album ‘Photosynthesis’

It’s safe to say that if we’ve learned anything over the last decade when it comes to Greg Foat, who has established himself as one of the most forward-thinking composers and pianists, is that you can “box him in” musically. It seems like each release has it’s own concept or identity, and that is certainly the case on his latest solo effort, titled Photosynthesis, which trades in jazz-funk grooves for meditative soundscapes.

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Brownswood releases stellar debut from South-London virtuoso pianist DoomCannon

South London-based composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist and virtuosic pianist DoomCannon, who first jumped onto the scene with the group Triforce (featured on the We Out Here compilation and Jazz Re:freshed release TriForce 5ive EP), has recently released his much-anticipated debut album, titled Renaissance, on Gilles Peterson’s label Brownswood Recordings.

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UK producers Don Pascal & Tom Funk team up for new project September Sun on superb 7inch single

Two of London’s groundbreaking producers, Don Pascal (Afro Atlantic/Vintage Sounds broadcasts) and Tom Funk (aka The Sultan’s Swing), team up with an incredible trio of special guests in saxophonist/flautist Tamar Osborn, drummer Myele Manzanza, and percussionist Ozan Nidayi (of Natural Lateral) on a superb limited-edition 7inch release, September Sun.

Mark de Clive Low — Freedom Celebrating the Music of Pharoah Sanders

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Mark de Clive-Lowe & superb cast of Los Angeles-based musicians pay tribute to Pharoah Sanders on live recording ‘Freedom’

London’s Soul Bank Music is releasing a much-anticipated 2xLP live concert recording featuring electronic jazz and broken beat pioneer and multi-instrumentalist Mark de Clive-Lowe and a superb cast of LA’s most creative musicians, performing a tribute to spiritual jazz living legend Pharoah Sanders.

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Legendary jazz and soul vocalist Jean Carne returns with new album on Jazz Is Dead

The second wave of collaborative Jazz Is Dead releases from masterminds Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad kicks off with the first album in over 20 years from the great jazz, gospel, and soul vocalist Jean Carne.

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Mr Bongo releases Volume Five of their incredible Record Club compilation series

When it comes to some of the most rare and essential music from all over the globe, there might not be a better resource than UK-based label and record shop Mr Bongo. Since 2016, their Record Club series has produced some of the best eclectic compilations during that span. They have recently released the highly-anticipated 5th volume of the series, sharing their latest musical discoveries and old favorites.

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UK harpist Amanda Whiting releases superb sophomore album ‘Lost In Abstraction’ on Jazzman Records

Welsh harpist Amanda Whiting follows up last year’s incredible breakthrough debut After Dark (which made BeatCaffeine’s 2021 Favorite Albums of the Year) with another superb album, titled Lost in Abstraction, on Jazzman Records.

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Chip Wickham reinterprets Lonnie Liston Smith on superb new EP for Gondwana Records

The remarkable UK-born, Madrid-based flautist and saxophonist Chip Wickham has joined Matthew Halsall’s Gondwana Records, and just released an incredible new EP on the label’s spiritual jazz 12 series, featuring fresh new reinterpretations of Lonnie Liston Smith classics.

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Frederiksberg Records reissues rare 1973 deep spiritual jazz recording ‘Compass Rises’

Another incredible reissue recently issued by Frederiksberg Records, is the highly obscure 1973 deep spiritual jazz private press recording by New York-based quartet Compass, titled Compass Rises.

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Jazz Is Dead kicks off their second series with an incredible compilation previewing the next wave of releases

After 10 outstanding releases over two years featuring new music by Roy Ayers, Azymuth, Gary Bartz, Doug Carn, João Donato, Brian Jackson, and Marcos Valle, Jazz Is Dead’s masterminds Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad are just getting started, as they have kicked off the second series of releases with an incredible new compilation highlighting standout tracks from the next wave of releases.