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South African pianist and vocalist Bokani Dyer releases superb new album on Brownswood

Over the past decade, South Africa has been a hotbed for some of the most forward-thinking artists and innovative music. One of the artists that has been at the forefront of this scene is composer, pianist, and vocalist Bokani Dyer, who was featured on the highly-acclaimed 2021 compilation Indaba Is. He has just released a superb and extensive new album on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings, titled Radio Sechaba.

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Berlin-based keyboardist Joel Holmes fuses cosmic jazz and electronic music together on ‘Into The Abyss’

Over the past decade, Berlin, which for years was known as a breeding ground for innovative techno and electronic music, has quietly become a creative melting pot for musicians and artists from all over the world. This has led to some of the most innovative genre-defying recordings. One of the artists at the forefront of this evolving scene is composer, producer and keyboard Joel Holmes. He has just released a superb and highly collaborative new album, titled Into The Abyss on Toy Tonics sister label Kryptox.

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New Zealand spiritual jazz collective The Circling Sun releases brilliant debut on Soundway Records

Originally formed in mid 2000s, New Zealand jazz collective The Circling Sun, whom is made up of record collectors, music producers and DJs, will be releasing their much-anticipated debut record, titled Spirits, later this May for the stellar London-based label Soundway Records.

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Cosmic jazz legend Lonnie Liston Smith releases new album with Jazz Is Dead

In arguably one of the most anticipated releases of the impressive Jazz Is Dead series, Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad have teamed up with the king of cosmic jazz, in the legendary composer and pianist Lonnie Liston Smith.

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Angel Bat Dawid releases epic 12-movement suite on the African American experience and jazz

Chicago-based composer, clarinetist, singer and educator Angel Bat Dawid and the International Anthem label have recently released a powerful new recording, Requiem for Jazz, that explores the strong interconnections between the foundations of jazz and the African American experience.

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Devin Brahja Waldman’s Gnawa-jazz Krautrock project Kadef releases debut on RR Gems

New York-based multi-instrumentalist Devin Brahja Waldman, known for his work under BRAHJA, teamed up with an eclectic group of musicians, including vocalist Ziad Qoulaii, for a new experimental recording under the name KADEF.

Organic Pulse Ensemble — A Thousand Hands

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Gustav Horneij’s Organic Pulse Ensemble releases incredible new meditative spiritual album

Swedish multi-instrumentalist Gustav Horneij, under his one-person Organic Pulse Ensemble alias, has recently released an incredible new spiritual jazz album, titled A Thousand Hands on the Spanish label 2 Headed Deer.

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Italian label Eating Standing reissues Mustafa Abdul Rahman’s 1984 jazz-fusion gem ‘Poygamy’

The Italian-based label Eating Standing, which focuses on hi-quality reissues, has recently re-released the 1984 spiritual jazz-funk masterpiece Polygamy from producer, tenor saxophonist, and percussionist Mustafa Abdul Rahman.

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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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.