Modernjazz.gr celebrates its four years of presence on the web, and a question arises regarding the reason why we need another playlist of “New Jazz Releases” since it is predicted to be as despairingly amazing as all the previous ones.
I will consider these self-destructive tendencies to be a sigh of the times and I will oppose them, adopting the observer’s attitude. Modernjazz.gr is a product of evolution, meaning streaming services and social media, which, somehow unconsciously, brought my digital music library, from my PC with the mp3s arranged in Windows Media Player, in public view on the Web. Imperfect organization, increased consumption of time and the need for constant updates remain the main problems of this activity.
In the field of aesthetics, young artists and 21st century’s styles are the first ones been recommended, however not with the negligence of big names and relevant productions that demand attention. Although no completely new trend is emerging at the moment, diversity is saving the game.
But love someday ends. It remains to be seen how far love and devotion can take us, with the hope of no prohibitively significant collateral losses. So, let’s take advantage of the promising benefits of faith, and wish that the Spirit of Jazz keeps in mind the urgent need of making the world a better place. – Imitonios
Enjoy the playlist on music streaming services:
(misses two tracks)
This time I will not make my own comments. However, necessary links are available to serve the needs of information
Orlando le Fleming – Romantic Funk: The Unfamiliar
Genre: Modern jazz, fusion, post-bop
Label: Whirlwind Recordings
Place: New York
Reviews: JazzTrail, JazzWeekly, MakingAScene
Listen: Bandcamp, Deezer, Spotify
Orlando le Fleming (b), Philip Dizack (tp), Will Vinson (as), Sean Wayland (keys) Kush Abadey (dr), Nate Wood (dr)
Funky DL – TWENTY
Genre: Rap/hip-hop, Beats, Jazz-hop
Label: Washington Classics
Place: London, UK
Reviews: AcademyofContemporaryMusic
Listen: Bandcamp, Deezer, Spotify, YouTube
Funky DL (MC, Producer)
Charlie Ballantine – Vonnegut
Genre: Modern jazz, fusion
Label: Green Mind Records
Place: Indianapolis, Indiana
Reviews: JazzCorner
Listen: Bandcamp, Deezer, Spotify, YouTube
Charlie Ballantine (g), Amanda Gardier (as), Rob Dixon (ts), Mina Keohane (p), Jesse Wittman (b), Cassius Goens III (dr)
Calixto Oviedo – Latin Funk
Genre: Latin jazz, timba, funk, smooth jazz
Label: DDE Records
Place: Cuba
Reviews: SolarLatinClub
Listen: Deezer, Spotify, YouTube
Calixto Oviedo (dr)
Simon Moullier – Spirit Song
Genre: Modern jazz, post-bop
Label: Outside in Music
Place: New York
Reviews: LondonJazzNews, AllAboutJazz
Listen: Bandcamp, Deezer, Spotify, YouTube
Simon Moullier (vbr), Dayna Stephens or Morgan Guerin (sax), Isaac Wilson or Simon Chivallon (p), Luca Alemanno (b), Jongkuk Kim (dr)
Blue Note Re:imagined – Blue Note Re:imagined
Genre: Nu-Jazz, Neo-soul/R&B, Jazz-hop
Label: Decca (UMO)
Place: UK
Reviews: LondonJazzNews, AllAboutjazz
Listen: Deezer, Spotify, YouTube
Christian Sands – Be Water
Genre: Contemporary jazz, post-bop
Label: Mack Avenue Records
Place: USA
Reviews: AllAboutJazz, JazzTrail, DownBeat
Listen: Deezer, Spotify, YouTube
Christian Sands (p), Yasushi Nakamura (b), Clarence Penn (dr), ft. Sean Jones, Marcus Strickland, Steve Davis
Maria João, OGRE Electric – Open Your Mouth
Genre: Vocal, electronic
Label: Espuma Preta
Place: Lisbon, Portugal
Reviews: PrestoJazz, ThePhoenixRemix
Listen: Deezer, Spotify, YouTube
Maria João (voc)
Diana Krall – This Dream Of You
Genre: Vocal jazz
Label: Verve
Place: USA
Reviews: JazzWise, AmericanSongWriter
Listen: Deezer, Spotify, YouTube
Katalyst – Nine Lives
Genre: Nu-jazz, Jazz-hop, Instrumental Hip-Hop, Beats
Label: World Galaxy / Alpha Pup Records
Place: Los Angeles
Reviews:
Listen: Bandcamp, Deezer, Spotify, YouTube
Katalyst (band)
Clapophonic – Rooftop
Genre: Modern jazz
Label: Inmelo Music
Place: Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
Reviews: HHV
Listen: Bandcamp, Deezer, Spotify, YouTube
Josua Beureux (dr)
César Orozco & Kamarata Jazz – Rooted Forward
Genre: Latin jazz
Label: Cesar Orozco
Place: USA
Reviews: MakingAScene, LatinJazzNet
Listen: Deezer, Spotify, YouTube
César Orozco (p)
Lionel Loueke – HH
Genre: Jazz, Guitar
Label: Edition Records
Place: New York
Reviews: EditionRecords, AllAboutJazz, JinaLovesJazz
Listen: Deezer, Spotify, YouTube
Lionel Loueke (g, voc)
Sylvie Courvoisier Trio – Free Hoops
Genre: Avant-garde jazz
Label: Intakt Records
Place: Brooklyn
Reviews: AllAboutJazz, JazzTrail, Intakt
Listen: Bandcamp, Deezer, Spotify
Sylvie Courvoisier (p), Drew Gress (b), Kenny Wollesen (dr)
Ralph Peterson and The Messenger Legacy – Onward and Upward
Genre: Hardbop, postbop
Label: Onyx Music Label
Place: Weymouth, Massachusetts
Reviews: AllAboutJazz, JazzTimes
Listen: Bandcamp Deezer, Spotify, YouTube
Ralph Peterson (dr)
Andreas Hourdakis – Underworld
Genre: Modern jazz, fusion
Label: Bolero Recordings
Place: Stockholm
Reviews: LondonJazzNews, Marlband
Listen: Bandcamp Deezer, Spotify, YouTube
ART the BAND – ART the Band
Genre: Jazz-funk, fusion
Label: ART the Band
Place: Toronto, Ontario
Reviews:
Listen: Bandcamp Deezer, Spotify
ART the BAND (band)
Jett Tachibana – The Third Floor
Genre: Modern jazz, avant-garde, beats, electronics
Label: Jett Tachibana
Place: Maine, USA
Reviews:
Listen: Deezer, Spotify, YouTube
Jett Tachibana (sax, producer)
Enjoy the playlist on music streaming services:
(misses two tracks)
Find below a list of many other remarkable new releases (links to Deezer)
TRUMPETERS
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Miles Davis Septet – Live in Tokyo 1973
- Miles Davis – Miles Davis FM Broadcast August 1990
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Diego Urcola Quartet, Paquito D’Rivera – El Duelo
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Ron Miles – Rainbow Sign (Blue Note)
[Jason Moran, Bill Frisell, Thomas Morgan, Brian Blade] -
Markus Rutz – Blueprints – Figure Two: New Designs (OA2)
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Tom Browne – Come What May (feat. Joyce San Mateo)
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Bodo Maier Jazz Quintet – Approaching Change
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Till Brönner and Bob James – On Vacation
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Alonzo Demetrius – Live from the Prison Nation (Onyx)
SAXOPHONISTS, CLARINETISTS
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Dayna Stephens – Right Now! Live at the Village Vanguard
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Ben Wendel – High Heart (Edition)
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Gregory Tardy – If Time Could Stand Still
(Keith Brown, Alexander Claffy , Willie Jones III) - Marius Neset, Danish Radio Big Band, Miho Hazama – Tributes
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Doug Webb – Apples & Oranges
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Tim Garland – ReFocus
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Bob Reynolds – Runway
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James Brandon Lewis – Molecular
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Tivon Pennicott – Spirit Garden
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Benjamin Koppel, Mari Götesdotter (voc) – Monicas Vals
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Adam Kolker – Lost (Sunnyside)(ft. Billy Hart)
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Benjamin Boone – The Poets Are Gathering
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Tim Berne’s Snakeoil – The Deceptive 4
- Eric Séva – Mother of Pearl
- Sam Decker – Shrove (Sunnyside)
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Joshua Jaswon Octet – Silent Sea (Ubuntu)
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Dave O’Higgins, Judith O’Higgins – His’n’Hers
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Geof Bradfield, Ben Goldberg, Dana Hall – General Semantics (Delmark)
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Nicholas Brust – Frozen in Time (Fresh Sound New Talent)
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John McKenna Quartet – Portraits (Ear up)
(Larry Goldings, Larry Grenadier, Victor Lewis) -
Don Menza / Frank Strazzeri – Ballads
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Patrick Cornelius – Acadia: Way of the Cairns
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Dave Koz – A New Day
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Andy Snitzer – Higher
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Rufus Harley – Keys of Justice
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Josh Johnson – Freedom Exercise
TROMBONISTS, TUBISTS
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Karin Hammar Fab 4 – Strings Attached (Naxos)
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Matt Haviland – Something to Say (Connotation)[ft. Vincent Herring, David Kikoski, Bill Mobley, Jonathan Blake..]
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Marshall Gilkes – Waiting to Continue(Yasushi Nakamura, Clarence Penn)
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Nils Wogram – Bright Lights
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Kasperi Sarikoski – 3 + 1(Outside in Music)
- Andreas Tschopp – Tumbuk
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Noah Bless – New York Strong – Latin Jazz! (Zoho)
GUITARISTS
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Pierre Dørge and The New Jungle Orchestra – Bluu Afroo (SteepleChase)
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Mike Sopko, Bill Laswell, Tyshawn Sorey – On Common Ground
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Peter Bernstein – What Comes Next (Smoke Sessions)[Sullivan Fortner, Peter Washington, Joe Farnsworth]
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Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl – Artlessly Falling
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Tom Guarna – Spirit Science
(Jon Cowherd, John Patitucci, Brian Blade) -
Pasquale Grasso – Solo Standards
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Don Laka – Uno Mundo
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Robby Krieger – The Ritual Begins At Sundown
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David Lord – Forest Standards Vol. 2[Jeff Parker, Billy Mohler, Chad Taylor]
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Tony Davis – Golden Year (Posi-Tone)
[David Bryant, Dezron Douglas, Eric McPherson] -
Richard Pena – Pandemik
PIANISTS, KEYBOARDISTS
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Matthew Shipp Trio – The Unidentifiable
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Keith Jarrett – Budapest Concert (Live)
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Alan Broadbent Trio – Trio in Motion (Savant)
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Cory Henry – Something to Say
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Marc Cary – Rise Up, Unite
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Dominik Wania – Lonely Shadows (ECM)
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Miki Yamanaka – Human Dust Suite (Outside in Music)
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Enrico Pieranunzi – Time’s Passage
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Michael Wollny – Mondenkind (ACT)
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Angelica Sanchez, Marilyn Crispell – How to Turn the Moon
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Alexander von Schlippenbach – Slow Pieces for Aki
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Noah Haidu – Doctone (Sunnyside)
[Ft. Billy Hart, Steve Wilson, Garry Thomas..] -
Joachim Mencel – Brooklyn Eye (Origin)
[Steve Cardenas, Scott Colley, Rudy Royston] -
Rob Barron – From This Moment On (Ubuntu)
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Markus Niittynen Band – Flashbacks
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Junko Onishi – Live XI
BASSISTS
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Ron Carter – Foursight – Stockholm, Vol. 2
(Renee Rosnes, Jimmy Greene & Payton Crossley) -
Rodrigo Botacaulli – Los Nombres del Sol
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Michel Benita – Looking At Sounds (ECM)
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Damian Nueva – Orisun (Nootropic)
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Brandi Disterheft (+voc)– Surfboard
(ft. George Coleman)
DRUMMERS, PERCUSSIONISTS
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Cindy Blackman Santana – Give the Drummer Some
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Quincy Davis – Q Vision(ft. Xavier Davis, Philip Dizack, Myron Walden, J.D. Allen, … / Dayna Stephens, Warren Wolf, ..)
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Adonis Rose – Piece of Mind (Live)
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Dafnis Prieto Sextet – Transparency
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Kahil El’Zabar – Kahil El’Zabar’s America the Beautiful[ft. Corey Wilkes, Hamiet Bluiett, Tomeka Reid ..]
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Richard Baratta – Music in Film: The Reel Deal (Savant)
[Ft. Vincent Herring, Bill O’Connell, Paul Bollenback..] -
Calixto Oviedo – Latin Funk
VIBRAPHONIST
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Joel Ross – Who Are You? (Blue Note)[ft. Immanuel Wilkins..]
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Chien Chien Lu – The Path[ft. Jeremy Pelt]
VIOLINISTS, CELLISTS
- Erik Friedlander (cello) – Sentinel
- Adam Baldych, Vincent Courtois, Rogier Telderman – Clouds (ACT)
- Zuzana Leharova Quartet – Knochenmann – Jazz Thing Next Generation Vol. 85
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Mateusz Smoczynski – Keep on Turnin’
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Nora Germain – Go for It
HARMONICISTS
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Hendrik Meurkens – Manhattan Samba
VOCALISTS
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David Linx – Skin in the Game
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Matt Dusk – Sinatra
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Gillian Margot – Power Flower (Ropeadope)[ft. Ingrid Jensen, Seamus Blake..]
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Alex Bird &The Jazz Mavericks – Whisky Kisses
- Giorgio Alessani – Kissed by the Mist
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Julia Karosi, Ben Monder – Without Dimensions
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Viktorija Gečytė & Gene Perla – In The Moment
[ft. Edsel Gomez, Adam Nussbaum..] -
Karen Souza – Language of Love
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Keiko Lee – LIVE at jazz inn LOVELY (Sony)
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Nesrine (+cello) – Nesrine (ACT)
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Josh Hindle – Just In Time
BIG BANDS, ORCHESTRAS, ENSEMBLES
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Sun Ra Arkestra – Swirling
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Christian McBride Big Band – For Jimmy, Wes and Olive
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The Awakening Orchestra – Volume II: To Call Her to a Higher Plain (Biophilia)
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Fernando Huergo (b) – The Possibility of Change
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Joe Mazzaferro Big Band – Talk About It!
- Uptown Jazz Tentet – What’s Next
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Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw – The Jazz Influencers
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CHARLIER/SOURISSE, Biréli Lagrène (b) – Remembering Jaco (Multiquarium Big Band)
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Stockholm Jazz Orchestra – Plays Coltrane (Live)
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New Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra – Meets Anton Goudsmit Live
GROUPS
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Tromboranga – Salsa Terapia
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Mighty Souls Brass Band – The People
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Chicago Soul Jazz Collective – It Takes a Spark to Start a Fire
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Bright Dog Red – Somethin’ Comes Along (Ropeadope)
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Oddjob – Kong
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Jersey Street – Love Rising Up (Ubuntu)
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Ill Considered – Ill Considered II (Live at the Crypt)
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Ugoless – Soul church music
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Rêve D’éléphant Orchestra – Dance dance
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Saxkartel – The Chromatic Gardener
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M’lumbo, Jane Ira Bloom – Celestial Mechanics
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Skeltr – Dorje (Ubuntu)
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Stix Bones – Breaks from the Soul
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WorldService Project – Hiding in Plain Sight (RareNoiseRecords)
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Kraan – Sandglass
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Atacama – Atacama
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Gabriele Coen Quintet – Leonard Bernstein Tribute
BEATS, GROOVES – DJs, PRODUCERS
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Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes – What Kinda Music
- Azymuth, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge – Jazz Is Dead 4
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Dougie Stu – Familiar Future (Ropeadope)
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Chris Dave, Daniel Crawford – Smoke Break
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Okvsho – Kamala’s Danz
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Morgan Guerin – The Saga III
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Chiminyo – I Am Panda
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Gil Scott-Heron – We’re New Again – A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven
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Gerardo Frisina – Moving Ahead
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Sasha Miller – We Live to the Beat of Funk
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Butcher Brown – #KingButch (Concord)
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Dr. James Mable Jr. – The Journey 2.0
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Bless the Mad – Bless The Mad
- Penguin Cafe – Handfuls of Night
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Paradise Cinema – Paradise Cinema (Gondwana)
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SaffronKeira, Paolo Fresu – In Origine: The Field of Repentance
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Mama Odé – Tales & Patterns of the Maroons
GREEK ARTISTS
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Manos Kourtis – Planet Earth
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Markos Chaidemenos – New Era (Live at the Zoo)
[Andreas Polyzogopoulos, Alexis Delis, Panagiotis Kostopoulos] -
Derya Türkan, Sokratis Sinopoulos – Soundplaces
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Sophia Loizou – Untold
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Strat Andriotis – Remember Me at Twilight
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Thomas Beltsios Quartet – Draft