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A couple of weeks ago Downbeat published their August issue and with it their 74th annual critics poll of the best in jazz. The list is a lengthy undertaking in so far as it contains 62 categories, which invite critics to vote for a mix of established figures and rising stars. The headlines for this 74th edition of the...

For roughly half of the year I listened to everything, almost or near enough. Then I wilted, or the opposite of that, for come the summer I perked up in my stool and began to listen to summer ambiances like the chirping of birds, the splashing of hose pipes and water pistols or the sizzling of a barbecue. As...

Eleven years on from their last album, Rob Mazurek and Chad Taylor make their return as the Chicago Underground Duo and might find that since they left, ain't too much changed. If anything the landscape of jazz and experimental music has shifted further in the direction of the post-rock terrain which they first began to traverse on the albums...