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Tracks of the Week 16.07.22

Tracks of the Week
Inspired by a diverse array of influences, from the trippy beats and lush strings of Bonobo, Ólafur Arnalds, and Moses Sumney to the apocalyptic explorations and post-bop meditations of Shabaka and the Ancestors and Kenny Wheeler, this week the saxophonist and flautist Jasmine Myra shifts the horizons for British jazz with a sonorous celebration of her hometown of Leeds...

Tracks of the Week 20.02.21

Tracks of the Week
On her sophomore album An Overview on Phenomenal Nature, Cassandra Jenkins cuts through the noise with a conversational turn of phrase and melodies gold-by-bronze. For Crestone, the debut film by Marnie Ellen Hertzler, Animal Collective originals Deakin and Geologist soundtrack a group of SoundCloud rappers through the shifting patterns of 'Sound That Moves'. Mahalia and Rico Nasty burn off...

Tracks of the Week 05.12.20

Tracks of the Week
Locked down in their East Harlem apartment, self-recording their performances from their living room with the aid of just a single microphone, on Force Majeure the bassist Dezron Douglas and harpist Brandee Younger offer an uplifting take on an idiosyncratic American songbook, as soulful renditions of jazz standouts by Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders alternate between intimate covers of...