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Past, present and future get covered in this edition: past in the person of saxophonist Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids with Afro/soul/funk/jazz from their 70s recordings, present day new releases from Jasper Hoiby’s Planet B, Toronto’s Luis Deniz, and the trio of Ben Monder, Tony Malaby and Tom Rainey live Continue Reading

The stream of excellent new releases continues with featured albums of pianist Santiago Leibson & his Sextetto, bassist Lisa Hoppe’s Third Reality, Space Quartet from Portugal, promising new drummer from Poland – Artur Malecki & Creature, Natsuki Tamura & Gato Libre and pianist Angelica Sanchez with Billy Hart & Michael Continue Reading

A little archival activity in this edition, featuring music from the free jazz scene in 70s Los Angeles. Paris-based record label, Dark Tree, has a “Roots” series with some of the very important artists of that time and still recognized today: Horace Tapscott, Roberto Miranda, John Carter, Bobby Bradford & Continue Reading