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SIMON NICOL & RIC SANDERS – Greetings From Grolloo

October 12, 2024

RadZ 2024 The thinner the stock the wider the scope: two folk-rock stalwarts expand the unexpecting punters’ horizons. When Fairporters split from their motherlode, it’s usually with the prospect of creating something special of rather large proportions, yet for every … Continue reading →

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SCOTT HENDERSON – Karnevel!

February 21, 2024

Mango Prom 2024 Funfair festivities for fusion and funk aficionados feverishly dreaming of riding a timewarp carousel. Formulating futuristic schemes may have become commonplace for musicians trying to tightrope-walk the thin line between jazz and rock, and Scott Henderson is … Continue reading →

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KOLLAR ​COX ​TRUFFAZ​ RAINERI – Live

February 11, 2024

Hevhetia 2023 Slowly burning telepathy from transatlantic foursome caught in the act of tuneful communication. Two guitars and two trumpets don’t seem to be an ordinary instrumental array for a touring collective in which three Europeans meet an American and … Continue reading →

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HUGH HOPPER – Jazzloops / The Stolen Hour

May 19, 2023

Burning Shed 2003 & 2004 / Explore Rights Management 2023 A veteran of avant-garde endeavors ventures on a voyage into a Möbius band and back again. To suggest that Hugh Hopper was just a bassist would seem to be a … Continue reading →

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ANDERSON, CHUTE, EASLEY – Adventures Of The Moss Bear

April 14, 2023

ACE 2022 Vibrantly invigorating, if finely nuanced, jazz trip from a freshly formed trio of intrepid spirits. Although these three players seem to have pedigrees so dissimilar there’s hardly any common ground for them do dance on, it’s live improv … Continue reading →

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