A Jazz Thread

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‘Water Street’, the advance release from Matthew Halsall’s new Gondwana album ‘An Ever-Changing View’, featuring Halsall on trumpet, kalimba, glockenspiel, celeste and percussion, Matt Cliffe flute, Alice Roberts harp, Liviu Gheorghe electric piano, Gavin Barras bass, Alan Taylor drums and Jack McCarthy congas.

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The Geraldo Frisina remix of ‘Black Forest Stomp’ by Hipnosis – Wanja Slavin alto saxophone and flute, Gerhard Gschlossl trombone, Ralph Kiefer piano, Jerker Kluge bass and Martin Kolb drums/percussion. The original recording can be found on the 2003 album ‘Jazz’.

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‘The Man From Nagpur’ from the 2007 album ‘The Land Of Freedom’ by Quasimode – Yusuke Hirado piano, Kazuhiro Sunaga bass, Takashi Okutsu drums and Takehiro Matsuoka percussion, with Masato Nakamura tenor saxophone and a strangely uncredited trumpeter and horn section.

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‘From End To End from the Toure-Raichel Collective’s 2014 album ‘The Paris Session’ featuring Idan Raichel keyboards, Vieux Farka Toure guitar, Daby Toure bass and Abdourhamane Salaha drums/percussion, with Niv Toare guesting on trumpet.

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‘Creation - Abasi & Atai’ from alto saxophonist Camilla George’s 2022 album ‘Ibio Ibio’, with Shirley Tetteh guitar, Renato Paris electric piano, Lady Sanity vocals, Daniel Casimir bass and Daru Jones drums/percussion.

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The title track from the 2021 album ‘Mamari’ by the Muitu Kaballa Power Ensemble – Niklas Mundemann tenor saxophone, Tim von Malotki baritone saxophone, Marie Tjong-Avong trumpet, Jan Philipp Janzen keyboards, Benjamin Schneider guitar, Till Weise bass, Andre van der Heide drums and Leonard Gaab percussion.

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The title track from the 2023 album ‘Unnecessary Thoughts’ by the Grigoris Theodoridis Trio, with Orestis Petrakis piano, Attila Gyarfas drums and Theodoridis on bass.

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‘A Current Peace Of Mind’ from Eyolf Dale’s 2023 album ‘The Wayfarer’, with Per Zanussi bass, Audun Kleive drums/percussion and Dale piano/celeste.

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‘Recognise’ from bassist Ellen Andrea Wang’s 2020 album ‘Closeness’, with Rob Luft guitar and Jon Falt drums/percussion.

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‘Delicate Distance Between Boulders’ from the 2023 album ‘Sport Of Love’ by producer Asma Maroof, pianist/cellist Patrick Belaga and flautist/saxophonist Tapiwe Svosve.

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‘Laikia’ from bassist Jaromir Honzak’s 2014 album ‘Uncertainty’, with Antonin Tri Hoang alto saxophone and bass clarinet, David Doruzka guitar, Vit Kristan keyboards and Jon Falt drums.

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‘Flicker’ from vibraphonist Jonny Mansfield’s 2023 album ‘The Air In Front Of You’ with Dominic Ingham violin, Midori Jaeger cello, Will Sach bass and James Maddren drums.

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‘Swimming In Winter’ from the Joshua Jaswon Octet’s 2023 album ‘Polar Waters’, featuring Jaswon on alto/soprano saxophones, Anna Serierse vocals, Marc Doffey tenor/soprano saxophones, Jan Kaiser trumpet, Andrej Ugoljew trombone, Johannes Mann guitar, Sidney Werner bass and Aaron Castrillo drums.

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‘Stop Telling Us What to Do’ from the 2021 album ‘Hoop’ by Secret Sessions - Nichol Thompson trombone/keyboards, Tom Walsh trumpet/keyboards, Paul Booth tenor saxophone, Chris Allard guitar, Laurence Cottle bass and Ian Thomas drums.

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‘Tug Lightly On The Invisible Thread’ from pianist Steve Barry’s 2022 album ‘In The Waves’, with Will Vinson soprano saxophone, Thomas Bolling bass and Eric Harland drums.

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‘Disco Ears’ from the 2022 album ‘Long Gone’ by Joshua Redman (soprano saxophone), Brad Mehldau (piano), Christian McBride (bass) and Brian Blade (drums).

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‘African Spirals’ by pianist James Weidman’s 2017 album ‘Spiritual Impressions’, with Anthony Nelson tenor saxophone, Harvie Swartz bass and Vince Ector drums.

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‘Farewell, Joy’ from Misha Tsiganov’s 2015 album ‘Slavonic Roots’, featuring Tsiganov on electric piano and vibraphone, Alex Sipiagin trumpet, Donny McCaslin tenor saxophone, Boris Kozlov bass and Donald Edwards drums.

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‘The Intricacies Of Alice’ from the 2020 album ‘Joy’ by Benjamin Boone and the Ghana Jazz Collective, featuring Boone on alto/soprano saxophones, Bernard Ayisa tenor saxophone, Victor Dey Jr piano, Bright Osei bass and Frank Kissi drums.

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‘Palmers’ from the 2022 album Reflex’ by Jsphnynx – Johnny Woodham trumpet/synthesizer, Michael Underwood tenor saxophone, Alfa Mist keyboards, Liam Shorthall guitar/trombone and Richard Spaven drums.

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‘Too Many Kicks’ from the 2020 album ‘Moving Forward’ by keyboard-player Oli Howe, with Marcus Porter bass and Luke Campbell drums.

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‘Muscle Memory’ from producer and keyboard-player Frederic Robinson’s 2021 EP ‘Hiding Music In Everything’, with drummer Richard Spaven.

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‘Ode To The Flower Maiden’ from the Bobby Bradford – John Carter Quintet’s 1989 album ‘Comin’ On’, with Bradford on trumpet, Carter clarinet, Don Preston piano/synthesizer, Richard Davis bass and Andrew Cyrille drums.

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‘I Sang A Bright Green Tear For All Of Us Today’ from Geri Allen’s 1987 album ‘Open On All Sides In The Middle’, with Allen on piano/synthesizers, David McMurray soprano saxophone and flute, Robin Eubanks trombone, Racy Biggs trumpet, Steve Coleman alto saxophone, Shahita Nurallah vocals, Jaribu Shahid bass, Tani Tabbal drums and Mino Cinelu percussion.

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‘Witch Hunt’ one of eight Wayne Shorter tunes on saxophonist Bob Belden’s 2006 tribute album ‘Mysterious Shorter’, with Nicholas Payton trumpet, Sam Yahel organ, John Hart guitar and Billy Drummond drums.