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    ‘Havard Hedde’ from the 2011 album ‘Migrations’ by the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra – Hedvig Mollestad guitar, Froy Aagre soprano saxophone, Tore Brunborg soprano saxophone, Klaus Holm alto saxophone, Nils Jansen clarinet, Eirik Hegdal sopranino saxophone, Mats Aleklint, Oyvind Braekke and Karin Hammar trombones, Hayden Powell, Hildegunn Oiseth and Erik Eilertsen trumpets, Per Zanussi bass and Thomas Stronen drums.
     

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      Three this morning from Courtney Pine, perhaps not surprisingly, the man credited as a major influence by so many of the current crop of young British jazz musicians. This is ‘I Believe’ from his 1986 album ‘Journey To The Urge Within’, with Julian Joseph piano, Gary Crosby bass, Mark Mondesir drums and Pine on soprano saxophone.
       

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        ‘Absolution’ from the 1995 album ‘Modern Day Jazz Stories’, with Pine on soprano saxophone and flute, Geri Allen piano, Charnett Moffett bass, Ronnie Burrage drums/percussion and DJ Pogo scratches (which now sound dreadfully dated and rather rubbish to be honest).
         

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          ‘Rivers Of Blood’ from the 2017 album ‘Black Notes From The Deep’ with Pine on tenor saxophone, Robert Mitchell piano, Alec Dankworth bass and Rod Young drums.
           

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            Three more musicians who, like Courtney Pine, kept the flame burning during a relatively fallow period for British jazz. First up, ‘High Voltage’ from Steve Williamson’s 1991 album ‘Rhyme Time (That Fuss Was Us)’, with Williamson on tenor saxophone, Dennis Rollins trombone, Dave Gilmore guitar, Michael Mondesir bass and Steve Washington drums.
             

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              ‘Chunky But Funky’ from Orphy Robinson’s 1994 12” ‘The Funky End Of Things’, with Robinson on vibraphone and marimba, Joe Bashorun organ/piano, Dudley Phillips bass, Winston Clifford drums and the great Brazilian percussionist/vocalist Nana Vasconcelos.
               

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                ‘Ujamma’ from the 2003 album ‘MakeYour Move’ by trombonist Dennis Rollins’ Badbone And Co., with Benet McLean guitar, Johnny Heyes guitar, Peter Martin bass and Perry Melius bass.
                 

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                  ‘Siren’ from Manchester duo Skeltr’s 2020 album ‘Dorje’, with Sam Healey alto saxophone and keyboards, Craig Hanson drums and guest vocalist Hayley Williams.
                   

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                    'Asturien’, a 2021 single from tenor saxophonist Thomas Agergaaardand and guitarist Bjarn Roupe, with Thomas Fonnesbaek bass and Lisbeth Diers drums.
                     

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                      ‘Fevrier II/XII’ from the 2018 album ‘Humeurs’ by Bad Resolution – Ganesh Geymeier tenor saxophone/electronics and Christoph Calpini drums/electronics.
                       

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                        ‘Flower Girl’ from Sebastian Sternal’s 2015 album ‘Sternal’s Symphonic Society Vol. 2’, with Sternal on piano, Christoph Mockel alto/soprano saxophones and flute, Niels Klein tenor/soprano saxophones and clarinet, Klaus Heidenreich trombone, Frederik Koster trumpet/flugelhorn, Erik Schumann violin, Zuzana Schmitz-Kulanova violin, Thomas Schmitz cello, Magdalena Hartl viola, Robert Landfermann bass and Jonas Burgwinkel drums.
                         

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                          ‘Mars Bar (Call For Gary)’ from the 2004 album ‘Pooka’ by Jaga Jazzists Lars Horntveth, with Matthias Eick bass, Annette Myking, Siv Gronlie, Rebecca Cherry and Seiki Uono violins, Siri Hilman and Bodil Erdal cellos, Hans Gunnar Hagan and Michiel Westhof violas and Horntveth on clarinet, soprano/tenor saxophones, keyboards and guitars.
                           

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                            ‘Ejma’ from pianist Alexis Bajot-Nercessian's 2020 album ‘Lown’, with Leo Jennet trumpet, Amina Mezaache flute, Hugo Riviere bass, Pierre Demangue drums and Nils Wekstein percussion.
                             

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                              Aside from the original, Brad Mehldau’s version of Nick Drake’s ‘River Man’ from the 1998 album ‘The Art Of The Trio Volume Three – Songs' is probably my favourite.Featuring Mehldau on piano, Larry Grenadier bass and Jorge Rossy drums.
                               

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                                ‘Fairytale’ from the 2019 album ‘Moments In Trio. Volume Two’ by pianist Yaniv Taubenhouse, with Rick Rosato bass and Jerad Lippi drums.
                                 

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                                  ‘Aleatoric’ from pianist Aki Rissanen’s 2016 album ‘Amorandum’, with bassist Antti Lotjonen and drummer Teppu Makynen.
                                   

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                                    The title track from bassist Piotr Lemancyk’s 2009 album ‘Naha People’, with Tim Hagans trumpet, Maciej Sikala tenor saxophone, Dominik Bukowski vibraphone and Kazimierz Jonkisz drums.
                                     

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                                      ‘Lady With A Weasel’ from the Maciej Obara Quartet’s 2011 album ‘Equilibrium’, with Obara on alto saxophone, Dominik Wania piano, Maciej Garbowski bass and Krzystof Gradziuk drums.
                                       

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                                        ‘Xavier’s Arrival’ from pianist Anthony Wonsey’s 1998 album ‘Open The Gates’, with Ron Blake tenor saxophone, Nicholas Payton trumpet, Gerald Cannon bass and Nasheet Waits drums.
                                         

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                                          Going back a bit, it's nice to see Courtney Pine mentioned. His music seems sometimes a shorthand for smooth and polished Brit jazz, but I used to love his Within The Realms of Our Dreams when it was first released. Spare, stark, focused, improvisations, beautifully recorded, with this kind of spiritual authenticity to it. I hadn't heard John Coltrane at that time, but it prepped me for when I did. I'll have to go back and give it another go. He's still doing a whole bunch of stuff.

                                          Orphy Robinson's an amazing guy, a real polymath who does improvisations with beats and iPads as well as vibes. He's a genuine force for good in this world.

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                                            The title track from the Don Rendell Quintet’s 1972 album ‘Space Walk’, with Rendell on soprano saxophone, Stan Robinson tenor saxophone, Peter Shade vibraphone, Jack Thorncroft bass and Trevor Tomkins drums.
                                             

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                                              From a June 1974 BBC Radio 3 ‘Sounds Of Jazz’ broadcast, this is ‘New Dawn’ from the Allan Holdsworth / Ray Warleigh Quintet. Holdsworth on guitar, Warleigh alto saxophone, Pat Smythe electric piano, Bryan Spring drums and Ron Mathewson bass.
                                               

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                                                ‘Way Back When (Part 1)' from John Surman’s 1969 album ‘Way Back When’, with Surman on soprano saxophone, John Taylor electric piano, Brian Odgers bass and John Marshall drums.
                                                 

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                                                  ‘Just Beyond The Horizon’ from organist Joey DeFrancesco’s 2021 album ‘More Music’, with Lucas Brown guitar and Michael Ode drums.
                                                   

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                                                    ‘Bear No Hair’ from the 2005 album ‘Outre Mer’ by Garage A Trois – Charlie Hunter guitar, Mike Dillon vibraphone, Eric ‘Skerik’ Walton tenor saxophone and Stanton Moore drums.
                                                     

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