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Jahari Massamba Unit YHWH Is Love review

Jahari Massamba Unit : YHWH Is Love

A complex and rhythmic jazz collaboration between Madlib and Karriem Riggins

Shabaka

Shabaka announces new album, Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace

New album features Andre 3000, Moses Sumney, Floating Points, Saul Williams, Elucid and more

Sun Ra Inside the Light World

Strut announces previously unreleased ’80s-era Sun Ra album, Inside the Light World

The album features recordings with the Outer Space Visual Communicator

Moor Mother

Moor Mother shares new video for “All the Money”

‘The Great Bailout’ is out on March 8

Herbie Hancock albums rated Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock to perform live with original Head Hunters lineup for the first time in 50 years

The classic album’s lineup will perform at the Hollywood Bowl in August

Nina Simone Pastel Blues

Treble 100, No. 28: Nina Simone – Pastel Blues

A landmark album of powerful protest music, Simone at her most emotionally exposed

Les McCann tribute

Les McCann’s sounds are scattered all over late 20th century pop music

We pay tribute to the late jazz legend, who died on December 29

best jazz albums of 2023

The 20 Best Jazz Albums of 2023

From groundbreaking young talents to veterans exploring new avenues

Thandi Ntuli Carlos Nino Rainbow revisited

Thandi Ntuli with Carlos Niño : Rainbow Revisited

A joyous collaboration that expands beyond the boundaries of jazz

Miho Hazama Beyond Orbits review

Miho Hazama : Beyond Orbits

The conductor and composer nods to familiar jazz sounds while reaching for distant worlds

Yussef Dayes black classical music review

Yussef Dayes : Black Classical Music

The London jazz artist’s solo debut packs 19 tracks into 74 minutes of groove

Shabaka Hutchings A Love Supreme

Shabaka Hutchings will perform John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme in London

The event will be Hutchings’ final saxophone performance

Irreversible Entanglements Protect Your Light review

Irreversible Entanglements – Protect Your Light

On their first release for the legendary Impulse Records, IE provide exceptional sanctuary

jaimie branch fly or die world war review

jaimie branch : Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))

The posthumous release from the late jazz artists reveals how much creativity she had left to share