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The Editor's pick of the best new albums reviewed in the May 2021 issue of Jazzwise, featuring Vijay Iyer, Nik Bärtsch, Airelle Besson, James Brandon Lewis, and more...

This may be a short book, but three enthralling stories are entwined in it. One involves the journey of a visionary modern jazz trumpeter who missed becoming a legend through happenstance, nostalgia for home, racism, and his own roving curiosity. A second vividly describes the eloquence of a rebelliously creative poet who heard the vernacular speech of his birthplace and improvisation in jazz as very similar languages; the third tracks the dreams of a reluctant but idealistic politician whose hopes for steering a cultural change evaporated in government faction-fights on his return to his hom...

The best new jazz albums: Editor's Choice, March 2021 Thursday, February 18, 2021 The Editor's pick of the best new albums reviewed in the March 2021 issue of Jazzwise, featuring Branford Marsalis, Veronica Swift, Pat Metheny, Susanna Aleksandra, Gary Bartz, Shai Maestro and more Thank you for visiting Jazzwise.co.uk To get full, unrestricted access to all our news, features, artist profiles and much more besides simply click the button below and register for free to the website. By signing up you will also receive our regular email newsletters which wi...

Here are the 143 people Donald Trump pardoned the night before he left office, plus one revealed in his final minutes Posted WedWednesday 20 updated ThuThursday 21 JanJanuary 2021 at 5:12am Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Watch 13 m Donald Trump delivered a final speech to tout his administration’s record before boarding a plane to Florida. Share Print text only Cancel In the final hours of his presidency, Donald Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of 144 people. The first list, which included 143 names issued the night...

Top 20 Jazz Reissues and Archive Albums of 2020 Monday, December 21, 2020 Some real finds and compelling rediscoveries from Thelonious Monk, Dave Brubeck, Art Blakey, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Charles Mingus, Shirley Scott, and more Thank you for visiting Jazzwise.co.uk To get full, unrestricted access to all our news, features, artist profiles and much more besides simply click the button below and register for free to the website. By signing up you will also receive our regular email newsletters which will bring news of all our latest articles fr...