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Jose James & Jeff Neve: For All We Know (Verve)

Jose James & Jeff Neve: For All We Know

Jose James, a man who never stops still, goes against the grain and brings out a platter of jazz standards. A brave move as this tends to be a graveyard for many a middle of the road jazz crooner, however Jose is anything but...

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Jeff Berlin: High Standards (M.A.J. Records, Inc)

Jeff Berlin: High Standards (M.A.J. Records, Inc)

The thing with the greats is, they never stop still or let the grass grow under their feet. First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin! One of the all time monsters of the electric bass ever!

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John McLaughlin: My Goal's Beyond

John McLaughlin: My Goal's Beyond

One of our noted jazz fusion guitarists, John’s career spans forty years, while this CD was first released during 1971. Now considered somewhat of a modern classic...

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Nils Landgren Funk Unit: Funk For Life

Nils Landgren Funk Unit: Funk For Life (In support of Medecins Sans Frontieres)

Heavy hitter and bone splitter Nils Langdren, a swedish sonic sensation in my book comes up trumps again with this rather fitting platter. His band Funk Unit soon get into to a rootsy, raw groove with kicking tracks...

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Adrian Gibson: Music For Jazz Dancers

Adrian Gibson: Music For Jazz Dancers (Freestyle Records)

Music for Jazz Dancers' is a selection of hot tunes taken directly from DJ Adrian Gibsons' sets at 'Messin' Around', the club he has been running for 14 years with DJ Perry Louis...

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The Souljazz Orchestra: Rising Sun

The Souljazz Orchestra: Rising Sun

Strut have come up trumps with this masterpiece again! Lovers of the Heliocentrics and Mulatu etc are gonna dig this inspirational offering that positively drips with class and sheer brilliance...

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Neil Cowley Trio: Radio Silence

Neil Cowley Trio: Radio Silence

Neil Cowley trio kick of their new association with the Naim Label and waste no time getting stuck into their quasi Rock anthemic jazz strewn maelstrom music

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Tony Bennett Sings The Ultimate American Songbook Vol. 1

Tony Bennett sings the ultimate American Songbook Vol. 1

Yes there all here and the daddy of jazz and broadway tunes delivers the goods with his usual aplomb and panache. Tony never stops evolving, the older he gets the more creative he becomes still giving new twists to masters...

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Dilanga EP

Dilanga: EP

All four tracks are as powerful and fiery as you could hope for (and as Rumba should be). Flawless singing and playing with complete conviction, precision and passion make this an essential purchase if Rumba is your thing

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Somi: If The Rains Come First

Somi: If The Rains Come First (Obliq Sound)

Firstly, let me lay my cards on the table immediately – this is flawless. Somi is not to be underestimated as a vocalist - no wonder she is being talked of as a future world-conquering star

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SATURDAYS @ Traks Complex, Soi (Every Saturday, 10pm-3am) Portrush

They say you can’t always get what you want. In clubbing circles, that’s not entirely true, as a visit to the sprawling Traks Complex in the pictureseque Northern Irish coastal town of Portrush will reveal.

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SINTILLATE @ CC Club (every Friday, 10pm-3.30am) London

It’s quite an achievement for a night to last five years in the volatile and competitive world of Central London clubbing. It’s even more impressive when it doesn’t sell out musically in order to achieve such a status.

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