In the fast world of digital music and single track downloads, what album would you like to spend time with over the festive holiday? That's the question Debra puts to artists Esinam, Joanna Duda, Supriya Nagarajan and Nabou, and they give very different replies. There's a dip into the sack of new releases including Denise Chaila and District Five, and talk of the best reissues with classics from Max Roach with Abbey Lincoln and Graham Collier.
Match&Fuse: Debra Richards
Johanna Elina Sulkunen – XI Human Antitouch [We Jazz]
District Five - Burning City (live) [A Tree in a Field]
Black Flower - Morning In The Jungle (ft. Meskerem Mees) [Sdban Ultra]
Sessa - Dez Total (Filhos de Gandhy) [Light in the Attic]
Joanna Duda Trio – KATMANDU
Jerusalem in My Heart - Qalaq 7 (ft. Tim Hecker) [Constellation Records]
Binker & Moses – Feed Infinite [Gearbox]
Max Roach - Driva' Man (ft. Abbey Lincoln) [Candid/Pure Pleasure]
Charles Lloyd – Lady Gabor [Resonance Records]
VRGO - Time (Byron The Aquarius Remix) [Flat White Records]
Denise Chaila – Might Be [Narolane Records]
NABOU message with music:
Nabou - In the House of F. (introduction) [Outnote] / Reinier Baas – Outline [Dox Records]
JOANNA DUDA with music: John Scofield - Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You [Universal]
Graham Collier Music – Darius (extract) [Mosaic Records]
Jamire Williams - Bow (feat. Corey King) [International Anthem]
Loraine James - Change [Hyperdub]
Arthur Hnatek / Taut – Bleach
SUPRIYA NAGARAJAN with music:
Supriya with Carla Reed - By the River / Abba – Money Money Money [Atlantic Records]
ESINAM with music:
Esinam – Morning Memories [W.E.R.F. Records] / Bob Marley – Concrete Jungle (live) [Tuff Gong/Island
The Gilberto Sextet – Do You Want to Be Free [Rocafort Records]
Eivind Aarset 4-Tet – Manta Ray (or) Soft Spot [Jazzland Recordings]
Dan Nicholls – Mattering and Meaning [We Jazz]
Jamire Williams – And Then the Anointing Fell [International Anthem]
The Breath – Will You Wait (Acoustic) [Real World Records]
Paul McCartney – Waterfalls [Parlophone]