The spring rush of new music continues with albums from saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, trumpeter Shems Bendali and the Danish duo Svaneborg Kardyb. There is a taster of the Propan project commissioned by the feminist booking and DJ collective Femme Brutal and two compositions by
Burt Bacharach who turns 94 years old this month.
Match&Fuse: Debra Richards
Representing the alternative in European music and attitude, Match&Fuse takes up Worldwide FM’s purpose of uncovering artists hell-bent on staying true to themselves.
Kelly Lee Owens - One
Orbit – Svaneborg Kardyb [Gondwana Records]
A V – Propan [Sofa]
Shems Bendali Quintet – Tabriz
Phi-Psonics – The Searcher [Gondwana Records]
Omar Apollo - Mr. Neighbor [Warner]
Takykardia - Better Times [Turbulence and Pharaohs]
Athletic Progression - Cooked Ones, Pt. II [Touching Bass]
OTOOTO - Mayday Greyday [April Records]
Congotronics International - Many Tongues In Our Band [Crammed Discs]
Jean Carne – Black Rainbows [Jazz is Dead]
Joona Toivanen – Except For [We Jazz]
Charlie Mingus Trio – Yesterdays [Josie Records]
Ingrid Laubrock & Andy Milne – Splinter [Intakt Records]
Amalia Umeda Quartet – Echoism
Torben Snekkestad & Søren Kjærgaard – Wind and Floating Lines no.2 [Trost Records]
Dionne Warwick - Walk On By [Music Club]
Prophets of Soul – Make It Easy On Yourself [Brunswick Record Corporation]
Tyler, the Creator – See You Again ft Kali Uchis [Columbia]
V C R – Blue [Leaving Records]
Burning Spear – It's A Long Way Around [Mango/Island Records]
The Stance Brothers - Dwayne's Shuffle [We Jazz]
VAAGUE – Nuaage [Shapes No Frame]
Denny Zeitlin – 2 Steps Forward, 1 Step Back [NowAgain Records]
The Eliminators - Loving Explosion [Brunswick Record Corporation]
Stan Clarke – Unexpected Days [Polydor Records]