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Wayne Shorter – Music of the Spheres

Mercurial and mysterious as ever, the saxophonist talks to Stuart Nicholson about how his deep past connections are now shaping his present, and future, conception of music, and what lies beyond! Saxophonist Wayne Shorter has long been acknowledged as a major figure in jazz.

Robert Glasper – Breaking Cover

Robert Glasper’s recent double Grammy Award wins for his two Black Radio albums have capped an 11-year career that has not just seen him break through to the mainstream like few other jazz artists today, but has also seen Glasper forge deep bonds between today’s jazz, R&B and hip-hop scenes.

John McLaughlin – Lighting The Way

Since his first explosive 1969 solo album, Extrapolation, John McLaughlin has shape-shifted, chameleon-like, through the decades of jazz-rock, acoustic fusion, Indian music and gritty Hammond-driven blues.

Liane Carroll – Sea of Joy

Liane Carroll has that rare ability to meld effortless, often transcendent vocal and piano technique, with heart stopping emotion and soul bearing power.

Get The Blessing – Stargazy Guys

From awkward outsiders to international post-jazz hipsters, Get The Blessing have consistently produced noisily-nuanced yet hard to define music for 15 years now.

Matthew Halsall – Northern Soul

Manchester-born and based, trumpeter Matthew Halsall first emerged with his 2008 debut Sending My Love, standing out from the crowd with his golden tone and a glowing melodic warmth to his music.

Joshua Redman and The Bad Plus – Bad to the Bone

With parallel careers spanning the last two decades saxophonist Joshua Redman and piano trio The Bad Plus have forged equally acclaimed, but distinctly separate paths in contemporary jazz.

Avishai Cohen – Burning Brighter

Bassist Avishai Cohen has in the last decade of his prolific, high-level 20-year career, moved from bass hero and bandleader, into the echelons of significant stylistic innovator and powerful musical mentor.

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