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Cassandra Wilson - Ride On

Cassandra Wilson moves on ambitiously in her quest to let more popular material stand tall alongside jazz standards on new album Silver Pony.

Steve Gadd - Drums

"That was a snare drum my family used to keep behind the couch, and every once in a while as a treat they would let me play it with a piece of material over it, because it was pretty loud.

Hugh Masekela – Ghetto Blaster

Who better to ask than Hugh Masekela, who plays the London Jazz Festival this month, about how he sees South Africa today as memories of the world cup recede? The great musician, an inspiration in the cultural and political struggle against apartheid, continues to fight against the exploitation of the poor and the danger big business poses to the future of the planet.

Robert Wyatt - Spectral Voices

The new album by Robert Wyatt is a collaboration with saxophonist Gilad Atzmon and violinist/arranger Ros Stephen.

Charles Lloyd - Look To The Sky

A deeply meditative and tender new album by the Charles Lloyd Quartet is released just days after this issue hits the streets.

Alex Wilson - Meeting Of Minds

When pianist Alex Wilson met kora player Madou Sidiki Diabaté, it was the genesis of a remarkable project fraught with huge difficulties but which culminates against all odds in the release of Mali Latino.

Jon Thorne Watches The Well With Danny Thompson

According to British bass legend Danny Thompson’s website “he influences everyone who meets him by the breadth of his personality and is seen by most as at least an elder brother or the uncle you always wished you had.

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