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Graeme Stephen

Graeme Stephen was born in Aberdeen, Scotland and has been playing guitar since the age of 9. Today he leads and contributes to a multitude of musical projects in Scotland and overseas, playing a wide array of styles from free improvised jazz to Scottish folk. Stephen’s peerless improvisational skills and talent for composition make him one of Scotland’s most exciting and prodigious musical talents. He is a very unusual jazz guitarist in that he is as skilled and comfortable playing in a virtuoso way over standards and chord changes, as he is heading into completely free improvised soundscapes

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Alex Zethson, Maria Manousaki, Simona de Rosa & more

Read "Alex Zethson, Maria Manousaki, Simona de Rosa & more" reviewed by Marek J. Śmietański


Our 108th episode features new releases from European artists (with a small annex to March 2025). The broadcast is dominated by Scandinavian jazz, as many as half of the selected albums were recorded by artists from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. But that's not all, as there will also be tracks from albums released by musicians ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Strata-East, James Brandon Lewis & Phil Haynes

Read "Strata-East, James Brandon Lewis & Phil Haynes" reviewed by Maurice Hogue


Back in the '70s and '80s, flicking through the LPs at a favourite record store and finding the latest Strata East releases made the trip worthwhile. Established by trumpeter Charles Tolliver and pianist Stanley Cowell, the label that was dedicated to spiritual jazz and social consciousness was releasing music by some of the most important artists ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Releases from Cassani, Cheek, Cline & More

Read "New Releases from Cassani, Cheek, Cline & More" reviewed by Bob Osborne


A multi-national set of albums of releases this time around, mostly new, but also including a look back at the older work of some current leading lights of the jazz world. Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Roberto Cassani and Graeme Stephen “Empty Chair" from Pictish Spaghetti (577 Records) 00:28 Chris Cheek “Smoke Rings" from Keepers ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Wadada Leo Smith / Vijay Iyer, Perelman / McPhee / Vandermark & Michael Gregory Jackson

Read "Wadada Leo Smith / Vijay Iyer, Perelman / McPhee / Vandermark & Michael Gregory Jackson" reviewed by Maurice Hogue


This episode of One Man's Jazz is loaded with introductions to new albums by a remarkable group of musicians. Heading the list is the duet of Wadada Leo Smith and Vijay Iyer. Their new Defiant Life, not their first time playing together, speaks to the current state of the world and finding possible paths to liberation. ...

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Tales of the Skald

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Pseudo Power (Prelude); Pseudo Power; Oslo; November; Carson; Cracks in the Clay; Night Sky; Tales of the Skald; Back Home.

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Care (Very Much)

Label: Great Shapes
Released: 2024
Track listing: Nae Tother a Baw; Cantico; No Dusk, No Dawn; Just Kind; La Chiesa; Care (Very Much)

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Article: Album Review

Modern Vikings: Tales of the Skald

Read "Tales of the Skald" reviewed by Neil Duggan


Modern Vikings are a quintet formed by Stephen Henderson. He is perhaps best known as the drummer in Fergus McCreadie's trio, The quintet keeps that trio, consisting of Henderson, McCreadie and bassist David Bowden, as its core. Together, they have proven to be a formidable unit, both live and in their recorded work. In the quintet ...


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