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Matt Owens: The Aviators' Ball

Read "The Aviators' Ball" reviewed by Phil Barnes


From the vibrant Manchester jazz scene that gave us the likes of Matthew Halsall, Nat Birchall and GoGo Penguin comes this eclectic beauty from Matt Owens. Much of the album was written in response to a commission from the Manchester Jazz Festival for a 'jazz quartet combined with wind quintet and tuned percussion' -a wide ranging ...

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Mark Lomax Trio: Isis and Osiris

Read "Isis and Osiris" reviewed by Dave Wayne


Record collectors and DJs are fond of the term “spiritual jazz." Like most colloquialisms, its meaning is nebulous and vague; more emotional than factual, more indicative of a feeling that the music projects, as opposed to a distinct lineage or coterie of musicians. For many, the term refers to jazz that incorporates African and Middle Eastern ...

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Nat Birchall: Live In Larissa

Label: Sound Soul And Spirit
Released: 2014
Track listing: John Coltrane; Divine Harmony; Return To Ithaca; Journey In Satchidananda; World Without Form; The Black Ark; Sacred Dimension.

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Live In Larissa

Label: Sound Soul And Spirit
Released: 2014
Track listing: John Coltrane; Divine Harmony; Return To Ithaca; Journey In Satchidananda; World Without Form; The Black Ark; Sacred Dimension.

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Nat Birchall: Live In Larissa

Read "Nat Birchall: Live In Larissa" reviewed by Phil Barnes


This limited double vinyl and download collection is a wonderful document of two nights that Birchall and his band played at the Duende Jazz Bar in Larissa during May 2013. The trip appears to have made an enormous impression on Birchall who commented shortly after returning that “I think our visit will become one of the ...

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Nat Birchall Quintet: Live In Larissa

Read "Live In Larissa" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Two shows on the tiny stage of the Duende Jazz Bar in Larissa, Greece, in May 2013, form the basis for the Nat Birchall Quintet's Live In Larissa: a live album that provides a welcome and impressive addition to Birchall's discography.Birchall, a master of soprano and tenor saxophones who's based in the north west ...

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Moss Project: What Do You See When You Close Your Eyes?

Read "What Do You See When You Close Your Eyes?" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


As Bo Diddley so wisely stated, “You can't judge a book by looking at the cover." Moss Project's What Do You See When You Close Your Eyes? may look like a book, and a very beautiful one at that. It may feel like a book--it may even smell like a book. But it's a CD. Actually, ...

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Label: Sound Soul And Spirit
Released: 2012
Duration: 08:11

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World Without Form

Label: Sound Soul And Spirit
Released: 2012
Track listing: World Without Form; The Black Ark; Dream Of Eden; Divine Harmony; Speak To Us Of Love; Return To Ithaca; Principle Of Beauty.

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Nat Birchall: World Without Form

Read "World Without Form" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


In a world that often seems bereft of any sense of spirituality it's good to know that performers like saxophonist Nat Birchall are still true to the spirituality of music. Birchall, based in the northeast of England, continues to create beautiful, soulful, music on his fifth album as leader, World Without Form, in the company of ...


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