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Anthony Dean-Harris’ Favorite Jazz Albums of 2019

December 18, 2019 By Anthony Dean-Harris

Yesterday we unveiled Nextbop's Best Jazz Albums of 2019, which was compiled by our staff as a whole. Today, we continue our Season of Lists with Editor-in-Chief Anthony Dean-Harris' Favorite Jazz Albums of 2019.There's something kind of lovely about the lack of one major cohesive idea present in the genre of jazz at the moment. The idea of what the music can be is larger … [Read more...]

Nextbop’s Best Jazz Albums of 2019

December 17, 2019 By Sébastien Hélary

Best Jazz Albums 2019

It was an amazing year for jazz music. The genre is constantly evolving and pushing the limits of creativity. Jazz musicians have a real talent for drawing inspiration from other musical styles while always staying rooted in a century of tradition. New directions are emerging, new stars are rising, seasoned veterans are redefining their sound. It's such a blessing to be part of … [Read more...]

Portico Quartet – ‘Memory Streams’ (Album Review)

October 10, 2019 By Anthony Dean-Harris

After the last couple years of albums from London's Portico Quartet -- 2017's Art in the Age of Automation and 2018's companion piece, Untitled (AITAOA #2) -- it's hard to say one is getting more of the same from the group that changed things up for a spell in 2015. The hang is an important instrument in this group's sound, giving their disparately-influenced vibe with it's … [Read more...]

Watch the Video for “Offset” Off Portico Quartet’s New Album ‘Memory Streams’

September 12, 2019 By Anthony Dean-Harris

It's always a delight to say Portico is back. After their recent returns to form with their last two Art in the Age of Automation albums, they're keeping things rolling along with a new album, Memory Streams, out October 4th on Gondwana Records. They just dropped the first single and video, "Offset", that's dark and spooky and perfect. Check it out after the jump and be on the … [Read more...]

Portico Quartet – “View from a Satellite” (Video)

May 1, 2018 By Anthony Dean-Harris

Portico Quartet's latest album, Untitled (AITAOA #2), the companion album to last year's Art in the Age of Automation, just dropped last week and it's spacey, trippy, dopeness that I can't stop playing. In particular, I can't stop playing the song "View from a Satellite", a brilliant shimmering crescendo where Jack Wyllie's saxophone is superb and fritters about the air like an … [Read more...]

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