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Kasai Allstars: In the 7th Moon, the Chief Turned Into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of His EnemyMore amplified aracana as the third volume of Crammed’s Congotronics brings on the new new superheavy Afro-Psyche. [28 May 2009] 
Bobo Stenson Trio: CantandoScandinavia’s most distinguished pianist proves his staying power on a set hailed as his best in a decade. [5 March 2009] 
Christian Prommer’s Drumlesson: Drumlesson Vol.1Munich’s finest offer a masterclass in the genealogy of dance music. [9 February 2009] 
Mathias Eick: The DoorNigh-on 40 years young, the uber-brand of European improv brings on the new boy(s). [28 October 2008] 
Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Latin Street PartyWord from the barrio, compiled by a man who knows his beat: DJ and Cocinando: 50 Years of Latin Album Cover Art author, Pablo Yglesias. [16 October 2008] 
Portinho Trio: Vinho Do PortoVintage Brazilian jazz from the mestre of understatement. [17 September 2008] 
The Paul Carlon Octet: Roots PropagandaWho says jazz can’t be political? Paul Carlon offers some rhythmic agitprop for a rootless world. [16 September 2008] 
Antonio Pinto: City of Men: The SoundtrackBrazilian soundtrack don returns to the favelas. [15 September 2008] 
Andy Votel: BrazilikaThe high priest of second-hand grooves redefines the art of the Brazilian compilation. [22 August 2008] 
Revolutionary Snake Ensemble: Forked TongueBoston snake charmers steal a march on Mardi Gras. [18 August 2008] 
John Beasley: Letter to HerbieNew L.A. jazz label opens its account with more than just a fan letter. [30 July 2008] 
Kahil El’Zabar’s Ritual Trio featuring Pharoah Sanders: Ooh Live!A Malachi Favors memento and a Pharoah Sanders showpiece in one. [28 July 2008] 
Various Artists: Café CubanoArmchair traveling business as usual for Putamayo, compiling what the post-Buena Vista generation wants to hear. [18 July 2008] 
Dominique Cravic et les Primitifs du Futur: Tribal MusetteRobert Crumb’s raggle taggle inheritors prove that the accordion -- and the saw, and the xylophone, and the theremin... -- is their oyster. [7 July 2008] 
Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Brazilian Street PartyIf you can't find the mother of all street parties in the land of carnival, where can you find it? Veteran DJ John Armstrong tailors the guest list. [3 July 2008] 
Yusa: HaikuGrammy-winning producer Alê Siqueira brings a little Ipanema to the girl from Cuba. [1 July 2008] 
Gato Libre : LibreA bittersweet serenity rare in the genre -- more free Zen than free jazz. [25 June 2008] 
Tom Palmer: Tom PalmerPhil Beer’s Chudleigh Roots label turns out another no-frills missive from the Celtic fringe. [20 June 2008] 
Various Artists: Nigeria Disco Funk SpecialSoundway sweats some Saturday night fever, Lagos style. [13 June 2008] 
Lonely Drifter Karen: Grass Is SingingAn ex-pat Austrian, an Italian, and a Mallorcan make the most convincing argument yet for Barcelona as Europe’s city of multiculturalism. [12 June 2008] 
3 Na Massa: 3 Na MassaA harem of singers and actresses breathing scripted fantasies over a retro-lounge collage-Brazil updates Gainsbourg and gets away with it. [22 May 2008] 
Dapp Theory: Layers of ChanceThe message obscures some wonderfully evocative music in Andy Milne’s latest incarnation of Dapp Theory. [19 May 2008] 
Claudio Roditi: ImpressionsJohn Coltrane makes it to Rio, as Brazil’s most unsung trumpeter pays the kind of unselfconscious tribute seldom heard up north. [9 May 2008] 
Various Artists: Beats, Bites & ÖxleRainer Trüby, of Trüby Trio and Jazzanova fame, concocts what is essentially a standard issue mix. [1 May 2008] 
Akoya Afrobeat: P.D.P. (President Dey Pass)Afrobeat by name, Afrobeat by nature, New York’s multicultural Akoya troupe solidify the city’s standing as retro-beat capital of the world. [22 April 2008] 
Various Artists: Miles from IndiaIndo-jazz on a venerable scale as the cream of Miles Davis’ electric era players reconvene, not so much to reminisce on the old times as to reinvent them. [18 April 2008] 
Jackie Oates: The Violet HourSophomore album from West country girl Jackie Oates -- brother of Jim Moray -- suggests a new English folk dynasty may be in the works. [16 April 2008] 
Jaime Delgado Aparicio: El Embajador y YoAll hail the Quincy Jones of South American jazz: Jaime Delgado Aparicio’s magnum soundtrack sits more than comfortably among the Hollywood competition. [8 April 2008] 
Rosinha de Valença: ApresentandoThe little-heard and long-obscure 1964 debut from Brazil’s most underrated guitarist, back on import and worth every cent. [1 April 2008] 
Chicha Libre: ¡Sonido Amazonico!For those about to chicha, we saludos you: the man who tapped an Amazonian goldmine unveils his own homage to pre-digital Peru. [27 March 2008] 
Ron Blake: ShayariTwo’s company as the Virgin Islands’ most promising ex-pat keeps it acoustic, finding his voice through his pianist on his third album for Detroit’s Mack Avenue. [26 March 2008] 
DJ Dolores: 1 RealIs it a woman? Is it a flying horse? No, it’s Recife’s superstar DJ, taking the things that everyday folks leave behind and spinning them into noughties-hip Nordeste. [11 March 2008] |
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