Alexander Hawkins - Carnival CelestialBritish pianist and composer Alexander Hawkins is a creative epicenter of the London jazz scene and is regarded as one of the most innovative musicians with a surprising radius of action. His trio with Neil Charles and Stephen Davis was formed in 2012 and masterfully celebrates the connection of freedom and structure, composition and improvisation. Carnival Celestial is a fantastic work of musical presence and impressively proves what is possible with

Having initially dismissed them as part of her grandmother's dementia

this is the album's first reissue in over a decade and the booklet includes an in-depth interview with Lonnie

and joined by the rich expansive tones of the Copland

Gillian Fisher

this band of punk brothers from the outskirts of Mexico City will make you dance with their unique style of garage-marimba-punk-cumbia

along with those unforgettable stage performances

Times review of the Dystopia premiere put it

CDBABY An Intricate fusion of jazz

allowing music to flow through their instruments

coming relatively late in life to recording in his early 40s to record his best-known work during the late 1950s and early '60s

" the Vox-organ-flecked "Mess Around With My Mind" and the horn-fueled meditation "The Whole Story

which England's The Guardian calls "shimmering