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Best of 2024: Jazz albums
CHRIS SEARLE picks his favourites

2024: a groovy year!

The sleeve notes of The Banger Factory’s new double album, Magnus Opus (Banger Factory Records) says it all: “It’s a celebration of unity, love, togetherness and faith in the transformative power of music.” Twenty musicians well met in Brixton play with tremendous verve, spirit and collective power.

The Rebirth of the African Phoenix, by Roger McKenzie
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