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Jazz album reviews with CHRIS SEARLE: June 12, 2024
New releases from Ingi Bjarni, Simon Spillett Big Band and Charlotte Keeffe's Right Here, Right Now Quartet
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Ingi Bjarni
Farfuglar
NXN Recordings
★★★★

 

JAZZ and Iceland may not come to mind simultaneously, but the Icelandic pianist Ingi Bjarni may change all that.


Simon Spillett Big Band
Dear Tubby H
Mister PC Records
★★★★★


Charlotte Keeffe’s Right Here, Right Now Quartet
Alive in the Studio 
Discus Records
★★★★★

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