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Best of 2024: Jazz albums
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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.
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