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  • Neue Grafik Ensemble ‘Foulden Road’ LP (Total Refreshment Centre) 4/5 20th September 2019
  • Tonbruket ‘Masters of Fog’ LP/CD (ACT Music) 4/5 16th September 2019
  • Binker Golding ‘Abstractions of Reality Past and Incredible Feathers’ LP/CD (Gearbox) 4/5 13th September 2019
  • Various ‘IF Music presents: You Need This – A Journey Into Deep Jazz Vol. 3’ 3LP (BBE Music) 4/5 11th September 2019
  • Sara Gazarek ‘Thirsty Ghost’ LP/CD (Self-released) 4/5 9th September 2019
  • Rebecca Nash / Atlas ‘Peaceful King’ CD (Whirlwind Recordings) 5/5 9th September 2019
  • Dave O’Higgins / Rob Luft ‘O’Higgins & Luft Play Monk & Trane’ CD (Ubuntu Music) 4/5 7th September 2019
  • Daniel Meron ‘Embracing Wild’ CD (Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit) 4/5 7th September 2019
  • John Coltrane ‘Blue World’ LP/CD (Impulse!) 5/5 4th September 2019
  • BRAHJA ‘BRAHJA’ LP (RRGEMS) 5/5 3rd September 2019
  • Michael J Bolton ‘Earthrise’ LP/CD (Market Square) 3/5 2nd September 2019
  • Gonzo ‘Ruído(s)’ LP (Discrepant) 5/5 2nd September 2019
  • Gianluigi Trovesi / Gianni Coscia ‘La misteriosa musica della Regina Loana’ CD (ECM) 3/5 1st September 2019
  • Michele Rabbia / Gianluca Petrella / Eivind Aarset ‘Lost River’ CD (ECM) 4/5 1st September 2019
  • Scott Kinsey ‘We Speak Luniwaz: The Music of Joe Zawinul’ 2LP/CD (Whirlwind Recordings) 4/5 31st August 2019
  • Ashley Henry ‘Beautiful Vinyl Hunter’ LP/CD (Sony Music) 5/5 30th August 2019
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  • Makoto Terashita meets Harold Land ‘Topology’ 2LP/CD (BBE Music) 4/5 28th August 2019
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