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Jazz albums review with Chris Searle: February 20, 2023
New releases from Ahmad Jamal, Helena Kay’s Kim Trio + Peter Johnstone, Gordon Grdina, Mark Helias and Matthew Shipp

Ahmad Jamal
Emerald City Nights; Live at The Penthouse, 1963-64
(Jazz Detective Records)
★★★★★

THESE previously undiscovered 1963-64 recorded sessions of pianist Ahmad Jamal are sonic jewels.

Recorded live at Seattle’s Penthouse Club, they bring back a jazz epoch bursting with new freedoms.

Helena Kay’s Kim Trio + Peter Johnstone
Golden Sands
(Sulis Records)
★★★★

Gordon Grdina, Mark Helias and Matthew Shipp
Pathways
(Attaboygirl Records)
★★★★★

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