Also on Bandcamp is a 2023 work-in-progress album, Ik Wil Nog Niet Dood. 5 of the 10 songs made it unchanged onto Weer Een Dag Voorbij, but the rest are a righteous and riotous bunch. In fact, the title tune has frazzled my neurons and could be one of the greatest things I’ve ever heard.

Now that nothing can wrestle away the notional trophy, here’s my proposal for 2025’s best album; Amsterdam-based multinational jazz improv quartet wrap their chops, voices, surprises and telepathy around some stylish tango, kwela, cumbia and madness.
The Ambush Party: Weer Een Dag Voorbij.

Sarah Kendzior has been suspended from Bluesky, they won’t say why. You can find her on Substack, or buy her books. You can even find her on the sewer that used to be Twitter.

Saw this. Seems legit.

And this! “Be Kept” by Beekeeper. Tremendous.

I suppose I'm going to have to retire or refashion this now.

I felt old already. Now I feel *really* old.

I followed some feeds about jazz, because jazz can be f*cking great. However, the feeds appear to just collate any posts which contain keywords, often instruments you’d associate with the genre/s.
So this morning I got this…

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Sadly missed, 2024 edition

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