JAZZ
Going back in time to forge future paths
uring lockdown 2020, when each week began to feel drearily indistinct from the next, my calendar was almost entirely held together by new music releases. While some record labels found the lack of PR opportunities inhibiting, others took advantage of a captive audience, and many albums released that year feel as special to me now as favourite albums from my childhood. In particular, which arrived in the autumn andand the now Grammy Award-winning Blue Lab Beats, who gave Bobby Hutcherson’s a mellow jazztronica makeover.