2016 has been a great year for us. 16 releases in all! That's almost double what we have done in previous years. As we approach the year's end and the last (but not least) records for 2016, we thought we would remind you of the great recordings we've released this year. Thanks
Dave Stapleton, EDITION RECORDS
GERARD PRESENCER / DANISH RADIO BIG BAND Groove Travels
Release Date: 29th January 2016
Cat No: EDN1065 (CD) / EDNLP1065 (LP)
“Presencer, whose playing blasted from every radio in the land in 1993 (remember the Us3 hit ‘Cantaloop’?) delivers the most intensely vital album of his career” THE ARTS DESK (UK)
ANDRE FERNANDES Dream Keeper
Release Date: 12th February 2016
Cat No: EDN1066
“Sun drenched guitar, silky grooves and slinky themes” THE FINANCIAL TIMES (UK)
AKI RISSANEN Amorandom
Release Date: 4th March 2016
Cat No: EDN1067
“Aki Rissanen Trio’s album is a Finnish jazz classic” ILKKA (FI)
PER ODDVAR JOHANSEN Let's Dance
Release Date: 25th March 2016
Cat No: EDN1068
“an album which combines warmth of tone with a decidedly Nordic splendour.” THE SCOTSMAN (UK)
NORTHERN EDITION - CURATED BY FIONA TALKINGTON
Release Date: 25th March 2016
Cat No: EDN1069
'a tribute to the innovative Edition label' GUARDIAN
PHRONESIS - PARALLAX:
Release Date: 8th April 2016
CD Cat No: EDN1070 / LP Cat No: EDNLP1070
“…Parallax opens a new chapter full of musical riches from this most complete and compelling of bands.” JAZZWISE ****
JASON REBELLO - HELD:
Release Date: 29th April 2016
Cat No: EDN1071
“One of the greatest piano players not only in the UK but in the world…[Jason] really manages to create something deeply emotional. He tells an incredible story throughout the record just with his fingers on the keyboard. It’s really up there with my favourite solo piano albums….it’s lovely to hear it…” JAMIE CULLUM, BBC RADIO 2
TIM GARLAND - ONE
Release Date: 6th May 2016
Cat No: EDN1072
'Few world-class jazz improvisers are comparably imaginative composers, but the British reeds player Tim Garland is that rarity'. GUARDIAN
EYOLF DALE - WOLF VALLEY
Release Date: 10th June 2016
Cat No: EDN1073
'Wolf Valley, is a really great album. Not only does it contain well written and original compositions...it’s also full of creative instrumentation and virtuoso performances from the strong 8-piece orchestra'. JAZZNYTT
JASPER HØIBY ‘Fellow Creatures’
Release Date: 15th July 2016
Cat No: EDN1075
'The varied compositions cohere extremely well as a programme. Some…recall Herbie Hancock classics like Maiden Voyage, which is high praise'. BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE *****
ELLIOT GALVIN - PUNCH
Release Date: 29th July 2016
Cat No: EDN1076
'Packed with pop, jazz and contemporary classical references, it’s typically whimsical-sounding Galvin music (there’s a real Punch and Judy show sample in the opener) but steered by an unblinking artistic focus that has nothing whimsical about it at all'. GUARDIAN
LAURA JURD - DINOSAUR
Release Date: 9 Sept 2016
Cat No: EDN1078
"Such a great record!" BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC GILLES PETERSON
"...this beautifully played and effortlessly confident collage of contemporary styles." 5 STARS, THE GUARDIAN *****
ODDERANG - AGARTHA
Release Date: 23 Sept 2016
Cat No EDN1079
“...coherent and epic scale of work. Melodic, melancholic and meditative…” HELSINGIN SANOMAT
SLOWLY ROLLING CAMERA - ALL THINGS
Release Date: 4 Nov 2016
Cat No: EDN1080
“…wildly talented group of young musicians…love that, very epic track…” JAMIE CULLUM
MOSAIC 'Subterranea'
Release Date: 18 Nov 2016
Cat No: EDN1080
Subterranea is the debut album from six piece ensemble Mosaic, led by 2015 Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prize winner and British vibraphonist Ralph Wyld. A musician of real depth and creativity, Ralph Wyld has been described by Jazzwise Magazine as ‘one to look out for’ and has been praised by the FT for this ‘rhythmic accuracy and panache’.
STUART McCALLUM / MIKEK WALKER - THE SPACE BETWEEN
Release Date: 25 Nov 2016
Cat No: EDN1080
The Space Between is the second album by long-term friends & guitarists Stuart McCallum and Mike Walker, The Space Between is an album that expresses McCallum and Walker’s abiding love of melody and space, their friendship and respect, and the multifarious sounds and timbres that their instrument has to offer.
