#HipHarpCollective

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This week near beyond the moon with War on Women, Huge Baby, Judy Henske, Maral, Super Hi-Fi, Alina Bzhezhinska, citron citron, Kingo Halla, Me and My Friends, Tears for Fears, Bobby Darin, The Advisory Circle, Sean Focus, The Caretaker, Hollie Cook, Dobie and Delia Derbyshire

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JAZZOWE REKOMENDACJE: Alina Bzhezhinska & HipHarpCollective “Reflections”

JAZZOWE REKOMENDACJE: Alina Bzhezhinska & HipHarpCollective “Reflections”

BBE Music, 2022 Znakomita harfistka Alina Bzhezhinska wraz z założonym przez siebie zespołem HipHarpCollective prezentują drugi album w dyskografii grupy, płytę zatytułowaną“Reflections”. HipHarpCollective poza liderką tworzą Mikele Montolli (bas elektryczny), Adam Teixiera (perkusja) oraz  Joel Prime (instrumenty perkusyjne). Poza podstawowym składem kwartetu w sesji nagraniowej wzięli również…

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Tony Kofi, Alina Bzhezhinska (Alina HipHarp) - Altera Vita (For Pharoah Sanders)

Altera Vita (Alter Life) is a heartfelt tribute to spiritual jazz master Pharoah Sanders, performed by two of his master students; saxophonist Tony Kofi and harpist Alina Bzhezhinska. Pharoah Sanders’ music has been a part of Tony & Alina’s musical upbringing for as long as they can remember, but their physical paths crossed on a memorable night in 2017 at London’s Barbican Centre, for a night titled ‘ A concert for John & Alice Coltrane’. The night was commemorating the 50th and tenth anniversary of John’s and Alice’s passing. Pharoah Sanders had worked with both Alice and John Coltrane, and this night served as a spiritual passing of the baton to Tony & Alina, the former heavily influenced by John and the latter by Alice. The evening was as timeless as the figures honoured, and served as a pivotal moment in both Alina and Tony’s careers. On September 24th 2022 on the eve of Alina’s HipHarpCollective’s Reflection album launch, the Jazz world mourned the passing of the great Pharoah Sanders. Pharoah's spirit was definitely present in King’s Place that night, when Kofi and Alina led a moving tribute to the Jazz legend with their rendition of Astral Travelling, which gave goosebumps to many in attendance. Tony found himself back in the studio soon after this night and composed a very fitting tribute to the master of spiritual jazz- Alter Vita (For Pharoah Sanders), He then enlisted Alina Bzhezhinska whose improvisations helped to provide an elegant call and response between harp and saxophone, delivering a warm and metaphysical send off for one of Jazz music’s greatest composers and saxophonists Pharoah Sanders.

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There have been some excellent harp-led releases recently, and Alina Bzhezhinska and her HipHarpCollective’s cool jazz with contemporary melodies and fresh hip-hop beats on BBE Music is another corker.

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VA - BBE Staff Selections 2022 - 29 tracks from BBE’s 2022 releases, both new material & reissues

Our Staff Selections are carefully curated highlights of our favourite tracks from the year. 2022 has been another year of consistent quality music from BBE. The fantastic J Jazz series rolls on with 5 releases this year, whilst we have also issued highly sought after Jazz re- presses from Norway and Germany, both of which have been fetching insane prices via online collectors. BBE also released an album from the legendary composer and artist Brian Jackson who received Worldwide fm’s lifetime achievement award this year. 2022 has also seen a return to the dancefloors and to festivals for many in this post- pandemic world. We Out Here being a particular highlight. Jazzanova delivered delightful recreations of some Strata Records classics. Two Soul Fusion ( Josh Milan & Louie Vega) remixes of Brian Jackson and MF Robots are must haves for the discerning house music DJs. Boddhi Satva also provides some strong Afro beat dancefloor fillers from his masterpiece album ‘Manifestation’. Alina Bzhezhinska & HipHarpCollective also made their debut on BBE Music this year with the wonderful album ‘Reflections’. Pépé Bradock and Âme stepped up their remix game for J Dilla’s classic track B.B.E. With over 20 tracks of real music for real people - Staff Selections delivers more of what you’ve come to know and love from BBE Music. Thank you for all your support this year; if you’ve bought a record or two, streamed our music or been fortunate enough to attend our historical instore events, we appreciate your support as always. We hope to see you in 2023 and beyond.