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Audrey Ochoa
Frankenhorn - (Chronograph)
http://audreyochoa.com/ @audreyochoa
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A classically trained trombonist, jazz composer-arranger-bandleader, and music teacher, Audrey Ochoa is making waves in Canada and beyond. In 2019 she won the Edmonton Music Prize, and this fall, Best Jazz Artist at the Western Canada Music Awards 2020. She was to play at the world’s largest international jazz gathering, the 2020 jazzahead! festival in Bremen, Germany, but it was cancelled this year because of the pandemic.
Ochoa, a professional musician for almost 15 years, grew up in a music-loving family. Her father, celebrated trumpet-player Romeo Ochoa, played in the Manila Symphony Orchestra before coming to Canada in 1965, and then with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Her sister, Allison, is an accomplished saxophonist and her mother. Phyllis, plays the accordion.
Frankenhorn, Ochoa’s third album, is lush, playful, and melodic. It features the musical talents of Chris Andrew (piano/keyboards), Sandro Dominelli (drums), Mike Lent (bass), Luis Tovar (congas), Raul Tabera (percussion), Rubim de Toledo (bass), Kate Svrcek (violin), Shannon Johnson (violin), Ian Woodman (cello), and special guest, Victoria DJ Battery Poacher.
By Sean Warkentine
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Jeff Parker
Suite for Max Brown - (International Anthem / Nonesuch)
http://www.jeffparkersounds.com/ @jeffparkersound
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Gil Scott-Heron & Makaya McCraven
We're New Again : A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven - (XL Recordings)
@MakayaMcCraven
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Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience
To Know Without Knowing - (Agogo)
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Local Talent
Higienopolis - (Self-Released)
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Emie R. Roussel Trio
Rythme De Passage - (Self-Released)
http://www.emierroussel.com/en/home/ @Emierr_Trio
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Aimee-Jo Benoit with Trio Velocity
Borjorner - (Self-Released)
https://aimee-jobenoit.bandcamp.com/ @aimeejobenoit
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David Lavoie Quartet
Juno - (Inner Ocean)
https://davidlavoiequartet.bandcamp.com/ 
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Nick Fraser , Chris Davis & Tony Malaby
Zoning - (Astral Spirits)
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Peripheral Vision
Irrational Revelation & Mutual Humiliation - (Self-Released)
http://www.peripheralvisionmusic.com/ @peripheralmusic
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Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge
Jazz is Dead - (Jazz Is Dead)
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Robert Lee
Ascension - (Self-Released)
https://www.robertleebass.com/ 
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Shabaka and the Ancestors
We Are Sent Here By History - (Impulse!)
https://shabakaandtheancestors.bandcamp.com/ @SH_Ancestors
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Soil & 'Pimp' Sessions
Man Steals the Stars - (Victor)
http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/soilpimp/ @SOILPIMP_JP
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The Shuffle Demons
Crazy Time - (Stubby)
http://www.shuffledemons.com/ @ShuffleDemons
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Nubya Garcia
Source - (Concord)
https://www.nubyagarcia.com/ @nubya_garcia
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Ernesto Cervini
Tetrahedron - (Anzic)
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Sophia Smith Quartet
Elevation - (Self-Released)
https://www.sophiasmithmusic.com/ @SophiaSmithSax
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Mark Godfrey Quintet
Square Peg - (Self-Released)
https://www.markgodfreybass.com/square-peg @markgodfreybass
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Butcher Brown
#KingButch - (Concord)
https://butcherbrown.com/ @butcherBRWN
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