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Mareike will talk to Jonathan McCaslin about her new live EP, a new studio album in the works, and more.

Lee Rice Epstein says the album, "brilliantly reinterprets and renews Gillespie’s music."

Live at Bird's Eye Basel was recorded in Switzerland in January 2020.

Will Layman calls the album "a mixture of heavy and luminescent, with grooves and atmosphere sharing space."

Reviewer Peter Margasak says the album, "immediately grabs the listener."

Reviewer Peter Margasak says the album, "immediately grabs the listener."

Dave Sumner says, "Morris and Webber made the big band album of the year."

Will Layman says, "The band is given lots of room and lots of responsibility, and each member repays what Douglas asks of them."

Will Layman says: "Webber and Morris' expanded range of options breaks new ground while referencing a grand tradition."

Reviewer Ted Parkinson says, "Urban(e)’s strength is in Fahie’s subtlety where his arrangements are always true to his source material."

The album was included in Giovanni Russonello's list of ten outstanding albums from this year.

Writer Dan Bilawsky gives the album 4 1/2 stars!