The Austrian ‘krautjazz’ septet Shake Stew are celebrating ten years of heavy, rhythmic improvisational jazz this year with an outrageously ambitious double album called ‘TEN ONE TWO’. This isn’t a ‘Best Of’ record,  Lukas Kranzelbinder’s outfit have recorded sixteen new compositions (plus a third edition out later in the year) and they are a powerful reminder of their status in European jazz circles. Not unlike the great Sons Of Kemet (RIP), their lineup of two bassists, two drummers and three horns make a serious statement - hypnotic grooves, intense interplay and a trancelike attitude to improvisation. It’s amazing. Read / Listen.