Berklee College in Boston has announced that 10 women have been awarded the Score Compilation Grant, which allows recipients to create digital collections of their scores in the Berklee Library. The grants […]
Thomas Strønen/Ayumi Tanaka/Marthe Lea – Bayou (ECM 0724298. CD Review by John Bungey) Clamp on the headphones, kick the cat off the sofa, and settle down for a journey into the land […]
Alder Ego – III (We Jazz Records WJLP31. Album Review by Peter Slavid) III is the third album from this young Finnish group, led by drummer Joonas Leppänen. He wrote the majority […]
Sebastian writes: A film which has picked up THIRTEEN different awards at film festivals, and which has very strong jazz connections is on release on digital platforms from today 5 April 2021. […]
The truth, writes Jon Opstad, is that I can’t do without Herbie Hancock’s entire discography. In bringing this list down to just ten recordings some very specific parameters were called for. So […]
The fourteenth of Jon Turney’s weekly selection (introduced HERE), features David S Ware getting ready for take-off. I bought this LP at a memorably powerful gig in Manchester by the quartet. The […]
There is a petition currently under way, seeking to put an end to the fixed penalty fine of EUR150 which is increasingly being levied on bassists travelling on trains in France with […]
Binker Golding, John Edwards, Steve Noble – Moon Day (Byrd Out Records BYR 303. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans.) Saxophonist Binker Golding became known on the jazz scene through his Binker & […]
A new organisation has been set up to address racial inequality in the music industry and create opportunities for Black musicians and professionals, writes Peter Slavid Peter Slavid writes: It may seem counter-intuitive […]
Wes Montgomery – The NDR Hamburg Studio Recordings (Jazzline Classics D77078. 1 CD +1 Blu-Ray DVD. Or Vinyl . Album review by Denny Ilett) It goes without saying that any new release […]
Theo Walentiny – Looking Glass (Available from Bandcamp . Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) The pandemic has led, perhaps unsurprisingly, to a significant increase in the number of solo piano albums. […]
Stan Tracey – Wisdom in the WingsTwo albums (Free An’ One and Seven Ages of Man, both from 1969)(Resteamed Records- RSJ114. Album Review by Frank Griffith) This double album reissue from 1969 […]
Kjetil Mulelid – Piano (Rune Grammofon RCD2220/RLP3220. Album Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Kjetil Mulelid is a young Norwegian pianist who normally plays in a trio with bass player Bjørn Marius Hegge and […]
Stefano Bollani, Orquesta Sin Fin directed by Exequiel Mantega – El Chakracanta / Live in Buenos Aires (Alobar AL1009. Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) Since being rated best new talent by Italy’s leading […]
In our series in which musicians do a “deep dive” into the music of their inspirations, Peter Jones (*) writes about ten of his favourite tracks by singer Mark Murphy (1932-2015), distilled […]
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