Emma Johnson’s Gravy Boat – Worry Not (Self-released. Album review by Adrian Pallant) The last fifteen, pandemic-dominated months have undoubtedly pulled focus on our mercurial emotions. So the premise of debut release […]
Amaro Freitas – Sankofa(Far Out Recordings. Album review by Adrian Pallant) There’s always a frisson of excitement when a left-field approach to ‘piano trio’ comes into view; and an online search for […]
Guido Spannocchi – Perihelion (Audioguido Records. Album review by Adrian Pallant) Cool as you like, Viennese alto saxophonist Guido Spannocchi’s Perihelion (a title referencing the position in the orbit of a planet […]
Andrew Woodhead – Pendulums(Leker LEKCD001, LEKLP001. Album review by Adrian Pallant) Subtitled Music for bellringers, improvisers & electronics, Andrew Woodhead’s Pendulums delivers, without doubt, one of the more unexpected and intriguing releases […]
Roy Mor – After The Real Thing(Ubuntu Music UBU0081. Album review by Adrian Pallant) The evocative strains of the oud were the immediate allure of this attractive debut recording, as leader, by […]
Sam Braysher Trio – Dance Little Lady, Dance Little Man(Unit Records UTR 4951. Album review by Adrian Pallant) The bold, solid colours of renowned Argentinian artist (and musician) Mariano Gil introduce Dance […]
Lucien Johnson – Wax///Wane (Deluge Records. Review by Adrian Pallant) Mystical, a touch retro, and increasingly spellbinding, Wax///Wane is the work of New Zealand saxophonist and composer Lucien Johnson. It’s an album […]
David Helbock – The New Cool(ACT Music, 9927-2. Album review by Adrian Pallant) David Helbock is clearly a guy who is difficult to pigeonhole, his Random Control Trio project, for example, often […]
Shez Raja – Tales from the Punjab(Ubuntu Music, UBU0077. CD review by Adrian Pallant) A sultry sun silhouetting Badshahi Mosque and the Samadhi of Ranjit Singh in the cosmopolitan city of Lahore, […]
Patrick Naylor – Winter Dream(BeeBoss Records – BBCD2030. Review by Adrian Pallant) There’s something reassuringly inviting about the music of guitarist Patrick Naylor – a seasoned player and composer in the fields […]
Mark Feldman – Sounding Point(Intakt Records, Intakt CD 354. CD review by Adrian Pallant) Violin … free jazz … isn’t that possibly a touch narrow and ‘out there’ for a 44-minute solo […]
Paul Edis Trio – Snakes and Ladders (Self-released and available from Bandcamp. Album review by Adrian Pallant) Pianist Paul Edis established himself as one of the leading lights of contemporary jazz and […]
Enrico Pieranunzi & Bert Joris – Afterglow (Challenge Records CR73460. CD review by Adrian Pallant) Those chasing fast-city lights might imply the hard-grooving world of jazz-rock. But look beyond, into the deepening […]
Erik Verwey Trio – People Flow (Self-released. CD review by Adrian Pallant) A debut album to lift the spirits, Dutch pianist Erik Verwey’s People Flow most certainly has feel-good and interest at […]
James Hamilton Jazz Orchestra – Yorkshire Suite (New Jazz Records. Review by Adrian Pallant) The premise of this live recording is heartwarming, and should be to anyone with an interest in the […]
