Krononaut – Krononaut (tak:til Records GBCD096/GBLP096. Review by Graham Spry) Since moving to London from Manchester in the 1980s, Martin France has become known as one of the very best British drummers […]
Krononaut – “Krononaut”
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Edinburgh collective Playtime announces new livestream series
Guitarist Kevin Mackenzie and pianists Brian Kellock (photo below), Dave Milligan and Fergus McCreadie are among the musicians due to feature in a new series of livestreams organised by the Edinburgh Playtime […]
Ronnie Scott’s to re-open on 19 September
Doors will open to the public again on Saturday 19 September 2020. Booking open from today (Monday 31 August). The club has announced that, after one attempt stymied at the last minute […]
Rachel Musson and Corey Mwamba – “What We Said When We Met”
Rachel Musson and Corey Mwamba – What We Said When We Met (Café Oto Records Otoroku TR069. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) This new duo album by tenor saxophonist Rachel Musson and vibraphone […]
Neil Swainson Quintet – “49th Parallel”
Neil Swainson Quintet – 49th Parallel (Reel to Real Vinyl: RTRLP004, CD: RTRCD004, and Digital. Album review by Adam Sieff) 49th Parallel was Neil Swainson’s only recording as a leader during a […]
2020 Outreach Festival (Austria)
Outreach Festival (Schwaz, Austria 6-8 August 2020. Review and photos by Oliver Weindling) The Outreach Festival has now been going for 28 years. Taking place in Schwaz, just outside Innsbruck, a […]
Meraki – “Meraki”
Meraki – Meraki (Ubuntu Music. Review by Amy Sibley-Allen) The self-titled debut album from North Yorkshire-born composer and pianist Jacky Naylor’s trio Meraki is certainly music for the soul. Meraki (μεράκι) is […]
Makaya McCraven – “Universal Beings E&F Sides”
Makaya McCraven – Universal Beings E&F Sides (International Anthem IARCEF22. Review by Graham Spry) From August 2017 to January 2018, Chicago-based drummer Makaya McCraven recorded four sessions in four cities which were […]
2020 INNtöne Jazzfestival (Austria)
INNtöne Jazzfestival (Inntöne, Diersbach, Austria 14-16 August 2020. Review by Oliver Weindling) The irrepressible Paul Zauner had to adapt his INNtöne Jazzfestival substantially to have it occur at all this year. […]
“Free Your Mind”: New video of Jazzmeia Horn with SNJO
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra follows up last month’s tribute to Nelson Mandela with a video of a song taken from the orchestra’s concert with the Texan rising star singer Jazzmeia Horn […]
Jonny Liebeck (new release “Mellow Mind”)
“Harmony was the main interest that sent me down the jazz route – harmony resonated with me,” says pianist Jonny Liebeck . A graduate of both the Royal Academy of Music and […]
Sam Rivers – “Ricochet”
Sam Rivers – Ricochet (No Business Records NBCD 128. CD review by Olie Brice) Lithuanian record label No Business has been mining a golden stream of material with its archive series of […]
Dan Waldman (new release “Sources & Angles”)
UK Guitarist Dan Waldman has just released his debut album as leader Sources & Angles, which reflects the time he spent learning his trade in New York’s West Village. John Bungey tells […]
TRYPL – “TRYPL”
TRYPL (Trevor Mires, Ryan Quigley & Paul Booth) – TRYPL (Ubuntu music UBU0063. CD review by Paul Pace) TRYPL, the eponymously titled debut album release, is the happy result of a long […]
Benn Clatworthy – “The Pursuit”
Benn Clatworthy – The Pursuit (Self-Release BCQCD101. CD review by Paul Pace) London-born but based on the US west coast with an impressive stateside track record including playing with the great Horace […]
