The 45th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections is from a great quartet of the noughties. The first recording by William Parker’s quartet, O’Neal’s Porch from 2001, made it clear they had something […]
The 44th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections comes from a classic night at the 100 Club. This recording, a near lifelong favourite, preserves a pretty spectacular night’s playing by all concerned. I […]
The 43rd of Jon Turney’s weekly selections is one great bassist’s homage to another. Hard to believe the original Buena Vista Social Club album is 25 years old. And after the first […]
The 42nd of Jon Turney’s weekly selections features a memorably different saxophone sound. Charlie Haden’s Quartet West project produced a series of albums that were love letters to LA, and its mid-century […]
The 40th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections comes from Art Blakey’s late line-up of stars in the making. This album, with its teasingly ambiguous title (is it your album of the year, […]
Keith Tippett Weekend (Bristol Beacon and St. George’s Bristol. Fri 1 & Sat 2 October 2021. Live review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Friday evening: Rare Music Club (Bristol Beacon)The reaction from players, organisers […]
Lauren Bush – Dream Away (out 15 October 2021) (CD review by Mark McKergow) London-based vocalist Lauren Bush’s second album Dream Away is her follow-up to 2016’s All My Treasures. It’s a thoroughly enjoyable collection with great performances throughout […]
The 39th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections has the drummer making the best possible use of an elusive vocalist. A game of two halves, labelled as Parts one and two on the […]
The 38th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections is a notable transatlantic collaboration. Big Air were a brilliant UK-US collaboration featuring trumpeter Chris Batchelor and multi-reeds player Steve Buckley, two of the horn […]
The 37th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections features an uncommonly successful collaboration between a poet and a singer. Advice to jazz singers: Find a decent poet who is interested in songwriting. Get […]
FONT, the Festival of New Trumpet Music, was co-founded by Dave Douglas and the late Roy Campbell Jr. in 2003. As another Festival approaches, Dave Douglas explains in an email interview the […]
The 33rd of Jon Turney’s weekly selection (introduced HERE) is all about the horns. Among early releases from the World Saxophone Quartet, this live set stands out, as live sets often do. […]
The 32nd of Jon Turney’s weekly selection (introduced HERE) impresses with drumming of cherishable ferocity. I loved the albums Jack DeJohnette made as leader in the late 1970s and early ’80s. They […]
The Herts Jazz Festival returns in October, running from Friday 15 to Sunday 17. Preview by Peter Vacher: Oh, to be in Bishops Stortford at festival time. Well, that’s what it feels […]
“As well as being a jazz musician I play classical music and pop. I love it all, so why not include it?” John Bungey interviews Manchester-based composer and bassist Joshua Cavanagh-Brierley, a […]
