“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 […]
Jonny Liebeck (new release “Mellow Mind”)
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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 […]
TRIBUTE: Anita Wardell remembers Annie Ross
” I still feel the same way now as when I first heard Annie Ross 37 years ago,” writes Anita Wardell. Anita’s tribute begins and ends with excerpts of vocalese that have […]
James Copus – “Dusk”
James Copus – Dusk (Ubuntu Music UBU0058. CD review by Mark McKergow) At just 25 years of age, trumpeter James Copus has rapidly been making a name for himself on the London jazz scene. A graduate […]
Omri Ziegele Tomorrow Trio – “All Those Yesterdays”
Omri Ziegele Tomorrow Trio – All Those Yesterdays (Intakt CD 333 2020. CD review by Jon Turney) The second track title here, O. My God, is as direct a declaration of allegiance […]
Rudresh Mahanthappa – “Hero Trio”
Rudresh Mahanthappa ft. François Moutin and Rudy Royston – Hero Trio (Whirlwind Recordings WR 4760. CD review by Dan Bergsagel) In 2015 Rudresh Mahanthappa recorded Bird Calls, a quintet session of original pieces inspired by Charlie Parker. […]
ACE National Lottery Project Grants re-open on 22 July 2020
Arts Council England (ACE) reopens National Lottery Project Grant funding on 22 July, with a budget of £59.8 million available until April 2021. Arts Council England state that they “have prioritised reopening […]
Nicholas/Viklický/Dvorský/Wickins – “One Two Three Four”
Nicholas/Viklický/Dvorský/Wickins – One Two Three Four (BeBoss Records. CD review by Mike Collins) One Two Three Four is a live set in more than one sense. Of course, it’s a recording of […]
Samuel Blaser & Marc Ducret – “Audio Rebel”
Samuel Blaser & Marc Ducret – Audio Rebel (Blaser Music. Download Review by Alison Bentley) Some music is made to be firmly in the foreground. This highly original album by Swiss trombonist Samuel […]
Results from the 4th Zbigniew Seifert Jazz Violin Competition
Johannes Dickbauer and Youenn Rohaut were both awarded Second Prize in the 4th Zbigniew Seifert Jazz Violin Competition. There was no First Prize winner. This year the competition was held online, 8-10 […]
Kate Westbrook & The Granite Band – “Earth Felt the Wound”
Kate Westbrook & The Granite Band – Earth Felt the Wound (Westbrook Records, WR006. CD review by Duncan Heining) Is it really two years since Kate Westbrook’s last record Granite came out? […]
Hedvig Mollestad – “Ekhidna”
Hedvig Mollestad – Ekhidna (Rune Grammofon, RCD2215. CD review by Rob Mallows) I first saw Norway’s Hedvig Mollestad-Thomassen about seven years ago in the power trio that brought her to the attention […]
