Rebecca Nash – Redefining Element 78 (Whirlwind Recordings WR4796. Album review by Jon Turney) Pianist Rebecca Nash’s new project is a compositionally ambitious suite that began life at Bristol Jazz Festival a […]
Donald Byrd – Live: Cookin’ with Blue Note at Montreux (Blue Note 4599839. Album review by Adam Sieff) More buried treasure courtesy of Blue Note. Hot on the heels of November’s Elvin […]
Maria Rud & Tommy Smith (St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh. 18 November 2022. Live review by Mark McKergow) This extraordinary performance saw two masters of their art combining in a breath-taking improvised creation […]
Sun-Mi Hong Quintet + And Law & Alex Hitchcock (Purcell Room. 17 November 2022. Live review by Peter Slavid) There’s probably a bad joke somewhere that starts “two Koreans, two Italians and […]
Matana Roberts (alto sax, clarinet & vocals), Joy Guidry (bassoon & vocals), Hannah Marcus (fiddle, accordion, guitar & vocals), Nic Caloia (bass & vocals), Sam Shalabi (guitar, oud & vocals) and Ryan Sawyer (drums, vibraphone, jaw […]
Aziza: Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke, Eric Harland (Cadogan Hall. 16 November 2022. Live review by Jon Turney) Dave Holland’s regular appearances at the London festival have settled at Cadogan Hall […]
Review by Tony Dudley-Evans This year, JazzFest Berlin, presenting its 59th edition, returned to its natural home, the Berliner Festspiele, a venue near perfect for a jazz festival due to its size and flexibility. The […]
Spirit’s Rejoice! Albert Ayler and His His Message by Peter Niklas Wilson (Wolke PBK 176 pp. Book review by Andy Hamilton) The late Peter Niklas Wilson was a sober, insightful commentator who […]
Magnus Lindgren & Georg Breinschmid – Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XIII: Celebrating Mingus 100 (ACT 9955-2. Album review by Julian Maynard-Smith) Which album is Mingus’s masterpiece? Many argue for The Black Saint […]
In the latest of our series where musicians consider idols, or formative influences, Liam Noble writes about his favourite tracks by pianist John Taylor. Liam writes: I don’t think of John Taylor […]
Steve Boudreau is a Canadian jazz pianist and educator based in Ottawa. His latest album is a piano trio record entitled “Cherished Possessions”. In this latest contribution to our “Ten Tracks….” series, in […]
“Kevin Hays is a true original,” Brad Mehldau has written. “Everything he plays has a deep intelligence and swing.” The New York-born pianist, composer and singer-songwriter is a mainstay of the scene […]
Born in Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland, having grown up in Jordan, Tanzania, Oman and Lebanon, and spending much of his adult life in the United States, fretted/fretless guitarist and oud player Jussi […]
At 91 years of age, David Forman has enjoyed an illustrious life. The former dentist and intrepid travel photographer is known on the UK jazz scene for his photographs of jazz musicians. […]
Laura Jurd (Three concerts in Edinburgh. July 2022. Live Reviews by Patrick Hadfield) Trumpeter and, for these gigs at least, cornetist Laura Jurd made her first trip to the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival, […]
