Soft Works – Abracadabra in Osaka Recorded live at Namba Hatch, Osaka, Japan, 11 August 2003 (MoonJune MJR 112. CD Review by John Bungey) To my knowledge no one has ever made […]
Soft Works – ‘Abracadabra in Osaka’ (rec. 2003)
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Will Glaser – ‘Climbing in Circles’
Will Glaser – Climbing in Circles (Ubuntu UBU0075. CD Review by Jon Turney) Adventurous drummer Will Glaser neatly sidesteps the repertoire problem that trips up lots of emerging players. This cleverly programmed […]
‘76% of UK musicians say it’s likely Brexit will stop them performing in Europe’ (Survey by Encore Musicians)
The booking agency Encore Musicians, whose Covid survey we published last August (LINK) , have just done a survey on the impact of Brexit on musicians. The following is directly quoted from […]
RIP Sonia Slany (1965-2021)
Sebastian writes: Violinist. arranger, studio musician, orchestral leader, and “above all undoubtedly a force for good” (*), Sonia Slany (pronounced SlaH-ny) passed away on Thursday 14 January after a long illness. This post […]
Blanco & Cárdenas – ‘Stories Without Words’
Blanco & Cárdenas – Stories Without Words (Digital only, from Bandcamp. Review by Fiona Mactaggart) Stories Without Words is an energetic, richly complex, global musical carnival of an album. So, when we […]
Keith Nichols (1945-2021): Tribute by Richard Pite
A “supremely gifted musician” who “always conveyed the sheer pleasure of making music.” In this tribute, Richard Pite remembers Keith Nichols, who passed away on 20 January 2021: One evening back in […]
David Lewis (Host of the ‘Straight Ahead’ radio show on Solar Radio, and podcast)
David Lewis, the host of the ‘Straight Ahead’ radio show on Solar Radio – also available as a podcast – is interviewed by Laura G Thorne(*) LondonJazz News: You host a radio […]
Fred Thomas (new album with Benoît Delbecq and Ewan Bleach: ‘Dick Wag – A Tribute to Richard Wagner’)
Fred Thomas’s new album on the Babel label, Dick Wag – A Tribute to Richard Wagner, “brings a fresh perspective to some best-loved Wagnerian moments by stripping its forces back to the […]
Fergus McCreadie – ‘Cairn’
Fergus McCreadie – Cairn (Edition EDN1165. CD Review by John Bungey) It’s tough to stand out as an up-and-coming piano trio. Record labels the world over turn out a stream of albums […]
Girls in Airports – ‘Dive’
Girls in Airports – Dive (Mawi Music. CD review by Nick Davies) Girls in Airports is one of the few young Danish indie jazz bands to have established itself internationally, with two […]
Jason Moran – ‘The Harlem Hellfighters’ (Video premiere)
Jason Moran – The Harlem Hellfighters (Video premiere, streamed on 22 January 2021.) Here’s an unexpected pleasure. Jason Moran toured this important history-awakening project in 2018, briefly but brilliantly, to mark the […]
jazzahead! Hosts Panel Session on Brexit – (28 January 2021, 1400 GMT, 1500CET)
What aspects of Brexit would you like us to discuss on 28 January? asks Sebastian On 28 January jazzahead! is hosting a “Virtual Session” to discuss Brexit and its implications. I […]
Alexander Hawkins – ‘Togetherness Music (For Sixteen Musicians) featuring Evan Parker and the Riot Ensemble’
Alexander Hawkins – Togetherness Music (For Sixteen Musicians) featuring Evan Parker and the Riot Ensemble (Intakt Records. CD review by Geoff Winston) Togetherness Music (For Sixteen Musicians) opens with one of the […]
Rembrandt Trio with Hossain Alizâdeh – ‘Same Self, Same Silence’
Rembrandt Trio with Hossain Alizâdeh – ‘Same Self, Same Silence’ (Just Listen Records JL007. Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) Given its name, it’s not surprising that the Rembrandt Trio is from the Netherlands. […]
Emmet Cohen – ‘Future Stride’
Emmet Cohen – Future Stride (Mack Avenue MAC1181. CD Review by Leonard Weinreich) It’s my guess that, at the moment little Emmet was born, his designated guardian angel was a clumsy klutz […]
