
Bram De Looze – Colour Talk (SDBAN Ultra. CD review by Dick Hovenga*) With a new Pentadox album out and the release of Colour Talk, a fresh solo piano album, pianist Bram De […]
Bram De Looze – Colour Talk (SDBAN Ultra. CD review by Dick Hovenga*) With a new Pentadox album out and the release of Colour Talk, a fresh solo piano album, pianist Bram De […]
Piece for Noah Preminger Quintet (Smalls, NYC. 19 February 2020. Review by Dan Bergsagel) Noah Preminger, the much vaunted tenor player, is passing through Manhattan with his quintet en route back to […]
Tineke Postma – Freya (Edition Records. EDN1150. CD Review by Graham Spry) Tineke Postma is a Dutch alto and soprano saxophonist of the highest calibre and her new album Freya is a […]
Jim Hart and Ivo Neame – Multiverse (Edition Records EDN1147. CD Review by Peter Jones) Multiverse has taken a while to come out. Ivo Neame and Jim Hart started recording it in […]
Sebastian writes: Photographer Monika Jakubowska was down at the 606 taking pictures of the quintet of Toku (vocals and flugelhorn), Tim Whitehead (tenor sax), Giovanni Mirabassi (piano, also the label boss at […]
Paul Nedzela – Introducing Paul Nedzela (Outside In Music OIM 1915. CD review by Frank Griffith) Baritone saxophonist Paul Nedzela‘s debut recording showcases his eloquent yet gritty playing. There are nine original […]
Filomena Campus Quartet (Vortex, 15 February 2020. Review by Alison Bentley) Something jazz and the theatre have in common: improvisation. At London’s Vortex, Sardinian vocalist Filomena Campus drew on her knowledge of […]
Sebastian writes: The headline (and possibly the highlight) of the 2020 Pizza Express Steinway Two Pianos Festival will be a return to London after a significant gap of US pianist JoAnne Brackeen, […]
Kit Downes & Tom Challenger – Vyamanikal Lauren Redhead & Alistair Zaldua – vox humana Andrew Woodhead – Pendulums (Ideas of Noise Festival, St Paul’s Church, Birmingham. 8 February 2020. Review by […]
Sebastian writes: Monika Jakubowska’s photos here capture the mood of an evening at Pizza Express Dean Street. The quiet appreciative buzz of a full house, increasingly drawn in to the ebb and […]
Alfa Mist – On My Ones (Sekito SEKITO007. Download/Vinyl Album Review by Adam Sieff) This release comes as something of a surprise, but maybe it shouldn’t have. As a keyboardist and producer, […]
Philip Clark – Dave Brubeck: A Life in Time (Headline, 464pp., £25. Review by Chris Parker) “You can’t understand America without understanding jazz, and you can’t understand jazz without understanding Dave Brubeck” […]
Having made partial announcements earlier, Cheltenham Jazz Festival (5-10 May) is announcing its full programme today. Tickets will go on sale to Members at 10am on Wednesday 26 February and on general […]
Cherise (Kings Place, 7 Feb 2020. Review by Leah Williams.) Cherise Adams-Burnett had an incredible whirlwind year in 2019, performing across the globe and being named Jazz FM Vocalist of the Year, […]
Paul Dunmall Invites… with Liam Noble, John Edwards, Mark Sanders (Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. 6 February 2020. Review by AJ Dehany) Saxophonist Paul Dunmall is one of the most complete […]