Jason Palmer – The Concert, 12 Musings for Isabella (Giant Step Arts. 2 CDs. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is, understandably but sadly, closed today. This happens to […]
Rachael Cohen Quartet (The Oxford, Kentish Town. 9 March 2020. Review by Brian Blain) A trip to one of the regular Monday nights at The Oxford in Kentish Town last week to […]
Sam Gendel – Satin Doll (Nonesuch 075597922158. CD Review by AJ Dehany) Sam Gendel’s Satin Doll deconstructs jazz standards in a woozy crunk of dense electronic synthwave dreamscapes. With an ideally quirky […]
GO: Organic Chamber Ensemble presents Mu Wi (Roulette, Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn. 8 March 2020. Review by Dan Bergsagel) Mu Wi (natural action) brought Noh theatre and Gagaku court music together at its […]
Brad Mehldau Trio (Barbican Centre. 9 March 2020. Review by Sebastian Scotney) We are all in need of reassurance that some things at least are right with the world. And for fans […]
Orchestra Nazionale Della Luna – There’s Still Life on Earth (BMC CD288. CD Review by Peter Slavid) The Orchestra Nazionale Della Luna as a band name needs a bit of imagination. For […]
Kadri Voorand – In Duo with Mihkel Mälgand (ACT 9739-2. CD Review by Alison Bentley) In each of the twelve songs on this highly original album, time seems to expand. It’s the […]
Tassos Spiliotopoulos Quartet with Jonas Knutsson, (Birmingham Jazz at 1000 Trades. 6 March 2020. Review and photos by John Watson) Here’s an amazing story. The music world is full of surprising international […]
Con Chapman – Rabbit’s Blues – The Life and Music of Johnny Hodges (Oxford University Press. Book review by Frank Griffith) Con Chapman’s biography of alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges catapults him into […]
Kenny Barron/ Dave Holland Trio ft. Johnathan Blake- Without Deception (Dare2 Records DR2-011. CD review by Mike Collins) Kenny Barron and Dave Holland go back a long way. There’s a trio […]
The Pucciarelli Group (Hampstead Jazz Club. 5 March 2020. Review by Lavender Sutton) The basement of Hampstead Jazz Club is an intimate and friendly setting where bands can communicate directly with their […]
Pianist Steve Melling remembers the very great McCoy Tyner, his music, and an invaluable and unforgettable piece of advice… I was lucky enough to meet and speak to the great McCoy Tyner – […]
Writer AJ Dehany and photographer Monika S. Jakubowska combine their impressions of Rodney Green’s ‘Jackson Miller’, making their London Debut at Pizza Express Jazz Soho on Sunday 1 March 2020: “My name […]
Pasquale Grasso – Solo Masterpieces (Sony Masterworks – Digital only. Review by Adam Sieff) Pasquale Grasso is a thirty-one year old Italian guitar player who’s been living in New York for the […]
Liverpool International Jazz festival (Capstone Theatre, Liverpool. 29 February- 1 March 2020. Days 3 and 4 of the 4-day festival. Round-up by Peter Slavid) The Liverpool Jazz Festival has done that rare […]
