Lucia Cadotsch – Speak Low II (We Jazz Records. CD review by Jon Turney) Swiss vocalist Lucia Cadotsch delivers the least ornamented treatments of songs you may ever hear. Like a writing […]
Lucia Cadotsch – ‘Speak Low II’
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Golden Age of Steam – ‘Tomato Brain’
Golden Age of Steam – Tomato Brain (NOISE Records LTNO 13. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) The music of James Allsopp’s Golden Age of Steam has been described as ‘abstract electronica meets radical […]
The Jazz Standard: “Our doors on 27th Street will remain permanently closed”
“A real loss.” The Jazz Standard announced on 2 December 2020 that it will be closing permanently. Dan Bergsagel reflects: The Jazz Standard has announced that it will be shutting its doors […]
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra at Perth Concert Hall (Concert to mark 25 years of the orchestra)
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (Streamed from Perth Concert Hall on 5 December 2020. Review by Patrick Hadfield) For any band to keep going for twenty five years is impressive; for the Scottish […]
Xhosa Cole, Lara Jones, Liam De Tar/Yaatri and Shirley Tetteh Announced as Winners of 2020 Peter Whittingham Awards
Xhosa Cole, Lara Jones, Liam De Tar/Yaatri and Shirley Tetteh are announced as Winners of 2020 Peter Whittingham Awards, for which Help Musicians have announced an increased level of support. Xhosa Cole, […]
RIP Ron Mathewson (1944-2020)
The very great Scottish bassist Ron Mathewson passed away shortly before midnight yesterday 3 December 2020. He had been admitted to hospital with Covid in mid-November. Dave Holland writes: The way […]
Julie Campiche
“I feel I’m a musician and the harp is the instrument.” Following her online gig at the EFG London Jazz Festival, Julie Campiche spoke to Alison Bentley about her Quartet’s new album, […]
Jim Rattigan – ‘When’
Jim Rattigan – When(Three World Records TWR0005. CD review by Mark McKergow) French horn virtuoso Jim Rattigan bridges the genres of scored music and jazz with this delightful collection of tunes for jazz quartet […]
Nils Wogram – ‘Bright Lights’
Nils Wogram – Bright Lights (nwog records 033. Review by Jon Carvell) There’s something of a tradition among German jazz trombonists of releasing solo albums. And I don’t mean as leaders of […]
Matthew Halsall (new album ‘Salute to the Sun’)
Trumpeter and Gondwana Records label owner Matthew Halsall is one of the leading figures on the thriving Manchester jazz scene. He featured on BBC Four’s Jazz 625 last month as part of […]
Mark Allaway and Nick Tomalin – ‘Brew Time’
Mark Allaway and Nick Tomalin – Brew Time (Digital download and streaming services. Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) A musical conversation can’t get more intimate than a duet, and there’s something special about […]
Jamie Cullum – ‘The Pianoman at Christmas’
Jamie Cullum – The Pianoman at Christmas (Island. CD Review by Ciaran Carter) This is Jamie Cullum’s 10th Studio release. Comprising ten original songs, it was begun before the first Covid-19 lockdown […]
Yazz Ahmed, Julian Joseph, Renell Shaw, Charlie Bates honoured at 2020 Ivors Composer Awards
Two of the three Special Awards at the Ivors Composer Awards (formerly the British Composer Awards) on 1 December went to jazz musicians Yazz Ahmed (Award for Innovation) and Julian Joseph (Academy […]
Jim Rattigan (New Album ‘When’ with Nikki Iles, Michael Janisch, James Maddren)
“A brilliant and versatile jazz soloist on french horn and an interesting and questing composer / arranger,” wrote Ian Carr about Jim Rattigan, whose new album When (Three Worlds Records) will be […]
Vortex announces ‘Rough Takes’ series (starts 20 Dec with Olly Chalk)
The Vortex Jazz Club has announced the first in a series of online events in which one featured artist is given carte blanche to invite the others who will take part. The […]
