David Linx – Skin in the Game (Cristal Records CR 297. CD Review by Peter Jones) This album from Belgian vocalist, composer and producer David Linx is round about his 30th as […]
David Linx – “Skin in the Game”
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Michel Benita Quartet – “Looking At Sounds”
Michel Benita Quartet – Looking At Sounds (ECM 6025 0872884. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Michel Benita is a a French bass player born in Algeria. He is mainly known in the UK for […]
Paul Harrison – “Adventures From Home”
Paul Harrison – Adventures From Home (Self-released. Download available from Bandcamp. Review by Fiona Mactaggart) Manchester-born pianist, composer and arranger Paul Harrison has become a stalwart of the Scottish jazz scene over the past […]
Wynton Marsalis and “The Ever Fonky Lowdown” (released 21 August 2020)
“The entire world is struggling with issues of governance, belief, financial resources, and cultural integrity. This is not the time for sleepwalking,” Wynton Marsalis tweeted recently. The Ever Fonky Lowdown , launched […]
LJN joins monthly Europe Jazz Media Chart for the first time
For the very first time, the team from LondonJazz News has participated in the monthly Europe Jazz Media Chart. Our writer Peter Slavid picked Dancing In Your Head(s) by the French Orchestre […]
Maria Schneider Orchestra – “Data Lords”
Maria Schneider Orchestra – Data Lords ArtistShare AS0176. CD review by Mike Collins) There’s no chance of missing the themes that have inspired the music on Data Lords, Maria Schneider’s latest release […]
Meerkat Parade – “Disturbed Nature”
Meerkat Parade – Disturbed Nature (Available from Bandcamp. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) The second outing for Edinburgh-based guitarist and composer David Series‘ band Meerkat Parade is an accomplished collection. The quartet […]
Alto saxophone players mark the centenary of the birth of Charlie Parker
Sebastian writes: The centenary of Charlie Parker’s birth falls today, 29 August 2020. We asked alto saxophonists two questions: first to describe thoughts and feelings which the centenary evokes. The second, optional, […]
Mark Scobbie – “Tomorrow’s Today”
Mark Scobbie – Tomorrow’s Today (own label / available from Bandcamp. CD review by Rob Adams) For the past six or seven years, Glasgow’s fertile jazz scene has been epitomised in terms […]
Gregory Porter – “All Rise”
Gregory Porter – All Rise (Blue Note 0862053 – CD review by Mark McKergow) Masterful singer Gregory Porter delivers his first album of original songs for four years with this rich collection, […]
Matt Wilson Quartet – “Hug!”
Matt Wilson Quartet – Hug! (Palmetto PM2196. CD Review by Jon Turney) If you need music to lift your spirits in gloomy times, Matt Wilson is a sure bet. The drummer conveys […]
Wako – “Wako” and Kjetil Mulelid Trio – “What You Thought Was Home”
Wako – Wako Kjetil Mulelid Trio – What You Thought Was Home (Øra Fonogram OF157 / Rune Grammofon RCD2208. CD reviews by Mike Collins) A brace of releases in the depths of […]
Amina Figarova Edition 113 – “Persistence”
Amina Figarova Edition 113 – Persistence (AmFi Records BACD015. CD review by Alison Bentley) “I love the energy and the feel of the city.” Azerbaijani-born pianist and composer Amina Figarova settled in […]
Miles Davis – “The Lost Septet” (from 1971)
Miles Davis – The Lost Septet (Sleepy Night SNRCD013. CD Review by John Bungey) It’s 5 November 1971, and what sort of a night were fans at the Vienna Konzerthaus expecting from […]
RIP Peter King 1940-2020
Very sad news. One of the very greats of British jazz, saxophonist Peter King, passed away on Sunday 23 August, just a few days after his 80th birthday. He had been ill […]
