Daniel García Trio (with guests Ibrahim Maalouf, Anat Cohen, Gerardo Núñez) – Vía de la Plata (ACT 9936-2. Review by Jon Carvell) A will-o’-the-wisp is one of the more disconcerting phenomena that […]
Luke Bainbridge – Surface Tension (Self-released/Bandcamp link below – Album review by Peter Slavid) Surface Tension is really more of a project than a band. It was originally put together as a […]
Sebastian writes: The German press release out today announces that: Registration for 2022 jazzahead! ( 28 April till 1 May) is open, with an early bird discount available until Monday 18 October […]
The EFG London Jazz Festival has just sent out a press release with updates such as extra matinee shows for Dave Holland/ John Scofield and for Julian Lage and the first half-dozen […]
Sebastian writes: Two good friends have been in touch about re-openings this week East Side Jazz will be weekly and is at Leytonstone Ex-Servicemens Club, Harvey Rd, Leytonstone, London E11 3DB. This […]
Buena Vista Social Club (25th Anniversary Edition – 2LP + 2CD Deluxe Bookpack) (World Circuit. Album Review by John Bungey) It was the nostalgic celebration of a lost Cuba that found a […]
Sirabhorn, one of the tunes on the new Pat Metheny album, Side Eye V1.IV, is dedicated to – and named after – a student of Metheny’s from his days at Berklee in the mid-1970s. The […]
De Beren Gieren – Less Is Endless (Sdban Ultra. Album review by Peter Slavid) In Europe, in recent times, trios have often struggled to escape the dominating shadow of EST. But De […]
Helena Debono (Pizza Express Holborn. 8 September 2021. Review by Lavender Sutton) Helena Debono released her new album Right Here to a sold-out crowd at Holborn Pizza Express as a part of […]
Marc Johnson – Overpass (ECM 3810819. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) Overpass is the latest edition to ECM’s subgenre – solo bass recordings. If you’re the kind of gig-goer who goes to […]
Lady Blackbird – Black Acid Soul (Foundation Music/BMG. Album Review by John Bungey) She’s always had the voice – a soulful instrument that combines the drama of Tina Turner with the bluesy […]
Malik Al Nasir – Letters to Gil: A Memoir (William Collins, 320pp., £20. Book Review by Chris Parker) At the age of eighteen, semi-literate, destitute, bewildered and directionless after spending his adolescence […]
Charlotte Keeffe – Right Here, Right Now (Discus Records 107CD. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Improvising trumpeter Charlotte Keeffe is an extremely versatile and active player; she leads her own quartet, is one of […]
Shez Raja (Ronnie Scott’s. 5 September 2021. Review by AJ Dehany Punjab means ‘five rivers’. In early 2020 bass player and composer Shez Raja travelled with his father to the Punjab region […]
ESINAM Shapes in Twilights of Infinity (W.E.R.F. records. Album Review by Amy Sibley-Allen) Belgian-Ghanaian multi-instrumentalist Esinam Dogbatse a.k.a ESINAM creates a gloriously unique sound universe with her debut album Shapes in Twilights […]
