Sinikka Langeland – Wolf Rune (ECM 3542600. Album Review by Alison Bentley) Once upon a time the jaw of a giant pike was made into a kantele – a kind of magical […]
Sinikka Langeland – ‘Wolf Rune’
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Magnus Skaug – ‘Anthems Vol.I’
Magnus Skaug – Anthems Vol.I (Øra Fonogram, OF177 – Album Review by Peter Slavid) This year’s Cheltenham Jazz Festival has now been rescheduled for July. However, in happier times, the Saturday morning […]
Keith Brown Trio – ‘African Ripples’
Keith Brown Trio – ‘African Ripples’ (Space Time Records. BG2150 CD review by Adam Sieff) I was very impressed with pianist Keith Brown’s playing on Charles Tolliver’s excellent Connect album released last […]
Daphna Sadeh-Neu (EP ‘Magic of the Moment’, 33Jazz, released today)
“I have always been an instrumentalist but I reached a point where I realised I wanted to say something in words,” says Israeli-born, Bristol-based bassist, composer and bandleader Daphna Sadeh-Neu. In her […]
HJC presents ‘Jazz On A Summer’s Evening’ at Cadogan Hall
HJC Presents ‘Jazz On A Summer’s Evening’ (Cadogan Hall. 5 June 2021. Review by Lavender Sutton) Jazz On A Summer’s Evening at Cadogan Hall, presented by the Hampstead Jazz Club, finally came […]
Lars Danielsson Liberetto – ‘Cloudland’
Lars Danielsson Liberetto – Cloudland(ACT 9922-2. Album Review by Jon Carvell) Cloudland is the fourth album from Swedish bassist/cellist/composer Lars Danielsson’s international supergroup Liberetto, featuring former Esbjörn Svensson Trio drummer Magnus Öström […]
Janette Mason (‘Wall to Wall Bowie’ EP, released 25 June / Ronnie Scott’s gig 10 August)
“It’s not a tribute, it’s a reworking and a celebration,” says Janette Mason of her Wall to Wall Bowie EP which is released on 10” vinyl and CD on 25 June. Rob […]
Charles Mingus – ‘Live at Carnegie Hall Deluxe Edition’
Charles Mingus – Live at Carnegie Hall Deluxe Edition (Rhino. Two CDs or 3 LPs. Album review by John Bungey) You may well know the single album that emerged from Mingus’s show […]
Vladyslav Sendecki and Jürgen Spiegel (2nd album for release later in 2021)
Sebastian writes: The Hamburg-based duo of pianist Vladyslav Sendecki and drummer Jürgen Spiegel will following up the success of their Two in the Mirror (2019 – reviewed here) with a new duo […]
German Jazz Awards – Winners
The inaugural German Jazz Awards were held on 3 June 2021. The full list of winners across the thirty-one categories is below our report. Sebastian writes: This doesn’t happen in many countries: […]
Hans Ulrik – ‘In a Sentimental Mood’
Hans Ulrik – In a Sentimental Mood (AMM Records. Album Review by Leonard Weinreich) Some quality inherent in jazz music resonates deeply in Scandinavian soul, and nowhere as powerfully as Copenhagen. The […]
Reuben James (New Single ‘Closer’ and Nordoff Robbins’ ‘We Are Listening’)
Pianist Reuben James has a new single Closer – featuring Sophie Faith, Prince and Carrtoons – out today, 4 June 2021. A summer mixtape BBQ Energy is coming soon. He has also […]
Jenny Green (new album ‘Always and Forever’)
Always and Forever is the new album from jazz singer Jenny Green. It will be launched at the club which Jenny runs in East Grinstead on 1 July. Interview by Peter Jones […]
Tom Ollendorff – (‘A Song For You’, debut album on Fresh Sounds)
Guitarist Tom Ollendorff’s debut album is out on Barcelona’s Fresh Sounds label. As John Fordham writes in this feature to mark the release: “Ollendorff’s musicianship has already taken him all over continental […]
Alex Western-King (debut album on Ubuntu Music ‘SideSlip’, release 25 June)
Saxophonist Alex Western-King’s debut album SideSlip is to be released later this month on Ubuntu Music. In this feature by John Bungey, the young band leader explains the life choices that sparked […]
