The fifteenth of Jon Turney’s weekly selections (series introduced HERE), shows off Arthur Blythe in his pomp. Arthur Blythe’s magnificent early major label release had plenty of love from the critics, but […]
Masabumi Kikuchi – Hanamichi: The Final Studio Recording (Red Hook Records 1001. Album review by Alex Merritt) Masabumi Kikuchi (1939- 2015), also known as ‘Poo’ (from his Japanese name Poo Sun), was […]
Koma Saxo – Live (We Jazz Records. Album review by Alison Bentley) Live and kicking: led by bassist Petter Eldh, this album has a raw energy that captures Koma Saxo’s gigs well, […]
Saxophonist Sam Braysher has been quietly but determinedly carving out his own space in London’s jazz scene since graduating from Guildhall in 2011. While his freelance portfolio involves larger ensembles (including John […]
Michael Spitzer – The Musical Human (Bloomsbury, 2021. Book review by Peter Jones) Listeners to BBC Radio 4 may have heard Simon McBurney reading extracts from this book over recent days: it […]
Ohisashiburi – Reimagining the Beatles (Verte Records VR20004) Gee Gallo Minetto – Live in Rome (Villa Celimontana) (danillogallo.bandcamp.com) (Album reviews by Mike Collins) This brace of recent releases from two different bands […]
Melody Gardot – Sunset in the Blue (Deluxe Edition) (Decca. Album Review by John Bungey) So, deluxe editions … an energetic attempt to extract cash from super-fans or a valuable new perspective […]
Kristin Korb – What If? (Double K Music (*). Album review by Lauren Bush) American double bassist and vocalist Kristin Korb was primarily based in LA until moving to Denmark about 10 […]
Juan Carlos Quintero – Caminando (Moondo Music. Album review by John Arnett) This is a timely and thoroughly justified re-release of an album that originally came out in 1997 under the title […]
Elliot Galvin and Laura Jurd(The Vortex. Streamed on 8 April 2021. Review by Patrick Hadfield) One of the few good things to come out of the global pandemic has been the accessibility […]
Nova – The Anatomy of Bliss (Nova Music. Album review by Rob Mallows) Can we ever truly know ourselves and the universe around us? The Danish physicist Niels Bohr – father of quantum […]
Michael Wolff – Live at Vitellos (Sunnyside Records SSC1615. Album review by Len Weinreich) Some sketched background: New Orleans-born, Los Angeles-resident Michael Wolff is a pianist affected by Tourette’s Syndrome: “a common […]
Thomas Strønen/Ayumi Tanaka/Marthe Lea – Bayou (ECM 0724298. CD Review by John Bungey) Clamp on the headphones, kick the cat off the sofa, and settle down for a journey into the land […]
Alder Ego – III (We Jazz Records WJLP31. Album Review by Peter Slavid) III is the third album from this young Finnish group, led by drummer Joonas Leppänen. He wrote the majority […]
Sebastian writes: A film which has picked up THIRTEEN different awards at film festivals, and which has very strong jazz connections is on release on digital platforms from today 5 April 2021. […]
