Art Pepper – The Complete Maiden Voyage Recordings(Omnivore Recordings. Seven CD set. Album Review by Liam Noble) People forget. They forget what the saxophone was before jazz adopted it and gave it […]
Jasper Høiby’s Three Elements: Earthness(Edition Records, Digital release. Album review by Jon Turney) It’s been five years since the great piano-bass-drums trio Phronesis’ last recording appeared, but they had such a strong […]
Alex Hitchcock – Dream Band: Live In London (Whirlwind Recordings. WR4815. Three-CD set. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) At first glance, it might seem that tenor saxophonist and composer Alex Hitchcock has pulled together […]
Koma Saxo – Post Koma (We Jazz Records WJCDFIFTY. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Bass player Petter Eldh adds a tremendous punch to any group he plays in. He has played with Django […]
Nigel Price Organ Trio feat. Ross Stanley and Joel Barford – That’s It. Right There(Nervy Nigel Records Nervy CD004. Review by Douglas Strang) As Nigel Price’s helpfully informative sleeve notes say, each […]
Neoteric Ensemble – Volume 1Compositions by Mark Nightingale, Andy Panayi, Charlotte Harding, Dan Jenkins, Misha Mullov-Abbado and members of the ensemble.(Ulysses Arts. Album Review by David Shiers) One of the defining features […]
Charles Mingus – Mingus(Candid Records- CCD35212- 2022. Album review by Frank Griffith) “Mingus” was recorded in 1960 and includes three extra tracks, forty minutes of music, which were recorded at the same […]
Wolfgang Muthspiel – ‘Dance of the Elders’(ECM 2772. Album review by Julian Maynard-Smith) Dance of the Elders is the third ECM trio album led by Austrian guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel. It follows on […]
Dave Brubeck Quartet – Live From The Northwest, 1959 (RELEASE 17 Nov)(Brubeck Editions. Album review by Liam Noble) Jazz doesn’t always announce itself upfront, but you know who this band are in […]
Leléka & Maksym Berezhniuk: ‘Rizdvo’(GLM /Fine Music FM 362-2, review by Frank Graham) To read more about the background to the music of up-and-coming Berlin-based quartet Leléka I’d heartily recommend both the fine […]
Johnny Griffin – ‘Live At Ronnie Scott’s 1964’(Gearbox Records RSGB1010CD. Album review by Len Weinreich) Question: How many vertically-challenged Afro-American jazz tenor saxophone masters have travelled the highway between Chicago’s South Side […]
Jamie Cullum – Twentysomething(Decca/Universal Music 5523501. Double LP. Review by Bruce Lindsay) The traditional twentieth anniversary gift is china – a few plates, maybe a cup and saucer or two. Modernists apparently […]
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – Les Jardins Mystiques Vol.1(Brainfeeder. Album review by Ian Latham) At a time when 20-30 new albums land on a jazz reviewer’s desk each week, it is not easy for […]
Get the Blessing – Pallett (All is Yes. Vinyl album review by Phil Johnson) Someone once described jazz-rock fusion as free jazz with a backbeat. It’s a moniker that suits the music […]
Mike Reed – The Separatist Party (We Jazz Records/ Astral Spirits. wj56/ as231. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) The Chicago jazz scene has its own character, which is quite different from New York’s. […]
