Jesse Davis – Live At Smalls Jazz Club (Cellar Music group. Album review by Len Weinreich) There’s a reason why New Orleans born alto saxophonist Jesse Davis’s name doesn’t trip off the […]
Jesse Davis – ‘Live At Smalls Jazz Club’
London Brew (Nubya Garcia, Shabaka Hutchings et al.) – ‘London Brew’
London Brew – London Brew (Concord Jazz – 0088807245869. 2 CDs. Album review by Graham Spry) The album London Brew is the culmination of a project featuring leading London-based musicians responding to […]
Mike Westbrook – ‘The Piano and Me’
Mike Westbrook – The Piano and Me (Download only; album review by Patrick Hadfield) The Piano and Me is Mike Westbrook’s third album of solo piano music in recent years, following Paris and […]
Pharoah Sanders Quartet – ‘Live At Fabrik Hamburg 1980’
Pharoah Sanders Quartet – Live At Fabrik Hamburg 1980 (NDR Kultur D77123 – CD/2LP review by Mark McKergow) Pharoah Sanders leads a fine quartet through some of his best loved tunes in […]
Sultan Stevenson – ‘Faithful One’
Sultan Stevenson ‘Faithful One’ (Whirlwind Recordings. Album review by Adam Sieff) There’s a real sense of excitement surrounding the release of this debut album from the pianist Sultan Stevenson. The young Londoner […]
Classic Jazz At The Philharmonic Jam Sessions (1950-1957)
Classic Jazz At The Philharmonic Jam Sessions (1950-1957)(Mosaic Records MD-10-275. 10-CD set. Review by Len Weinreich) In case this review catches the attention of a visiting Martian, a ‘jam session’ could be […]
Trichotomy – ‘To Vanish’
Trichotomy – To Vanish (Earshift Music – Review by Bruce Lindsay) Six years after the release of Known/Unknown Trichotomy, the Australian piano/bass/drums trio formed in 1999, returns with studio album number eight, […]
Ralph Towner – ‘At First Light’
Ralph Towner – At First Light (ECM 2758. Album review by John Arnett) Fifty years ago this year, Ralph Towner released his first solo album “Diary”, also on ECM and produced, as […]
Kenny Barron – ‘The Source’
Kenny Barron – The Source(Artwork Records ARTR2202. Album review by Leonard Weinreich)Imagine, for a moment, you’re a jazz pianist.You’re alone, seated on a piano stool at a Steinway D, facing a microphone […]
Bobo Stenson Trio – ‘Sphere’
Bobo Stenson Trio – Sphere (ECM 2775. Album review by Patrick Hadfield) Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson (b.1944) has had a long, illustrious career at the forefront of the vibrant Nordic jazz scene; […]
Gianluigi Trovesi & Stefano Montanari – ‘Stravaganze consonanti’
Gianluigi Trovesi & Stefano Montanari – Stravaganze consonanti (ECM 2390. Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) Italian clarinettist and saxophonist Gianluigi Trovesi occupies a similar musical territory to French reeds player Louis Sclavis (and […]
Laura Schuler Quartet – ‘Sueños Paralelos’
Laura Schuler Quartet – Sueños Paralelos(Antidro Records . Album review by Peter Slavid) Laura Schuler is a Swiss composer, singer and violinist who describes this album as an attempt to capture the […]
Mammal Hands – Gift From The Trees
Mammal Hands – Gift From The Trees (Release date 31 March 2023)(Gondwana Records. Album review by Rob Mallows) With a track record in mixing jazz sensibilities with elements of trance, ambient music […]
Christine Tobin – ‘Returning Weather’
Christine Tobin – Returning Weather (Trail Belle Records TBR05. Review by AJ Dehany) Returning Weather is Irish composer-singer Christine Tobin’s nine-part meditation on the nature of home and homecoming. This fine evocative […]
Elton Dean, Steve Miller & Pip Pyle – ‘Home Brewed’ (Rec. 1976)
Elton Dean, Steve Miller & Pip Pyle – Home Brewed (British Progressive Jazz. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) The aptly named British Progressive Jazz label has released this previously unavailable recording from […]
