Duke Ellington – Live At The Berlin Jazz Festival 1969 -1973 (The Lost Recordings TLR2204041. Album review by Len Weinreich) By their own admission, record companies are a clumsy, scatty and careless […]
Samara Joy – Linger Awhile (Verve 4826649. Album review by Adam Sieff) Samara Joy’s eponymous debut album released by Whirlwind during the Summer of 2021 was a masterpiece. Supported by a trio […]
Mal Waldron – Searching In Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert (Tompkins Square TSQ5906. Album Review by Liam Noble) From the first chord you hear on this recording, you know you’re not […]
Frank Kimbrough – Frank Kimbrough 2003-2006. Volume 1: Lullabluebye. Volume 2: Play (Palmetto Records PM2202. Album review by Liam Noble) The piano trio is a very popular format – not too loud, […]
Julian Lage – ‘View With A Room’ (Blue Note. Review by Adam Sieff) Guitarist Julian Lage’s second album for Blue Note generally follows the template set down in last year’s Squint. He […]
Matchbox Bluesmaster Series Set 8: (‘Big Road Blues 1966–1972: The Tradition Continues’) MSESET8 – 6 CDs. Album reviews by Chris Parker) Disc 1: Furry Lewis in Memphis (1968) Disc 2: Little Brother […]
ALATI – Ascending the Morning (33Jazz / Bandcamp. Album review by Jon Turney) ALATI are a trio brought together by Norwich-based trumpeter Chris Dowding who on this debut release weave some lovely […]
Oxbow + Peter Brötzmann: An Eternal Reminder Of Not Today: Live At Moers Festival 2018 (Trost Records. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Oxbow are a rock band founded in San Francisco in […]
Morten Schantz Trio – Passenger (April Records – APR103CD. Album Review by Graham Spry) Pianist Morten Schantz has been active on the Danish jazz scene for many years and has performed regularly […]
Enrico Rava and Fred Hersch – The Song is You (ECM 4534395. Album review by Jon Turney) A late career meeting one might not have thought of, but that immediately sounds like […]
Michel Petrucciani – Solo in Denmark (Storyville Records 1018495. Album review by Mark McKergow) French piano genius Michel Petrucciani (1962–1999) lives again in this solo performance from 1990. The results are a […]
Olie Brice Trio/Octet – Fire Hills (West Hill Records. Two CDs. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Olie Brice is a double bass player well known as a key member of the free […]
Dameronia’s Legacy All-Stars – Live at Audi Forum Ingolstadt (Ubuntu Music UBU0113CD. Album review by Bruce Lindsay) In tribute to composer, musician and arranger Tadd Dameron, “Dameronia” has been adopted as a […]
Gareth Williams – Short Stories (Miles Music MM CD090. Album review by Peter Vacher Writing this just twenty-four hours after hearing Gareth Williams play in a local quintet session prompts one to […]
Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese, esperanza spalding – Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival (Candid Records. Album review by Jon Turney) Jazz players rarely retire voluntarily, but many – perhaps […]
