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 […]
Yellowjackets – Parallel Motion(Mack Avenue MAC1196. Album review by Peter Bacon) As a descriptor the label “jazz fusion band – it appears in the Yellowjackets’ Wikipedia entry – has always struck me as […]
Saxtivity – No Deal (CD from FrankGriffith.co.uk . Album review by Duncan Lamont Jnr.) That man of many musical hats – composer, arranger, educator, clarinettist/saxophonist – Frank Griffith, is synonymous with quality […]
Blue Mitchell – Blue Mitchell (Newland 002 . Album review by Len Weinreich) Trumpeter Richard Allen ‘Blue’ Mitchell (1930-1979) spent only 49 years on earth but, during his brief stay, managed to […]
Julia Hülsmann Quartet – The Next Door(ECM Records. Review by Graham Spry) Since the release of her remarkable debut album, The End of a Summer, on ECM Records in 2008, a new […]
Classic Black & White Jazz Sessions(Mosaic Records MD-273. Limited Edition 11-CD Set. Album Review by Len Weinreich) Mosaic Records is a Connecticut record company which reissues carefully curated sections of jazz history […]
Richard Andersson, Per Møllehøj, Jorge Rossy – Inviting(Review by AJ Dehany) Here are three fine players relaxing into standards. Turn the clock back to 1995-2002 and the young Jorge Rossy was Brad […]
Partikel – Anniversary Song (Berthold Records – Album review by Bruce Lindsay) Ten years after its foundation as a trio and its debut at The Grey Horse in Kingston, Partikel – saxophonist […]
Mario Gaiotto – Cosmopaulista Download review by Jon Turney Here’s a refreshing Brazilian cocktail, newly mixed by drummer Mario Gaiotto for his first recording as leader. There are jazz portraits of New […]
Nate Wooley and Columbia Icefield: Ancient Songs of Burlap Heroes (Pyroclastic Records. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Columbia Icefield is a group led by trumpeter/ composer Nate Wooley, and this is their second […]
Black Lives: From Generation to Generation (Jammin’Colours. Album review by John Stevenson) Black Lives: From Generation to Generation is a sprawling tapestry of Black music drawn from African, Caribbean and African-American musicians […]
Ettore Fioravanti Opus Magnum – Attraverso Ogni Confini(Parco Della Musica Records MPR136CD. Album review by Sebastian Scotney) There is more than a hint of gentle self-mockery here. “Opus Magnum” is the slightly […]
Tom Harrell – Oak Tree (HighNote HCD 7332. Album review by Peter Vacher Much is made in the literature of US trumpeter/composer Tom Harrell’s ongoing struggle with schizophrenia and his success in […]
