Sinikka Langeland – Wolf Rune (ECM 3542600. Album Review by Alison Bentley) Once upon a time the jaw of a giant pike was made into a kantele – a kind of magical […]
Sinikka Langeland – ‘Wolf Rune’
Julian Lage – ‘Squint’
Julian Lage – Squint(Blue Note. Album review by John Bungey) If your local jazz club had a huge whip-round or received a vast council grant (OK I’m dreaming), who would you want […]
Magnus Skaug – ‘Anthems Vol.I’
Magnus Skaug – Anthems Vol.I (Øra Fonogram, OF177 – Album Review by Peter Slavid) This year’s Cheltenham Jazz Festival has now been rescheduled for July. However, in happier times, the Saturday morning […]
Guido Spannocchi – ‘Perihelion’
Guido Spannocchi – Perihelion (Audioguido Records. Album review by Adrian Pallant) Cool as you like, Viennese alto saxophonist Guido Spannocchi’s Perihelion (a title referencing the position in the orbit of a planet […]
Andrew Woodhead – ‘Pendulums’
Andrew Woodhead – Pendulums(Leker LEKCD001, LEKLP001. Album review by Adrian Pallant) Subtitled Music for bellringers, improvisers & electronics, Andrew Woodhead’s Pendulums delivers, without doubt, one of the more unexpected and intriguing releases […]
Lars Danielsson Liberetto – ‘Cloudland’
Lars Danielsson Liberetto – Cloudland(ACT 9922-2. Album Review by Jon Carvell) Cloudland is the fourth album from Swedish bassist/cellist/composer Lars Danielsson’s international supergroup Liberetto, featuring former Esbjörn Svensson Trio drummer Magnus Öström […]
Charles Mingus – ‘Live at Carnegie Hall Deluxe Edition’
Charles Mingus – Live at Carnegie Hall Deluxe Edition (Rhino. Two CDs or 3 LPs. Album review by John Bungey) You may well know the single album that emerged from Mingus’s show […]
Hans Ulrik – ‘In a Sentimental Mood’
Hans Ulrik – In a Sentimental Mood (AMM Records. Album Review by Leonard Weinreich) Some quality inherent in jazz music resonates deeply in Scandinavian soul, and nowhere as powerfully as Copenhagen. The […]
Ches Smith & We All Break – ‘Path of Seven Colors’
Ches Smith & We All Break: Path of Seven Colors Pyroclastic Records. Album Review by Tony Dudley-Evans There has always been a strong relationship between jazz and Latin and Caribbean rhythms. This […]
David Beebee – ‘Planet B’
David Beebee – Planet B (Available from Bandcamp – link below, Album review by Alison Bentley) “There is no Planet B,” climate protesters remind us, but UK pianist David Beebee has created […]
Richard X Bennett – ‘RXB3’
Richard X Bennett – RXB3 (Ubuntu Music UBU0089 – Album review by Mark McKergow) Brooklyn-based pianist Richard X Bennett leads his new trio on a lively and engaging journey in this new […]
Sons of Kemet – ‘Black to The Future’
Sons of Kemet – Black to The Future (Impulse Records. Album review by Graham Spry) Shabaka Hutchings stays true to the traditional practise of artists on Impulse Records, such as Charles Mingus, […]
Rebecca Vasmant – ‘With Love, From Glasgow’
Rebecca Vasmant – With Love, From Glasgow (REBREC001 LP review by Adam Sieff) There have been a number of records released recently celebrating the jazz scenes which are being redefined by young […]
Miroslav Vitous and Emil Viklický – ‘Moravian Romance – Live at the 2018 Brno Jazz Festival’
Miroslav Vitous and Emil Viklický – Moravian Romance Recorded Live at the 2018 Brno Jazz Festival (Venus Record VHCD-1243. Album Review by Sebastian Scotney) Moravian Romance was released on the Japanese Venus […]
Birgit Minichmayr – ‘As An Unperfect Actor: Nine Shakespeare Sonnets’
Birgit Minichmayr – As An Unperfect Actor. Nine Shakespeare Sonnets set to music by Bernd Lhotzky with Quadro Nuevo (ACT 9931-2. Album review by John Arnett) It is extraordinary to think that […]
