Tom Stephenson – Perfect Circle (Available from BandCamp. Review by Patrick Hadfield) New releases from Glasgow’s lively jazz scene have been coming thick and fast this year, and this impressive debut from […]
Tom Stephenson – ‘Perfect Circle’
Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Sound Prints – ‘Other Worlds’
Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Sound Prints – Other Worlds (Greenleaf GRE-CD-1084. Album Review by Alison Bentley) Not footprints, but Sound Prints: this US quintet led by Joe Lovano and Dave Douglas […]
Lukas Ligeti – ‘That Which Has Remained…That Which Will Emerge…’
Lukas Ligeti – That Which Has Remained…That Which Will Emerge… (col legno music. Album review by Fiona Mactaggart) That Which Has Remained…That Which Will Emerge… is the latest album from Austrian-American composer, […]
Matchbox Bluesmaster Series – Set 3 (Six-CD set)
Matchbox Bluesmaster Series – Set 3 (MSESET3 – 6 CDs. Release Date 7 May 2021. Album Review by Chris Parker) Disc 1: Memphis Harmonica Kings 1929–30 Disc 2: Texas Alexander 1928–29 Disc […]
Wollny/ Parisien / Lefebvre / Lillinger – ‘XXXX’
Wollny – Parisien – Lefebvre – Lillinger – XXXX (ACT 9924-2 . Album review by Jon Turney) The ACT label has built a roster of artists that means you should expect the unexpected […]
A Tonic For The Troops – ‘Ambush’
A Tonic For The Troops – Ambush(Odin Records ODINCD9575 – Review by Peter Slavid) If you have listened to any amount of music from Norway, there’s a good chance you’ll have heard […]
Graham Costello’s STRATA – ‘Second Lives’
Graham Costello’s STRATA – Second Lives (Gearbox Records. Album review by Fiona Mactaggart) Scotland is teeming with young jazz talent these days, and a notable example is Glasgow-based drummer and composer Graham Costello. His […]
Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey – ‘Uneasy’
Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey – Uneasy (ECM 3520696. Review by John Bungey) If I was one third of a piano trio (which luckily for the health of British […]
Sam Braysher Trio – ‘Dance Little Lady, Dance Little Man’
Sam Braysher Trio – Dance Little Lady, Dance Little Man(Unit Records UTR 4951. Album review by Adrian Pallant) The bold, solid colours of renowned Argentinian artist (and musician) Mariano Gil introduce Dance […]
Norman Willmore – Alive & Well At The Muckle Roe Hall
Norman Willmore – Alive & Well at The Muckle Roe Hall (Available as a download or LP from Bandcamp (link below). Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) Not quite but almost as far […]
Håkon Kornstad – ‘Out Of The Loop’
Håkon Kornstad – Out Of The Loop(Jazzland. Album review by Peter Bacon) This album is the result of a session in Sofienberg Church in Oslo at the beginning of March 2020, which […]
Stefano Di Battista – ‘Morricone Stories’
Stefano Di Battista – Morricone Stories (Warner Music 9029504424. Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) Ennio Morricone (1928–2020) composed more than a hundred classical works and more than 400 TV and movie scores, including […]
Masabumi Kikuchi- ‘Hanamichi: The Final Studio Recording’
Masabumi Kikuchi – Hanamichi: The Final Studio Recording (Red Hook Records 1001. Album review by Alex Merritt) Masabumi Kikuchi (1939- 2015), also known as ‘Poo’ (from his Japanese name Poo Sun), was […]
Koma Saxo – ‘Live’
Koma Saxo – Live (We Jazz Records. Album review by Alison Bentley) Live and kicking: led by bassist Petter Eldh, this album has a raw energy that captures Koma Saxo’s gigs well, […]
Jonathan Gee: ‘Reimagining the Beatles’ and ‘Live in Rome (Villa Celimontana)’
Ohisashiburi – Reimagining the Beatles (Verte Records VR20004) Gee Gallo Minetto – Live in Rome (Villa Celimontana) (danillogallo.bandcamp.com) (Album reviews by Mike Collins) This brace of recent releases from two different bands […]
