Cleveland Watkiss – The Great Jamaican Songbook Vol. 1 (Cdubya Music. Album review by John Stevenson) On hearing the Norman Granz-produced Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book for […]
Tord Gustavsen Trio – Opening (ECM 4540243. Album Review by John Bungey) Anyone remember “hygge”? Before the perma-crisis of plague and war, the Danish term defined as “a quality of cosiness and […]
Andrew Cyrille, William Parker, Enrico Rava – 2 Blues for Cecil (TUM Records. TUM CD 059. Album Review by Olie Brice) 2 Blues for Cecil – the first recording of the trio of […]
Johan Lindvall Trio – This is Not About You(Jazzland Recordings. Album review by Rob Mallows) This album by a Norwegian trio new to me came with one of the most florid and cryptic […]
Iiro Rantala – Potsdam (ACT 9946-2. Album Review by Alison Bentley) “Jazz needs melodies,” says Finnish pianist Iiro Rantala. “It needs things that people can latch on to.” And melodies bring together […]
Phil Robson – Portrait In Extreme (Lyte Records LR050 digital. Album Review by AJ Dehany) Portrait In Extreme is an approachably avant-garde extended player that presents a thematic exploration of ‘extremity’ from […]
Jim McNeely & The Frankfurt Radio Big Band, featuring Chris Potter – Rituals (Double Moon Records. Album review by Charles Rees) Jim McNeely‘s extraordinary catalogue of works as composer/arranger have earned him […]
Mark Turner – Return from the Stars (ECM Records, ECM 2684. Review by Graham Spry) The great California-born tenor saxophonist Mark Turner once again gives free rein to his passion for the […]
Alexander Bryson – The Alexander Bryson Trio (Hardbop Records. Album Review by Lavender Sutton) Pianist Alexander Bryson is releasing his debut album after having spent time in New York City getting his […]
Zaitz & Kavuma – Back to Back (The Banger Factory) Cath Roberts & Olie Brice – Conduits (Relative Pitch Records) Will Glaser with Matthew Herd and Alex Bonney – Climbing In Circles Pt […]
Walter Smith III & Matthew Stevens – In Common III (Whirlwind Recordings– WR4783. Album review by Graham Spry) In Common III is the third in a series of albums released on Whirlwind […]
Marquis Hill – New Gospel Revisited (Edition EDN1190 . Album review by Jon Turney) The much talked about US trumpeter Marquis Hill has an unusual offering for his first release on the […]
Koma Saxo with Sofia Jernberg – Koma West(We Jazz Records. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Petter Eldh must be one of the most versatile, and indeed most brilliant, musicians in Europe. He is Swedish, but studied […]
Liran Donin / Idris Rahman – Earth and Bones(Download review by Patrick Hadfield) At the tail-end of January, Idris Rahman and Liran Donin quietly released this record of their duet of reeds and […]
Brad Mehldau – Jacob’s Ladder (Nonesuch 7559791346. Album review by John Bungey) Well this is an extraordinary album, not extraordinarily good, not extraordinarily bad – just extraordinary. Being the manager of Brad […]
