Charlotte Keeffe – Right Here, Right Now (Discus Records 107CD. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Improvising trumpeter Charlotte Keeffe is an extremely versatile and active player; she leads her own quartet, is one of […]
ESINAM Shapes in Twilights of Infinity (W.E.R.F. records. Album Review by Amy Sibley-Allen) Belgian-Ghanaian multi-instrumentalist Esinam Dogbatse a.k.a ESINAM creates a gloriously unique sound universe with her debut album Shapes in Twilights […]
Jake Baxendale and Jasmine Lovell-Smith – Sanctuary (Paintbox Records 003. Available from BandCamp. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) A collection of two large-scale suites and two shorter pieces, Sanctuary is a bold work. Through-composed with lots of space […]
Harvey/O’Higgins Project – That’s The Way To Live (Ubuntu Music UBU0094. Review by Leonard Weinreich) My late chum, Al, an omnivorous jazz fan, often referred wistfully to the kind of music that, if you were […]
Pat Metheny, Side eye – NYC (v1.iv) (BMG . Album review by Jon Turney) While I was weighing up this album a recent, very long, interview Rick Beato posted with Pat Metheny […]
Kirk Lightsey – I Will Never Stop Loving You (Jojo Records. JJR-001 CD Review by Adam Sieff) One of the most impressive scenes I’ve ever witnessed in a jazz club was at […]
Mike LeDonne (with The Groover Quartet + Big Band) – It’s All Your Fault (Savant Records SCD 2183. Album review by David di Nota) Q. Anything new in bop? A. Mike LeDonne. […]
Kenny Garrett – Sounds from the Ancestors (Mack Avenue– MAC1180 review by Graham Spry) Detroit-born alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett has played with many of the jazz greats in the course of his […]
Chloé & Vassilena Serafimova – Sequenza(Lumière Noire Records. Album Review by Chris Wheatley) An intriguing collaboration here, between electronic dance producer Chloé Thévenin (who performs simply as Chloé), and marimba player Vassilena […]
Ben Wilcock – The River Tethys (Thick Records NZ. Available from Bandcamp – link below. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) Ben Wilcock‘s suite The River Tethys is inspired by a series of […]
Andrew Cyrille Quartet – The News (ECM 3520703. CD review by Jon Turney) This superb follow up to the great drummer Andrew Cyrille’s 2016 quartet release The Declaration of Musical Independence reunites […]
Mo Foster and Friends In Concert (RTR171C. Album Review by Adam Sieff) As one of the world’s premier electric bass players, Mo Foster commands the respect and admiration of his peers. Although […]
Tony Coe & John Horler – Dancing In The Dark (Gearbox GB1567 CD and vinyl. Review by Mark McKergow) Two of our most distinguished jazz musicians intertwine their musical journeys for an […]
Jenny Green – Always and Forever (Soup to Nuts Productions. Album review by Frank Griffith) Singer, radio show host and doer of all things jazz in West Sussex, Jenny Green has just […]
Becca Wilkins and Gestalt (Vortex. 12 August 2021. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Becca Wilkins, originally from Kent and based in London, is a young singer who acknowledges influences from European singers such […]
