John Escreet – Seismic Shift (Whirlwind Recordings WR4793. Review by Bruce Lindsay) Pianist John Escreet was born in Doncaster, moved to New York in his early 20s and then decamped to Los […]
John Escreet – ‘Seismic Shift’
Oscar Peterson Trio – ‘On a Clear Day’ (rec. 1971)
Oscar Peterson Trio – On a Clear Day(Mack Avenue 1199. Live in Zurich, 1971. Album review by Len Weinreich) Oscar Peterson (known as OP) was a piano giant with phenomenal technique who […]
Swansong – ‘Do Swans Fly?’
Swansong – Do Swans Fly? (Hunnia Records. Album review by Fiona Mactaggart) Swansong is an international jazz trio, formed in Berlin in 2010 by Hungarian pianist Gábor Csordás and Berklee-educated, Japanese electric […]
‘Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band In Concert’ (rec. 1960)
‘Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band In Concert’(SteepleChase SCCD 36502. Album review by Len Weinreich) Sometime during the late 1940s, jazz hipperati first clocked Gerry Mulligan as a fledging composer and arranger slyly […]
Norah Jones, Peter Gabriel, Gregory Porter et al – ‘Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen’
Various Artists – Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Blue Note 4565996. 2 LPs. Album review by Richard Lee) Well, here it is…although, in a way, it isn’t. If seeing […]
WDR Big Band ft Luigi Grasso and Johan Hörlén – ‘Birth Of A Bird’
WDR Big Band ft Luigi Grasso and Johan Hörlén – Birth Of A Bird (Jazzline D77114 – album review by Mark McKergow) The WDR Big Band celebrate Charlie Parker’s centenary in suitably […]
Andrew McCormack – ‘Terra Firma’
Andrew McCormack – ‘Terra Firma‘ (Ubuntu UBU123. Album review by Mike Collins) Pianist Andrew McCormack has been expansive in his musical excursions since his return from Brooklyn a few years ago, notably […]
Alex Paxton – ‘Illoli-pop’
Alex Paxton – Illoli-pop ( nonclassical. nonclss054. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Alex Paxton is a young composer and improvising trombonist who mostly works with contemporary classical ensembles, but whose music is, […]
Erol Pekcan/Tuna Ötenel/ Kudret Öztoprak – ‘Jazz Semai’ (rec. 1978)
Erol Pekcan/Tuna Ötenel/ Kudret Öztoprak – Jazz Semai (Nova Müzik .Album review by Francesco Martinelli) Forty-four years after its original release, the “Jazz Semai” album, widely considered the beginning of Turkish jazz, […]
Matchbox Bluesmaster Series – Set 9 (Jack O’Diamonds – Library of Congress field recordings 1934-1943)
Matchbox Bluesmaster Series – Set 9 (Jack O’Diamonds – Library of Congress field recordings 1934-1943) (MSESET9 – 6 CDs. Album review by Chris Parker) Disc 1: Mississippi River Blues Disc 2: Fort […]
Tomorrow’s Warriors – ‘I AM WARRIOR’
Tomorrow’s Warriors – I AM WARRIOR (Limited Edition Double Vinyl Album from Tomorrow’s Warriors. Album review by Adam Sieff) I AM WARRIOR marks the 30th anniversary of Gary Crosby and Janine Irons’ […]
Magnus Lindgren & Georg Breinschmid – ‘Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XIII: Celebrating Mingus 100’
Magnus Lindgren & Georg Breinschmid – Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XIII: Celebrating Mingus 100 (ACT 9955-2. Album review by Julian Maynard-Smith) Which album is Mingus’s masterpiece? Many argue for The Black Saint […]
Olivia Murphy Jazz Orchestra – ‘Somewhere, Not So Far Away’
Olivia Murphy Jazz Orchestra – Somewhere, Not So Far Away (Download only, available from BandCamp. Album review by Patrick Hadfield) Olivia Murphy was a new name to me, so my first impression was […]
Oscar Lavën – ‘Questions in Red’
Oscar Lavën – Questions in Red (Thick Records NZ TH 012 – Review by Nathan Wyde) The currently very fertile New Zealand jazz scene seems to make musicians versatile almost by default. Oscar […]
Michael Brecker Band & Randy Brecker Band – ‘Live at Fabrik Hamburg 1987’
Michael Brecker, Mike Stern, Joey Calderazzo, Adam Nussbaum & Jeff Andrews / Randy Brecker, Bob Berg, David Kikoski, Joey Baron & Dieter Ilg – Live at Fabrik Hamburg 1987 (Jazzline D78112 – […]
