Wes Montgomery – The NDR Hamburg Studio Recordings (Jazzline Classics D77078. 1 CD +1 Blu-Ray DVD. Or Vinyl . Album review by Denny Ilett) It goes without saying that any new release […]
Wes Montgomery – ‘The NDR Hamburg Studio Recordings’
Theo Walentiny – ‘Looking Glass’
Theo Walentiny – Looking Glass (Available from Bandcamp . Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) The pandemic has led, perhaps unsurprisingly, to a significant increase in the number of solo piano albums. […]
Stan Tracey – ‘Wisdom in the Wings’ (two albums from 1969)
Stan Tracey – Wisdom in the WingsTwo albums (Free An’ One and Seven Ages of Man, both from 1969)(Resteamed Records- RSJ114. Album Review by Frank Griffith) This double album reissue from 1969 […]
Kjetil Mulelid – ‘Piano’
Kjetil Mulelid – Piano (Rune Grammofon RCD2220/RLP3220. Album Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Kjetil Mulelid is a young Norwegian pianist who normally plays in a trio with bass player Bjørn Marius Hegge and […]
Stefano Bollani – ‘El Chakracanta / Live in Buenos Aires’
Stefano Bollani, Orquesta Sin Fin directed by Exequiel Mantega – El Chakracanta / Live in Buenos Aires (Alobar AL1009. Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) Since being rated best new talent by Italy’s leading […]
Lucien Johnson – ‘Wax///Wane’
Lucien Johnson – Wax///Wane (Deluge Records. Review by Adrian Pallant) Mystical, a touch retro, and increasingly spellbinding, Wax///Wane is the work of New Zealand saxophonist and composer Lucien Johnson. It’s an album […]
Steve Gadd Band – ‘At Blue Note Tokyo’
Steve Gadd Band – At Blue Note Tokyo (BFM Jazz 6218346762. Album review by Adam Sieff) It should come as no surprise that the Steve Gadd Band’s latest album is tasteful and […]
Krononaut – ‘Scratch Test’
Krononaut – Scratch Test (Glitterbeat GBDL 111. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) This three-track EP comes out of the recording for the Krononaut album released in September 2020, which was a collaboration between […]
Pharoah Sanders, Floating Points & the London Symphony Orchestra – ‘Promises’
Pharoah Sanders, Floating Points & the London Symphony Orchestra – Promises (Luaka Bop. Album Review by John Bungey) After more than a decade without a new recording and a good distance from […]
Dave Stryker – ‘Baker’s Circle’
Dave Stryker – Baker’s Circle (Strikezone Records 8821. Album review by Peter Vacher) In this febrile world of stylistic experimentation and performance uncertainty, there’s something eminently reassuring about the US guitarist Dave […]
Eddie Prévost: Four CDs on Matchless Records
Eddie Prévost: Four CDs with different groups. (Album reviews by Tony Dudley-Evans). ConcertOTO – Matchless Records MRCD 104. November 2012 Iklectik Live One – Matchless Records MRCD 103. November 2016 Bean Soup and Bouquets – […]
Nelson Riveros ‘The Latin Side of Wes Montgomery’
Nelson Riveros The Latin Side of Wes Montgomery (Zoho ZM202103. Album Review by Peter Jones) It was a simple idea: why not record some old Wes Montgomery favourites and do them all […]
Tommy Smith Sextet – ‘Evolution’
Tommy Smith Sextet – Evolution. (Download only, available from BandCamp. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) In a recording career spanning nearly forty years (so far), Tommy Smith has a large and rich […]
David Helbock – ‘The New Cool’
David Helbock – The New Cool(ACT Music, 9927-2. Album review by Adrian Pallant) David Helbock is clearly a guy who is difficult to pigeonhole, his Random Control Trio project, for example, often […]
STR4TA- ‘Aspects’
STR4TA- Aspects (Brownswood Recording BWOOD240LP/BWOOD240CD. Album Review by Graham Spry) Producer Gilles Peterson originally made his name in the 1980s as a resident DJ in Camden at the Electric Ballroom and Dingwalls […]
