Matt Ridley – The Antidote(Ubuntu Music UBU0068. CD review by Graham Spry) Familiar to jazz enthusiasts for having played double bass with many of the country’s best ensembles, it’s also probably fair […]
Matt Ridley – ‘The Antidote’
Saadet Türköz & Beat Keller – ‘We Are Strong’
Saadet Türköz & Beat Keller – We Are Strong(Chinabot label, available on download and cassette. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Saadet Türköz is the daughter of Kazakh parents who were expelled from the East […]
Stan Tracey Quartet/Big Brass – ‘From Stan, With Love’ (1967-8)
Stan Tracey Quartet/Big Brass – From Stan, With Love (Resteamed Records 2CD set – Album review by Mark McKergow) This double CD features glorious jazz from the early heyday of pianist Stan Tracey’s long career. […]
Samara Joy – ‘Samara Joy’
Samara Joy – Samara Joy(Whirlwind Recordings WR4776. Album review by Adam Sieff) There have been plenty of good things written about the 21- year-old New Yorker Samara Joy since she won the […]
Dan Nicholls– ‘Mattering and Meaning’
Dan Nicholls – Mattering and Meaning (We Records. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Dan Nicholls is one of the finest graduates from the jazz course at Birmingham Conservatoire, and arguably the best ever! […]
Michael Mantler: ‘Coda – Orchestral Suites’
Michael Mantler: Coda – Orchestral Suites(ECM. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Michael Mantler, the composer and trumpet player from Austria, has brought out two albums on the ECM label in which he looks back at and […]
Dave McMurray – ‘Grateful Deadication’
Dave McMurray – Grateful Deadication (Blue Note. Album review by John Bungey) A jazz saxophonist playing Grateful Dead tunes? We’ve been here before – during the band’s life such illustrious hornmen as […]
Kippie Moeketsi and Hal Singer – ‘Blue Stompin’ ‘
Kippie Moeketsi and Hal Singer – Blue Stompin‘ (WABB-091 . Album Review by Adam Sieff) Any release featuring South African alto saxophonist Kippie Moeketsi (1925-1983) is to be warmly welcomed. This is […]
Etta James – ‘The Montreux Years’
Etta James – The Montreux Years (BMGCAT460DCD. Album review by Alison Bentley) “As you know I am a blues singer,” Etta James tells the audience in one of the concerts this luscious […]
Greg Cordez – ‘Magnolia’
Greg Cordez – Magnolia Ropeadope. Album review by Jon Turney I guess when you’re a New Zealand expatriate, residing in the UK, popping over to New York to make an album isn’t […]
Bob Mintzer and WDR Big Band Cologne – ‘Soundscapes’
Bob Mintzer and WDR Big Band Cologne – Soundscapes(Jazzline D77082. Album Review by Frank Griffith) Arranger/composer and saxophonist Bob Mintzer‘s latest offering was recorded in 2019 with the WDR Big Band in […]
Chris Barber – ‘A Trailblazer’s Legacy’
Chris Barber – A Trailblazer’s Legacy(Last Music Co LMCD227. Album review by Denny Ilett) Serving as a fitting memorial to trombonist Chris Barber’s extraordinary career, A Trailblazer’s Legacy is a beautifully packaged […]
Snazzback – ‘In The Place’
Snazzback – In The Place(Worm Discs – Album review by Mark McKergow) Snazzback is a seven-piece Bristol band sitting across jazz, beats, electronica, Afro-Latin and hypnotic rock, part of the latest wave in […]
Upper Austrian Jazz Orchestra – ‘Crazy Days: UAJO Plays The Music Of Ed Puddick’
Upper Austrian Jazz Orchestra – Crazy Days: UAJO Plays The Music Of Ed Puddick (ATS Records CD-0972. Album Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) This album is the result of a visit to Austria by […]
Kris T Reeder – ‘Jazz Mix 12’
Kris T Reeder – Jazz Mix 12 (Bandcamp – EP review by Peter Slavid) It’s most unusual to review a single track by a solo artist, but at 27 minutes long this […]
