Ed Jones / Emil Karlsen – From Where Light Falls (FMR Records. Album Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) One feature of the contemporary jazz and improvised music scenes is that many players move […]
Ed Jones / Emil Karlsen – ‘From Where Light Falls’
Flat Earth Society Orchestra – ‘Boggamasta III’
Flat Earth Society Orchestra Boggamasta III (Igloo Records. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Flat Earth Society Orchestra, “the flagship of slightly deranged Belgian jazz” as they call themselves, is a big band that […]
Wadada Leo Smith – ‘Trumpet’ and ‘Sacred Ceremonies’
Wadada Leo Smith with Milford Graves and Bill Laswell, Sacred Ceremonies (3CDs) / TUM Box 003 Wadada Leo Smith, Trumpet (3CDs) / TUM Box 002 Wadada Leo Smith with Milford Graves and […]
Obed Calvaire, Bob Franceschini, Kevin Hays & Orlando Le Fleming – ‘Whole Lotta Love: The Music of Led Zeppelin’
Obed Calvaire, Bob Franceschini, Kevin Hays & Orlando Le Fleming – Whole Lotta Love: The Music of Led Zeppelin (Chesky Records. Album review by John Bungey) Jazz Led Zeppelin? Was this a […]
Sinikka Langeland – ‘Wolf Rune’
Sinikka Langeland – Wolf Rune (ECM 3542600. Album Review by Alison Bentley) Once upon a time the jaw of a giant pike was made into a kantele – a kind of magical […]
Julian Lage – ‘Squint’
Julian Lage – Squint(Blue Note. Album review by John Bungey) If your local jazz club had a huge whip-round or received a vast council grant (OK I’m dreaming), who would you want […]
Magnus Skaug – ‘Anthems Vol.I’
Magnus Skaug – Anthems Vol.I (Øra Fonogram, OF177 – Album Review by Peter Slavid) This year’s Cheltenham Jazz Festival has now been rescheduled for July. However, in happier times, the Saturday morning […]
Guido Spannocchi – ‘Perihelion’
Guido Spannocchi – Perihelion (Audioguido Records. Album review by Adrian Pallant) Cool as you like, Viennese alto saxophonist Guido Spannocchi’s Perihelion (a title referencing the position in the orbit of a planet […]
Andrew Woodhead – ‘Pendulums’
Andrew Woodhead – Pendulums(Leker LEKCD001, LEKLP001. Album review by Adrian Pallant) Subtitled Music for bellringers, improvisers & electronics, Andrew Woodhead’s Pendulums delivers, without doubt, one of the more unexpected and intriguing releases […]
Lars Danielsson Liberetto – ‘Cloudland’
Lars Danielsson Liberetto – Cloudland(ACT 9922-2. Album Review by Jon Carvell) Cloudland is the fourth album from Swedish bassist/cellist/composer Lars Danielsson’s international supergroup Liberetto, featuring former Esbjörn Svensson Trio drummer Magnus Öström […]
Charles Mingus – ‘Live at Carnegie Hall Deluxe Edition’
Charles Mingus – Live at Carnegie Hall Deluxe Edition (Rhino. Two CDs or 3 LPs. Album review by John Bungey) You may well know the single album that emerged from Mingus’s show […]
Hans Ulrik – ‘In a Sentimental Mood’
Hans Ulrik – In a Sentimental Mood (AMM Records. Album Review by Leonard Weinreich)Some quality inherent in jazz music resonates deeply in Scandinavian soul, and nowhere as powerfully as Copenhagen. The city’s […]
Ches Smith & We All Break – ‘Path of Seven Colors’
Ches Smith & We All Break: Path of Seven Colors Pyroclastic Records. Album Review by Tony Dudley-Evans There has always been a strong relationship between jazz and Latin and Caribbean rhythms. This […]
David Beebee – ‘Planet B’
David Beebee – Planet B (Available from Bandcamp – link below, Album review by Alison Bentley) “There is no Planet B,” climate protesters remind us, but UK pianist David Beebee has created […]
Richard X Bennett – ‘RXB3’
Richard X Bennett – RXB3 (Ubuntu Music UBU0089 – Album review by Mark McKergow) Brooklyn-based pianist Richard X Bennett leads his new trio on a lively and engaging journey in this new […]
