Sam Braysher Trio – Dance Little Lady, Dance Little Man(Unit Records UTR 4951. Album review by Adrian Pallant) The bold, solid colours of renowned Argentinian artist (and musician) Mariano Gil introduce Dance […]
Norman Willmore – Alive & Well at The Muckle Roe Hall (Available as a download or LP from Bandcamp (link below). Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) Not quite but almost as far […]
Håkon Kornstad – Out Of The Loop(Jazzland. Album review by Peter Bacon) This album is the result of a session in Sofienberg Church in Oslo at the beginning of March 2020, which […]
Stefano Di Battista – Morricone Stories (Warner Music 9029504424. Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) Ennio Morricone (1928–2020) composed more than a hundred classical works and more than 400 TV and movie scores, including […]
Masabumi Kikuchi – Hanamichi: The Final Studio Recording (Red Hook Records 1001. Album review by Alex Merritt) Masabumi Kikuchi (1939- 2015), also known as ‘Poo’ (from his Japanese name Poo Sun), was […]
Koma Saxo – Live (We Jazz Records. Album review by Alison Bentley) Live and kicking: led by bassist Petter Eldh, this album has a raw energy that captures Koma Saxo’s gigs well, […]
Ohisashiburi – Reimagining the Beatles (Verte Records VR20004) Gee Gallo Minetto – Live in Rome (Villa Celimontana) (danillogallo.bandcamp.com) (Album reviews by Mike Collins) This brace of recent releases from two different bands […]
Melody Gardot – Sunset in the Blue (Deluxe Edition) (Decca. Album Review by John Bungey) So, deluxe editions … an energetic attempt to extract cash from super-fans or a valuable new perspective […]
Juan Carlos Quintero – Caminando (Moondo Music. Album review by John Arnett) This is a timely and thoroughly justified re-release of an album that originally came out in 1997 under the title […]
Kristin Korb – What If? (Double K Music (*). Album review by Lauren Bush) American double bassist and vocalist Kristin Korb was primarily based in LA until moving to Denmark about 10 […]
Nova – The Anatomy of Bliss (Nova Music. Album review by Rob Mallows) Can we ever truly know ourselves and the universe around us? The Danish physicist Niels Bohr – father of quantum […]
Michael Wolff – Live at Vitellos (Sunnyside Records SSC1615. Album review by Len Weinreich) Some sketched background: New Orleans-born, Los Angeles-resident Michael Wolff is a pianist affected by Tourette’s Syndrome: “a common […]
Thomas Strønen/Ayumi Tanaka/Marthe Lea – Bayou (ECM 0724298. CD Review by John Bungey) Clamp on the headphones, kick the cat off the sofa, and settle down for a journey into the land […]
Alder Ego – III (We Jazz Records WJLP31. Album Review by Peter Slavid) III is the third album from this young Finnish group, led by drummer Joonas Leppänen. He wrote the majority […]
Binker Golding, John Edwards, Steve Noble – Moon Day (Byrd Out Records BYR 303. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans.) Saxophonist Binker Golding became known on the jazz scene through his Binker & […]
