Blue Road Records Band Ira: The Tribute Album (Blue Road Records. Album Review by John Arnett) The story behind this clearly heartfelt tribute album is a fascinating one. Blue Road Records Band […]
Blue Road Records Band – ‘Ira: The Tribute Album’
Alexander Hawkins Mirror Canon – ‘Break A Vase’
Alexander Hawkins Mirror Canon – Break A Vase (Intakt. CD374 CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) Mirror Canon is the extension of Alexander Hawkins‘ trio with drummer Stephen Davis and bassist Neil Charles […]
Matt Holborn/Kourosh Kanani – ‘A Duo’
Matt Holborn/Kourosh Kanani – A Duo (Le Jazzetal Records – Album Review by Mark McKergow) Violinist Matt Holborn and guitarist Kourosh Kanani present a delightful set of standards given their own intensive and engaging treatment. The results […]
Mário Laginha – ‘Jangada’
Mário Laginha – Jangada (Edition Records, EDN1191. CD review by Mike Collins) Edition Records brings another gem to our attention with the release of this trio set from Portuguese pianist Mário Laginha. […]
Adam Fairhall/Johnny Hunter – ‘Winifred Atwell Revisited’
Adam Fairhall/Johnny Hunter – Winifred Atwell Revisited(EFPI FP038. CD review by John Stevenson) Winifred who? This is the most likely response from the vast majority of people hearing the name Winifred Atwell […]
Charlie Gabriel – ‘Eighty Nine’
Charlie Gabriel – Eighty Nine (Sub Pop SP1490. Album Review by Adam Sieff) Charlie Gabriel is a fourth generation New Orleans jazz musician and the most senior member of the Preservation Hall […]
Misha Tsiganov – ‘Misha’s Wishes’
Misha Tsiganov – Misha’s Wishes(Criss Cross Jazz 1409. CD review by John Stevenson) An absence of gigging opportunities during the first six months of the pandemic in 2020 provided just the right […]
Ingrid Laubrock/ Tom Rainey/ Brandon Lopez – ‘No Es La Playa’
Ingrid Laubrock/ Tom Rainey/ Brandon Lopez – No Es La Playa (Intakt Records CD 376. Album Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Ingrid Laubrock, originally from Germany, studied in the UK, was a key […]
Arnaud Dolmen – ‘Adjusting’
Arnaud Dolmen – Adjusting(GAYA 054. Album review by John Stevenson) 36-year-old drummer and composer Arnaud Dolmen is taking the rhythms and musical traditions of his native Guadeloupe, the French Caribbean island, in […]
Mark Lockheart – ‘Dreamers’
Mark Lockheart – Dreamers (Edition Records, EDN1195. Review by Graham Spry) Mark Lockheart is a saxophonist and composer who first entered national consciousness in the 1980s with Loose Tubes, and was later […]
Nucleus – ‘Live at the BBC’ (Recordings 1970-1991, 13-CD set)
Nucleus – Live at the BBC (Repertoire Records Repuk 1410. 13-CD set. Album review by Rob Adams) Dave Pegg, the bass guitarist with Fairport Convention, once likened that band’s manifold personnel changes […]
Eliane Elias, Chick Corea, Chucho Valdés – ‘Mirror Mirror’
Eliane Elias, Chick Corea, Chucho Valdés – Mirror Mirror (Candid CCD 30042. Album review by Alison Bentley) Which is the image and which is the reflection? On this fine album, Brazilian-born, Grammy-winning […]
Scott McLemore – ‘The Multiverse: Knowing’
Scott McLemore – The Multiverse: Knowing(Bandcamp – link below : Review by Peter Slavid) Fans of guitar jazz may well already be familiar with Scott McLemore‘s previous Multiverse album, which also used […]
Kit Downes, Petter Eldh, James Maddren – ‘Vermillion’
Kit Downes, Petter Eldh, James Maddren – Vermillion (ECM Records 3880001. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Vermillion is Kit Downes‘ third album as leader on ECM, the first being his church organ […]
Undercurrent Orchestra – ‘Everything Seems Different’
Undercurrent Orchestra – Everything Seems Different (Zennez Records ZR2109020. Album review by Len Weinreich) According to my memory (an increasingly fallible source), from 1919 onwards, the jazz repertoire makes no reference to […]
