Pål Nyberg – Lowlands (AMP Music AT086. CD review by Rob Mallows; released 5 March 2021) Swedish guitarist Pål Nyberg is a standard-bearer for straight-no-chaser jazz guitar, a player who combines composed melody […]
Pål Nyberg – ‘Lowlands’
Nik Bärtsch – ‘Entendre’
Nik Bärtsch – Entendre (ECM 3528110. CD Review by John Bungey) Nik Bärtsch is one of that esteemed band of musicians whose work you can recognise within 30 seconds (*). The Swiss […]
Veronica Swift – ‘This Bitter Earth’
Veronica Swift – This Bitter Earth (Mack Avenue MAC1177. CD Review by Leonard Weinreich) My first encounter with vocalist Veronica Swift was a YouTube clip shot in pianist Emmet Cohen’s apartment. Dressed […]
Logan Richardson – ‘Afrofuturism’
Logan Richardson – Afrofuturism (Whirlwind Recordings WR4772. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Afrofuturism, Kansas City-born saxophonist Logan Richardson’s fifth album, has a fascinating narrative thread through blues-influenced ensemble pieces interspersed with short spoken word […]
Miguel Zenón – ‘Law Years: The Music of Ornette Coleman’
Miguel Zenón – Law Years: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Miel Music. Digital release. Review by Jon Turney) Ornette Coleman said he thought of himself as a composer first, a player second. […]
Prime Trio (Peter Johnstone , Kevin Mackenzie ,Doug Hough) – ‘Prime’
Prime Trio – Prime (Download only, available from BandCamp. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) The first release from a newly formed band featuring three experienced and exciting musicians, Prime is an alluring […]
Pierrick Pédron – ‘Fifty Fifty New York Sessions’
Pierrick Pédron – Fifty Fifty New York Sessions (Gazebo GAZ 198. Review by Jon Carvell) With track names such as Sakura, Mizue, Bullet T and Origami, you could be forgiven for thinking […]
Olie Brice, Binker Golding, Henry Kaiser, N.O. Moore, Eddie Prévost – ‘The Secret Handshake with Danger Vol. One’
Olie Brice, Binker Golding, Henry Kaiser, N.O. Moore, Eddie Prévost – The Secret Handshake with Danger Vol. One (577 Records 5860-1. CD Review by Dan Bergsagel) The Secret Handshake is practically dripping with […]
The Drive – ‘Can You Feel It’
The Drive – Can You Feel It (We Are Busy Bodies WABB-076. LP Review by Adam Sieff) In 1971, three members of The Heshoo Beshoo Group – alto saxophonist Henry Sithole, his […]
Charles Lloyd & the Marvels – ‘Tone Poem’
Charles Lloyd & the Marvels – Tone Poem (Blue Note. CD review by John Bungey) Charles Lloyd says he has enjoyed lockdown – in part. This elder statesman of the saxophone has […]
Meroli – ‘Notturni’ + The Invisible Session – ‘Echoes of Africa’
Peter Jones reviews two new releases on the new Italian label Space Echo, a sister label of Milan’s Schema Records. Meroli – Notturni (Space Echo SECD804) Tweets. Bird calls. That’s how this […]
Patrick Naylor – ‘Winter Dream’
Patrick Naylor – Winter Dream(BeeBoss Records – BBCD2030. Review by Adrian Pallant) There’s something reassuringly inviting about the music of guitarist Patrick Naylor – a seasoned player and composer in the fields […]
Pat Metheny – ‘Road to the Sun’
Pat Metheny – Road to the Sun (Modern Recordings / BMG. Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) The first thing to know about this album is that it’s classical guitar and, apart from strumming […]
BedMakers: Tribute to an Imaginary Folk Band — ‘Live in Berlin’
BedMakers: Tribute to an Imaginary Folk Band — Live in Berlin (Jazzdor Series #8. AlbumReview by Peter Slavid) BedMakers is an occasional pan-European band of improvisers who brought out their first album […]
Nomadim – ‘Nomadim’
Nomadim – Nomadim (Unit Records. CD review by Jane Mann) Nomadim is the first album from a young Switzerland-based trio of the same name. Nomadim were originally the Marc Crofts Trio but […]
