Frank Kimbrough – Frank Kimbrough 2003-2006. Volume 1: Lullabluebye. Volume 2: Play (Palmetto Records PM2202. Album review by Liam Noble) The piano trio is a very popular format – not too loud, […]
Frank Kimbrough – ‘Frank Kimbrough 2003-2006’
Julian Lage – ‘View With A Room’
Julian Lage – ‘View With A Room’ (Blue Note. Review by Adam Sieff) Guitarist Julian Lage’s second album for Blue Note generally follows the template set down in last year’s Squint. He […]
Matchbox Bluesmaster Series – Set 8 (‘Big Road Blues 1966–1972: The Tradition Continues’)
Matchbox Bluesmaster Series Set 8: (‘Big Road Blues 1966–1972: The Tradition Continues’) MSESET8 – 6 CDs. Album reviews by Chris Parker) Disc 1: Furry Lewis in Memphis (1968) Disc 2: Little Brother […]
ALATI – ‘Ascending the Morning’ (settings of 8 poems by Alice Oswald)
ALATI – Ascending the Morning (33Jazz / Bandcamp. Album review by Jon Turney) ALATI are a trio brought together by Norwich-based trumpeter Chris Dowding who on this debut release weave some lovely […]
Oxbow + Peter Brötzmann: ‘An Eternal Reminder Of Not Today: Live At Moers Festival 2018’
Oxbow + Peter Brötzmann: An Eternal Reminder Of Not Today: Live At Moers Festival 2018 (Trost Records. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Oxbow are a rock band founded in San Francisco in […]
Morten Schantz Trio – ‘Passenger’
Morten Schantz Trio – Passenger (April Records – APR103CD. Album Review by Graham Spry) Pianist Morten Schantz has been active on the Danish jazz scene for many years and has performed regularly […]
Enrico Rava and Fred Hersch – ‘The Song is You’
Enrico Rava and Fred Hersch – The Song is You (ECM 4534395. Album review by Jon Turney) A late career meeting one might not have thought of, but that immediately sounds like […]
Michel Petrucciani – ‘Solo in Denmark’ (rec. 1990)
Michel Petrucciani – Solo in Denmark (Storyville Records 1018495. Album review by Mark McKergow) French piano genius Michel Petrucciani (1962–1999) lives again in this solo performance from 1990. The results are a […]
Olie Brice Trio/Octet – ‘Fire Hills’
Olie Brice Trio/Octet – Fire Hills (West Hill Records. Two CDs. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Olie Brice is a double bass player well known as a key member of the free […]
Dameronia’s Legacy All-Stars – ‘Live at Audi Forum Ingolstadt’
Dameronia’s Legacy All-Stars – Live at Audi Forum Ingolstadt (Ubuntu Music UBU0113CD. Album review by Bruce Lindsay) In tribute to composer, musician and arranger Tadd Dameron, “Dameronia” has been adopted as a […]
Gareth Williams – ‘Short Stories’
Gareth Williams – Short Stories (Miles Music MM CD090. Album review by Peter Vacher Writing this just twenty-four hours after hearing Gareth Williams play in a local quintet session prompts one to […]
Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese, esperanza spalding – ‘Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival’
Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese, esperanza spalding – Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival (Candid Records. Album review by Jon Turney) Jazz players rarely retire voluntarily, but many – perhaps […]
Yellowjackets – ‘Parallel Motion’
Yellowjackets – Parallel Motion(Mack Avenue MAC1196. Album review by Peter Bacon) As a descriptor the label “jazz fusion band – it appears in the Yellowjackets’ Wikipedia entry – has always struck me as […]
Saxtivity – ‘No Deal’
Saxtivity – No Deal (CD from FrankGriffith.co.uk . Album review by Duncan Lamont Jnr.) That man of many musical hats – composer, arranger, educator, clarinettist/saxophonist – Frank Griffith, is synonymous with quality […]
Blue Mitchell – ‘Blue Mitchell’ (rec. 1971)
Blue Mitchell – Blue Mitchell (Newland 002 . Album review by Len Weinreich) Trumpeter Richard Allen ‘Blue’ Mitchell (1930-1979) spent only 49 years on earth but, during his brief stay, managed to […]
