Greg Cordez – Magnolia Ropeadope. Album review by Jon Turney I guess when you’re a New Zealand expatriate, residing in the UK, popping over to New York to make an album isn’t […]
Greg Cordez – ‘Magnolia’
Bob Mintzer and WDR Big Band Cologne – ‘Soundscapes’
Bob Mintzer and WDR Big Band Cologne – Soundscapes(Jazzline D77082. Album Review by Frank Griffith) Arranger/composer and saxophonist Bob Mintzer‘s latest offering was recorded in 2019 with the WDR Big Band in […]
Chris Barber – ‘A Trailblazer’s Legacy’
Chris Barber – A Trailblazer’s Legacy(Last Music Co LMCD227. Album review by Denny Ilett) Serving as a fitting memorial to trombonist Chris Barber’s extraordinary career, A Trailblazer’s Legacy is a beautifully packaged […]
Snazzback – ‘In The Place’
Snazzback – In The Place(Worm Discs – Album review by Mark McKergow) Snazzback is a seven-piece Bristol band sitting across jazz, beats, electronica, Afro-Latin and hypnotic rock, part of the latest wave in […]
Upper Austrian Jazz Orchestra – ‘Crazy Days: UAJO Plays The Music Of Ed Puddick’
Upper Austrian Jazz Orchestra – Crazy Days: UAJO Plays The Music Of Ed Puddick (ATS Records CD-0972. Album Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) This album is the result of a visit to Austria by […]
Kris T Reeder – ‘Jazz Mix 12’
Kris T Reeder – Jazz Mix 12 (Bandcamp – EP review by Peter Slavid) It’s most unusual to review a single track by a solo artist, but at 27 minutes long this […]
Larry Willis – ‘I Fall in Love Too Easily’
Larry Willis – I Fall in Love Too Easily (HighNote HCD7326. Album Review by Peter Jones) Rudy Van Gelder died in 2016 aged 91, the most famous resident of Englewood Cliffs, NJ, […]
Julian Siegel Jazz Orchestra – ‘Tales From The Jacquard’
Julian Siegel Jazz Orchestra – Tales From The Jacquard (Whirlwind Recordings. Album review by Richard Lee) For the last 25 years, saxophonist Julian Siegel has been establishing himself as a first-rate player […]
John McLaughlin – ‘Liberation Time’
John McLaughlin – Liberation Time (Abstract Logix ABLX065. Album review by Denny Ilett) John McLaughlin’s decision to retire from touring in 2017 was greeted with shock and sadness by his legions of […]
Pete Churchill: ‘Music, Language and the Rhythm of the ‘Word’
Educator, singer/pianist, performer, composer and Director of the London Vocal Project Pete Churchill has been reflecting about music education…about the outstanding quality and the musicality of Wynton Marsalis as a public speaker… […]
Daniel Herskedal – ‘Harbour’
Daniel Herskedal – Harbour (Edition Records. EDN1181. Review by Patrick Hadfield) The tuba may not usually be thought of as solo instrument, but Daniel Herskedal produces music which readily changes such preconceptions. Harbour […]
Ruben Fox – ‘Introducing…Ruben Fox’
Ruben Fox – Introducing…Ruben Fox (Rufio Records. Album review by Adam Sieff) Tenor saxophonist Ruben Fox’s sound contains the essence of the classic horn masters such as Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster, […]
Alice Russell – ‘To Dust’
Alice Russell – To Dust (Bonus Track Edition) (Tru Thoughts. Album review by Amy Sibley-Allen) Nobody can deny the heart and soul that reverberate from British singer-songwriter Alice Russell. With this special […]
Emma-Jean Thackray – ‘Yellow’
Emma-Jean Thackray – Yellow (Movementt. Album review by AJ Dehany) Mercury is the planet that is said to rule communication, and Mercury presides over trumpeter and composer Emma-Jean Thackray’s first full-length album Yellow […]
‘Journeys In Modern Jazz: Britain’ (1965-1972, Decca)
Journeys In Modern Jazz: Britain (Decca 5393586. Album review by Denny Ilett) The great trumpeter and educator Clark Terry used a phrase that became somewhat of a mantra for budding jazz musicians; […]
