Jorge Rossy, Robert Landfermann, Jeff Ballard – Puerta (ECM Records 2661. Album review by Graham Spry) Jorge Rossy is a familiar name to those who have followed the career of Brad Mehldau, […]
Jorge Rossy, Robert Landfermann, Jeff Ballard – ‘Puerta’
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers – ‘First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings’
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers – First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Blue Note. Album Review by Adam Sieff) This really is quite a find. In early 1961 a […]
Walt Weiskopf European Quartet – ‘Introspection’
Walt Weiskopf European Quartet – Introspection (IDBLM- 352842. 2021. http://www.jazzfuel.com. Album Review by Frank Griffith) American tenor saxophonist and composer Walt Weiskopf has released around 20 CDs in his own name. The […]
Ivo Neame – ‘Glimpses Of Truth’
Ivo Neame – Glimpses Of Truth (Whirlwind Recordings WR4782. CD review by Mark McKergow) British pianist and composer Ivo Neame reveals another side to his talents in this, the first CD to […]
Mulo Francel – ‘Mountain Melody’
Mulo Francel – Mountain Melody GLM Music Records: FM262-2 . Album Review by Jane Mann) This new album from composer and saxophonist Mulo Francel is fascinating and highly unusual. Francel grew up […]
Andrea Rinciari – ‘To Bud’
Andrea Rinciari – To Bud (Soho Live. EP Review by Lavender Sutton) London-based Italian guitarist Andrea Rinciari‘s debut EP To Bud is a stellar first endeavour. With a passion for Bud Powell’s […]
Abdullah Ibrahim – ‘Solotude’
Abdullah Ibrahim – Solotude(Gearbox Records. Available on 12-inch vinyl LP or CD. Review by Len Weinreich)Over the past few years, Abdullah Ibrahim (born Cape Town, South Africa, 9 October 1934) has shared […]
Ill Considered – ‘Liminal Space’
Ill Considered – Liminal Space (New Soil. Review by Fiona Mactaggart) This tenth album in four years from London-based free jazz quartet-turned-trio, Ill Considered marks a departure. Whereas their first nine albums […]
Eberhard Weber – Once Upon A Time – Live In Avignon (rec.1994)
Eberhard Weber – Once Upon A Time – Live In Avignon (ECM 2699. Album Review by Chris Wheatley) A wonderfully lyrical bassist who announced himself as a solo artist back in 1973 […]
Fraser Fifield – ‘Piobaireachd / Pipe Music’
Fraser Fifield – Piobaireachd / Pipe Music (Available from BandCamp. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) Scottish multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield, born London, raised in Aberdeenshire and now based in Fife, straddles many genres […]
Ben Wendel – ‘High Heart’
Ben Wendel – High Heart (Edition Records EDN 1162. Album review by Jon Turney) We’re all still catching up with stuff after the pandemic pause, aren’t we? So like me you may […]
Giorgos Tabakis – ‘hEre nOw theN’
Giorgos Tabakis – hEre nOw theN (Efkrassis Productions. Album review by Chris Wheatley) Recording a solo jazz album must be a daunting project. With nowhere to hide and no band-mates to rely […]
Alex Hitchcock – ‘dream band’
Alex Hitchcock – dream band (Fresh Sound New Talent FSNT 625. Album review by Graham Spry) It is a tribute to tenor saxophonist Alex Hitchcock that he has become a respected name […]
Emil Viklický, Miroslav Bukovský, John Mackey – ‘Wangaratta’
Emil Viklický, Miroslav Bukovský, John Mackey – Wangaratta(Galen, http://www.galen.cz . Album review by Mike Collins) Wangaratta is the second release this year showcasing a collaboration by Czech composer and pianist Emil Viklický. […]
Brigitte Beraha – ‘By the Cobbled Path’
Brigitte Beraha – By the Cobbled Path (Let Me Out Records. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Over the past decade and a half, Brigitte Beraha has garnered an undeniable and rather unique respect […]
