Matt Carmichael – Where Will The River Flow (Porthole Music PM01. CD/Digital review by Fiona Mactaggart) There’s a lot of water here in Scotland. We sometimes grumble about it, and about the […]
Matt Carmichael – ‘Where Will The River Flow’
Gene Russell – ‘Talk To My Lady’ (from 1973)
Gene Russell – Talk To My Lady (Real Gone Music RGM-1188. Review by Chris Wheatley) As we head into the third month of a very strange year, here is something interesting to […]
Aldevis Tibaldi – ‘special jazz blend’
Aldevis Tibaldi – special jazz blend (Galetone Records. GALETCDSJB. CD review by Adam Sieff) The first thing you see on this album’s artwork is a vintage style blender that gives a strong […]
Don Cherry – ‘Cherry Jam’
Don Cherry – Cherry Jam (Gearbox Records. GB1559OBI (LP)/ GB1559CDOBI (CD). Album review by Olie Brice) By 1965, Don Cherry had been part of some of the most revolutionary jazz ever played, […]
Zoophyte – ‘Out of the Cave’
Zoophyte – Out of the Cave (Howlin’ Werewolf HWEP001. EP Review by Jeanie Barton) Out of the Cave, available on Bandcamp, features a number of cats with a cool jive. Zoophyte is […]
Tommy Flanagan (Solo, from 1994) – ‘In His Own Sweet Time’
Tommy Flanagan – In his Own Sweet Time (enja ENJ9687 2. CD Review by Leonard Weinreich) By all accounts, Thomas Lee Flanagan (1930-2001) was a modest chap, shy and retiring. But modesty […]
Emil Viklický & Pavel Hrubý – ‘Between Us’
Emil Viklický & Pavel Hrubý – Between Us (Amplion, AMP 202001. CD review by Mike Collins) Between Us is a duo set of jazz with its roots deep in European soil. Pianist […]
Florian Willeitner, Georg Breinschmid, Igmar Jenner – ‘First Strings on Mars’
Florian Willeitner, Georg Breinschmid, Igmar Jenner – First Strings on Mars (ACT Records ACT 9921-2. Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) Ask any jazz aficionado to reel off the names of pianists, bassists, drummers, […]
James Hudson – ‘Tomorrow’
James Hudson – Tomorrow (James Hudson Music. CD review by Mark McKergow) Young British vocalist James Hudson arrives on the recording scene with this polished and exuberant collection of standards, smartly arranged and […]
Marbin – ‘Shreddin’ at Sweetwater’
Marbin – Shreddin’ at Sweetwater (Marbin Music. Album review by Rob Mallows) What’s the expression: when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade? Lockdown has given musicians around the world the mother of […]
Group Sounds Four & Five – ‘Black & White Raga’
Group Sounds Four & Five – Black & White Raga (Jazz In Britain. CD review by John Bungey) There’s a tune here from 1966 written by Jack Bruce, the late and legendary […]
Paul Towndrow – ‘Deepening The River’
Paul Towndrow – Deepening The River (Paul Towndrow’s Bandcamp. CD review by Mark McKergow) This hour-long suite for an extended big band line-up marks alto saxophonist Paul Towndrow’s elevation to a major voice on the […]
Chad Lefkowitz-Brown – ‘Quartet Sessions’
Chad Lefkowitz-Brown – Quartet Sessions (La Reserve. Album review by Adam Sieff) La Reserve is a small New York music company with good ears. It has been the source of some interesting […]
Jane Ira Bloom and Mark Helias – ‘Some Kind of Tomorrow’
Jane Ira Bloom and Mark Helias – Some Kind of Tomorrow (Available from Bandcamp. Album Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) American bass player Mark Helias has been busy during lockdown. He has been […]
R+R=NOW – ‘Collagically Speaking Live’
R+R=NOW – Collagically Speaking Live (Blue Note. CD Review by John Bungey) Amid all the obituaries of Chick Corea earlier in February one particular quote struck me. The pianist was speaking around […]
