Jo Lawry – Acrobats(Whirlwind Recordings WR4798. Album review by Paul Kelly) Well here’s a surprise! Australian-born Jo Lawry is best known as a singer with Sting (‘backing singer’ rather under-rates her role I […]
Jo Lawry – ‘Acrobats’
Reiner Witzel/Richie Beirach Quintet – ‘The World Within’
Reiner Witzel, Richie Beirach, Alex Sipiagin, Joscha Oetz & Tobias Frohnhöfer – The World Within (Jazzsick Records 5165 JS – album review by Charles Rees) If German saxophonist Reiner Witzel is known […]
Bill Laurance & Michael League – ‘Where You Wish You Were’
Bill Laurance & Michael League – Where You Wish You Were (ACT ACT 9961-2. Album review by Rob Mallows) For a duo album by two of the most prominent members of jazz […]
Nora Kamm – ‘ONE’
Nora Kamm – ONE (Duya Music DUYA101 – CD review by Mark McKergow) Saxophonist, flautist, vocalist and composer Nora Kamm’s solo debut album is a revelation – packed with jazz, African and […]
Rich Perry – ‘Everything Happens’
Rich Perry – Everything Happens (Steeplechase, SCCD 31937. Album review by Frank Griffith) Veteran NYC saxophonist Rich Perry‘s 2022 CD Everything Happens showcases equally his talents and abilities as composer and player. […]
Beats & Pieces Big Band – ‘Good Days’
Beats & pieces Big Band – Good Days (Efpi Records. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Beats & Pieces may call themselves a big band rather than a jazz orchestra, but their music […]
Dhafer Youssef – ‘Streets of Minarets’
Dhafer Youssef – Streets of Minarets (Back Beat Edition – Album review by Graham Spry) Over the last two decades, Dhafer Youssef has been one of Europe’s most reliably intriguing and innovative […]
Chris Biscoe – ‘Music Is: Chris Biscoe plays Mike Westbrook’
Chris Biscoe – Music Is: Chris Biscoe plays Mike Westbrook (Trio Records tr607. Album review by Jane Mann) This new release is the first that I have come across devoted entirely to […]
Jussi Reijonen, ‘Three Seconds/ Kolme Toista’
Jussi Reijonen, Three Seconds/ Kolme Toista (Challenge Records CR 73545. Album review by Rachel Coombes) Resistant to categorisation, Jussi Reijonen’s compositions merge together such a wide range of musical styles and ‘languages’ […]
Paul Clarvis, Liam Noble, Cathy Jordan – ‘Freight Train’
Paul Clarvis, Liam Noble, Cathy Jordan – Freight Train (Village Life. 1411222. Album review by Jon Turney) Here’s an unexpected trio producing delightful results. Singer Cathy Jordan is a leading light on […]
Esbjörn Svensson (solo piano, rec. 2008) – ‘HOME.S’
Esbjörn Svensson – HOME.S (ACT. ACT9053-2. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) HOME.S is Esbjörn Svensson‘s only solo album, released in November more than fourteen years after his untimely death. Svensson’s wife Eva […]
Matchbox Bluesmaster Series – Set 10 (‘Home Town Skiffle’)
Matchbox Bluesmaster Series – Set 10: Home Town Skiffle (Saydisc /Matchbox MSESET10 – 6 CDs. Album review by Chris Parker) Another set of recordings from Saydisc (Matchbox), featuring blues, rags, the odd […]
Bill Frisell – ‘Four’
Bill Frisell – Four (Blue Note Records – Album Review by Jane Mann) The dedication on this new album from guitarist/composer Bill Frisell is “to dear old friends”. It’s a beautiful piece […]
Let Spin – ‘Thick As Thieves’
Let Spin: Thick As Thieves (Efpi Records FP043. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Let Spin is the quartet of Chris Williams on alto saxophone, Moss Freed on guitar, Ruth Goller on bass […]
Richie Beirach, Gregor Huebner & Veit Huebner – ‘Testaments’
Richie Beirach, Gregor Huebner & Veit Huebner – Testaments: Richie Beirachs 75. Birthday Celebration (O-Tone Music OT-053-2. Album review by Charles Rees) American pianist/composer Richie Beirach was 75 in May this year. […]
