Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog – Connection (Enja Yellowbird. Album review by Jon Turney) Marc Ribot’s heavily rhythmic, slightly distorted electric guitar sound is rooted in rock and the bluesier end of Americana […]
Tom Ollendorff – Open House Fresh Sounds Records FSNT 656 (CD review by Mike Collins) Listening to guitarist Tom Ollendorff’s new release, his second under his own name, I’ve been trying to […]
McCoy Tyner – The Montreux Years(Claude Nobs Foundation/BMG 5053888948. Vinyl review by Phil Johnson) As shown in the fascinating recent three-part BBC television series on the Montreux Jazz Festival (‘They All Came […]
Zoe Rahman – Colour of Sound (Manushi Records MANUCD007. CD review by Mike Collins) A brooding piano rumble, then a grooving, funky riff and the band surges in behind Zoe Rahman’s piano. Click play […]
Vincent Courtois, Daniel Erdmann and Robin Fincker – Nothing Else (BMC Records BMC CD311. Album review by Frank Graham) For anybody unfamiliar with the members of this Franco-German trio, cellist Vincent Courtois’s […]
Donny McCaslin Quartet – I Want More (Edition Records EDNDA1219. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) For listeners familiar with Donny McCaslin’s work in his acoustic quartet, or in his key role as a soloist […]
Matt Choboter – Postcards of Nostalgia (ILK Music ILK344 LP/CD. Album review by Frank Graham) From Keith Tippett to Benoît Delbecq and Eve Risser, improvising pianists continue to find inspiration in John […]
Louis Stewart & Noel Kelehan – Some Other Blues (Livia Records LRDC2301. Album review by Julian Maynard-Smith) Jazz albums featuring nothing but guitar and piano are such a rarity that until recently […]
Jacob Young Trio – Eventually (ECM Records, ECM 2764. Review by Graham Spry) Eventually is guitarist Jacob Young’s fourth album as a leader for ECM Records. Following previous recordings with ECM stalwarts […]
The Nonidentical – Material Tropes (NONID Records. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Material Tropes, the debut full album of the Nonidentical group led by composer and multi-instrumentalist Zac Gvi, is both thoughtful […]
Blossom Dearie – Discover Who I Am: The Fontana Years London 1966-70 (Fontana/ UMC- Mercury. Review of six-disc set by Lavender Sutton) Discover Who I Am, the new 6-disc release of Blossom […]
Reuben James – Champagne Kisses (Rufio Records – album review by Mark McKergow) Vocalist and keyboardist Reuben James presents his debut album, an abundant and smartly-produced collection of jazz-flavoured soul/R&B soaked in […]
(ECM Luminessence series. Vinyl reviews by Phil Johnson) ECM’s new audiophile vinyl series follows up the inaugural releases (Kenny Wheeler and Nana Vasconcelos) with a second imaginatively matched pair, both albums again […]
Modern Jazz Quartet – The Montreux Years (Montreux Sounds BMGCAT733CD. Album review by Len Weinreich) Shortly after the name changed from the Milt Jackson Quartet to the Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ), critics […]
Pat Metheny – Dream Box (Modern Recordings/ BMG. Album review by Simon Lasky) Throughout his career Metheny has interspersed his large ensemble projects with occasional solo or duo recordings. This album is […]
