Billy Jenkins – Ghost Music(Voice Of The People Records VOCDD119. Review by Jane Mann) This download-only release from National Treasure Billy Jenkins, renowned punk blues guitarist and satirist, follows his 2015 album […]
Jure Pukl – Doubtless(Whirlwind WR4724 . CD Review by Jon Turney) A fascinating study in modern tenor saxophone here, as New York based Slovenian Jure Pukl is joined by his wife, Chilean […]
Sugarwork – Sugarwork (Harriphonic. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) Hearing Sugarwork (the album) was a revelation. Comprised of four musicians I go out of my way to listen to whenever I can, […]
Alina Bzhezhinska – Inspiration (Ubuntu UBU 0008. CD Review by Peter Jones) Challenge yourself to come up with the names of some jazz harpists. I only managed Alice Coltrane and Dorothy Ashby […]
The Dissolute Society – Soldiering OnBabel Label BDV16145. CD review by Adrian Pallant) Hats off (bowler style, if you like) to trombonist Raph Clarkson and his eight-piece ensemble of musical mavericks in […]
Steve Cardenas – Charlie & Paul (Newvelle Records NV013LP. LP review by Geoff Winston) “This was not the street and its endless, hurried footsteps, the mayhem of broken lines, but instead the […]
Joanna Wallfisch – Blood & Bone(Sea Gardens SG01. CD review by Mark McKergow)London-born vocalist and composer Joanna Wallfischproduces a towering achievement with this new album of (mostly) bittersweet songs and rich arrangements, […]
Liran Donin’s 1000 Boats – 8 Songs(Cavalo Records LDCD001/LDLP001 – Review by Peter Slavid) Liran Donin is probably best known to jazz fans as a member of Led Bib and a regular […]
Trialogue – First Flight(Spark Label SPARK0005. CD review by Adrian Pallant) A neuroscientist, a physicist and a biologist walk into a studio – and the outcome is a pretty tasty account of […]
Tonbruket – Live Salvation (ACT 9867-2. CD review by Rob Mallows) In a month when the release of an album featuring the 2005 London Barbican performance of the Esbjörn Svensson Trio reminds […]
