Jamie Doe / The Magic Lantern – A Reckoning Bell (Hectic Eclectic Records. Album Review by Jane Mann) The Magic Lantern is the performing name of Australian born, London-based singer songwriter Jamie […]
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra – Where Rivers Meet (Digital download review by Mark McKergow) The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and its energetic leader Tommy Smith have produced a dazzling variety of work […]
Falkevik – New Constellations(Drabant Music. Album review by Rob Mallows) Over the last decade, Norway has become a reliable source of great, modern jazz music. Like their North Sea natural gas, Norway’s jazz […]
Chelsea Carmichael – The River Doesn’t Like Strangers (Native Rebel Recordings. Album review by Adam Sieff) Over the last few years since graduating from Trinity Laban Conservatoire, the Manchester-born and London-based tenor […]
Marcin Wasilewski Trio – En attendant (ECM 2677. CD review by Mike Collins) It’s twenty years since the Marcin Wasilewski Trio debuted with ECM, on the first of a series of albums […]
Fiona Ross – Red Flags and High Heels Singer and pianist Fiona Ross returns with an album of fourteen new tracks on which she takes composition, production, and arrangement credits. Ross was […]
Lionel Loueke – Close Your Eyes (Sounderscore SO 005. Album Review by Sebastian Scotney) There is so much to enjoy in Close Your Eyes, guitarist Lionel Loueke’s first ever album of standards, […]
Matthew Stevens – Pittsburgh (Whirlwind Recordings. Album review by Rob Mallows) Matthew Stevens should fall off his bike more often. It’s not that I’m wishing any harm should come to the Canadian guitarist, […]
John Coltrane – A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (Impulse! Album review by John Bungey) Well, when time travel is invented, this gig at the Penthouse, Seattle, in 1965 will be near […]
Chris Maddock Quartet with special guest Dan Casimir – The Hunt (Ubuntu Records. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Chris Maddock is a young saxophonist who graduated from the jazz course at Birmingham […]
Matchbox Bluesmaster Series Set 5 1: Blind Lemon Jefferson 1926–29 2: Frank Stokes 1927–29 3: Blind Blake 1926–29 4: Big Bill Broonzy 1927–32 5: Mississippi Sheiks 1930 (Vol. 1) 6: Lonnie Johnson […]
David Ornette Cherry – Organic Nation Listening Club (The Continual) (Spiritmuse Records – Album review by Graham Spry) David Ornette Cherry, son of trumpeter Don Cherry, was born at the time when […]
Linda Fredriksson – Juniper (We Jazz Records WJCD40. Album review by Jon Turney) Saxophonist Linda Fredriksson is new to me, but has evidently played in several prominent bands in their(*) Finnish homeland. […]
Australian Art Orchestra – Hand to Earth (AAO Recordings 008. Album Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) This release from the Australian Art Orchestra (AAO) is both intriguing and challenging. Intriguing, because it brings […]
Jazzmeia Horn – Dear Love (Empress Legacy Records. ELR001. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) In her short career so far, Jazzmeia Horn has received a wealth of plaudits and awards. Her first […]
