Michaël Attias – échos la nuit (Out Of Your Head Records OOYH 003. CD Review by Olie Brice) This feels like an album which should inspire poetry, rather than a review. Michaël […]
Michaël Attias – échos la nuit
Richard Galliano – The Tokyo Concert
Richard Galliano – The Tokyo Concert (Jade EAN 3411369992032. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Richard Galliano’s solo concert at the Wigmore Hall in the 2018 EFG London Jazz Festival was certainly one of my […]
Larry Grenadier – The Gleaners
Larry Grenadier – The Gleaners (ECM. CD Review by Jon Turney) The resourcefulness and richness of modern double bass playing never cease to astound me. There are any number of players whose contribution […]
Esperanza Spalding – 12 Little Spells
Esperanza Spalding – 12 Little Spells (Concord Records. CD Review by Sebastian Maniura) In 12 Little Spells Esperanza Spalding explores the realm of magic and healing in her music. The concept for this album […]
Polly Gibbons – All I Can Do
Polly Gibbons – All I Can Do (Resonance Records RCD-1028. CD review by Mark McKergow) British singer Polly Gibbons is spending more time than ever in the USA these days so it’s […]
Paul Dunmall Sun Ship Quartet with Alan Skidmore and Kjaer/Solberg/Wastrell – John Coltrane 50th Memorial Concert at Cafe Oto
Paul Dunmall Sun Ship Quartet with Alan Skidmore and Kjaer/Solberg/Wastrell – John Coltrane 50th Memorial Concert at Cafe Oto (Confront Core Series. Core07. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) The sleeve notes to […]
Dave Stryker – Eight Track III
Dave Stryker – Eight Track III (Strikezone 8818. CD review by Peter Vacher) US guitarist Dave Stryker is something of an unknown quantity over here, despite an exceptional discography and decades on […]
David Storey Trio – Bosco
Dave Storey Trio – Bosco (Impossible Ark IALP025. CD review by Leonard Weinreich) In the annals of jazz mythology, a be-bopper, complete with beret and goatee, stands on the corner of Manhattan’s Broadway […]
Laura Zakian – Minor Moments
Laura Zakian – Minor Moments (Tall Guy Records. CD review by Adrian Pallant) London-based jazz vocalist and educator Laura Zakian has released four solo albums to date, the most recent – 2014’s […]
CD REVIEW: Dualistic – Dualistic
Dualistic – Dualistic(Losen Records. LOS 214-2. Review by Rob Mallows) Imagine if you will a musical Venn diagram. In one circle, people who like jazz; in the other, people who like heavy […]
CD REVIEW: Tom Cawley – Catenaccio
Tom Cawley – Catenaccio(Ubuntu. UBU0024. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) “Catenaccio” is an Italian term for a style of football, apparently; and since most of the track titles have a link to […]
CD REVIEW: Joshua Redman Quartet – Come What May
Joshua Redman Quartet – Come What May(Nonesuch Records 585291 2. CD Review by Sebastian Scotney) Jazz is a music of connection. Saxophonist Joshua Redman has talked in interviews preceding the release of […]
CD REVIEW: Dominic Miller – Absinthe
Dominic Miller – Absinthe(ECM Records – ECM 6788468. CD Review by Jane Mann) Absinthe is Argentinian-born guitarist Dominic Miller’s second release for ECM and his fourteenth solo album. The list of recordings […]
CD REVIEW: Faith Brackenbury – KnifeAngel
The Knife Angel sculpture by British Ironwork Centre and Alfie Bradley Faith Brackenbury – KnifeAngel(Lonely Duck Records. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) This is a beautiful record. It features a half hour suite with […]
CD REVIEW: Benjamin Croft – 10 Reasons To…
Benjamin Croft – 10 Reasons To…(33 Records 5020883337753. Review by Jeanie Barton) The shimmering, mystical/nautical sounding acoustic/electro opening to Benjamin Croft’s 10 Reasons To… tells me immediately that I am not listening to […]
