Judy Niemack – Blue Nights; In The Sundance (Blujazz, 2007; 2009. Review by Frank Griffith) This brace of CDs from a decade back by jazz vocalist Judy Niemack (The Pheasantry, 4 & 5 July) forms […]
Judy Niemack – Blue Nights & In The Sundance
George Cables (with Essiet Essiet and Victor Lewis) – I’m All Smiles
George Cables (with Essiet Essiet and Victor Lewis) – I’m All Smiles (HighNote Records HCD 7322. CD Review by Sebastian Scotney) It is probably wrong to be completely swayed by the positive […]
Wes Montgomery – Back on Indiana Avenue: The Carroll DeCamp Recordings
Wes Montgomery – Back on Indiana Avenue: The Carroll DeCamp Recordings (Resonance Recordings. HCD2036. CD Review by Mike Rud*) Wes Montgomery’s music swings… and shines, bounces, delights and comforts. His is a […]
Apollo and Artvark – Collide and Merge
Apollo and Artvark – Collide and Merge (Oink Records. CD review by Rob Adams) It was, if I remember correctly, the estimable 29th Street Saxophone Quartet who expressed a wish to have […]
Keith Tippett – The Unlonely Raindancer
Keith Tippett – The Unlonely Raindancer (Discus 81CD – CD review by Mark McKergow) This first-time-on-CD reissue of Keith Tippett’s first solo piano recordings from 1979 is an important reminder of his […]
Joey DeFrancesco – In the Key of the Universe
Joey DeFrancesco – In the Key of the Universe (Mack Avenue 1147. CD Review by Peter Jones) Playing in a band with Hank Mobley and Philly Joe Jones at age 10, awarded […]
Norma Winstone & John Taylor – In Concert
Norma Winstone & John Taylor – In Concert (Enodoc Records. ENOCD005. CD Review by Alison Bentley) The scene – a hall filled with young jazz musicians, eager to hear two of their […]
Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic IX – Pannonica: Tribute to the Jazz Baroness
Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic IX – Pannonica: Tribute to the Jazz Baroness (ACT 9889-2 – CD review by Mark McKergow) The latest release in ACT’s “Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic” series offers a […]
Jim Blomfield Trio – Strange Beauty (Every Way OK)
Jim Blomfield Trio – Strange Beauty (Every Way OK) (Pig Records PIG009 CD Review by Jon Turney) Bristol-based pianist Jim Blomfield, widely admired in his home city, isn’t as well-known elsewhere as he […]
Len Aruliah – No Complications
Len Aruliah – No Complications (Self-release/ CDBaby. CD Review by Lauren Bush) Canadian-British Len Aruliah is a well-versed alto and soprano saxophonist and composer who uses his cross-the-pond connections to collaborate with his favourite […]
Kate Williams’ Four Plus Three meets Georgia Mancio – Finding Home
Kate Williams’ Four Plus Three meets Georgia Mancio – Finding Home (KW Jazz – kwjazz002. CD review by Adrian Pallant) “Secret, silent moments. Sweet, familiar voices. Colour into colour. Wonder into wonder. […]
Mark Dresser Seven – Ain’t Nothing But A Cyber Coup & You
Mark Dresser Seven – Ain’t Nothing But A Cyber Coup & You (Clean Feed Records. CD review by Dan Bergsagel) Sounding more like a group of outlaws than a jazz ensemble, the […]
Leïla Martial: Baa Box – Warm Canto (plus mjf 26 May performance)
Leïla Martial: Baa Box – Warm Canto (Laborie Jazz CD.LJ48. CD review by Sebastian Maniura) Vocalist, clown and improvisor Leïla Martial releases her third album, Warm Canto, on 24 May. It features […]
Terkel Nørgaard – With Ralph Alessi
Terkel Nørgaard – With Ralph Alessi (We Jazz. CD Review by Dick Hovenga(*)) Danish drummer Terkel Nørgaard has been a very popular figure in Scandinavian jazz for some years now, and has […]
Tom Harrell – Infinity
Tom Harrell – Infinity (HighNote Records HCD 7321. CD Review by Peter Jones) A simple riff in 7/4, accompanied by a flurry of semiquavers, heralds The Fast, the first tune on this […]
