BATL Quartet – LIVE (RT Jazz Records RTJR002 – CD review by Mark McKergow) BATL Quartet – led by tenorist Brandon Allen and pianist Tim Lapthorn – hits the groove and the […]
BATL Quartet – LIVE
Jazzmeia Horn – Love & Liberation
Jazzmeia Horn – Love & Liberation (Concord CJA 00155. CD Review by Peter Jones) The word “effortless” is an important one when writing about or even just thinking about any kind of performance. […]
Gianluigi Trovesi/Gianni Coscia – La Misteriosa Musica Della Regina Loana
Gianluigi Trovesi/Gianni Coscia – La Misteriosa Musica Della Regina Loana (ECM 773 8787. CD review by Peter Bacon) There is an awful lot of very good jazz around today being made by young […]
John Pearce – Just Friends
John Pearce – Just Friends (JCP001. CD review by Mark McKergow) Bristol-based violinist John Pearce makes his CD debut with this delicious collection of jazz performances, standards brought to life by exciting […]
Abdullah Ibrahim – Dream Time
Abdullah Ibrahim – Dream Time (Enja ENJ9676 2 . CD Reiew by Sebastian Scotney) Abdullah Ibrahim will be marking his 85th birthday on 9 October. And the day will be celebrated with […]
Sam Rivers Trio featuring Cecil McBee and Norman Connors – Emanation
Sam Rivers Trio featuring Cecil McBee and Norman Connors – Emanation (NoBusiness Records NBCD 118. CD review by Brian Marley) When Sam Rivers signed to Impulse! at the tail end of the […]
Bill Evans ft. WDR Big Band Cologne – The East End
Bill Evans ft. WDR Big Band Cologne – The East End (Jazzline Records. Album review by Rob Mallows) Each week, LondonJazz News reviewers receive an email with the latest album releases needing reviews. When I […]
Maria Chiara Argirò – Hidden Seas
Maria Chiara Argirò – Hidden Seas (Cavalo Records. CD Review by Adrian Pallant) Pianist and composer Maria Chiara Argirò’s 2017 album The Fall Dance arrived like a bolt out of the blue – […]
Michael Janisch – Worlds Collide
Michael Janisch – Worlds Collide (Whirlwind Recordings. WR4742. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) Michael Janisch has put together a band of some of the best players from London and New York for […]
Walt Weiskopf European Quartet – Worldwide
Walt Weiskopf European Quartet – Worldwide (Orenda Records ORENDA0065. Review by Peter Vacher) Tenorist Weiskopf is one of those top New York pros whose career has taken in the heady first-call local session […]
Binker Golding – Abstractions of Reality Past and Incredible Feathers
Binker Golding – Abstractions of Reality Past and Incredible Feathers (Binker Golding. CD review by Harry Stott) Surprisingly straight up and filled with wonderfully lyrical flourishes, tenor saxophonist Binker Golding’s new record, […]
Marama Café Band – Introducing…
Marama Café Band – Introducing… (MARAMA RECORDS MR0001. CD Review by Alison Bentley) It’s that feeling of wandering round an old European city – Bucharest, maybe, or Sofia – and suddenly hearing music […]
John Coltrane – Blue World
John Coltrane – Blue World (Impulse! Recorded 1964. Review by Rob Cope) “Naima take 1”, and so it begins. We are once again as listeners and fans treated to newly released, never-before-heard […]
Sylvain Rifflet – Troubadours
Sylvain Rifflet – Troubadours (Magriff 0256. CD review by Peter Slavid) Sylvain Rifflet plays tenor sax, clarinet and bass clarinet plus, for this album, harmonium and shruti box. He also composed most of […]
Eddie Parker’s Debussy Mirrored Ensemble – Live
Eddie Parker’s Debussy Mirrored Ensemble – Live (EPDM001. CD Review by Jon Turney) I was lucky to hear the first performance of Eddie Parker’s Debussy project in Cheltenham last year, noting then that it […]
