Jakob Bro – Uma Elmo (ECM 2702. CD Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) This is the fifth album that Danish guitarist Jakob Bro has recorded for ECM, and it brings together a new […]
Jakob Bro – ‘Uma Elmo’
Amanda Tosoff – ‘Earth Voices’
Amanda Tosoff – Earth Voices ( Empress Music. CD Review by Lavender Sutton) In a video for the 2016 Toronto Jazz Festival, Canadian pianist, composer and educator Amanda Tosoff explained her then-new […]
Maynard Ferguson – ‘Live & Well in London’
Maynard Ferguson Live & Well in London (Sleepy Night Records SNRCD019. CD Review by Peter Jones) Canadian-born trumpet player and bandleader Maynard Ferguson was a true inhabitant of the late Sixties – […]
Shai Maestro – ‘Human’
Shai Maestro – Human (ECM 0890670. CD Review by Jon Turney) This is a dazzler, full of lyric beauties. For his second release on ECM Israeli pianist Shai Maestro expands his normal […]
Stick Men with Gary Husband – ‘Owari’
Stick Men with Gary Husband – Owari (MoonJune Records MJR106. Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) Stick Men is a trio that’s effectively an offshoot of King Crimson, a band whose ancestral roots twist […]
Børge Olsen – ‘Music in the Dark’
Børge Olsen – Music in the Dark (Fresh Tea Records. CD review by Rob Mallows) On the cover of this, his second solo release, veteran Norwegian guitarist Børge Olsen looks every inch the […]
Nesrine – ‘Nesrine’
Nesrine – Nesrine (ACT 9919-2. CD review by Alison Bentley) Singer/composer/cellist Nesrine sings in French, Arabic and English and her songs are full of African-based grooves and engaging harmonies. The first thing […]
Various Artists (Bokani Dyer, Thandi Ntuli, The Ancestors…) – ‘Indaba Is’
Various Artists (Bokani Dyer, Thandi Ntuli, The Ancestors – Indaba Is (Brownswood Recordings. Album Review by Dick Hovenga(*) The Johannesburg jazz scene, brimming with life, has been making a big impression for several years, […]
Mike Bono – ‘Familiar Places’
Mike Bono – Familiar Places (La Reserve – digital only. CD Review by Adam Sieff) Mike Bono’s name may be unfamiliar, but now I realise that, unknowingly, I’ve already heard his guitar […]
Binker and Moses – ‘Escape the Flames’
Binker and Moses – Escape the Flames (Gearbox GB1570. Digital/Vinyl. Album Review by Adam Sieff) The Total Refreshment Centre in Stoke Newington was completely rammed on a warm Sunday night in June […]
Lewis Wright & Matt Brewer & Marcus Gilmore – ‘The Colour of Intention’
Lewis Wright & Matt Brewer & Marcus Gilmore – The Colour of Intention (Signum Classics – SIGCD634. CD review by Graham Spry) Vibraphonist Lewis Wright is probably best known as being a […]
Soft Works – ‘Abracadabra in Osaka’ (rec. 2003)
Soft Works – Abracadabra in Osaka Recorded live at Namba Hatch, Osaka, Japan, 11 August 2003 (MoonJune MJR 112. CD Review by John Bungey) To my knowledge no one has ever made […]
Will Glaser – ‘Climbing in Circles’
Will Glaser – Climbing in Circles (Ubuntu UBU0075. CD Review by Jon Turney) Adventurous drummer Will Glaser neatly sidesteps the repertoire problem that trips up lots of emerging players. This cleverly programmed […]
Blanco & Cárdenas – ‘Stories Without Words’
Blanco & Cárdenas – Stories Without Words (Digital only, from Bandcamp. Review by Fiona Mactaggart) Stories Without Words is an energetic, richly complex, global musical carnival of an album. So, when we […]
Paul Edis Trio – ‘Snakes and Ladders’
Paul Edis Trio – Snakes and Ladders (Self-released and available from Bandcamp. Album review by Adrian Pallant) Pianist Paul Edis established himself as one of the leading lights of contemporary jazz and […]
