The Besser 3 – Time Travels(Forcefield Studios. CD review by Nick Davies) The Besser 3 are a jazz band originating from New Zealand and their latest offering intrigued your reviewer for two reasons: […]
CD REVIEW: The Besser 3 – Time Travels
CD REVIEW: Matt Anderson Quartet – Rambling
Matt Anderson Quartet – Rambling(Jellymould Jazz JJ030. CD Review by Jon Turney) Confession: I find there’s an oversupply of new jazz these days. Now the music is installed in the conservatoires, each year […]
CD REVIEW: Jean Toussaint Allstar 6tet – Brother Raymond
Jean Toussaint Allstar 6tet – Brother Raymond (Lyte Records LR040. CD Review by Peter Jones) Born on the Virgin Island of St Thomas, raised partly in New York and trained at Berklee, […]
CD REVIEW: Michael Franks – The Music In My Head
Michael Franks – The Music In My Head(Shanachie. CD review by Peter Bacon) Far too frequently these days I seem to be targeted with emails, pamphlets through the letterbox, inserts that fall […]
CD REVIEW: David Ferris Septet plus Maria Väli – Alphabets
David Ferris Septet plus Maria Väli – Alphabets(David Ferris. CD review by Peter Bacon) I’ve heard David Ferris play many times, sometimes on piano, often on organ, in various pubs and venues […]
CD REVIEW: Shakers n’ Bakers – Heart Love
Shakers n’ Bakers – Heart Love(Little i music CD107. CD review by Mark McKergow) New-York based tenor saxophonist and arranger Jeff Lederer explores the final and controversial phase of sax legend Albert […]
CD REVIEW: Sly & Robbie meet Nils Petter Molvær feat. Eivind Aarset and Vladislav Delay – Nordub
Sly & Robbie meet Nils Petter Molvær feat. Eivind Aarset and Vladislav Delay – Nordub (OKeh 88985406342. CD review by John L Walters) Some albums are “good”, “great” even, but you don’t […]
CD REVIEW: Inwardness – Space Jazz
Inwardness – Space Jazz(Ozella Music OZ085CD. CD review by Adrian Pallant) The memory remains vivid of three musicians taking to the stage at 2017’s Manchester Jazz Festival, where an intimate gathering had […]
CD REVIEW: Kristjan Randalu – Absence
Kristjan Randalu – Absence(ECM 672 2679 . CD review by Mike Collins) Pianist Kristjan Randalu debuts on ECM with this striking recording that combines an austere and often abstract beauty with fiery […]
CD REVIEW: Scott Reeves Jazz Orchestra – Without A Trace
Scott Reeves Jazz Orchestra – Without A Trace(Origin Records 2018. CD Review by Nigel Waddington) New York Big Band leader and composer Scott Reeves is someone whose music I wish I’d discovered […]
CD REVIEW: Frank Harrison and Brigitte Beraha – The Way Home
Frank Harrison and Brigitte Beraha – The Way Home(Linus Records. LRCD04. CD Review by Alison Bentley) Notions of love and home are given shape in this recording by the lyrical piano of […]
CD REVIEW: Martin Speake – lntention
Martin Speake – Intention(Ubuntu Music UBU00039. CD review by Mike Collins) A quick perusal of Martin Speake’s prolific output over the last few years will be enough to remind anyone of both […]
DOWNLOAD REVIEW: Billy Jenkins – Ghost Music
Billy Jenkins – Ghost Music(Voice Of The People Records VOCDD119. Review by Jane Mann) This download-only release from National Treasure Billy Jenkins, renowned punk blues guitarist and satirist, follows his 2015 album […]
CD REVIEW: Jure Pukl – Doubtless
Jure Pukl – Doubtless(Whirlwind WR4724 . CD Review by Jon Turney) A fascinating study in modern tenor saxophone here, as New York based Slovenian Jure Pukl is joined by his wife, Chilean […]
CD REVIEW: Sugarwork – Sugarwork
Sugarwork – Sugarwork (Harriphonic. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) Hearing Sugarwork (the album) was a revelation. Comprised of four musicians I go out of my way to listen to whenever I can, […]
