Marius Neset & London Sinfonietta – Viaduct (ACT 9048-2. Album review by Rob Mallows) Peanut butter and jam (or jelly, if you’re American). On the face of it, it shouldn’t make sense in a sandwich: […]
Marius Neset & London Sinfonietta – Viaduct
Alison Rayner Quintet – Short Stories
Alison Rayner Quintet – Short Stories (ARQ Records. CD Review by Leonard Weinreich) Bassist and bandleader Alison Rayner has described her music in a recent interview with LJN as “melodic, with a […]
Charles Lloyd Quartet – Montreux Jazz Festival 1967 (Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series 46)
Charles Lloyd Quartet – Montreux Jazz Festival 1967 (Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series 46) (The Montreux Jazz Label TCB 02462. CD review by Peter Bacon) Maybe it shouldn’t be so striking, but, somehow, […]
Kyle Eastwood – Cinematic
Kyle Eastwood – Cinematic (Jazz Village. CD review by Rob Mallows) A jazz album of some of cinema’s classic soundtracks from Kyle Eastwood. There is a sort of divine inevitability that the […]
Carmen Souza – The Silver Messengers
Carmen Souza – The Silver Messengers (Galileo GMC087. CD Review by Jane Mann) This album, recorded between London and Lisbon for German record label Galileo, is London-based Portuguese/Cape Verdean singer Carmen Souza’s […]
Vjay Iyer and Craig Taborn – The Transitory Poems
Vjay Iyer and Craig Taborn – The Transitory Poems (ECM: 773 0119. CD review by Nick Davies) Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn, two of creative music’s most resourceful players, learned to meld and […]
Dave O’Higgins & Rob Luft – Play Monk & Trane
Dave O’Higgins & Rob Luft – Play Monk & Trane (Ubuntu UBU0029. CD Review by Peter Jones) In some ways it’s a slightly unexpected pairing – well-established tenor bopster Dave O’Higgins with […]
Jon Gordon – Answer
Jon Gordon – Answer (ArtistShare: AS0174. CD review by Nick Davies) Jon Gordon is a saxophone player who spends his time travelling between New York City and Winnipeg. Greatly in demand, he has […]
The Calum Gourlay Quartet – New Ears
The Calum Gourlay Quartet – New Ears (Ubuntu Music UBU0043. CD review by Mark McKergow) Composer, band leader and double bass virtuoso Calum Gourlay reinforces his place as one of the UK’s […]
Nat ‘King’ Cole – Hittin’ The Ramp: The Early Years
Nat ‘King’ Cole – Hittin’ The Ramp: The Early Years Seven CDs comprising 183 tracks recorded between 1936-43. Produced for release by Zev Feldman, George Klabin, Will Friedwald, Seth Berg, Jordan Taylor […]
Jim Beard/Jon Herington – Chunks And Chairknobs
Jim Beard/Jon Herington – Chunks And Chairknobs (Jazzline D 77069. CD review by Peter Bacon) As liner notes man Bill Milkowski explains, pianist Jim Beard and guitarist Jon Herington have been session players […]
Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly Of Shadows – Assembly of Shadows
Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly Of Shadows – Assembly of Shadows (SoundSpore Records. Review by Adam Sieff) I generally shy away from jazz orchestras. I know, my loss. But this album has completely […]
Johnny Griffin and Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis – Ow! Live At The Penthouse
Johnny Griffin and Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis – Ow! Live At The Penthouse (Reel To Real RTRCD003 – CD review by Mark McKergow) The two tenor saxophones of Johnny Griffin and Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ […]
Fat-Suit – Waifs & Strays
Fat-Suit – Waifs & Strays (Equinox EQX006CD. CD Review by Rob Adams) The fourth album from Glasgow jazz-funk-folk collective Fat-Suit witnesses a significant stride forward in terms of composition as well as […]
Cross Currents Trio – Good Hope
Cross Currents Trio – Good Hope (Edition Records EDN1136. CD Review by Jon Turney) A little late to reviewing this one, but for a good reason: It’s one of those recordings I kept postponing […]
