Chip Wickham – Blue To Red (Lovemonk LMNK66LP LP, CD & Digital. Album review by Adam Sieff) On a sweltering evening during last summer’s heat wave, I was walking through Soho and heard […]
Chip Wickham – “Blue To Red”
Malcolm Strachan – “About Time”
Malcolm Strachan – About Time (Haggis Records HRCD004. CD Review by Peter Jones) One of the many pleasures of this new CD from trumpeter Malcolm Strachan is its unashamedly slick, commercial feel. Some […]
Alexander Hawkins/Tomeka Reid – “Shards and Constellations”
Alexander Hawkins/Tomeka Reid – Shards and Constellations(Intakt Records CD344. CD review by Fiona Mactaggart) The vivid memory of a white-robed Cecil Taylor darting crab-style across a concert hall stage and then delivering […]
Antti Lötjönen – “Quintet East”
Antti Lötjönen – Quintet East (We Jazz WJLP22. CD Review by Jon Turney) Finnish bassist Antti Lötjönen is not a man to rush into anything. A veteran of 100 recordings, this CD […]
Keith Oxman – “Two Cigarettes In The Dark”
Keith Oxman – Two Cigarettes In The Dark (Capri 74161-2. CD review by Peter Vacher) Tenor saxophonist Keith Oxman is a new name to me but not to Capri Records, for this […]
The Karuna Trio – “Imaginary Archipelago”
The Karuna Trio – Imaginary Archipelago (Metarecords Meta 024. CD Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) The imaginary archipelago of this album title is an area of ‘high mountains and dense forests, warm deserts […]
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis – “Black, Brown and Beige”
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis – Black, Brown and Beige (Blue Engine Records. BE0024. Download Review by Patrick Hadfield) Duke Ellington played the complete Black, Brown and Beige only twice: […]
John Law’s Congregation – “Configuration”
John Law’s Congregation – Configuration (Ubuntu Music UBU0036. CD review by Adrian Pallant) It’s a privilege to track the evolution of a musician’s career over many years, especially when, like pianist John […]
Wolfgang Muthspiel, Scott Colley, Brian Blade – “Angular Blues”
Wolfgang Muthspiel, Scott Colley, Brian Blade – Angular Blues (ECM 0814506. Review by John Arnett) This album was recorded in Japan in one day in August 2018, shortly after the trio’s […]
Iain Ballamy, Ian Shaw, Jamie Safir – “What’s New?”
Iain Ballamy, Ian Shaw, Jamie Safir – What’s New? (Silent Wish Records – SWRCD1. CD Review by Graham Spry) The methodical record collectors among us will want to file What’s New? […]
Matthew Shipp – “The Piano Equation”
Matthew Shipp – The Piano Equation (Tao Forms 01. CD Review by Jon Turney) The title suggests something formal, hinting at propositions and proofs. And there is a degree of formality in […]
Paul Flaherty, Randall Colbourne, James Chumley Hunt, Mike Roberson – “Borrowed from Children”
Paul Flaherty, Randall Colbourne, James Chumley Hunt, Mike Roberson – Borrowed from Children (577 Records 5843. Album Review by Dan Bergsagel) Saxophonist Paul Flaherty has spent much of the last 50 years […]
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis featuring Wayne Shorter – “The Music of Wayne Shorter”
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis featuring Wayne Shorter – The Music of Wayne Shorter (Blue Engine Records BE0023. Download Review by Patrick Hadfield) The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra […]
Matthieu Saglio – “El camino de los vientos”
Matthieu Saglio – El camino de los vientos (ACT 9912-2. CD review by Alison Bentley) Music brings back memories of places, and sometimes creates new ones too. Cellist Matthieu Saglio lives in […]
Jonah Parzen-Johnson – “Imagine Giving Up”
Jonah Parzen-Johnson – Imagine Giving Up (We Jazz Records. CD Review by Dick Hovenga*) Jazz saxophonist Jonah Parzen-Johnson, originally from Chicago and now based in Brooklyn, is a strikingly distinctive musician. He […]
