The 48th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections is a blast of fresh air from the North. Back Door, who appeared out of the blue in the early ‘70s came at jazz rock […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021. 48. ‘Slivadiv’ – Back Door, 1972.
Iver Cardas (Winner of the 4th International Jarek Śmietana Jazz Guitar Competition)
Iver Cardas (Norway) has just won First Prize in the 4th International Jarek Śmietana Jazz Guitar Competition in Kraków. Born in a small town north of Oslo, music is in Cardas’s blood: […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021. 47. ‘Tripping’ – Andrew Hill, Shades, 1986
The 47th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections is a notable return to the limelight for a piano master. Andrew Hill hadn’t recorded for half a dozen years, so it was a great […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021. 46. ‘Mighty Lights’ – Jane Ira Bloom, Mighty Lights, 1983
The 46th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections is an early landmark from a great soprano saxophone exponent. Jane Ira Bloom is a brilliant player and composer who has never, to my mind, […]
Kathrine Windfeld (Ronnie Scott’s, 15 November, 2021 EFG LJF)
Danish pianist, composer, and arranger Kathrine Windfeld is a rising star of European jazz. In January 2020 she won the “LetterOne ‘RISING STARS’ Jazz Award” Europe Edition. This prize involves a tour […]
Mark Lewandowski (New Trio Album ‘Under One Sky’)
Nottingham-born bassist Mark Lewandowski left the UK for New York at the invitation of Wynton Marsalis in mid-2017 to join the Juilliard Artist Diploma Ensemble, a group of six jazz musicians, the […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021. 45. ‘Moon’ – William Parker Quartet, Live at Yoshi’s, 2006
The 45th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections is from a great quartet of the noughties. The first recording by William Parker’s quartet, O’Neal’s Porch from 2001, made it clear they had something […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021. 44. ‘Doin’ it for Art’ – Stan Tracey Quartet, Captain Adventure, 1975
The 44th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections comes from a classic night at the 100 Club. This recording, a near lifelong favourite, preserves a pretty spectacular night’s playing by all concerned. I […]
Alex Hitchcock (new album ‘Dream Band’/ Ronnie Scott’s Launch feat. Midori Jaeger, 4 November)
The launch of saxophonist and composer Alex Hitchcock’s new album Dream Band (Fresh Sound) is at Ronnie Scott’s on 4 November. The album will be released on the Barcelona label Fresh Sound […]
Sam Leak: A Jazz Musician’s guide to the EFG London Jazz Festival 2021
Between 12 and 21 November 2021, the EFG London Jazz Festival will be presenting almost 400 concerts – an impressive feat indeed, but how on earth will you decide what to watch? […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021. 43. ‘Tumbao No 5 (para Charlie Mingus)’ – Orlando “Cachaíto” López, Cachaito, 2001
The 43rd of Jon Turney’s weekly selections is one great bassist’s homage to another. Hard to believe the original Buena Vista Social Club album is 25 years old. And after the first […]
Estelle Kokot (collaboration with Eugene Skeef / performance workshop at GSMD on 17 Nov. + new solo album)
South African-raised pianist-singer Estelle Kokot put the period of lockdown to good use and started an online collaboration with percussionist, composer, poet, educationalist and animator Eugene Skeef. Their work together, using his poems as the starting point, started in […]
Ten Tracks by Marcus Miller I Can’t Do Without…by Richie Goods
Pittsburgh-born bassist Richie Goods has a massive and varied experience and discography: the Headhunters, Lenny White, Louis Hayes and the Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band, Milt Jackson, Russell Malone, Vincent Herring, the Manhattan […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021. 42. ‘First Song: For Ruth’ – from Charlie Haden Quartet West, In Angel City, 1988
The 42nd of Jon Turney’s weekly selections features a memorably different saxophone sound. Charlie Haden’s Quartet West project produced a series of albums that were love letters to LA, and its mid-century […]
Carl Hyde (new book ‘Jazz Noir’ published today 18 October 2021)
Carl Hyde, who has been an official photographer at Ronnie Scott’s since 2014, is today (18 October) launching a new book of photos, Jazz Noir, consisting of “a selection of images that […]
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