The 34th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections features a powerful trio who breathe as one. Yes, it’s Tommy Flanagan, so you get impeccable, beautifully articulated piano playing. But this is also about […]
Annabel Williams is THE vocal coach. She has had the role for nearly a decade at both X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent. She has worked with over two hundred chart-topping artists. […]
FONT, the Festival of New Trumpet Music, was co-founded by Dave Douglas and the late Roy Campbell Jr. in 2003. As another Festival approaches, Dave Douglas explains in an email interview the […]
The 33rd of Jon Turney’s weekly selection (introduced HERE) is all about the horns. Among early releases from the World Saxophone Quartet, this live set stands out, as live sets often do. […]
Icelandic guitarist Mikael Máni’s second album Nostalgia Machine is a crossover work of confidently understated melodic refinement. Feature/ Interview by AJ Dehany: The text accompanying Mikael Máni’s new album says that in […]
The 32nd of Jon Turney’s weekly selection (introduced HERE) impresses with drumming of cherishable ferocity. I loved the albums Jack DeJohnette made as leader in the late 1970s and early ’80s. They […]
New Zealand pianist Ben Wilcock has added a new ingredient to his music. His latest album, The River Tethys is inspired by science-fiction and includes standards and even an Irish slip jig […]
The 31st of Jon Turney’s weekly selection (introduced HERE) sees an Ellington tune polished to a new lustre. The pianist and soprano saxophone player here were both immensely fertile artists. Yet something […]
The 30th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections finds a great Chicagoan injecting new life into an appropriate Jelly Roll Morton classic. The opening track on this wonderful LP is Henry Threadgill’s homage […]
In the latest of our series in which jazz musicians do a deep (and entirely personal and selective) dive into the music of their idols, Canadian guitarist Mike Rud (*) writes about […]
On 20-22 August 2021, the Herne Bay Jazz and Swing Festival will take place on the beautiful east Kent coast. This fourth festival features their biggest lineup ever and includes some of […]
In the latest of our series in which jazz musicians do a deep (and entirely personal and selective) dive into the music of their idols, bassist Matt Ridley (*) writes about Czech […]
French pianist Gregory Ott’s “Parabole” (Jazzdor) is a modestly understated and deeply personal album. It offers a musical reinterpretation of Wim Wenders’ masterpiece, the 1988 film “Wings of Desire”. Ott has not […]
The 29th of Jon Turney’s weekly selection (introduced HERE) is a blast from Mike Gibbs, taking it back home. Anything Mike Gibbs had a hand in is worth listening to, but extra […]
The 28th of Jon Turney’s weekly selection (introduced HERE) is a bittersweet Art Pepper ballad that epitomises his last years. From the rich clutch of recordings that preserve Art Pepper’s glorious late […]
