Sebastian writes: The Hamburg-based duo of pianist Vladyslav Sendecki and drummer Jürgen Spiegel will following up the success of their Two in the Mirror (2019 – reviewed here) with a new duo […]
Pianist Reuben James has a new single Closer – featuring Sophie Faith, Prince and Carrtoons – out today, 4 June 2021. A summer mixtape BBQ Energy is coming soon. He has also […]
Always and Forever is the new album from jazz singer Jenny Green. It will be launched at the club which Jenny runs in East Grinstead on 1 July. Interview by Peter Jones […]
The 22nd of Jon Turney’s weekly selection (introduced HERE) is a classic from the great Anglo-South African blending of the 1970s. This set, the first as named leader by the indomitable South […]
Liam Noble’s fortnightly livestream on Twitch TV on Saturday afternoons from his home has been one of the joys of the lockdown, writes Tony Dudley-Evans. He picks a different theme each week, […]
Number twenty-one of Jon Turney’s weekly selections (introduced HERE), is the first treatment of a theme that David Murray loves to revisit. The title track from David Murray’s first album as a […]
In our series in which musicians do a “deep dive” into the music of their inspirations, Nicky Schrire writes about ten favourite tracks by Norma Winstone. Norma Winstone is a storyteller. This […]
Conrad Cork, writes Andy Hamilton, was an alto-saxophonist, bassist, and Director of Jazz Studies in the Performing Arts Department at De Montfort University, Leicester. He was born in Birmingham, England, in 1940 […]
The 20th of Jon Turney’s weekly selection (introduced HERE) has one soloist serving two masters brilliantly. For once, the date is actually in the title of the recording – it genuinely seemed […]
Sam Leak has been involved in a research project on livestreaming which has just produced its results. The project was a collaboration between Middlesex University and Kings College London. 1,484 people participated […]
In our series in which musicians do a “deep dive” into the music of their inspirations, jazz composer, pianist and broadcaster Simon Lasky describes ten tracks by Pat Metheny. Simon writes: I […]
The nineteenth of Jon Turney’s weekly selection (introduced HERE) shows the power of simplicity. This Joe Henderson live set reminded many that one of the jazz royalty was still at the peak […]
In our series in which musicians do a “deep dive” into the music of their inspirations, singer/ pianist Robin Phillips describes ten tracks by Chet Baker. Robin writes: My relationship with Chet […]
The eighteenth of Jon Turney’s weekly selection (introduced HERE) features a duo with a sense of humour. Andy Sheppard has made heaps of great records, as leader and – so many times! […]
In our series in which musicians do a “deep dive” into the music of their inspirations, pianist Jonathan Gee writes about ten of his favourite tracks by Thelonious Monk: Skippy from Genius […]
