Matana Roberts – Coin Coin Chapter Five: In The Garden(Constellation CST170. Album review by Jon Turney) So we reach the fifth instalment, of a projected 12, of saxophonist and sound artist Matana […]
Mike Westbrook Band of Bands(Pizza Express, Dean Street. 23 September 2023. Live Review by Patrick Hadfield) This gig closed in a way that summed up the whole event: with a joyous, witty, […]
John Hart – Resonance(Steeplechase- 31948. Album review by Frank Griffith) Florida-based guitarist John Hart was a longtime resident in NYC from 1984-2012, before relocating to Miami for the post of Head Of […]
Cleveland Watkiss, Mark Mondesir, Frank Harrison, Mark Hodgson (Frank and Mark’s, Iffley Church Hall, Oxford. 20 September 2023. Review by Mark Rowan-Hull) The other evening I went to a local village hall […]
Bruno Råberg (Shapeshifter Lab, Park Slope, Brooklyn . 23 September 2023. ‘Look Inside’ album launch. Review by Dan Bergsagel) Album launches are interesting events: they highlight the excitement of spontaneous live performance […]
Matthew Halsall (Norwich Arts Centre. 22 September 2023. Live review by John Arnett) As Matthew Halsall obligingly explained at the outset, this sold-out show at the Norwich Arts Centre was a game […]
Tori Freestone and Alcyona Mick- Make One Little Room an Everywhere(Self-released / Bandcamp link below. Album review by Jon Turney) This is a superb follow up to Tori Freestone and Alcyona Mick’s […]
Floating Points with Shabaka Hutchings – “Promises” (Hollywood Bowl. 20 September 2023. Live review by Dick Hovenga(*)) There are concerts that you will never forget, and for as long as you live. […]
Irreversible Entanglements – Protect Your Light(Impulse!. Album review by Dan Bergsagel) The first time I heard Irreversible Entanglements was by accident, during NYC Winter Jazzfest in January 2019. I was sitting tucked into […]
Matt Carter Octet – Read Between The Lines(Ubuntu Music. Album review by Frank Griffith) Pianist and arranger/composer, Matt Carter’s debut CD, Read Between The Lines is a refreshing and ambitious work in […]
ZAV (Jesper Zeuthen / Jacob Anderskov / Anders Vestergaard) – Nocturnal(ILK Music ILK345, Review by Frank Graham) Uniting three generations of Danish improvisers, ZAV’s music is a visceral combination of heart-on-the-sleeve immediacy, […]
Brad Mehldau(Wigmore Hall. 20 September 2023. Live review by Sebastian Scotney) You can tell instantly that it is Brad Mehldau playing. A particular touch at the piano, the shape of a phrase…it […]
Jazz Central Festival (1000 Trades, Birmingham. 8 -10 September 2023. Round-up by Tony Dudley-Evans) BACKGROUND Jazz Midlands, the consortium of jazz promoters in the West Midlands established by Birmingham Jazz, has set up […]
Nu Civilisation Orchestra with Nubya Garcia presents Stan Getz’s Focus(Royal Festival Hall, 15 September 2023. Part of Nicholas Daley’s Woven Rhythms. Live review by John L. Walters) Eddie Sauter’s LP-length, seven-part suite […]
Itamar Borochov – Arba(Greenleaf Music. Album Review by Adam Sieff) Arba is the first new album in five years from the Jaffa-raised trumpeter Itamar Borochov. He’s been a New York City resident […]
