Sultan Stevenson ‘Faithful One’ (Whirlwind Recordings. Album review by Adam Sieff) There’s a real sense of excitement surrounding the release of this debut album from the pianist Sultan Stevenson. The young Londoner […]
Classic Jazz At The Philharmonic Jam Sessions (1950-1957)(Mosaic Records MD-10-275. 10-CD set. Review by Len Weinreich) In case this review catches the attention of a visiting Martian, a ‘jam session’ could be […]
Trichotomy – To Vanish (Earshift Music – Review by Bruce Lindsay) Six years after the release of Known/Unknown Trichotomy, the Australian piano/bass/drums trio formed in 1999, returns with studio album number eight, […]
Ralph Towner – At First Light (ECM 2758. Album review by John Arnett) Fifty years ago this year, Ralph Towner released his first solo album “Diary”, also on ECM and produced, as […]
Kenny Barron – The Source(Artwork Records ARTR2202. Album review by Leonard Weinreich) Imagine, for a moment, you’re a jazz pianist. You’re alone, seated on a piano stool at a Steinway D, facing […]
Bobo Stenson Trio – Sphere (ECM 2775. Album review by Patrick Hadfield) Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson (b.1944) has had a long, illustrious career at the forefront of the vibrant Nordic jazz scene; […]
Gianluigi Trovesi & Stefano Montanari – Stravaganze consonanti (ECM 2390. Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) Italian clarinettist and saxophonist Gianluigi Trovesi occupies a similar musical territory to French reeds player Louis Sclavis (and […]
Laura Schuler Quartet – Sueños Paralelos(Antidro Records . Album review by Peter Slavid) Laura Schuler is a Swiss composer, singer and violinist who describes this album as an attempt to capture the […]
Mammal Hands – Gift From The Trees (Release date 31 March 2023)(Gondwana Records. Album review by Rob Mallows) With a track record in mixing jazz sensibilities with elements of trance, ambient music […]
Christine Tobin – Returning Weather (Trail Belle Records TBR05. Review by AJ Dehany) Returning Weather is Irish composer-singer Christine Tobin’s nine-part meditation on the nature of home and homecoming. This fine evocative […]
Elton Dean, Steve Miller & Pip Pyle – Home Brewed (British Progressive Jazz. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) The aptly named British Progressive Jazz label has released this previously unavailable recording from […]
Alessio Menconi/Nigel Price Quartet – Live At Peggy’s Skylight (Nervy Nigel Records NERVYCD003. Album review by Mark McKergow) This superb live performance brings together two titans of European jazz guitar for a […]
-Jim Snidero, feat. Kurt Rosenwinkel, w/ Orrin Evans, Joe Farnsworth & Peter Washington – Far Far Away (Savant Records SCD2207. Album Review by Richard Lee) Here’s an album of great virtuosity, pitch-and-beat-perfect […]
Tim Garland and Jason Rebello – Life to Life (Whirlwind Recordings – WR4799. Album review by Jon Turney) Duos don’t come better matched than this partnership. Tim Garland and Jason Rebello have […]
John Wheatcroft – First Light (Self-released. Album review by Nigel Price) It’s long been known that there’s an amazing guitarist lurking in Liverpool by the name of John Wheatcroft. We don’t hear […]
