(ECM Luminessence series. Vinyl reviews by Phil Johnson) ECM’s new audiophile vinyl series follows up the inaugural releases (Kenny Wheeler and Nana Vasconcelos) with a second imaginatively matched pair, both albums again […]
Paul Bley Trio: Paul Plays Carla (SteepleChase G1303. LP review by Phil Johnson) Nils Winther started the SteepleChase label back in 1972 when he was a Copenhagen student. It’s still going strong, […]
The Stan Tracey Quartet: Jazz Suite inspired by Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood (Resteamed RSJLP001LP. Album review by Phil Johnson) This very welcome LP reissue of a canonical classic of British jazz […]
Chet Baker Trio – Live in Paris (Elemental 5990541. 3 LPs. Review by Andrew Cartmel) On the labels of this handsome triple vinyl set, the font makes the artist credit look rather […]
The Drive – Can You Feel It (We Are Busy Bodies WABB-076. LP Review by Adam Sieff) In 1971, three members of The Heshoo Beshoo Group – alto saxophonist Henry Sithole, his […]
Dexter Gordon – The Squirrel (Parlophone 5054197065835. Double LP review by Peter Jones) From 1963 to 1976 Dexter Gordon lived in Paris and then Copenhagen. Back home in America the appetite for […]
Dan Kye – Small Moments (Rhythm Section INTL RS036 LP & Digital. Album review by Rosa Sawer) It’s not every day that one of the most soulful, emotive musicians of the contemporary music scene […]
Red Rodney Quartet – Red Giant (SteepleChase SCS 1233. 12” vinyl. Recorded in Denmark 6-7, April, 1988. Review by Leonard Weinreich) Of all the notable jazz musicians (Allen, McKenzie, Nicholls, Norvo, Rodney, […]
Christian Lillinger – Open Form For Society Live (PLAIST (EDEL). CD Review by Amy Sibley-Allen) German drummer Christian Lillinger’s 2019 studio album Open Form For Society was a carefully perfected album where […]
Esperanza Spalding, Fred Hersch – Live at The Village Vanguard (Rough Mix EP/ Benefit Recording for the Jazz Foundation of America. Review by Alison Bentley) A fleeting chance to share an intimate […]
Chip Wickham – Blue To Red (Lovemonk LMNK66LP LP, CD & Digital. Album review by Adam Sieff) On a sweltering evening during last summer’s heat wave, I was walking through Soho and heard […]
Tony Kofi – Another Kind of Soul (The Last Music Company LMLP217. LP review by Adrian Pallant) Heart, soul and blazing musicality – the essence of the art of saxophonist Tony Kofi […]
Max de Wardener, Music for Detuned Pianos, performed by Kit Downes (Village Green: vinyl VGLP063, CD VGCD063. LP/CD Review by Geoff Winston) Music for Detuned Pianos is deceptively simple. This thoughtful, meditative, […]
Alfa Mist – On My Ones (Sekito SEKITO007. Download/Vinyl Album Review by Adam Sieff) This release comes as something of a surprise, but maybe it shouldn’t have. As a keyboardist and producer, […]
The Vinyl Detective – Classic Jazz Tracks curated by Andrew Cartmel (Vinyl Passion VP 90129. LP Review by Peter Jones) It had been a quiet day at the office. I’d let my […]
