Kyle Eastwood + Quintet + Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Dir. Gast Waltzing – ‘Eastwood Symphonic’(Pias France. Album review by Rob Mallows) When your surname is Eastwood…and your father just happens to be […]
Emma Rawicz – Chroma (ACT CD 9973-2. Album review by Jon Turney) Saxophonist Emma Rawicz’s second CD release, her debut on the ACT label, is an impressively accomplished affair, bristling with the […]
Tania Giannouli: ‘Solo’(Rattle Records RAT-D139, Review by Frank Graham) Recording for New Zealand’s Rattle Music for over a decade now, Greek pianist Tania Giannouli has rightly been compared to the great […]
Miguel Zenón and Luis Perdomo – El Arte Del Bolero, Vol.2(Miel Music. Album review by Sebastian Scotney) There’s that famous scene in the 1999 Wim Wenders film “Buena Vista Social Club”: Ry […]
Artificial Jazz – She Walks (Self-released on Bandcamp. Review by Bruce Lindsay) What to write about this new release? First, the basics: She Walks is a four-track EP, coming in at just […]
Danny Jonokuchi Big Band – Voices (Outside In Music. Album review by Len Weinreich) During the swing era’s golden days, singers and big bands developed a symbiotic and beneficial relationship. These days, […]
Velvet Revolution (Daniel Erdmann, Théo Ceccaldi and Jim Hart): Message in a Bubble(BMC Records BMC CD312, Review by Frank Graham) At a certain point in the life of most working groups, things […]
Fractus – Fractus(Available from Bandcamp – link below. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) The compositions are gently understated. The front line comprises Irini Arabatzi‘s ethereal, mostly wordless vocals and Matt Carmichael‘s powerful tenor saxophone. […]
Shannon Barnett Quartet – Alive at Loft (KLAENG Records 077 CD. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Shannon Barnett is a trombone player, originally from Melbourne, Australia, who after a period studying and […]
Shakti – This Moment (Abstract Logix. Album review by Phil Johnson) The vinyl version of world-fusion supergroup Shakti’s first studio album for, wait for it, forty-six years is something to behold. There’s […]
Dušan Jevtović – City Hustling (Self-published via Bandcamp. Album review by Rob Mallows) Barcelona-based Serbian guitarist Dušan Jevtović was an unknown quantity to me. But sometimes, a shot in the dark can pay […]
The Complete Sonny Clark Blue Note Sessions (Mosaic MD6-276. Review of 6-CD set by Len Weinreich) It was once generally accepted among jazz aficionados that a talented life cut short (Bix Beiderbecke, […]
Nils Økland (Hardanger fiddle, violin) , Sigbjørn Apeland (harmonium) – Glimmer (ECM 4841962CD. Album review by Phil Johnson) It’s very rare to encounter music as beautiful as this, that can be returned […]
Sienna Dahlen and Bill Coon – Balladextrous (Cellar Music CMR060322 – review by Bruce Lindsay) Vocalist Sienna Dahlen and guitarist Bill Coon, both experienced performers on the Canadian jazz scene, bring that […]
Mirko Pedrotti Quintet – FLAM (Nusica 24. Album review by Peter Slavid) This is a new band to me, despite it being their third album. I have come across the leader briefly, […]
