Harper Trio – Passing By(Self – released / Bandcamp link below. Album review by Jon Turney This engaging trio take their name from Maria-Christina Harper, who as it happens is also a […]
Hans Koller – Word from Bird(AMM. Album review by Charles Rees) As the title of pianist/arranger Hans Koller‘s latest album indicates, Word from Bird has a Charlie (‘Bird’) Parker theme to all […]
Quinsin Nachoff – ‘Stars and Constellations’ (Adyhâropa Records. Album review by John Ferguson) It is clear on listening to Toronto-born, New York-based saxophonist/composer Quinsin Nachoff’s latest album ‘Stars and Constellations’, a complex […]
corto.alto – Bad With Names(New Soil x Bridge The Gap – album review by Mark McKergow) This debut album from corto.alto builds on previous award-winning EPs. It displays a fine palette of […]
Royal New Zealand Air Force Jazz Orchestra – Kaiwhakatere – Navigator(Thick Records NZ TH014. Album review by Nathan Wyde) Anyone approaching this second album by the RNZAF Jazz Orchestra and expecting military […]
Allen Kwela – Black Beauty (Matsuli. Album review by Phil Johnson) Recorded in one day in 1975 in Johannesburg’s Satbel Studios and released that year on the Soweto label, guitarist and composer […]
Anoushka Shankar – Chapter 1: Forever, For Now(LEITER LTR027. Album review – first of three EPs – by Gareth Thomas) Released on Nils Frahm’s LEITER record label, Chapter 1: Forever, For Now […]
Parchman Prison Prayer – Some Mississippi Sunday Morning(Glitterbeat GBCD143. Review by Bruce Lindsay.) This is stunning: an album so filled with beauty, emotional impact and hope comes round once in a blue […]
Simon Spillett Big Band – Dear Tubby H(Mister PC Records. Album review by Denny Ilett) Superlatives along the lines of ‘tour de force’ do little justice to this new recording by the […]
John Ghost – Thin Air. Mirror Land(Sdban Ultra SDBANU 036CD, Review by Frank Graham) Formed in 2010 by guitarist / composer Jon De Geest, John Ghost comprises Rob Banken (alto saxophone, bass […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
