Beats & pieces Big Band – Good Days (Efpi Records. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Beats & Pieces may call themselves a big band rather than a jazz orchestra, but their music […]
Beats & Pieces Big Band – ‘Good Days’
Dhafer Youssef – ‘Streets of Minarets’
Dhafer Youssef – Streets of Minarets (Back Beat Edition – Album review by Graham Spry) Over the last two decades, Dhafer Youssef has been one of Europe’s most reliably intriguing and innovative […]
Chris Biscoe – ‘Music Is: Chris Biscoe plays Mike Westbrook’
Chris Biscoe – Music Is: Chris Biscoe plays Mike Westbrook (Trio Records tr607. Album review by Jane Mann) This new release is the first that I have come across devoted entirely to […]
Jussi Reijonen, ‘Three Seconds/ Kolme Toista’
Jussi Reijonen, Three Seconds/ Kolme Toista (Challenge Records CR 73545. Album review by Rachel Coombes) Resistant to categorisation, Jussi Reijonen’s compositions merge together such a wide range of musical styles and ‘languages’ […]
Paul Clarvis, Liam Noble, Cathy Jordan – ‘Freight Train’
Paul Clarvis, Liam Noble, Cathy Jordan – Freight Train (Village Life. 1411222. Album review by Jon Turney) Here’s an unexpected trio producing delightful results. Singer Cathy Jordan is a leading light on […]
Esbjörn Svensson (solo piano, rec. 2008) – ‘HOME.S’
Esbjörn Svensson – HOME.S (ACT. ACT9053-2. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) HOME.S is Esbjörn Svensson‘s only solo album, released in November more than fourteen years after his untimely death. Svensson’s wife Eva […]
Matchbox Bluesmaster Series – Set 10 (‘Home Town Skiffle’)
Matchbox Bluesmaster Series – Set 10: Home Town Skiffle (Saydisc /Matchbox MSESET10 – 6 CDs. Album review by Chris Parker) Another set of recordings from Saydisc (Matchbox), featuring blues, rags, the odd […]
Bill Frisell – ‘Four’
Bill Frisell – Four (Blue Note Records – Album Review by Jane Mann) The dedication on this new album from guitarist/composer Bill Frisell is “to dear old friends”. It’s a beautiful piece […]
Let Spin – ‘Thick As Thieves’
Let Spin: Thick As Thieves (Efpi Records FP043. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Let Spin is the quartet of Chris Williams on alto saxophone, Moss Freed on guitar, Ruth Goller on bass […]
Richie Beirach, Gregor Huebner & Veit Huebner – ‘Testaments’
Richie Beirach, Gregor Huebner & Veit Huebner – Testaments: Richie Beirachs 75. Birthday Celebration (O-Tone Music OT-053-2. Album review by Charles Rees) American pianist/composer Richie Beirach was 75 in May this year. […]
Soweto Kinch / London Symphony Orchestra / Lee Reynolds – ‘White JuJu’
Soweto Kinch – White JuJu (LSO Live. Download only. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) When White JuJu was recorded live during the 2021 London Jazz Festival (review of concert below), the Barbican […]
Rebecca Nash – ‘Redefining Element 78’
Rebecca Nash – Redefining Element 78 (Whirlwind Recordings WR4796. Album review by Jon Turney) Pianist Rebecca Nash’s new project is a compositionally ambitious suite that began life at Bristol Jazz Festival a […]
Tom Skinner – ‘Voices of Bishara’
Tom Skinner – Voices of Bishara (Brownswood Recordings BWOOD0257CD. Album review by Graham Spry) Drummer Tom Skinner has been a significant force in British jazz for over a decade. He first came […]
Sean Gibbs – ‘Confluence’
Sean Gibbs – Confluence (Ubuntu Music. UBU0124. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) Confluence is trumpeter Sean Gibbs‘ second album for Ubuntu. He’s joined by sixteen musicians. Gibbs wrote the six tunes specifically […]
Ahmad Jamal: ‘Emerald City Nights, Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964’ and ‘Emerald City Nights, Live at the Penthouse 1965-1966’
Ahmad Jamal – Emerald City Nights, Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964 / Emerald City Nights, Live at the Penthouse 1965-1966 (Jazz Detective DDJD-001 and DDJD-002. LP review by Andrew Cartmel) The inaugural […]
