Various Artists – Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Blue Note 4565996. 2 LPs. Album review by Richard Lee) Well, here it is…although, in a way, it isn’t. If seeing […]
WDR Big Band ft Luigi Grasso and Johan Hörlén – Birth Of A Bird (Jazzline D77114 – album review by Mark McKergow) The WDR Big Band celebrate Charlie Parker’s centenary in suitably […]
Andrew McCormack – ‘Terra Firma‘ (Ubuntu UBU123. Album review by Mike Collins) Pianist Andrew McCormack has been expansive in his musical excursions since his return from Brooklyn a few years ago, notably […]
Alex Paxton – Illoli-pop ( nonclassical. nonclss054. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Alex Paxton is a young composer and improvising trombonist who mostly works with contemporary classical ensembles, but whose music is, […]
Erol Pekcan/Tuna Ötenel/ Kudret Öztoprak – Jazz Semai (Nova Müzik .Album review by Francesco Martinelli) Forty-four years after its original release, the “Jazz Semai” album, widely considered the beginning of Turkish jazz, […]
Matchbox Bluesmaster Series – Set 9 (Jack O’Diamonds – Library of Congress field recordings 1934-1943) (MSESET9 – 6 CDs. Album review by Chris Parker) Disc 1: Mississippi River Blues Disc 2: Fort […]
Tomorrow’s Warriors – I AM WARRIOR (Limited Edition Double Vinyl Album from Tomorrow’s Warriors. Album review by Adam Sieff) I AM WARRIOR marks the 30th anniversary of Gary Crosby and Janine Irons’ […]
Magnus Lindgren & Georg Breinschmid – Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XIII: Celebrating Mingus 100 (ACT 9955-2. Album review by Julian Maynard-Smith) Which album is Mingus’s masterpiece? Many argue for The Black Saint […]
Olivia Murphy Jazz Orchestra – Somewhere, Not So Far Away (Download only, available from BandCamp. Album review by Patrick Hadfield) Olivia Murphy was a new name to me, so my first impression was […]
Oscar Lavën – Questions in Red (Thick Records NZ TH 012 – Review by Nathan Wyde) The currently very fertile New Zealand jazz scene seems to make musicians versatile almost by default. Oscar […]
Michael Brecker, Mike Stern, Joey Calderazzo, Adam Nussbaum & Jeff Andrews / Randy Brecker, Bob Berg, David Kikoski, Joey Baron & Dieter Ilg – Live at Fabrik Hamburg 1987 (Jazzline D78112 – […]
Robert Mitchell’s True Think – Hold The Light and The New Resistance (Bucks Records Ltd. 2CD set. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Robert Mitchell must be one of the most versatile musicians […]
Paul Jones – The Blues (Umbrella Music PJBROLLYLP1 – Review by Bruce Lindsay) What does a musician, singer and songwriter with a recording career that’s almost 60 years long do when a […]
Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Ronnie Cuber and the WDR Big Band/Abene – Center Stage (Leopard D77107 – Album review by Mark McKergow) Drum virtuoso Steve Gadd gets the surviving Gadd Gang back […]
Svarc/Hanley/Longhawn – 20/21 (Available on Bandcamp/ link below. Album review by Nigel Price) Considering the vastness of the jazz universe, it would be all too easy to make the mistake of shouting […]
