Zoe Rahman – Colour of Sound (Manushi Records MANUCD007. CD review by Mike Collins) A brooding piano rumble, then a grooving, funky riff and the band surges in behind Zoe Rahman’s piano. Click play […]
Zoe Rahman – ‘Colour of Sound’
Théo Girard – ‘Pensées Rotatives’
Théo Girard – Pensées Rotatives (Discobole Records. Album review by Charles Rees) Over the course of his twenty-year career, French bassist Théo Girard has made a strong reputation recording and performing with […]
Pete Churchill: ‘Music, Language and the Rhythm of the ‘Word’
Educator, singer/pianist, performer, composer and Director of the London Vocal Project Pete Churchill has been reflecting about music education…about the outstanding quality and the musicality of Wynton Marsalis as a public speaker… […]
Kurt Edelhagen & His Orchestra – ‘100. The Unreleased WDR Jazz Recordings 1957-1974’
Kurt Edelhagen & His Orchestra – 100. The Unreleased WDR Jazz Recordings 1957-1974 (Jazzline Classics D 77091. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) This 3-CD box set of unreleased recordings by the Kurt […]
Lorne Lofsky – ‘This Song Is New’
Lorne Lofsky – This Song Is New (Modica Music. Album review by Denny Ilett) Canadian Lorne Lofsky (b.1954) is a name that guitarists of all persuasions, over the last four decades, have […]
Pål Nyberg – ‘Lowlands’
Pål Nyberg – Lowlands (AMP Music AT086. CD review by Rob Mallows; released 5 March 2021) Swedish guitarist Pål Nyberg is a standard-bearer for straight-no-chaser jazz guitar, a player who combines composed melody […]
Nik Bärtsch – ‘Entendre’
Nik Bärtsch – Entendre (ECM 3528110. CD Review by John Bungey) Nik Bärtsch is one of that esteemed band of musicians whose work you can recognise within 30 seconds (*). The Swiss […]
Veronica Swift – ‘This Bitter Earth’
Veronica Swift – This Bitter Earth (Mack Avenue MAC1177. CD Review by Leonard Weinreich) My first encounter with vocalist Veronica Swift was a YouTube clip shot in pianist Emmet Cohen’s apartment. Dressed […]
Logan Richardson – ‘Afrofuturism’
Logan Richardson – Afrofuturism (Whirlwind Recordings WR4772. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Afrofuturism, Kansas City-born saxophonist Logan Richardson’s fifth album, has a fascinating narrative thread through blues-influenced ensemble pieces interspersed with short spoken word […]
Miguel Zenón – ‘Law Years: The Music of Ornette Coleman’
Miguel Zenón – Law Years: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Miel Music. Digital release. Review by Jon Turney) Ornette Coleman said he thought of himself as a composer first, a player second. […]
Prime Trio (Peter Johnstone , Kevin Mackenzie ,Doug Hough) – ‘Prime’
Prime Trio – Prime (Download only, available from BandCamp. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) The first release from a newly formed band featuring three experienced and exciting musicians, Prime is an alluring […]
Pierrick Pédron – ‘Fifty Fifty New York Sessions’
Pierrick Pédron – Fifty Fifty New York Sessions (Gazebo GAZ 198. Review by Jon Carvell) With track names such as Sakura, Mizue, Bullet T and Origami, you could be forgiven for thinking […]
Olie Brice, Binker Golding, Henry Kaiser, N.O. Moore, Eddie Prévost – ‘The Secret Handshake with Danger Vol. One’
Olie Brice, Binker Golding, Henry Kaiser, N.O. Moore, Eddie Prévost – The Secret Handshake with Danger Vol. One (577 Records 5860-1. CD Review by Dan Bergsagel) The Secret Handshake is practically dripping with […]
Charles Lloyd & the Marvels – ‘Tone Poem’
Charles Lloyd & the Marvels – Tone Poem (Blue Note. CD review by John Bungey) Charles Lloyd says he has enjoyed lockdown – in part. This elder statesman of the saxophone has […]
Meroli – ‘Notturni’ + The Invisible Session – ‘Echoes of Africa’
Peter Jones reviews two new releases on the new Italian label Space Echo, a sister label of Milan’s Schema Records. Meroli – Notturni (Space Echo SECD804) Tweets. Bird calls. That’s how this […]
