John Pizzarelli – Stage & Screen (Palmetto Records JOPI01. Album review by Len Weinreich) Even though the sound on this CD is detailed and crisp, I have a problem with the atmos. […]
John Pizzarelli – ‘Stage & Screen’
Taj Mahal – ‘Savoy’
Taj Mahal – ‘Savoy (Stony Plain Records. Album review by Adam Sieff) I hope that Taj Mahal (aka Henry St. Claire Fredericks, Jr., b.1942) needs no introduction. If all that name means […]
Dave Storey Trio – ‘Circeo’
Dave Storey Trio – Circeo (Clonmell Jazz Social CJS002CD. Album review by Bruce Lindsay.) The London-based Dave Storey Trio — Storey on drums, James Allsopp on tenor sax and Conor Chaplin on […]
Roger Farbey – ‘Elastic Dream: The music of Ian Carr, An annotated discography’
Roger Farbey – Elastic Dream: The music of Ian Carr. An annotated discography (Jazz In Britain – Book/CD review by Mark McKergow) Roger Farbey’s newly-revised third edition of his Ian Carr omni-source […]
Luis Russell – ‘At the Swing Cats Ball, Vol.1’ (rec. 1938-40)
Luis Russell – At the Swing Cats Ball, Vol.1 (Dot Time Records DT8022Album review by Len Weinreich) Interested in time travel? While dancers in Chicago were digging this music, people in Britain […]
Gabriel Latchin Trio – ‘Viewpoint’
Gabriel Latchin Trio – Viewpoint (Alys Jazz. Album review by Fiona Mactaggart) A refined delicacy and timelessness seem to imbue pianist Gabriel Latchin’s compositions and define his pianism. When listening to his […]
Tilo Weber – ‘Tesserae’
Tilo Weber – Tesserae (WeJazz Records – Album review by Peter Slavid) Jazz on the harpsichord isn’t unknown, but it is quite rare, and it makes for a very distinctive sound. McCoy […]
Dominic Miller – ‘Vagabond’
Dominic Miller – Vagabond (ECM 4589048. Album review by Julian Maynard-Smith) Dominic who? Here’s a clue: on Spotify, the most listened-to tracks from Dominic Miller’s previous albums are covers of ‘Fields of […]
Phill Niblock and Katherine Liberovskaya at Cafe Oto
Phill Niblock and Katherine Liberovskaya (Cafe Oto, 15 April 2023; review and live drawings by Geoff Winston) An 11am sound check set up Phill Niblock’s afternoon concert at Cafe Oto perfectly, ensuring […]
Enrico Pieranunzi Trio and Orchestra- ‘Blues & Bach – The Music of John Lewis’
Enrico Pieranunzi Trio and Orchestra- Blues & Bach – The Music of John Lewis (Challenge Records- CR73550. Album review by Frank Griffith) Enrico Pieranunzi, a standout Italian pianist has just released a […]
Alexander Hawkins Trio – ‘Carnival Celestial’
Alexander Hawkins Trio – Carnival Celestial (Intakt CD 398. Album review by Jon Turney) There are 57 varieties of piano trio, and a fair subset of them are represented on this session. […]
Walter Smith III, ‘return to casual’
Walter Smith III, return to casual Blue Note Records 4886621 (CD review by Mike Collins) Press ‘play’ on Walter Smith III’s return to casual, his debut release on Blue Note Records, and […]
Tony Dudley-Evans’s 80th Birthday Celebration in Birmingham
Oliver Weindling writes: Tony Dudley-Evans celebrated his 80th birthday at Symphony Hall in Birmingham on Saturday afternoon 8 April, with a stellar bringing-together of many of the musicians whom he has encouraged […]
Lonnie Holley at Royal Academy of Arts and Cafe Oto
Lonnie Holley (Royal Academy of Arts, 17 March 2023; Cafe Oto, 18 March 2023; review and drawings by Geoff Winston) Lonnie Holley played two sold-out concerts in London in March, each to […]
Superblue: ‘Guilty Pleasures’ by Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter (feat. Nate Smith)
Superblue: Guilty Pleasures by Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter (feat. Nate Smith) (Edition. EDNDA1223. EP review by Alison Bentley) “I like to do big things and make big statements,” US singer Kurt […]
