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 […]
Hans Koller – ‘Word from Bird’
‘And Did Those Feet – Six British Jazz Composers’ (Michael Garrick, Mike Gibbs, Barry Guy, John Mayer, Keith Tippett and Mike Westbrook)
Duncan Heining – And Did Those Feet – Six British Jazz Composers (JazzinBritain. 320pp large format (*). £20. Book review by Jon Turney) Here’s a lovingly made invitation to dig into the […]
Quinsin Nachoff – ‘Stars and Constellations’
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’
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 […]
Blues and Roots Ensemble Theatre Show in Wimbledon
Blues and Roots Ensemble Theatre Show (New Theatre Wimbledon. 11 October 2023. Report by Sebastian Scotney) Here’s an official version of what happened on Wednesday at Wimbledon New Theatre: “24 Primary schools, […]
Royal New Zealand Air Force Jazz Orchestra – ‘Kaiwhakatere – Navigator’
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’
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’
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 […]
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 2023
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music(The Literary and Philosophical Society, Newcastle. 6 and 7 October 2023. Report by Peter Slavid) Peter Slavid writes: This year’s 7th Newcastle Festival of Jazz and […]
‘Parchman Prison Prayer – Some Mississippi Sunday Morning’
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 […]
Trevor Tomkins Tribute Concert at Guildhall School Studio Theatre
Trevor Tomkins Tribute Concert (Guildhall School Studio Theatre. 4 October 2023. Report by Sebastian Scotney) There are special evenings when you can both hear and feel the heartbeat of a community. The […]
Simon Spillett Big Band – ‘Dear Tubby H’
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’
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 […]
‘The Whirlpool Series’: Opening night at the Vortex (Rebecka Edlund, Jakub Klimiuk, Marta Gornicka, Kasper Rietkerk)
‘The Whirlpool Series’ opening night (Vortex. 3 October 2023. Report by Sebastian Scotney) This was not so much an evening of “Be Still My Soul” as “Be Dropped My Jaw”. The first […]
Ogun and Cadillac Records – 50th birthday celebrations at Cafe Oto
Ogun and Cadillac Records – 50th birthday celebrations with Mike Westbrook, Jason Yarde, Alexander Hawkins and others(Cafe Oto. 28 September 2023. Live review and drawings/photos by Geoff Winston) This was a cleverly constructed […]
