Jesse Davis – Live At Smalls Jazz Club (Cellar Music group. Album review by Len Weinreich) There’s a reason why New Orleans born alto saxophonist Jesse Davis’s name doesn’t trip off the […]
Jesse Davis – ‘Live At Smalls Jazz Club’
London Brew (Nubya Garcia, Shabaka Hutchings et al.) – ‘London Brew’
London Brew – London Brew (Concord Jazz – 0088807245869. 2 CDs. Album review by Graham Spry) The album London Brew is the culmination of a project featuring leading London-based musicians responding to […]
Mike Westbrook – ‘The Piano and Me’
Mike Westbrook – The Piano and Me (Download only; album review by Patrick Hadfield) The Piano and Me is Mike Westbrook’s third album of solo piano music in recent years, following Paris and […]
Elchin Shirinov Trio at Heath Street Baptist Church in Hampstead
Elchin Shirinov Trio (Heath Street Baptist Church Hampstead, 18 March 2023. Live review by Oliver Weindling) It is over four years since Azerbaijan-born pianist Elchin Shirinov was able to play as a […]
Pharoah Sanders Quartet – ‘Live At Fabrik Hamburg 1980’
Pharoah Sanders Quartet – Live At Fabrik Hamburg 1980 (NDR Kultur D77123 – CD/2LP review by Mark McKergow) Pharoah Sanders leads a fine quartet through some of his best loved tunes in […]
Sultan Stevenson – ‘Faithful One’
Sultan Stevenson ‘Faithful One’ (Whirlwind Recordings. Album review by Adam Sieff) There’s a real sense of excitement surrounding the release of this debut album from the pianist Sultan Stevenson. The young Londoner […]
Dameronia’s Legacy All-Stars at Ronnie Scott’s
Dameronia’s Legacy All-Stars (Ronnie Scott’s. 19 March 2023. Live review by Charles Rees) Austrian drummer Bernd Reiter talks often of his love for the playing of bebop drummer Philly Joe Jones, which […]
An Audience with Father John Misty at Sage Gateshead
An Audience with Father John Misty (Sage Gateshead, 13 March 2023. Report by AJ Dehany) “As you can tell from all the fake jazz music you heard earlier, I was really floundering […]
Classic Jazz At The Philharmonic Jam Sessions (1950-1957)
Classic Jazz At The Philharmonic Jam Sessions (1950-1957)(Mosaic Records MD-10-275. 10-CD set. Review by Len Weinreich) In case this review catches the attention of a visiting Martian, a ‘jam session’ could be […]
Trichotomy – ‘To Vanish’
Trichotomy – To Vanish (Earshift Music – Review by Bruce Lindsay) Six years after the release of Known/Unknown Trichotomy, the Australian piano/bass/drums trio formed in 1999, returns with studio album number eight, […]
Ralph Towner – ‘At First Light’
Ralph Towner – At First Light (ECM 2758. Album review by John Arnett) Fifty years ago this year, Ralph Towner released his first solo album “Diary”, also on ECM and produced, as […]
Kenny Barron – ‘The Source’
Kenny Barron – The Source(Artwork Records ARTR2202. Album review by Leonard Weinreich) Imagine, for a moment, you’re a jazz pianist. You’re alone, seated on a piano stool at a Steinway D, facing […]
Michael Janisch Band at Eastside Jazz Club in Birmingham
Michael Janisch Band (Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. 14 March 2023. Review and photos by John Watson) Concerts by touring American bands have been rather thin on the ground in recent […]
Bobo Stenson Trio – ‘Sphere’
Bobo Stenson Trio – Sphere (ECM 2775. Album review by Patrick Hadfield) Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson (b.1944) has had a long, illustrious career at the forefront of the vibrant Nordic jazz scene; […]
Gianluigi Trovesi & Stefano Montanari – ‘Stravaganze consonanti’
Gianluigi Trovesi & Stefano Montanari – Stravaganze consonanti (ECM 2390. Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) Italian clarinettist and saxophonist Gianluigi Trovesi occupies a similar musical territory to French reeds player Louis Sclavis (and […]
