John Daversa – Wobbly Dance Flower(BRM Jazz: 3020624382. CD review by Nick Davies) Wobbly Dance Flower is the latest release from California-born, Florida-based, Grammy-nominated trumpeter, John Daversa. Adept at writing for all […]
Emilia Martensson in Bremen 2018Photo credit: Knipserey, Bremen Swedish/Slovenian vocalist/ songwriter EMILIA MARTENSSON led her group at the European showcase in Bremen last week. She has a range of interesting projects in […]
The Place des Festivals in MontrealPhoto Credit: Jean-Francois Leblanc/Montreal Int Jazz Fest The world’s largest jazz festival has just announced its indoor programme. The range both in jazz and in other music, […]
The Tap PackPublicity picture From 1 to 19 May at Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre near Aldwych, classic jazz and mesmeric tap dancing are brought together in one high-energy show. Inspired by the […]
Aubin Vanns and Michael Shrimpling collage from the Vortex website The recent Dave Holland/Evan Parker fund-raiser at the Vortex has spawned a fund to support young musicians. The first showcase is on […]
Alex HitchcockPhoto credit: Rob Monk Saxophonist Alex Hitchcock has been tipped in the jazz media for great things, and marked out as “an incredible young lion of the tenor sax” by flute […]
Jazzmeia Horn – chosen by Dominic ReillyPhoto Credit: Kat Pfeiffer Sebastian writes: The 39 bands which played at the showcases (rather than the full 40 – Anna-Lena Schnabel’s Quartet had to withdraw) […]
SkyDive Trio – Sun Sparkle Hubro. CD review by Rob Mallows Norway is a pulsing hotbed of jazz creativity and invention and a source of much that’s good in cutting-edge European jazz […]
Joachim Kühn New Trio – Love & Peace(ACT Music 9861-2. CD review by Brian Marley) Joachim Kühn’s earlier trio with J-F Jenny-Clark (double bass) and Daniel Humair (drums) was one of the […]
The Two Rivers Records logo Peter Bacon reports: Founder of Two Rivers Records, Alya Al-Sultani, has announced on Facebook the cessation of new releases on the label, the aim being to concentrate […]
Spirit Fingers – Spirit Fingers (Shanachie Records. CD review by Rob Mallows) When an album liner notes helpfully lists the time signatures for each track (and each solo within each track), you […]
Pablo Held Trio – Investigations(Edition Records. EDN1109. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) The Pablo Held Trio have been together for more than 12 years, and this is the band’s tenth CD together. […]
Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette – After The Fall (ECM 6716506. CD review by Mike Collins) The Standards Trio, Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette, last performed in 2014 and […]
Draw by Four – Framework (Jellymould JM-JJ029. CD Review by Peter Jones) You could call Draw by Four an organ trio with added sax, but that description would not do justice to […]
