ALATI – Ascending the Morning (33Jazz / Bandcamp. Album review by Jon Turney) ALATI are a trio brought together by Norwich-based trumpeter Chris Dowding who on this debut release weave some lovely […]
From the generation of Michael Brecker, Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Bob Mintzer, Dave Liebman and Bob Berg, Steve Grossman is frequently thought of as the greatest; he is certainly the most forgotten. And […]
We are sad to hear of the passing of drummer Trevor Tomkins at the age of 81. In recent years he has been an inspiring, enlivening teacher for generations of jazz musicians […]
Sebastian writes: Two of the winners – one obvious, one less so – out of just nine categories at last night’s German radio awards in Hamburg have strong connections to the jazz […]
The nominees are announced for the 2022 Jazz FM Awards. The ceremony at which the winners will be announced is at Shoreditch Town Hall on 20 October 2022. The winners of the […]
Oxbow + Peter Brötzmann: An Eternal Reminder Of Not Today: Live At Moers Festival 2018 (Trost Records. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Oxbow are a rock band founded in San Francisco in […]
Morten Schantz Trio – Passenger (April Records – APR103CD. Album Review by Graham Spry) Pianist Morten Schantz has been active on the Danish jazz scene for many years and has performed regularly […]
Guitarist Grant Green Jr’s new album is “Thank You Mr Bacharach” (ZMI Records). Feature by Denny Ilett. Regardless of the harmonic developments in jazz that began in the early 1940’s and continue […]
Variety (*) is reporting that a new film, ‘Music for Black Pigeons’, by Danish directors Andreas Koefoed and Jørgen Leth will have its premiere at the Venice Film Festival this week. The […]
Jakob Bro Trio with Anders Christensen and Brian Blade (Flagey Studio 1, Brussels. Sunday 4 September 2022. Fourth night of four. Live review by Dick Hovenga(*) Dick Hovenga, who runs the Dutch […]
Jazz organist Pete Whittaker (*) pays tribute to Joey DeFrancesco: Pete Whittaker writes: The jazz community is having to come to terms with the awful news that Joey DeFrancesco has died at […]
Our good friends at the Jazz Views website produce between 30 and 50 album reviews in a typical month, as well as interviews and features. 2022 is their tenth anniversary. Founder/Editor is […]
Enrico Rava and Fred Hersch – The Song is You (ECM 4534395. Album review by Jon Turney) A late career meeting one might not have thought of, but that immediately sounds like […]
“Mothers In Jazz” is a new series, started by vocalist Nicky Schrire. The initiative aims to create an online resource for working jazz musicians with children, those contemplating parenthood, and jazz industry […]
Marius Neset/ London Sinfonietta / Geoffrey Paterson – Geyser (Royal Albert Hall – Proms 2022, Saturday 3 September. Live review by Rob Mallows) Out of pain, comes beauty. Geyser – the new […]
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