Red Rodney Quartet – Red Giant (SteepleChase SCS 1233. 12” vinyl. Recorded in Denmark 6-7, April, 1988. Review by Leonard Weinreich) Of all the notable jazz musicians (Allen, McKenzie, Nicholls, Norvo, Rodney, […]
Dave Milligan – Momento (Big Bash Records. BBRCD018. Download only, available from Bandcamp. Download Review by Patrick Hadfield) Dave Milligan is perhaps best known for his work with Colin Steele, having been an […]
Immanuel Wilkins – Omega (Blue Note 0894797. CD review by Adam Sieff) Blue Note Records under the leadership of Don Was has developed and nurtured a powerful frontline artist roster and been […]
Sebastien Ammann’s Color Wheel – Resilience (Skirl Records 47. Review by Sam Norris) Swiss-born pianist and composer Sebastien Ammann has made a name for himself as a forward-thinking musician since moving to […]
Julian Marc Stringle and The Dream Band – Live at CHICKENSHED (Merfangle MJMSCD2020 – CD review by Mark McKergow) Clarinettist and reeds man Julian Marc Stringle presents a lively and varied concert performance ranging from […]
Moses Boyd won UK Independent Breakthrough Artist, Jazz Re:Freshed won Best Independent Label, Sarathy Korwar won prestigious Best Independent Album and Tony Allen received a posthumous Outstanding Contribution to Music Award at […]
One of the very great figures of British Jazz, saxophonist Peter King is eighty years old today. Colleagues, friends and fans send best wishes: JULIAN ARGÜELLES: Even now at the age of […]
“Harmony was the main interest that sent me down the jazz route – harmony resonated with me,” says pianist Jonny Liebeck . A graduate of both the Royal Academy of Music and […]
The Jazz Centre UK, based in Southend, has announced today the appointment of Mark Kass as its CEO. In his first statement he says: “Our first priority is our duty-of-care to ensure […]
Jacob Collier – Djesse Vol. 3 (Hajanga Records. CD review by John Bungey) First a warning: if your musical life is saturated in Coleman’s harmolodics or Coltrane’s sheets of sound, best stop […]
Bill Frisell – Valentine (Blue Note. Review by John Bungey) Avant-garde axe shredder, ECM sound painter, Buster Keaton-soundtrack composer? Which Bill Frisell will turn up on the new album Valentine? In fact, […]
Sam Rivers – Ricochet (No Business Records NBCD 128. CD review by Olie Brice) Lithuanian record label No Business has been mining a golden stream of material with its archive series of […]
UK Guitarist Dan Waldman has just released his debut album as leader Sources & Angles, which reflects the time he spent learning his trade in New York’s West Village. John Bungey tells […]
Tricotism (Craig Milverton/ Sandy Suchodolski/ Nigel Price) – Nostalgia (Nervy CD002, available via Bandcamp. CD Review by Leonard Weinreich) No shame here. And no pretence. The inspiration for Nostalgia is announced upfront: […]
The Gil Evans Project’s Concierto de Aranjuez from Sketches of Spain (Streamed by Jazz Standard Premieres. 6 August 2020. Review by Dan Bergsagel) 2020 has been a time of jazz innovation. Some […]
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