Barb Jungr – Bob, Brel and Me (Kristalyn KLCDO6/Absolute. CD Review by Richard Lee) Barb Jungr‘s readings of (as she’s put it herself) “the men she loves” (male songwriters in this context) […]
Barb Jungr – Bob, Brel and Me
Woody Herman’s Four Brothers Reunion featuring Frank Tiberi and James Pearson Trio (Pizza Express Jazz Club 12 – 15 Sept)
Why was the sound of the Woody Herman Band’s Four Brothers so special – revolutionary even – and why does it still thrill today? With an exclusive Woody Herman’s Four Brothers Reunion happening […]
Scottish Jazz & Beyond at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Scottish Jazz & Beyond: Fergus McCreadie Trio, Graeme Stephen’s The River, The Playtime Trio, and Tom Bancroft’s In Common (Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 16 and 17 August 2019. Review by Patrick Hadfield) Scottish […]
Emily Saunders (new single All As One – The Other Palace, 29 Aug)
Emily Saunders has a new single out and will be launching it as well as previewing her next album, Broken, in a series of performances in September and October. But before that […]
Röllin-Morgenthaler-Ruben – Mister Z
Röllin-Morgenthaler-Ruben – Mister Z (Between the Lines BTLOHR71248. CD Review by Alison Bentley) Jazz, funk, rock; guitar, trombone, drums. Röllin-Morgenthaler-Ruben strip away the layers of big band funk to reveal the clean […]
Daniel Erdmann’s Velvet Revolution – Won’t Put No Flag Out
Daniel Erdmann’s Velvet Revolution – Won’t Put No Flag Out (BMC CD 282. CD review by Peter Slavid) The term “Chamber Jazz” is much overused, almost as much as as the word […]
Quentin Collins: new sextet album, Road Warrior, and tour
Quentin Collins releases a new album, Road Warrior, on Friday 13 September. It’s an album that reflects on the trumpeter’s 25 years playing jazz and celebrates all the musicians out there who […]
Brian Kellock – Bidin’ My Time
Brian Kellock – Bidin’ My Time (Self-released (*). HHCD1. CD Review by Sebastian Scotney) “When it’s done properly, it does sound simple; sounds like anybody can do it,” the great American pianist […]
Ambleside Days Contemporary Music Festival (29 Aug – 1 Sep)
Preview by Mike Collins: Ambleside Days 2019 will be the third edition of this boutique festival, packed with world class performers appearing over four days (29 August to 1 September) at Zefirrellis […]
JazzFest Berlin (31 Oct – 3 Nov): 1st programme announcement – Anthony Braxton’s Sonic Genome
Sebastian writes: Jazzfest Berlin has announced its first events for the 2019 festival, the second festival under the artistic direction of Nadin Deventer. The opening event on 31 October will be Sonic […]
Retirement of Chris Barber Announced
The retirement of trombonist and bandleader Chris Barber has been announced. The announcement was made on the BBC Radio 3 Jazz Now show on 12 August and in two statements on the […]
Eyal Lovett – Beyond Good and Evil
Eyal Lovett – Beyond Good and Evil (Berthold Records. CD review by Adrian Pallant) “I didn’t really mean to make this album”, Eyal Lovett declares on the sleeve of his latest release, Beyond Good and […]
Giovanni Guidi – Avec Le Temps
Giovanni Guidi – Avec Le Temps (ECM 2604. CD review by Mike Collins) Giovanni Guidi has a string of ECM recordings under his belt, both as a sideman and as leader of his […]
Memories and Tributes: Duncan Lamont
The loss last month of a major figure in British jazz, saxophonist and composer DUNCAN LAMONT, is keenly felt. Daniela Clynes, who was one of the four singers who performed at the […]
Branford Marsalis Quartet – The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul
Branford Marsalis Quartet – The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul (Marsalis Music 19075914032. CD review by Mike Collins) The latest release from Branford Marsalis, the first from his quartet as a […]
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