Samara Joy – Samara Joy(Whirlwind Recordings WR4776. Album review by Adam Sieff) There have been plenty of good things written about the 21- year-old New Yorker Samara Joy since she won the […]
Samara Joy – ‘Samara Joy’
Dan Nicholls– ‘Mattering and Meaning’
Dan Nicholls – Mattering and Meaning (We Records. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Dan Nicholls is one of the finest graduates from the jazz course at Birmingham Conservatoire, and arguably the best ever! […]
Jim Hall: Ten Tracks I Can’t Live Without…by Mike Rud
In the latest of our series in which jazz musicians do a deep (and entirely personal and selective) dive into the music of their idols, Canadian guitarist Mike Rud (*) writes about […]
Kim Cypher (Ronnie Scott’s, 1 August 2021)
Dreams can come true. Ten years ago, Cheltenham-based saxophonist / vocalist / composer Kim Cypher and her husband (and drummer in her band) Mike, abandoned stable jobs as primary school Head of […]
Michael Mantler: ‘Coda – Orchestral Suites’
Michael Mantler: Coda – Orchestral Suites(ECM. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Michael Mantler, the composer and trumpet player from Austria, has brought out two albums on the ECM label in which he looks back at and […]
Jazz at the Oxford (Kentish Town) is Back from 2 August
Will Arnold-Forster has just been in touch about the resumption of Monday night gigs to restricted audiences at the Oxford Tavern in Kentish Town The programme for the first few weeks is […]
Love Supreme’s ‘Love You Live’ Podcast Series Reaches Episode 6 (Gary Bartz)
Love Supreme Festival is looking forward to putting on a festival in Summer 2022. In the meantime it has launched a successful Love You Live podcast series. The first episode was put […]
Kai Hoffman (2021 Herne Bay Jazz and Swing Festival, 20-22 August)
On 20-22 August 2021, the Herne Bay Jazz and Swing Festival will take place on the beautiful east Kent coast. This fourth festival features their biggest lineup ever and includes some of […]
10 Tracks by Miroslav Vitous I Can’t Do Without… by Matt Ridley
In the latest of our series in which jazz musicians do a deep (and entirely personal and selective) dive into the music of their idols, bassist Matt Ridley (*) writes about Czech […]
Gregory Ott (new album “Parabole”)
French pianist Gregory Ott’s “Parabole” (Jazzdor) is a modestly understated and deeply personal album. It offers a musical reinterpretation of Wim Wenders’ masterpiece, the 1988 film “Wings of Desire”. Ott has not […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021 (29. ‘Now Listen Here (Thul’ulalele)’ – Mike Gibbs, Nonsequence, 2001)
The 29th of Jon Turney’s weekly selection (introduced HERE) is a blast from Mike Gibbs, taking it back home. Anything Mike Gibbs had a hand in is worth listening to, but extra […]
Delfeayo Marsalis Quintet at Birdland NYC
Delfeayo Marsalis Quintet (Birdland NYC, 16 July 2021. Review by Dan Bergsagel) “DEL. FEE. OH. You pronounce it Del-Fee-Oh.” This is how Delfeayo Marsalis enters the stage: with gentle sass and a light […]
Dave McMurray – ‘Grateful Deadication’
Dave McMurray – Grateful Deadication (Blue Note. Album review by John Bungey) A jazz saxophonist playing Grateful Dead tunes? We’ve been here before – during the band’s life such illustrious hornmen as […]
Kippie Moeketsi and Hal Singer – ‘Blue Stompin’ ‘
Kippie Moeketsi and Hal Singer – Blue Stompin‘ (WABB-091 . Album Review by Adam Sieff) Any release featuring South African alto saxophonist Kippie Moeketsi (1925-1983) is to be warmly welcomed. This is […]
Etta James – ‘The Montreux Years’
Etta James – The Montreux Years (BMGCAT460DCD. Album review by Alison Bentley) “As you know I am a blues singer,” Etta James tells the audience in one of the concerts this luscious […]
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