National Youth Jazz Orchestra: Amy Winehouse – A Celebration of her Life and Music (The Fire Station, Sunderland, 10 Feb 2022. Review by AJ Dehany) The death of the troubled English singer-songwriter […]
Estraven (a quartet of bassist/composer Chris Hyde-Harrison, saxophonist Duncan Eagles, guitarist Alban Claret and drummer Matt Parkinson) will release their debut album on 4 March. Feature by Rob Adams. As a BA […]
Mark Lockheart – Dreamers (Edition Records, EDN1195. Review by Graham Spry) Mark Lockheart is a saxophonist and composer who first entered national consciousness in the 1980s with Loose Tubes, and was later […]
Nucleus – Live at the BBC (Repertoire Records Repuk 1410. 13-CD set. Album review by Rob Adams) Dave Pegg, the bass guitarist with Fairport Convention, once likened that band’s manifold personnel changes […]
Vocalist Louise Balkwill‘s debut album First Class is released today, 11 February 2022. She has joined forces with a 12-piece ensemble to bring together influences ranging from New Orleans swing to bebop […]
A new live album “with a spur-of-the-moment vibe” from Omar, Quentin Collins, Brandon Allen, Ross Stanley Live At Last is released today. Feature by Lavender Sutton. In May 2021, just after the […]
Simon Spillett Big Band play the music of Tubby Hayes (The Concorde Club, Eastleigh, Hampshire. 9 February 2022. Review by Paul Kelly) The Concorde Club in Eastleigh, just north of Southampton, is […]
Bassist Ruth Goller completely defied expectations in July 2021 with her first album as leader, Skylla. Her trio with Lauren Kinsella and Alice Grant (with Nell Greco on two concerts) will be […]
Eliane Elias, Chick Corea, Chucho Valdés – Mirror Mirror (Candid CCD 30042. Album review by Alison Bentley) Which is the image and which is the reflection? On this fine album, Brazilian-born, Grammy-winning […]
Scott McLemore – The Multiverse: Knowing(Bandcamp – link below : Review by Peter Slavid) Fans of guitar jazz may well already be familiar with Scott McLemore‘s previous Multiverse album, which also used […]
In the latest of our series in which musicians write about their sources of inspiration, the pianist, composer, and philosopher Steve Tromans writes about his long-term admiration for, and association with, the […]
Jason Rebello (St Martin the Fields. 3 February 2021. Live review by Sebastian Scotney) 7pm Concert in the church: Adorna album launch/ London premiere with Opus Anglicanum 9.15pm: Trio in the crypt […]
Kit Downes, Petter Eldh, James Maddren – Vermillion (ECM Records 3880001. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Vermillion is Kit Downes‘ third album as leader on ECM, the first being his church organ […]
Jyotsna Srikanth and Justyna Jablońska / Fergus McCreadie Trio. (Celtic Connections at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 30 January 2022. Live Review by Patrick Hadfield) Opening this typically eclectic Celtic Connections gig […]
Seonaid Aitken / Matt Carmichael Quintet. (Celtic Connections at The Mackintosh Church, Glasgow. 29 January 2022. Live Review by Patrick Hadfield) Glasgow’s Celtic Connections had been able to keep some of its […]
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