Maridalen – Bortenfor(Jazzland Recordings. Album review by Rob Mallows) This album – sans drums or any hint of electrification – is utterly unplugged, but is in no way diminished by that fact. Indeed, […]
Maridalen – ‘Bortenfor’
Trish Clowes: when making jazz is “the most fun ever”
Bandleader, composer and saxophonist Trish Clowes explains how her band, My Iris, has taken the spirit of adventure into the studio for their new album. Feature by John Bungey. The essence of […]
Laila Biali: from Cole Porter to Coldplay (Ronnie Scott’s, 3 May)
She’s acclaimed in her native Canada for her covers of jazz classics but she’s sung pop with Sting and adapted rock hits too, so what sort of show will the award-winning singer-pianist […]
Jas Kayser – ‘5ive’
Jas Kayser – 5ive (Jazz re:freshed. Album review by Mark McKergow) Drummer and composer Jas Kayser’s debut album roars onto the scene with a mix of jazz, afrobeat and latin influences, contemporary […]
Jazz Winners at the 2022 Grammys
The winners in the four jazz categories were: Chick Corea’s Akoustic Band, Esperanza Spalding, Ron Carter/Jack DeJohnette/Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Eliane Elias/Chick Corea/Chucho Valdés and the Christian McBride Big Band. Full nominee list in […]
Fergus McCreadie – ‘Forest Floor’
Fergus McCreadie – Forest Floor (Edition Records – EDN1197 review by Graham Spry) This third release from Scottish pianist Fergus McCreadie, Forest Floor is a wonderful album inspired by Scotland’s unique landscape which is both craggy […]
The Gil Evans Orchestra – ‘Live at Fabrik’ (recorded 1986)
The Gil Evans Orchestra – Live at Fabrik(NDR Kultur D77101 (2 CD) / D78101 (3 LP). Album review by Charles Rees) Gil Evans’ post-’70s projects have been given relatively little attention by […]
Catherine Russell – ‘Send For Me’
Catherine Russell – Send For Me (Dot Time Records. Limited Edition CD or Download. Album review by Denny Ilett) Vocalist Catherine Russell is a native of New York city and also happens […]
Myra Melford – ‘For the Love of Fire and Water’
Myra Melford – For the Love of Fire and Water (Rogue Art Rogart 0119. Album review by Jon Turney) Pianist and composer Myra Melford’s name is up front but a glance at […]
Cleveland Watkiss – ‘The Great Jamaican Songbook Vol. 1’
Cleveland Watkiss – The Great Jamaican Songbook Vol. 1 (Cdubya Music. Album review by John Stevenson) On hearing the Norman Granz-produced Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book for […]
Seven French jazz musicians receive national honours
The French culture minister Roselyne Bachelot (in the centre of the photo above) awarded seven French female jazz musicians with national honours on Wednesday 30 March 2022: Saxophonist Géraldine Laurent received the […]
‘Tord Gustavsen Trio – ‘Opening’
Tord Gustavsen Trio – Opening (ECM 4540243. Album Review by John Bungey) Anyone remember “hygge”? Before the perma-crisis of plague and war, the Danish term defined as “a quality of cosiness and […]
Andrew Cyrille, William Parker, Enrico Rava – ‘2 Blues for Cecil’
Andrew Cyrille, William Parker, Enrico Rava – 2 Blues for Cecil (TUM Records. TUM CD 059. Album Review by Olie Brice) 2 Blues for Cecil – the first recording of the trio of […]
10 Tracks by Duke Ellington (as pianist) that I Can’t Do Without…by Liam Noble
In our growing series in which jazz musicians do a deep (and entirely personal and selective) dive into the music of their idols, pianist Liam Noble writes about Duke Ellington as pianist: A […]
Tina May. A Tribute by Paul Jolly.
Record producer Paul Jolly released almost two dozen albums by Tina May. Here he writes in tribute to the vocalist who has passed away far too early, on Saturday 26 March 2022. […]
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