John Law’s Congregation – Configuration (Ubuntu Music UBU0036. CD review by Adrian Pallant) It’s a privilege to track the evolution of a musician’s career over many years, especially when, like pianist John […]
Wolfgang Muthspiel, Scott Colley, Brian Blade – Angular Blues (ECM 0814506. Review by John Arnett) This album was recorded in Japan in one day in August 2018, shortly after the trio’s […]
Sebastian writes: There are some reviews from our archive, now approaching 10,000 articles, which are so well-written, I have been excited to discover how they would sound as audio. This is the […]
Michael S. Klein, of the Singers Night community, pays tribute to a stalwart supporter of jazz, especially women singers: So sad to hear of the passing of one of the most ardent supporters […]
Composer and drummer Vassilis Podaras (aka Billy Pod) made the decision to move from his home country of Greece to London a couple of months ago… just in time for the lockdown. […]
Iain Ballamy, Ian Shaw, Jamie Safir – What’s New? (Silent Wish Records – SWRCD1. CD Review by Graham Spry) The methodical record collectors among us will want to file What’s New? […]
Sebastian writes: The Jazz@MorleyCollege series had hardly got started…. As the Head of Jazz Flavio Li Vigni explains: “We had just managed to run the first concert of the series before canceling […]
Matthew Shipp – The Piano Equation (Tao Forms 01. CD Review by Jon Turney) The title suggests something formal, hinting at propositions and proofs. And there is a degree of formality in […]
Paul Flaherty, Randall Colbourne, James Chumley Hunt, Mike Roberson – Borrowed from Children (577 Records 5843. Album Review by Dan Bergsagel) Saxophonist Paul Flaherty has spent much of the last 50 years […]
Dominic Williams reflects on Jon Turney’s entertaining piece on “Missing the Sound of Surprise” and on how it set him off thinking in several directions about live music, audience involvement, and discovering […]
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis featuring Wayne Shorter – The Music of Wayne Shorter (Blue Engine Records BE0023. Download Review by Patrick Hadfield) The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra […]
Matthieu Saglio – El camino de los vientos (ACT 9912-2. CD review by Alison Bentley) Music brings back memories of places, and sometimes creates new ones too. Cellist Matthieu Saglio lives in […]
Sebastian writes: In 2005, Digby Fairweather introduced me to a quite remarkable person. Sue Davies, who passed away peacefully from cancer on 18 April 2020, four days after her 87th birthday, had […]
Jonah Parzen-Johnson – Imagine Giving Up (We Jazz Records. CD Review by Dick Hovenga*) Jazz saxophonist Jonah Parzen-Johnson, originally from Chicago and now based in Brooklyn, is a strikingly distinctive musician. He […]
Nick Lea, who runs the Jazzviews.net website, is originally from South Wales and moved to Cumbria with his wife and children 22 years ago. Jazz Views started as an email newsletter in […]
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