Peter Hum – Ordinary Heroes (peterhum.bandcamp.com. CD review by Mike Collins) From across the Atlantic comes a recording by Canadian polymath, pianist and composer Peter Hum. Ordinary Heroes is a set of […]
Peter Hum – “Ordinary Heroes”
Sam Rivers Quintet – “Zenith”
Sam Rivers Quintet – Zenith (No Business NBCD 124. CD review by Olie Brice) This is the second in a hugely welcome series of previously unreleased live Sam Rivers recordings, curated by […]
Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin with Bill Frisell – “Americana”
Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin with Bill Frisell – Americana (ACT Music 9049-2. CD review by Peter Bacon) What’s this? Brothers In Arms? Clearly not a bunch of British jazzers, then. At the risk […]
Melt Yourself Down – “100% Yes”
Melt Yourself Down – 100% Yes (Decca Records. CD review by Nick Davies) Melt Yourself Down return with their third album 100% Yes which is their first for Decca Records. The two earlier […]
Updates from jazzahead! (on what would have been the first day of 2020…)
“An April without jazzahead! is just not the same,” say the team from jazzahead!, echoing the sentiments of many…, in a newsletter on would have been the opening morning of the […]
Tony Kofi – “Another Kind of Soul”
Tony Kofi – Another Kind of Soul (The Last Music Company LMLP217. LP review by Adrian Pallant) Heart, soul and blazing musicality – the essence of the art of saxophonist Tony Kofi […]
Malcolm Mills interview (vinyl release of Major Surgery ‘The First Cut’ (1976) + new Tony Kofi Album)
Malcolm Mills’ label The Last Music Company is releasing two albums on 24 April, a vinyl edition of ‘The First Cut’ from 1976 by Don Weller’s Major Surgery, and ‘Another Kind of […]
RIP Julia Craik (Managing Director of The Premises Studios, Hackney)
Viv Broughton, CEO of The Premises Studios, a vitally important and popular London recording and rehearsal venue has reported the tragic news that Julia Craik, Managing Director of the studios, passed away […]
In lockdown with… pianist Ben Comeau
Guildhall graduate Ben Comeau is a pianist, organist, accordionist and composer, active in jazz, classical and contemporary music. He talks to us from lockdown about his varied music influences, favourite Mahler symphonies, […]
RIP Henry Grimes (1935-2020)
Henry Grimes, 3 November 1935 – 15 April 2020; tribute by Geoff Winston The death of Henry Grimes last Friday 15 April from Covid 19 complications is sad indeed, bringing the eventful […]
In lockdown with… pianist George Colligan
American pianist, composer and educator George Colligan speaks to us about some of his musical memories, revisiting old favourite albums, and both the possibilities and difficulties of making music at this strange […]
In lockdown with… trumpeter Avishai Cohen
Born in Tel Aviv, trumpeter Avishai Cohen moved to the US to study at Berklee and won the Thelonious Monk competition in 1997. He recently released the fourth record in his own […]
Liam Noble’s Saturday afternoon concerts
Liam Noble’s Saturday afternoon concerts (Twitch TV. 18 April 2009. Livestream Review by AJ Dehany) While we’re waiting for the lockdown to ‘flatten the curve’ of the viral spread, we’re watching another […]
Tom Green Septet – “Tipping Point”
Tom Green Septet – Tipping Point (Spark 008. CD Review by Peter Jones) In the five years since his impressive debut Skyline, trombonist Tom Green has stuck to his winning formula. There […]
Superposition- “Superposition”
Superposition – Superposition (We Jazz Records. CD review by Dick Hovenga*) In these totally unfamiliar times, jazz that is lively and adventurous is something we can perhaps use more than ever. And […]
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