Kurt Edelhagen & His Orchestra – 100. The Unreleased WDR Jazz Recordings 1957-1974 (Jazzline Classics D 77091. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) This 3-CD box set of unreleased recordings by the Kurt […]
The eleventh of Jon Turney’s weekly selection (introduced HERE), a memorable excursion into Afro-American history. Clifford Thornton, multi-instrumentalist, composer, radical intellectual, led the final release credited to the co-operative Jazz Composers’ Orchestra, […]
Lorne Lofsky – This Song Is New (Modica Music. Album review by Denny Ilett) Canadian Lorne Lofsky (b.1954) is a name that guitarists of all persuasions, over the last four decades, have […]
Pål Nyberg – Lowlands (AMP Music AT086. CD review by Rob Mallows; released 5 March 2021) Swedish guitarist Pål Nyberg is a standard-bearer for straight-no-chaser jazz guitar, a player who combines composed melody […]
Nik Bärtsch – Entendre (ECM 3528110. CD Review by John Bungey) Nik Bärtsch is one of that esteemed band of musicians whose work you can recognise within 30 seconds (*). The Swiss […]
Veronica Swift – This Bitter Earth (Mack Avenue MAC1177. CD Review by Leonard Weinreich) My first encounter with vocalist Veronica Swift was a YouTube clip shot in pianist Emmet Cohen’s apartment. Dressed […]
Logan Richardson – Afrofuturism (Whirlwind Recordings WR4772. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Afrofuturism, Kansas City-born saxophonist Logan Richardson’s fifth album, has a fascinating narrative thread through blues-influenced ensemble pieces interspersed with short spoken word […]
Mark Baxter: Tubby Hayes. The Life Behind The Tenor. (Mono Media Books. £39.95. Book Review by Dave Gelly) It first came out as a limited edition, 100-copy deluxe hardback, price £84.95. It […]
Miguel Zenón – Law Years: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Miel Music. Digital release. Review by Jon Turney) Ornette Coleman said he thought of himself as a composer first, a player second. […]
Prime Trio – Prime (Download only, available from BandCamp. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) The first release from a newly formed band featuring three experienced and exciting musicians, Prime is an alluring […]
Robin Phillips is a singer and pianist, bandleader, teacher, has a studio, and recently made a jazz and blues documentary film coming out this year. Not quite busy enough, he talks about […]
Happy 100th birthday Astor Piazzolla (born 11 March 1921). In this feature Jon Bungey investigates singer Ann Liebeck’s plans to celebrate the tango master on his centenary…tonight: Astor Piazzolla took the dance […]
Pierrick Pédron – Fifty Fifty New York Sessions (Gazebo GAZ 198. Review by Jon Carvell) With track names such as Sakura, Mizue, Bullet T and Origami, you could be forgiven for thinking […]
Olie Brice, Binker Golding, Henry Kaiser, N.O. Moore, Eddie Prévost – The Secret Handshake with Danger Vol. One (577 Records 5860-1. CD Review by Dan Bergsagel) The Secret Handshake is practically dripping with […]
It is with great sadness that we hear of the passing of bassist Len Skeat in hospital in the early hours of this morning 9 March 2021 at the age of 84. […]
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