Dave Glasser – Hypocrisy Democracy (Here Tiz Music. CD Review by Sam Norris) Saxophonist and flautist Dave Glasser is known on the New York jazz scene and beyond as a musician deeply […]
Dave Glasser – “Hypocrisy Democracy”
Norma Winstone has a new album project (Column in German magazine JAZZTHETIK)
For Sebastian’s regular London Column in the German magazine JAZZTHETIK(*), he spoke to Norma Winstone in mid-May, to discover that she is working on a new album project… In a world […]
The George Colligan Trio – “Live in Arklow”
The George Colligan Trio – Live in Arklow (ubuntu music UBU0055. CD Review by Jon Carvell) To the uninitiated, Arklow Methodist Church in County Wicklow might not seem the obvious place to […]
Andrew McCormack – “Solo”
Andrew McCormack – Solo (Ubuntu Music. UBU0059. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) Andrew McCormack has been focusing on his fusion band, Graviton, for the last years, though this solo project has been […]
Greg Foat – “Symphonie Pacifique”
Greg Foat – Symphonie Pacifique (Strut Records. CD Review by John Bungey) Jazz is of course not normally the domain of symphonies, pacifique or otherwise. There’s certainly a grandness to some of […]
Esperanza Spalding, Fred Hersch – “Live at The Village Vanguard” (Rough Mix EP/ Benefit Recording for the Jazz Foundation of America)
Esperanza Spalding, Fred Hersch – Live at The Village Vanguard (Rough Mix EP/ Benefit Recording for the Jazz Foundation of America. Review by Alison Bentley) A fleeting chance to share an intimate […]
“The Windrush Suite” by Renell Shaw
The Windrush Suite by Renell Shaw (Streamed by the Vortex Jazz Club. 22 June 2020. Review by Alison Bentley) The Windrush Suite was streamed to mark the second National Windrush Day, remembering […]
Kansas Smitty’s – “Things Happened Here”
Kansas Smitty’s – Things Happened Here (Ever/K7. CD Review by Peter Jones) There’s no one quite like Kansas Smitty’s, formerly known as Kansas Smitty’s House Band (pedantically, I find myself struggling with […]
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland announces 2020 Jazz Awards winners
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow has announced the winners of its 2020 Jazz Awards, writes Rob Adams: Prizes of £300 each are awarded every year to students excelling in three […]
Special Digital Edition of Montreal Jazz Festival Announced (June 27-30)
The world’s largest jazz festival has announced its plans. The full programme is HERE. This year’s Special Digital Edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal will consist of: – livestream […]
RIP Hugh Fraser (1958-2020)
The Canadian trombonist, pianist and composer/bandleader Hugh Fraser has died at the age of just 61. He had been grappling with cancer over three years. Tributes that have been written in the […]
Andrew McCormack (new album “Solo” released on 26 June)
Pianist Andrew McCormack’s first solo album Solo is about to be released. Feature by John Fordham: In October 2006, three months after a then little-known 28 year-old London pianist called Andrew McCormack […]
Soft Machine – “Live at the Baked Potato”
Soft Machine – Live at the Baked Potato (DYAD Records, DY031. CD review by Jon Turney) Soft Machine Legacy dropped the third word from their name back in 2015, and released the […]
Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic X – “East – West”
Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic X – East-West (ACT 9913-2. CD review by Alison Bentley) The bands on this live recording from the Kammermusiksaal of the Berlin Philharmonie in November 2019 seem to […]
Bukky Leo Quartet ft. Clifford Jarvis – “Evolution”
Bukky Leo Quartet ft. Clifford Jarvis – Evolution (Drift Recordings. CD review by Mark McKergow) This storming set sees American drum legend Clifford Jarvis team up with saxophonist Bukky Leo, pianist Jonathan Gee and bassist Pete Kubryk Townsend in […]
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