Dave Stryker – Baker’s Circle (Strikezone Records 8821. Album review by Peter Vacher) In this febrile world of stylistic experimentation and performance uncertainty, there’s something eminently reassuring about the US guitarist Dave […]
The thirteenth of Jon Turney’s weekly selection (introduced HERE), a British jazz master at the peak of his powers. If you only know the greatness of Tony Coe from his work with, say, […]
In our series in which musicians do a “deep dive” into the music of their inspirations, Simon Spillett writes about ten of his favourite tracks by Tubby Hayes: 1. If This Isn’t […]
Eddie Prévost: Four CDs with different groups. (Album reviews by Tony Dudley-Evans). ConcertOTO – Matchless Records MRCD 104. November 2012 Iklectik Live One – Matchless Records MRCD 103. November 2016 Bean Soup and Bouquets – […]
New Zealand saxophonist Lucien Johnson tells Rob Adams about his musical journeying ahead of the release on 1 April of a new digital album, Wax///Wane. Lucien Johnson knows the value of preparation. […]
Nelson Riveros The Latin Side of Wes Montgomery (Zoho ZM202103. Album Review by Peter Jones) It was a simple idea: why not record some old Wes Montgomery favourites and do them all […]
Sammy Stein – Pause, Play, Repeat – “The real impact of COVID-19 on musicians (mainly jazz)”. (Self-published – purchase link below. 156pp. Pb and e-book. Book review by Jon Turney) Chances are, […]
Juliette Kay writes: City Music Foundation (CMF) is a charity with a mission to ‘turn talent into success’. The 2021 round of their mentoring scheme is now open for applications from professional […]
Tommy Smith Sextet – Evolution. (Download only, available from BandCamp. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) In a recording career spanning nearly forty years (so far), Tommy Smith has a large and rich […]
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David Helbock – The New Cool(ACT Music, 9927-2. Album review by Adrian Pallant) David Helbock is clearly a guy who is difficult to pigeonhole, his Random Control Trio project, for example, often […]
STR4TA- Aspects (Brownswood Recording BWOOD240LP/BWOOD240CD. Album Review by Graham Spry) Producer Gilles Peterson originally made his name in the 1980s as a resident DJ in Camden at the Electric Ballroom and Dingwalls […]
Since moving to Berlin more than a decade ago, Manchester-born pianist Julie Sassoon has forged a substantial career in Germany. She appears as solo pianist, with her quartet, and in duos such […]
Jazzrausch Bigband – téchne (ACT 9923-2. Album Review by Jon Carvell) Those who like their jazz to be a jingling background to a sophisticated reception should probably look away now. The Jazzrausch […]
Jim Snidero – Live at the Deer Head Inn (Savant SCD 2193. Album review by Sebastian Scotney) This album documents that rarest of events from the past few months: a live jazz […]
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