Norman Willmore – Alive & Well at The Muckle Roe Hall (Available as a download or LP from Bandcamp (link below). Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) Not quite but almost as far […]
Norman Willmore – Alive & Well At The Muckle Roe Hall
Håkon Kornstad – ‘Out Of The Loop’
Håkon Kornstad – Out Of The Loop(Jazzland. Album review by Peter Bacon) This album is the result of a session in Sofienberg Church in Oslo at the beginning of March 2020, which […]
Stefano Di Battista – ‘Morricone Stories’
Stefano Di Battista – Morricone Stories (Warner Music 9029504424. Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) Ennio Morricone (1928–2020) composed more than a hundred classical works and more than 400 TV and movie scores, including […]
Nishla Smith (Live at Barts Great Hall, 19 May 2021/ Announcing New Album on Whirlwind Recordings)
Nishla Smith is an Australian-born jazz singer. As a current City Music Foundation (CMF) artist, she will be performing in Bart’s Great Hall on 19 May as part of the CMF lunchtime […]
Sachal Vasandani (new duo recording with Romain Collin, ‘Midnight Shelter’, out 23 Apr on Edition)
Singer Sachal Vasandani is anything but “the traditional male jazz vocalist”. He chatted by phone to Nicky Schrire to discuss his latest musical offering: Sachal Vasandani has one of the most distinctive […]
Jazzfest Berlin wins EJN Award for Adventurous Programming 2021
The Europe Jazz Network has just announced the winner for its 2021 Adventurous Programming award, the award’s tenth year, writes Juliette Kay The process behind selecting the winner was in two stages. […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021 (15. ‘Down San Diego Way’, Arthur Blythe, 1979)
The fifteenth of Jon Turney’s weekly selections (series introduced HERE), shows off Arthur Blythe in his pomp. Arthur Blythe’s magnificent early major label release had plenty of love from the critics, but […]
Ubuntu Music Signs OK Aurora for Album Release in Summer 2021
OK Aurora, described as “an eight-piece jazz-meets-pop ensemble” are releasing their album ‘Only in Autumn’ in July 2021 on Ubuntu. The album was recorded in the Giant Wafer Studio in Wales, writes […]
Masabumi Kikuchi- ‘Hanamichi: The Final Studio Recording’
Masabumi Kikuchi – Hanamichi: The Final Studio Recording (Red Hook Records 1001. Album review by Alex Merritt) Masabumi Kikuchi (1939- 2015), also known as ‘Poo’ (from his Japanese name Poo Sun), was […]
Koma Saxo – ‘Live’
Koma Saxo – Live (We Jazz Records. Album review by Alison Bentley) Live and kicking: led by bassist Petter Eldh, this album has a raw energy that captures Koma Saxo’s gigs well, […]
Sam Braysher – new trio album release
Saxophonist Sam Braysher has been quietly but determinedly carving out his own space in London’s jazz scene since graduating from Guildhall in 2011. While his freelance portfolio involves larger ensembles (including John […]
Michael Spitzer – ‘The Musical Human’
Michael Spitzer – The Musical Human (Bloomsbury, 2021. Book review by Peter Jones) Listeners to BBC Radio 4 may have heard Simon McBurney reading extracts from this book over recent days: it […]
Jonathan Gee: ‘Reimagining the Beatles’ and ‘Live in Rome (Villa Celimontana)’
Ohisashiburi – Reimagining the Beatles (Verte Records VR20004) Gee Gallo Minetto – Live in Rome (Villa Celimontana) (danillogallo.bandcamp.com) (Album reviews by Mike Collins) This brace of recent releases from two different bands […]
Melody Gardot – ‘Sunset in the Blue (Deluxe Edition)’
Melody Gardot – Sunset in the Blue (Deluxe Edition) (Decca. Album Review by John Bungey) So, deluxe editions … an energetic attempt to extract cash from super-fans or a valuable new perspective […]
Kristin Korb – ‘What If?’
Kristin Korb – What If? (Double K Music (*). Album review by Lauren Bush) American double bassist and vocalist Kristin Korb was primarily based in LA until moving to Denmark about 10 […]
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