Charles Tolliver – Connect (Gearbox Records GB1561. Review by Adam Sieff) Now 78 years old, trumpeter and composer Charles Tolliver truly deserves full-on legendary jazz hero status. Dizzy Gillespie loved his playing, […]
Emma-Jean Thackray – UM음 YANG양 (Night Dreamer Records ND006. Review by AJ Dehany) Composer and trumpeter Emma-Jean Thackray outlines the manifesto of her label Movementt in a way that is germane to […]
James Copus – Dusk (Ubuntu Music UBU0058. CD review by Mark McKergow) At just 25 years of age, trumpeter James Copus has rapidly been making a name for himself on the London jazz scene. A graduate […]
Omri Ziegele Tomorrow Trio – All Those Yesterdays (Intakt CD 333 2020. CD review by Jon Turney) The second track title here, O. My God, is as direct a declaration of allegiance […]
Rudresh Mahanthappa ft. François Moutin and Rudy Royston – Hero Trio (Whirlwind Recordings WR 4760. CD review by Dan Bergsagel) In 2015 Rudresh Mahanthappa recorded Bird Calls, a quintet session of original pieces inspired by Charlie Parker. […]
Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Aymée Nuviola – Viento Y Tiempo: Live at Blue Note Tokyo (Top Stop Music. CD Review by Lavender Sutton) It may seem like light years have passed since live […]
Tom Seals Band: Picnic at the Palace (Blenheim Palace 22 July. Live review by Alison Bentley) Now that outdoor gigs are allowed again, going to one felt strangely clandestine. Would Blenheim Palace […]
Christian Lillinger – Open Form For Society Live (PLAIST (EDEL). CD Review by Amy Sibley-Allen) German drummer Christian Lillinger’s 2019 studio album Open Form For Society was a carefully perfected album where […]
Waaju – Grown (Olindo Records ORLP005. Review by Graham Spry) If there is one common theme to be found in much of the exciting and innovative music being produced by young jazz […]
Arts Council England (ACE) reopens National Lottery Project Grant funding on 22 July, with a budget of £59.8 million available until April 2021. Arts Council England state that they “have prioritised reopening […]
Nicholas/Viklický/Dvorský/Wickins – One Two Three Four (BeBoss Records. CD review by Mike Collins) One Two Three Four is a live set in more than one sense. Of course, it’s a recording of […]
JAF Trio – JAF Trio (WeJazz. Review by Dick Hovenga*) In a similar way to the jazz scenes of both the UK and the Flemish part of Belgium, the remarkable albums currently […]
Dave Douglas: Dizzy Atmosphere: Dizzy Gillespie at Zero Gravity (Greenleaf Music GRE-CD-1076. CD Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) In this album Dave Douglas pays tribute to fellow trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. An important strand […]
Michael Thomas – Event Horizon (Giant Step Arts. CD review by Sam Norris) “The ‘event horizon’ is the perimeter around a black hole that marks the point of no return,” writes NYC-based […]
Azat Bayazitov – The Doors Are Open (Rainy Days Records. RAINY008CD. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) Maybe one shouldn’t judge a CD by its cover… But Russian-born saxophonist Azat Bayazitov‘s new CD could […]
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