Steve Tyrell – Shades of Ray: The Songs of Ray Charles (New Design Records/Arts Music. Album Review by Adam Sieff) Steve Tyrell is a larger-than-life 76 year old who has practically done […]
Steve Tyrell – ‘Shades of Ray: The Songs of Ray Charles’
Samara Joy – ‘Samara Joy’
Samara Joy – Samara Joy(Whirlwind Recordings WR4776. Album review by Adam Sieff) There have been plenty of good things written about the 21- year-old New Yorker Samara Joy since she won the […]
Kippie Moeketsi and Hal Singer – ‘Blue Stompin’ ‘
Kippie Moeketsi and Hal Singer – Blue Stompin‘ (WABB-091 . Album Review by Adam Sieff) Any release featuring South African alto saxophonist Kippie Moeketsi (1925-1983) is to be warmly welcomed. This is […]
‘The Indigenous Afro-Jazz Sounds of Philip Tabane and his Malombo Jazzman’
The Indigenous Afro-Jazz Sounds of Philip Tabane and his Malombo Jazzman’ (WABB-090. Album review by Adam Sieff) This is yet another South African vinyl reissue of great interest from Canadian label We […]
Larry Coryell and Philip Catherine – ‘Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XI: The Last Call’
Larry Coryell and Philip Catherine – Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XI: The Last Call (ACT 9929-2. CD Review by Adam Sieff) Guitarists Larry Coryell and Philip Catherine have history going back to […]
Mike Bono – ‘Familiar Places’
Mike Bono – Familiar Places (La Reserve – digital only. CD Review by Adam Sieff) Mike Bono’s name may be unfamiliar, but now I realise that, unknowingly, I’ve already heard his guitar […]
Deal Music & Arts (Virtual) Creative Jazz Weekend (27 – 29 November)
Norma Winstone, NYJO (with Joe Browne and the NYJO Ambassadors), and LJN writer Adam Sieff feature in a new event, Deal Music & Arts Virtual Creative Jazz Weekend which will run from […]
Oz Noy – ‘Snapdragon’
Oz Noy – Snapdragon (Abstract Logix ABLX063. CD review by Adam Sieff) I first saw the Israeli-born and New York-based guitarist Oz Noy play when he was a member of the great […]
Frank Woeste – “Pocket Rhapsody II”
Frank Woeste – Pocket Rhapsody II (release 30 October) (ACT 9917-2. CD revew by Adam Sieff) The pianist and composer Frank Woeste moved from Hanover to Paris in 1999 to study at […]
Neil Swainson Quintet – “49th Parallel”
Neil Swainson Quintet – 49th Parallel (Reel to Real Vinyl: RTRLP004, CD: RTRCD004, and Digital. Album review by Adam Sieff) 49th Parallel was Neil Swainson’s only recording as a leader during a […]
Charles Tolliver – “Connect”
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, […]
Nick Dewhurst Band – “Skyrocket”
Nick Dewhurst Band – Skyrocket (Self-Released. Cat no: NDR0002. CD Review by Adam Sieff) Nick Dewhurst is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, music educator and jazz promoter based in Lichfield, Staffordshire, and is […]
James Brandon Lewis, Chad Taylor – “Live in Willisau”
James Brandon Lewis, Chad Taylor – Live in Willisau (Intakt CD 342/2020. CD Review by Adam Sieff) I first became aware of tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis through his 2014 major label […]
Kevin Haynes Grupo Elegua – “Ajo Se Po”
Kevin Haynes Grupo Elegua – Ajo Se Po (jazz re:freshed / Digital/all streaming platforms. Album review by Adam Sieff) Kevin Haynes has been a presence since his days as a percussionist in Steve […]
Chip Wickham – “Blue To Red”
Chip Wickham – Blue To Red (Lovemonk LMNK66LP LP, CD & Digital. Album review by Adam Sieff) On a sweltering evening during last summer’s heat wave, I was walking through Soho and heard […]
