Richie Beirach, Gregor Huebner & Veit Huebner – Testaments: Richie Beirachs 75. Birthday Celebration (O-Tone Music OT-053-2. Album review by Charles Rees) American pianist/composer Richie Beirach was 75 in May this year. […]
(Outside In Music. Available from Bandcamp. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) Lockdown was a hard time for many people as they faced isolation, grief and the sudden loss of their livelihoods. But some […]
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 […]
Ambrose Akinmusire – on the tender spot of every calloused moment(Blue Note 0892619. Download review by Patrick Hadfield) Ambrose Akinmusire makes music that seems full of contradictions and yet is whole, consistent […]
Walter Smith III and Matthew Stevens – In Common 2(Whirlwind WR4728. CD Review by John Bungey) First, if you’re a lover of the noble art of album cover design, a word of […]
Keith Oxman – Two Cigarettes In The Dark (Capri 74161-2. CD review by Peter Vacher) Tenor saxophonist Keith Oxman is a new name to me but not to Capri Records, for this […]
The Karuna Trio – Imaginary Archipelago (Metarecords Meta 024. CD Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) The imaginary archipelago of this album title is an area of ‘high mountains and dense forests, warm deserts […]
Sigurd Hole – Lys/Mørke (Elvesang Records. Album Review* by Dick Hovenga) This double album by Norwegian double bass player Sigurd Hole takes the listener on a particularly appealing voyage of musical discovery. […]
Chanda Rule + Sweet Emma Band – Hold On (PAO Records. CD review by Lavender Sutton) Chanda Rule + Sweet Emma Band have put together a collection of songs from the African-American […]
Pulled by Magnets – Rose Golden Doorways (tak:til/Glitterbeat: GBCD 088. CD review by Graham Spry) Seb Rochford is a drummer who has never ceased to explore diverse music traditions and to reveal […]
CHBO Drums – 0419NY (Safehouse 194660755995. CD review by Frank Griffith) 0419NY was recorded in April 2019 in Kerhonkson in New York state (hence the title), 80 miles North of NYC, and […]
