Martial Solal – Coming Yesterday: Live at Salle Gaveau 2019(Challenge Records CR73516. Album review by Leonard Weinreich) After 92 years of surmounting life’s obstacles, Martial Solal has decided to throw in the towel. Born […]
Enrico Pieranunzi & Bert Joris – Afterglow (Challenge Records CR73460. CD review by Adrian Pallant) Those chasing fast-city lights might imply the hard-grooving world of jazz-rock. But look beyond, into the deepening […]
Joost Lijbaart – Free (Challenge Records CR 73519. CD Review by Rob Adams) Dutch drummer Joost Lijbaart has spent much of the unexpected free time afforded by the COVID-19 pandemic fulfilling a […]
John Helliwell – Ever Open Door (Challenge Records CR73511. CD Review by John Bungey) When you’ve spent a good part of your career schlepping round the world’s enormodomes with those giants of […]
Lynne Arriale Trio – Chimes of Freedom (Challenge Records – CR 73494. CD Review by Jane Mann) This is American composer/pianist Lynne Arriale’s 15th album as leader. It was recorded in Mechelen, […]
