Walter Smith III & Matthew Stevens – In Common III (Whirlwind Recordings– WR4783. Album review by Graham Spry) In Common III is the third in a series of albums released on Whirlwind […]
Walter Smith III & Matthew Stevens – ‘In Common III’
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021. 51. ‘Big Jim Does the Tango for You’ – Bennie Wallace, Big Jim’s Tango, 1983
The 51st of Jon Turney’s weekly selections finds an undersung tenor player reaching for the heights. There are any number of great tenor saxophone players who never quite achieve the recognition they […]
‘Walking the Changes: Legends of Double Bass in Jazz’
Walking the Changes: Legends of Double Bass in Jazz (Film documentary directed and produced by Nick Wells. Review by Mary James) A labour of love, almost by definition, takes a long time […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021 (32. ‘Calypso Falto’ – Gateway, Homecoming, 1995)
The 32nd of Jon Turney’s weekly selection (introduced HERE) impresses with drumming of cherishable ferocity. I loved the albums Jack DeJohnette made as leader in the late 1970s and early ’80s. They […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021 (2. Dave Holland’s ‘Cashel’)
In the second instalment of Jon Turney’s new weekly series reflecting on tracks that have stayed with him over the years (introduced HERE), he delves into Cashel by Dave Holland from his […]
RIP Ron Mathewson (1944-2020)
The very great Scottish bassist Ron Mathewson passed away shortly before midnight yesterday 3 December 2020. He had been admitted to hospital with Covid in mid-November. Dave Holland writes: The way […]
Sam Rivers – “Ricochet”
Sam Rivers – Ricochet (No Business Records NBCD 128. CD review by Olie Brice) Lithuanian record label No Business has been mining a golden stream of material with its archive series of […]
“The Windrush Suite” by Renell Shaw
The Windrush Suite by Renell Shaw (Streamed by the Vortex Jazz Club. 22 June 2020. Review by Alison Bentley) The Windrush Suite was streamed to mark the second National Windrush Day, remembering […]
Sam Rivers Quintet – “Zenith”
Sam Rivers Quintet – Zenith (No Business NBCD 124. CD review by Olie Brice) This is the second in a hugely welcome series of previously unreleased live Sam Rivers recordings, curated by […]
Crosscurrents Trio (Holland/ Hussain/Potter – 2019 EFG LJF)
Crosscurrents Trio (Cadogan Hall 17 November 2019. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Jon Turney) By the time they finished their limpidly beautiful encore, Dave Holland, Zakir Hussain and Chris Potter’s 90-minute […]
Cross Currents Trio – Good Hope
Cross Currents Trio – Good Hope (Edition Records EDN1136. CD Review by Jon Turney) A little late to reviewing this one, but for a good reason: It’s one of those recordings I kept postponing […]
Supergroup of Holland, Hussain and Potter signs to Edition
Peter Bacon reports: The Crosscurrents Trio, made up of double bassist Dave Holland, tabla player Zakir Hussain and reedsman Chris Potter, will release their album, Good Hope, on Edition records on 11 […]
