Alexander Hawkins Trio – Carnival Celestial (Intakt CD 398. Album review by Jon Turney) There are 57 varieties of piano trio, and a fair subset of them are represented on this session. […]
Alexander Hawkins Trio – ‘Carnival Celestial’
Kaja Draksler / Susana Santos Silva – ‘Grow’
Kaja Draksler / Susana Santos Silva – ‘Grow’ (Intakt CD 391/2022. Album review by Jon Carvell) Recorded live at the 2021 Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Grow is the second album from Portuguese trumpeter […]
Cath Longbottom (New documentary ‘Howard Riley – Cheerfully Beyond Category’ London premiere on 4 September)
The London premiere of a new, half-hour long documentary Howard Riley – Cheerfully Beyond Category will take place at the Vortex on Sunday afternoon 4 September. The film, which was first shown […]
Alexander Hawkins Mirror Canon – ‘Break A Vase’
Alexander Hawkins Mirror Canon – Break A Vase (Intakt. CD374 CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) Mirror Canon is the extension of Alexander Hawkins‘ trio with drummer Stephen Davis and bassist Neil Charles […]
Ingrid Laubrock/ Tom Rainey/ Brandon Lopez – ‘No Es La Playa’
Ingrid Laubrock/ Tom Rainey/ Brandon Lopez – No Es La Playa (Intakt Records CD 376. Album Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Ingrid Laubrock, originally from Germany, studied in the UK, was a key […]
Tim Berne and Gregg Belisle-Chi – ‘Mars’
Tim Berne and Gregg Belisle-Chi- Mars (Intakt CD 374. Album Review by Sam Norris) Mars is the latest brainchild of veteran avant-garde alto saxophonist Tim Berne, released on the always impressive and boundary-pushing […]
Mark Feldman – ‘Sounding Point’
Mark Feldman – Sounding Point(Intakt Records, Intakt CD 354. CD review by Adrian Pallant) Violin … free jazz … isn’t that possibly a touch narrow and ‘out there’ for a 44-minute solo […]
Alexander Hawkins – ‘Togetherness Music (For Sixteen Musicians) featuring Evan Parker and the Riot Ensemble’
Alexander Hawkins – Togetherness Music (For Sixteen Musicians) featuring Evan Parker and the Riot Ensemble (Intakt Records. CD review by Geoff Winston) Togetherness Music (For Sixteen Musicians) opens with one of the […]
Alexander Hawkins (new album, ‘Togetherness Music For Sixteen Musicians Feat. Evan Parker + Riot Ensemble’ – Intakt Records)
Pianist and composer, Alexander Hawkins, has a new album, Togetherness Music (For Sixteen Musicians), released by Intakt Records, featuring Evan Parker and the Riot Ensemble. It was recorded in one day in […]
OM – “It’s About Time”
OM – It’s About Time (Intakt CD348 – Review by Peter Slavid) As the excellent sleeve-notes to this album point out, there is always a risk when bands get back together after […]
Omri Ziegele Tomorrow Trio – “All Those Yesterdays”
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 […]
Ingrid Laubrock and Kris Davis – “Blood Moon”
Ingrid Laubrock and Kris Davis – Blood Moon (Intakt Records CD345/2020. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) “Musically, we are kindred spirits,” says saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock of her duo with pianist Kris Davis in […]
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 […]
Alexander Hawkins/Tomeka Reid – “Shards and Constellations”
Alexander Hawkins/Tomeka Reid – Shards and Constellations(Intakt Records CD344. CD review by Fiona Mactaggart) The vivid memory of a white-robed Cecil Taylor darting crab-style across a concert hall stage and then delivering […]
