Lucia Cadotsch – Aki (Heartcore Records HCR21. Album review by Jon Turney) The recording debut of a superb new quartet – Aki is the name of the band and the CD title […]
Lucia Cadotsch (with Kit Downes, Phil Donkin, James Maddren) – ‘Aki’
Ronan Perrett Trio – ‘Who Owns the Sky?’
Ronan Perrett Trio – Who Owns the Sky? (Fresh Sound New Talent – FSNT 634. CD review by Graham Spry) Cornish-born and London-based alto saxophonist Ronan Perrett has been an active member […]
Trish Clowes – ‘A View with a Room’
Trish Clowes – A View with a Room (Greenleaf GRE-CD-1094. Album review by Jon Turney) Jazz ensembles at two ends of a spectrum can both yield a kind of freedom. At one, […]
Trish Clowes: when making jazz is “the most fun ever”
Bandleader, composer and saxophonist Trish Clowes explains how her band, My Iris, has taken the spirit of adventure into the studio for their new album. Feature by John Bungey. The essence of […]
Kit Downes, Petter Eldh, James Maddren – ‘Vermillion’
Kit Downes, Petter Eldh, James Maddren – Vermillion (ECM Records 3880001. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Vermillion is Kit Downes‘ third album as leader on ECM, the first being his church organ […]
Jim Rattigan at Pizza Express Dean Street (‘When’ Album Tour)
Jim Rattigan (Pizza Express Jazz Club. 8 January 2022. Review by Lavender Sutton) The niche-ness of jazz French horn might perplex some, but Jim Rattigan has been championing it for over 20 […]
Ivo Neame – ‘Glimpses Of Truth’
Ivo Neame – Glimpses Of Truth (Whirlwind Recordings WR4782. CD review by Mark McKergow) British pianist and composer Ivo Neame reveals another side to his talents in this, the first CD to […]
Ivo Neame Quartet with special guest Byron Wallen at Ronnie Scott’s
Ivo Neame Quartet with special guest Byron Wallen (Ronnie Scott’s. 23 September 2021. Review by Izzy Blankfield) In a set that brought together some of the best musicians on the UK jazz […]
Omar + QCBA – Live at the Jazz Café
Omar + QCBA (Live at The Jazz Café. Also recorded for future release as a live album. 29 May 2021. Review by Lavender Sutton) Camden Town on a Saturday night was an […]
10 Tracks by Norma Winstone I Can’t Do Without… by vocalist/composer Nicky Schrire.
In our series in which musicians do a “deep dive” into the music of their inspirations, Nicky Schrire writes about ten favourite tracks by Norma Winstone. Norma Winstone is a storyteller. This […]
Jim Rattigan – ‘When’
Jim Rattigan – When(Three World Records TWR0005. CD review by Mark McKergow) French horn virtuoso Jim Rattigan bridges the genres of scored music and jazz with this delightful collection of tunes for jazz quartet […]
Jim Rattigan (New Album ‘When’ with Nikki Iles, Michael Janisch, James Maddren)
“A brilliant and versatile jazz soloist on french horn and an interesting and questing composer / arranger,” wrote Ian Carr about Jim Rattigan, whose new album When (Three Worlds Records) will be […]
Josephine Davies – “Satori: How Can We Wake?”
Josephine Davies – Satori: How Can We Wake? (Whirlwind WR4764. CD review by Jon Turney) It’s usual to observe that a saxophone trio is an exposed format for the horn player – and […]
AuB – “AuB”
AuB – AuB (Edition Records EDN1155. Review by Jon Carvell) There is virtuosity in all four corners of AuB, a new quartet formed at the confluence of two formidably talented young tenor […]
Ant Law Quintet (2019 Cambridge Jazz Festival)
Ant Law Quintet – Life I Know (Bateman Auditorium, Gonville and Caius College. Cambridge Jazz Festival. 18 November 2019. Review by John Arnett) The small but very characterful theatre setting, in one of […]
