Bill Bruford – Making A Song And Dance: A Complete Career Collection (BMG 5053875290. 6-CD Set. Album review by John Bungey) “Listening back to old efforts is a bit like looking back […]
Mind-Ear-Ladder is the debut album from the quintet co-led by saxophonist Alex Merritt and trumpeter Steve Fishwick, (Fresh Sound New Talent). The album puts a new spin on a classic jazz sound […]
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 […]
She’s acclaimed in her native Canada for her covers of jazz classics but she’s sung pop with Sting and adapted rock hits too, so what sort of show will the award-winning singer-pianist […]
Brad Mehldau – Jacob’s Ladder (Nonesuch 7559791346. Album review by John Bungey) Well this is an extraordinary album, not extraordinarily good, not extraordinarily bad – just extraordinary. Being the manager of Brad […]
Ciyo Brown is a musician who has worked with greats of jazz, pop and reggae is getting vocal on his new album. This feature by John Bungey tells the story of a […]
Joy Ellis: “I feel this is the first time I’ve been able to express myself as a piano player” She’s known as an up-and-coming singer-songwriter but for her third album, Peaceful Place, […]
Immanuel Wilkins – The 7th Hand (Blue Note. Album review by John Bungey) The much-admired young American alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins already fronts a fine quartet. But his second album poses the […]
King Crimson – Music is Our Friend: Live in Washington and Albany 2021 (2 CDs) Robert Fripp – Music for Quiet Moments (8-CD Set) (Panegyric. Album reviews by John Bungey) There are […]
As his second album Castelfidardo is released, Jonny Kerry talks about the joys and challenges of bringing the piano accordion to the jazz stage. Interview feature by John Bungey: Jonny Kerry could […]
John Coltrane – A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (Impulse! Album review by John Bungey) Well, when time travel is invented, this gig at the Penthouse, Seattle, in 1965 will be near […]
“I like music that sounds as if it was sawed by a rusty saw,” says pianist Jason Moran. Ahead of his show with Archie Shepp on the opening night of the EFG […]
Irish drummer and bandleader Kevin Brady has reinvented his acoustic trio as an electric quartet for a new album on Ubuntu Music, Plan B – with Seamus Blake, Dave Redmond and Bill […]
Kurt Elling – SuperBlue (Edition EDN1174. Album Review by John Bungey) Kurt Elling has been busy turning himself into the male jazz vocalist of our times. In March he won his second […]
Mathias Eick – When we leave (ECM 3856308. Album Review by John Bungey) Hard day at the home office? Stressed out by your yoga teacher’s bills? The work of Norwegian trumpeter Mathias […]
