Canadian-born, London-resident trumpeter Jay Phelps had a jazz radio show on Worldwide FM from 2020 to 2022. Now he has launched a new video series on Youtube, where he follows jazz […]
Jay Phelps (‘Ear to the Ground’ YouTube Channel)
Brussels jazz festival 2023 (Part 1)
Brussels jazz festival 2023 (Flagey, Brussels. Thursday-Saturday, Jan 12-14 2023. Festival report by Jon Turney) This is the first of two reports from Brussels by Jon Turney (*) Brussels’ cosy indoor jazz […]
Paul Clarvis, Liam Noble, Cathy Jordan – ‘Freight Train’
Paul Clarvis, Liam Noble, Cathy Jordan – Freight Train (Village Life. 1411222. Album review by Jon Turney) Here’s an unexpected trio producing delightful results. Singer Cathy Jordan is a leading light on […]
Rebecca Nash – ‘Redefining Element 78’
Rebecca Nash – Redefining Element 78 (Whirlwind Recordings WR4796. Album review by Jon Turney) Pianist Rebecca Nash’s new project is a compositionally ambitious suite that began life at Bristol Jazz Festival a […]
Mike Westbrook – ‘LONDON BRIDGE. Live in Zürich 1990’
Mike Westbrook – LONDON BRIDGE. Live in Zürich 1990 (Westbrook Records 011. Album review by Jon Turney) Mike Westbrook’s wonderfully extended career has covered a range from big bands to small groups […]
Matana Roberts at Milton Court (2022 EFG LJF)
Matana Roberts (alto sax, clarinet & vocals), Joy Guidry (bassoon & vocals), Hannah Marcus (fiddle, accordion, guitar & vocals), Nic Caloia (bass & vocals), Sam Shalabi (guitar, oud & vocals) and Ryan Sawyer (drums, vibraphone, jaw […]
Aziza (Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke, Eric Harland) at Cadogan Hall (2022 EFG LJF)
Aziza: Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke, Eric Harland (Cadogan Hall. 16 November 2022. Live review by Jon Turney) Dave Holland’s regular appearances at the London festival have settled at Cadogan Hall […]
Linda May Han Oh Quartet at Pizza Express Soho (2022 EFG LJF)
Linda May Han Oh Quartet (Pizza Express Soho. 12 November 2022. Review by Jon Turney) A slow string bass groove deep enough to sink into, embroidered from the drums, was an immediately […]
Enrico Rava and Fred Hersch – ‘The Song is You’
Enrico Rava and Fred Hersch – The Song is You (ECM 4534395. Album review by Jon Turney) A late career meeting one might not have thought of, but that immediately sounds like […]
Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese, esperanza spalding – ‘Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival’
Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese, esperanza spalding – Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival (Candid Records. Album review by Jon Turney) Jazz players rarely retire voluntarily, but many – perhaps […]
Judy Carmichael – ‘great inspirations – 22 years of “Jazz Inspired” on NPR’
Judy Carmichael – great inspirations – 22 years of jazz inspired on npr (C&D Productions, pp480. $25/£21. Book Review by Jon Turney) Around the turn of the millennium, pianist Judy Carmichael had […]
Tomasz Stańko with Rafał Księżyk – ‘Desperado: An autobiography’
Tomasz Stańko with Rafał Księżyk – Desperado: An autobiography Translated by Halina Maria Boniszewska (Equinox Books. pp358 hb. Book Review by Jon Turney) “I’m an artist because I’m drawn to what doesn’t […]
Ethan Iverson Trio at Vortex Jazz Club
Ethan Iverson Trio – with Conor Chaplin and Andreu Pitarch (Vortex. 5 August 2022. Live review by Jon Turney) A rare opportunity to hear the polymathic pianist in a small club – […]
Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity – ‘Elastic Wave’
Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity – Elastic Wave (ECM 2724. Album review by Jon Turney) Widely admired Norwegian drummer Gard Nilssen’s Acoustic Unity have been together since 2014, with this ECM label debut […]
Roamer – ‘Lost Bees’
Roamer – Lost Bees (Diatribe Records – DIABOK040. Album review by Jon Turney) A midge caught in the eyelash neither of us sure who is more afraid Roamer is “a quartet of […]
