Chris Montague – Warmer than Blood(Whirlwind WR4756. CD Review by Jon Turney) Guitarist Chris Montague’s first recording as leader is a very considered affair: the very opposite of a blowing session. He […]
Chris Montague – “Warmer than Blood”
Aaron Parks – “Little Big II: Dreams of a Mechanical Man”
Aaron Parks – Little Big II: Dreams of a Mechanical Man (Ropeadope records. CD Review by Jon Turney) The second offering from pianist Aaron Parks’ appealing quartet consolidates the approach introduced two […]
Antti Lötjönen – “Quintet East”
Antti Lötjönen – Quintet East (We Jazz WJLP22. CD Review by Jon Turney) Finnish bassist Antti Lötjönen is not a man to rush into anything. A veteran of 100 recordings, this CD […]
“Missing the Sound of Surprise” – a response
Dominic Williams reflects on Jon Turney’s entertaining piece on “Missing the Sound of Surprise” and on how it set him off thinking in several directions about live music, audience involvement, and discovering […]
Jasper Høiby – “Planet B”
Jasper Høiby – Planet B (Edition Records EDN1149. CD review by Jon Turney) The great Phronesis have announced that they are taking a break at the end of 2020, so it’s good to find […]
Art Ensemble of Chicago at the Barbican (2019 EFG LJF)
Art Ensemble of Chicago (Barbican, EFG London Jazz Festival, 23 November 2019. Review by Jon Turney; Drawings by Geoff Winston) Anyone who has heard the Art Ensemble of Chicago live during their […]
Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi at Royal Festival Hall (2019 EFG LJF)
Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi (Royal Festival Hall, 22 November 2019. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Jon Turney) The concert, like the duo’s recording There is No Other, opened with Ten […]
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 […]
Eddie Parker’s Debussy Mirrored Ensemble – Live
Eddie Parker’s Debussy Mirrored Ensemble – Live (EPDM001. CD Review by Jon Turney) I was lucky to hear the first performance of Eddie Parker’s Debussy project in Cheltenham last year, noting then that it […]
Liam Noble – The Long Game
Liam Noble – The Long Game (Edition Records. CD Review by Jon Turney) How might Liam Noble follow up his brilliant, widely-praised piano trio release of 2009, Brubeck, in which he took a collection […]
Maria Schneider and the Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra at Ronnie Scott’s
Maria Schneider and the Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra (Ronnie Scott’s, 5 July 2019, early show. Review by Jon Turney) One of the great contemporary jazz composers, Maria Schneider’s intricately arranged music is […]
