OGUN ‘Blue Notes reissue series 2022 Legacy – Live in South Afrika 1964. OGCD024 Blue Notes for Mongezi. OGCD025/026 Blue Notes in Concert. OGCD027 Blue Notes for Johnny. OGCD028 Album reviews by […]
OGUN ‘Blue Notes reissue series 2022’
Iain Ballamy quintet + Moses Boyd at the 2022 Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Iain Ballamy quintet; Moses Boyd (Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 1 May, 2 May 2022. Reviews by Jon Turney) Quite the Mayday weekend for Iain Ballamy. He premiered a saxophone concerto written for him […]
Dave Douglas and Joey Baron at the 2022 Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Dave Douglas and Joey Baron (Jazz Arena, Cheltenham Jazz Festival. 30 April 2022. Live review by Jon Turney) A duo combining the two ur-instruments whose names double as verbs might suggest a […]
Alyn Shipton’s ‘On Jazz’ (Cambridge University Press, 5 May)
Alyn Shipton – On Jazz: A Personal Journey(Cambridge University Press, out in hardback 5 May. Book review by John Bungey) Alyn Shipton has lived the jazz life. No, not that one, the one […]
Alyn Shipton (new book ‘On Jazz’)
Alyn Shipton’s new book On Jazz draws on a weighty archive of interviews he has accumulated in a long career mixing roles as publisher, author, editor, broadcaster and, not least, musician. He explains how […]
Marquis Hill – ‘New Gospel Revisited’
Marquis Hill – New Gospel Revisited (Edition EDN1190 . Album review by Jon Turney) The much talked about US trumpeter Marquis Hill has an unusual offering for his first release on the […]
Philip Watson – ‘Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The guitarist who changed the sound of American music’
Philip Watson – Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The guitarist who changed the sound of American music(Faber, 519pp, £20 hb. Book Review by Jon Turney) Many have fallen in love with Bill Frisell’s […]
Emile Parisien – ‘Louise’
Emile Parisien – Louise(ACT 9943-2. Album review by Jon Turney) The impish French Soprano sax specialist Emile Parisien is a Euro-jazz star but here brings three US players into his band to […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021, 52. ‘Couple in Spirit’. Keith and Julie Tippett, 1987
The last(*) of Jon Turney’s weekly selections highlights a creative partnership of the first order. How to finish this series? The first of these pieces – back when 2021 felt like it […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021. 51. ‘Big Jim Does the Tango for You’ – Bennie Wallace, Big Jim’s Tango, 1983
The 51st of Jon Turney’s weekly selections finds an undersung tenor player reaching for the heights. There are any number of great tenor saxophone players who never quite achieve the recognition they […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021. 50. ‘Smiling Billy Suite’ – The Heath Brothers, Marching On, 1975
The 50th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections sees a great jazz family uniting to good effect. In the 1970s, hard times for old boppers, the three Heath brothers, Jimmy, Percy and younger […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021. 49. ‘Easy to Love’ – Lee Konitz and Red Mitchell, I Concentrate on You, 1974
The 49th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections sees a legend of cool inspired by Cole Porter. The great altoist Lee Konitz knew everything, but did tend to restrict himself to a fairly […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021. 48. ‘Slivadiv’ – Back Door, 1972.
The 48th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections is a blast of fresh air from the North. Back Door, who appeared out of the blue in the early ‘70s came at jazz rock […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021. 47. ‘Tripping’ – Andrew Hill, Shades, 1986
The 47th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections is a notable return to the limelight for a piano master. Andrew Hill hadn’t recorded for half a dozen years, so it was a great […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021. 46. ‘Mighty Lights’ – Jane Ira Bloom, Mighty Lights, 1983
The 46th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections is an early landmark from a great soprano saxophone exponent. Jane Ira Bloom is a brilliant player and composer who has never, to my mind, […]
