Keith Jarrett – Bordeaux Concert (ECM 4576608. Album review by Jon Turney) Will this be the final solo piano release from Keith Jarrett? We know he can no longer perform, but you’d […]
Keith Jarrett – ‘Bordeaux Concert’
Jim Snidero – ‘Live at the Deer Head Inn’
Jim Snidero – Live at the Deer Head Inn (Savant SCD 2193. Album review by Sebastian Scotney) This album documents that rarest of events from the past few months: a live jazz […]
‘Motian in Motion’ (Doc ‘n Roll Festival/BFI)
Motian in Motion (Film directed by Michael Patrick Kelly. Aquapio Films. 86 minutes. Review by Jon Turney) UPDATE 5 January 2020 via Twitter from DocnRoll Fest: “England going into another full lockdown […]
Wolfgang Sandner – ‘Keith Jarrett: A Biography’
Keith Jarrett: A Biography. Wolfgang Sandner (author)/ Chris Jarrett (translator) (Equinox Books. 230pp. Book Review by John Bungey) With the great American pianist announcing that his performing career is almost certainly over, […]
Keith Jarrett – “Budapest Concert”
Keith Jarrett – Budapest Concert (ECM Records 0730194. CD Review by John Bungey) The disclosure by the 75-year-old pianist this week [Oct 21] that a pair of strokes in 2018 may well […]
Miles Davis – “The Lost Septet” (from 1971)
Miles Davis – The Lost Septet (Sleepy Night SNRCD013. CD Review by John Bungey) It’s 5 November 1971, and what sort of a night were fans at the Vienna Konzerthaus expecting from […]
Petter Frost Fadnes – “Jazz on the Line. Improvisation in Practice”
Petter Frost Fadnes – Jazz on the Line: Improvisation in Practice (Routledge. 254 pp. Book Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Jazz research is becoming increasingly vibrant in Europe, and from here in Birmingham […]
Keith Jarrett – “Munich 2016”
Keith Jarrett – Munich 2016 (ECM. 2667/68 779 3748. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) Every time I see there’s a new release of solo piano by Keith Jarrett, I find myself asking […]
Charles Lloyd Quartet – Montreux Jazz Festival 1967 (Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series 46)
Charles Lloyd Quartet – Montreux Jazz Festival 1967 (Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series 46) (The Montreux Jazz Label TCB 02462. CD review by Peter Bacon) Maybe it shouldn’t be so striking, but, somehow, […]
