Peter Hum – Ordinary Heroes (peterhum.bandcamp.com. CD review by Mike Collins) From across the Atlantic comes a recording by Canadian polymath, pianist and composer Peter Hum. Ordinary Heroes is a set of […]
Peter Hum – “Ordinary Heroes”
Alex Jønsson – “Heathland”
Alex Jønsson – Heathland (AJ04CD4. CD review by Mike Collins) Danish guitarist Alex Jønsson has a burgeoning reputation in his own country, performing with his own and a panoply of other bands […]
Marc Copland (trio album ‘And I Love Her’; Pizza Express Jazz Club 12 Feb)
Following the release late last year of their debut album And I Love Her, pianist Marc Copland, bassist Drew Gress and drummer Joey Baron embark on a European trio tour next month. […]
Woody Shaw Quintet – At Onkel Pö’s Carnegie Hall, Hamburg 1979 Vol.1
Woody Shaw Quintet – At Onkel Pö’s Carnegie Hall, Hamburg 1979 Vol.1 (Jazzline D77070. CD review by Mike Collins) A steady stream of live recordings from the ’70s and ’80s at Onkel Pö’s […]
Ingrid and Christine Jensen/Whirlwind Jazz Orchestra at Purcell Room (2019 EFG LJF)
Ingrid and Christine Jensen with the Whirlwind Recordings Jazz Orchestra (Purcell Room, EFG London Jazz Festival, Saturday 23 November. Review by Mike Collins) A delicate sequence of chords seemed to seep from […]
Danilo Pérez’s Global Messengers at Queen Elizabeth Hall (2019 EFG LJF)
Danilo Pérez: Global Messengers (Queen Elizabeth Hall, EFG London Jazz Festival, Friday 22 November 2019. Review by Mike Collins) Danilo Pérez is a force of nature. A complex and nuanced force for […]
Jan Garbarek Group (2019 EFG LJF)
Jan Garbarek Group (Royal Festival Hall. 17 November 2019. EFG London Festival. Review by Mike Collins) Trading fours sounds different in a Jan Garbarek set. An hour and half into their gig […]
Marcin Wasilewski Trio plus Fred Thomas (2019 EFG LJF)
Marcin Wasilewski Trio/Fred Thomas (Cadogan Hall, London jazz Festival , Friday November 15. Review by Mike Collins) The light hiss of brush on snare; a single note from the piano suspended in […]
Hakan Başar Trio at Pizza Express (2019 EFG LJF)
Hakan Başar Trio Pizza Express, London Jazz Festival, 15 November. Review by Mike Collins) It’s Friday lunch-time and in Soho’s Pizza Express Jazz Club, the 2019 edition of the London Jazz Festival […]
Marc Copland Trio – And I Love Her
Marc Copland Trio – And I Love Her (Illusions Mirage IM4004. CD review by Mike Collins) In a recording studio somewhere, the drummer drops into a groove: a ghost of a backbeat; a […]
The band with no name: Deurloo/Zawadzki/Chisnall at Ambleside
The band with no name: Deurloo/Zawadzki/Chisnall (Ambleside Days Contemporary Jazz Festival, 31 August 2019. Review by Mike Collins) The Ambleside Days festival has an enticing roster of nightly gigs with an impressive […]
Ambleside Days Contemporary Music Festival (29 Aug – 1 Sep)
Preview by Mike Collins: Ambleside Days 2019 will be the third edition of this boutique festival, packed with world class performers appearing over four days (29 August to 1 September) at Zefirrellis […]
Giovanni Guidi – Avec Le Temps
Giovanni Guidi – Avec Le Temps (ECM 2604. CD review by Mike Collins) Giovanni Guidi has a string of ECM recordings under his belt, both as a sideman and as leader of his […]
Branford Marsalis Quartet – The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul
Branford Marsalis Quartet – The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul (Marsalis Music 19075914032. CD review by Mike Collins) The latest release from Branford Marsalis, the first from his quartet as a […]
Laurence Hobgood – tesseterra
Laurence Hobgood – tesseterra (Ubuntu Music UBU0019. CD review by Mike Collins) Laurence Hobgood may be best known to many people for his nearly 20-year collaboration with Kurt Elling. His playing, arranging […]
