Ohisashiburi – Reimagining the Beatles (Verte Records VR20004) Gee Gallo Minetto – Live in Rome (Villa Celimontana) (danillogallo.bandcamp.com) (Album reviews by Mike Collins) This brace of recent releases from two different bands […]
Karoline Wallace – Stiklinger (Øra Fonogram, OF169. CD review by Mike Collins) A steady stream of new, inventive music from Norway continues to appear on Øra Fonogram, the Trondheim-based label. Stiklinger (meaning […]
Michael Wollny – Mondenkind(ACT 9765-2. CD review by Mike Collins) The far side of the moon is a traditional source of mystery. When it was visible to Apollo 11 as it orbited […]
Wako – Wako Kjetil Mulelid Trio – What You Thought Was Home (Øra Fonogram OF157 / Rune Grammofon RCD2208. CD reviews by Mike Collins) A brace of releases in the depths of […]
Nicholas/Viklický/Dvorský/Wickins – One Two Three Four (BeBoss Records. CD review by Mike Collins) One Two Three Four is a live set in more than one sense. Of course, it’s a recording of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 (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 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: 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 (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/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 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 (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 […]
