Sam Gendel – COOKUP (Nonesuch Records 7559790713. Album review by AJ Dehany) COOKUP, the latest batch from Sam Gendel, prolific multi-instrumentalist majoring in ‘saxofone’, is a microwave meal of an album that […]
Sam Gendel – COOKUP
Brad Mehldau – ‘Formation – Building a Personal Canon, Part One’
Brad Mehldau – Formation – Building a Personal Canon, Part One (Equinox Books. 300pp. Publication date 14 March 2023. Book review by Scott Flanigan) One might imagine that pianist Brad Mehldau, one […]
Brad Mehldau – ‘Jacob’s Ladder’
Brad Mehldau – Jacob’s Ladder (Nonesuch 7559791346. Album review by John Bungey) Well this is an extraordinary album, not extraordinarily good, not extraordinarily bad – just extraordinary. Being the manager of Brad […]
Brad Mehldau and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra – ‘Variations on a Melancholy Theme’
Brad Mehldau and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra – Variations on a Melancholy Theme (Nonesuch Records. Album review by Mary James) Imagine if Brahms woke up one day and had the blues, Brad Mehldau […]
