Michael Spitzer – The Musical Human (Bloomsbury, 2021. Book review by Peter Jones) Listeners to BBC Radio 4 may have heard Simon McBurney reading extracts from this book over recent days: it […]
Michael Spitzer – ‘The Musical Human’
10 tracks by Mark Murphy I Can’t Do Without… by Peter Jones
In our series in which musicians do a “deep dive” into the music of their inspirations, Peter Jones (*) writes about ten of his favourite tracks by singer Mark Murphy (1932-2015), distilled […]
Zoophyte – ‘Out of the Cave’
Zoophyte – Out of the Cave (Howlin’ Werewolf HWEP001. EP Review by Jeanie Barton) Out of the Cave, available on Bandcamp, features a number of cats with a cool jive. Zoophyte is […]
Tamil Rogeon – ‘Son Of Nyx’
Tamil Rogeon – Son Of Nyx (Soul Bank Music SBM001CD. CD review by Peter Jones) Viola players can be a pretty modest bunch, full of self-deprecation and apology for not being violinists. […]
Dexter Gordon – ‘The Squirrel’
Dexter Gordon – The Squirrel (Parlophone 5054197065835. Double LP review by Peter Jones) From 1963 to 1976 Dexter Gordon lived in Paris and then Copenhagen. Back home in America the appetite for […]
Peter Jones – ‘This is Bop: Jon Hendricks and the Art of Vocal Jazz’
This is Bop: Jon Hendricks and the Art of Vocal Jazz. Peter Jones (Equinox, 263pp., Book Review By Chris Parker) Musician/writer Ben Sidran calls jazz singer/lyricist Jon Hendricks a ‘generous spirit [who] radiated […]
Jarrod Lawson (new album ‘Be the Change’)
Singer-songwriter-keyboardist Jarrod Lawson, originally from Portland, Oregon has just released his second album Be the Change (Dome Records). Peter Jones writes. I remember the first time I heard Take 6 on the […]
Multiquarium Big Band feat. Biréli Lagrène – “Remembering Jaco”
Multiquarium Big Band feat. Biréli Lagrène – Remembering Jaco (Naïve Records NJ7194. CD review by Peter Jones) Jaco Pastorius is well worth remembering, so this new album by French big band Multiquarium […]
David Linx – “Skin in the Game”
David Linx – Skin in the Game (Cristal Records CR 297. CD Review by Peter Jones) This album from Belgian vocalist, composer and producer David Linx is round about his 30th as […]
Vibration Black Finger – “Can You See What I’m Trying to Say”
Vibration Black Finger – Can You See What I’m Trying to Say (Jazzman JJMANLP 121. CD review by Peter Jones) Music that breaks genre boundaries is difficult to sell. People naturally want […]
Kansas Smitty’s – “Things Happened Here”
Kansas Smitty’s – Things Happened Here (Ever/K7. CD Review by Peter Jones) There’s no one quite like Kansas Smitty’s, formerly known as Kansas Smitty’s House Band (pedantically, I find myself struggling with […]
Zoöphyte – “Signs of Life”
Zoöphyte – Signs of Life (Howlin’ Werewolf 004. CD review by Andrew Cartmel) Signs of Life is the first album by Zoöphyte, a flexible collective of musicians under the leadership of vocalist […]
The Eddy – Netflix drama
The Eddy (Netflix. TV review by Peter Jones) The Eddy is an eight-part drama series set in and around a jazz club in Paris called, yes, The Eddy. The show’s American director […]
Dominic Ingham Quintet (new album “Role Models” for release 12 June)
The violin playing of Wakefield-born violinist Dominic Ingham has been described by Kit Downes as “a rare treat”. After graduating from Guildhall last summer, Ingham will be launching his debut album Role […]
Malcolm Strachan – “About Time”
Malcolm Strachan – About Time (Haggis Records HRCD004. CD Review by Peter Jones) One of the many pleasures of this new CD from trumpeter Malcolm Strachan is its unashamedly slick, commercial feel. Some […]
