Rickie Lee Jones – Pieces of Treasure (BMG Modern Recordings 5053887762. Album review by Richard Lee) The American Songbook has long been mined by artists from across the spectrum. Four years after […]
Rickie Lee Jones – ‘Pieces of Treasure’
St. Barbe – ‘Tellicherry’ single release party at Grow, Hackney
St. Barbe (Grow, Hackney. Tellicherry single release party 23 November 2022. Live review by Richard Lee) Already garnering attention from Dennis Chambers of the Mike Stern Band, for whom they opened at […]
Norah Jones, Peter Gabriel, Gregory Porter et al – ‘Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen’
Various Artists – Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Blue Note 4565996. 2 LPs. Album review by Richard Lee) Well, here it is…although, in a way, it isn’t. If seeing […]
Julian Siegel Jazz Orchestra – ‘Tales From The Jacquard’
Julian Siegel Jazz Orchestra – Tales From The Jacquard (Whirlwind Recordings. Album review by Richard Lee) For the last 25 years, saxophonist Julian Siegel has been establishing himself as a first-rate player […]
Bau.Haus.Klang at the Barbican; Bang/Calvert at Kings Place (2019 EFG LJF)
Bau.Haus.Klang (1st set – Michael Wollny, piano; Wolfgang Heisig, programmed piano; Émile Parisien, soprano sax; Leafcutter John, electronics; Max Stadtfeld, bass) (Barbican Hall, EFG London Jazz Festival, 24 November 2019.) Battleship Potemkin […]
Marius Neset & The London Sinfonietta at Queen Elizabeth Hall (2019 EFG LJF)
Marius Neset & The London Sinfonietta cond. Geoffrey Paterson w/Ivo Neame (pno); Jim Hart (perc); Petter Eldh (bass); Anton Eger (drums) (Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre , EFG London Jazz Festival, 21 […]
Pulled By Magnets + Ben Vince at St John on Bethnal Green (2019 EFG LJF)
Pulled By Magnets + Ben Vince (St John on Bethnal Green. EFG London Jazz Festival. 20 November 2019. Review by Richard Lee) I’m quite wary of church gigs. I like that they’re […]
Cécile McLorin Salvant / McCormack-Yarde Duo (2019 EFG LJF)
Cécile McLorin Salvant & Sullivan Fortner Andrew McCormack & Jason Yarde Duo (Barbican Hall. EFG London Jazz Festival.16 November 2019. Review by Richard Lee) My start to the EFG London Jazz Festival […]
Loz Speyer’s Time Zone – Clave Sin Embargo
Loz Speyer’s Time Zone – Clave Sin Embargo (Spherical Records. CD review by Richard Lee) Now here’s a name I’ve bumped up against for the last I don’t know how long, but […]
Liam Noble with Seb Rochford and Tom Herbert at Kings Place
Liam Noble with Seb Rochford and Tom Herbert – launch of The Long Game (Kings Place, 16 September 2019. Review by Richard Lee) I seem to be following Jon Turney around, mainly in […]
Pigfoot – Pigfoot Shuffle launch at The Vortex
Pigfoot – Pigfoot Shuffle launch (The Vortex, 7 September 2019. Review by Richard Lee) I’d just gone along as a punter, and to be honest, Adrian Pallant’s liner notes to the new album launched […]
Barb Jungr – Bob, Brel and Me
Barb Jungr – Bob, Brel and Me (Kristalyn KLCDO6/Absolute. CD Review by Richard Lee) Barb Jungr‘s readings of (as she’s put it herself) “the men she loves” (male songwriters in this context) […]
FILM REVIEW: Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes (2018, documentary, 1h 26m. Director: Sophie Huber. Review by Richard Lee.) This truly delightful documentary history of the Blue Note label is a love letter to […]
