Kyle Eastwood + Quintet + Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Dir. Gast Waltzing – ‘Eastwood Symphonic’(Pias France. Album review by Rob Mallows) When your surname is Eastwood…and your father just happens to be […]
Mammal Hands – Gift From The Trees (Release date 31 March 2023)(Gondwana Records. Album review by Rob Mallows) With a track record in mixing jazz sensibilities with elements of trance, ambient music […]
Bill Laurance & Michael League – Where You Wish You Were (ACT ACT 9961-2. Album review by Rob Mallows) For a duo album by two of the most prominent members of jazz […]
Georgia Mancio Quartet (Hugh and Marion’s/Eltham Jazz Club. 12 January 2023. Live review by Rob Mallows) Until last Thursday, Eltham I knew only as a junction on the A2, the location of the […]
Marius Neset/ London Sinfonietta / Geoffrey Paterson – Geyser (Royal Albert Hall – Proms 2022, Saturday 3 September. Live review by Rob Mallows) Out of pain, comes beauty. Geyser – the new […]
The Trackers ft. Gary Husband & Alf Terje Hana – Vaudeville 8:45(Abstract Logix Records. Album review by Rob Mallows) Gary Husband and who? I asked. Drum and keyboard polymath Husband’s music is familiar ground […]
Hüm – don’t take it so personally(Losen Records. Album review by Rob Mallows) Debut albums. A big deal for any band or musician. Get it right, and capture the imagination of your audience, […]
Maridalen – Bortenfor(Jazzland Recordings. Album review by Rob Mallows) This album – sans drums or any hint of electrification – is utterly unplugged, but is in no way diminished by that fact. Indeed, […]
Johan Lindvall Trio – This is Not About You(Jazzland Recordings. Album review by Rob Mallows) This album by a Norwegian trio new to me came with one of the most florid and cryptic […]
Malstrom – Klaus-Dieter(Berthold Records. Album review by Rob Mallows) I’ve listened to a lot of music. I’ve owned a lot of albums. I’ve yet to see a front cover illustration as, well, I […]
James Beckwith – Long Distance(SE 10 Music. Album review by Rob Mallows) As a fellow proud resident of south London, I felt compelled out of a sense of geographic loyalty to check […]
Nils Petter Molvaer (Ronnie Scott’s. 17 November 2021. EFG LJF. Review by Rob Mallows) This was a very Norwegian gig.Sure, there were three Norwegian musicians on stage. Trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer, drummer […]
Bill Laurance & The Untold Orchestra (Union Chapel. 20 November 2021. EFG LJGF. Review by Rob Mallows) As homecomings go, this one was a rip-snorter! Bill Laurance – who started his career as Snarky […]
Falkevik – New Constellations(Drabant Music. Album review by Rob Mallows) Over the last decade, Norway has become a reliable source of great, modern jazz music. Like their North Sea natural gas, Norway’s jazz […]
Matthew Stevens – Pittsburgh (Whirlwind Recordings. Album review by Rob Mallows) Matthew Stevens should fall off his bike more often. It’s not that I’m wishing any harm should come to the Canadian guitarist, […]
