If you are looking for musicians to celebrate a bassist as unmistakable and influential as Ray Brown this trio surely sits ...
For a geezer of my vintage the great and most fruitful UK jazz explosion occurred in the late 60s-early 70s, fuelled by South African expats and musicians from the West Country and then, somewhat in ...
Is “punk jazz” a thing outside of the heady world of marketing? If it is then I guess this album fits the definition if it describes music that falls outside of the contemporary jazz mainstream by ...
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Sam Coombes: Time Of Life (33Jazz Records) | Anouar Brahem: After The Last Sky (ECM 2838) | Mark Turner: We Raise Them To Lift Their Heads (Loveland Music LLM023) | AuB: Folk Devils (Whirlwind ...
Dollar Brand is an unconventional player and his freshness of style is well observed in this intriguing solo recital. I must confess that I am not attuned to all this music. Stretches of the record I ...
Once again, Nick Duckett’s RandB Records mines the rich vein of material from the BBC archives, lost gems from a changing period of British jazz. The National Jazz Orchestra and Howard Riley were ...
They say : Recorded in Montevideo, mixed in LA and inspired by journeys through Uruguay, Joanna Eden’s seventh studio album The Road To Paysandú reflects on new horizons, perspectives and life rhythms ...
Yet another jazz dynasty may be upon us as Bill Evans’ grandson releases a recital of Evans compositions. Evans On Evans (Shamus Records) features Bill Evans pieces reinterpreted by the 16-year-old ...
Nicole Mitchell is a renowned flautist and former chair of the AACM. Ballaké Sissoko an innovative kora player from Mali. Both are esteemed composers and both have defied convention in their ...
A two-tenor escapade that, unusually, pits husband against wife. Not that there is much to be classed as a battle, any more than was the case with a recent foray by Dave O’Higgins alongside Italian ...
Sun Ra is now totally committed to electronically-induced sound and his writing and soloing is dominated by it. Surprisingly his horns and percussion accommodate this development completely. Space ...
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