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 ...

A refined sense of understatement defines this set throughout, the three-way communication and interplay of the trio consistently delivered in exquisite fashion. The trio might stretch out a bit on ...

iG4 at the Watermill, June 2025. Clockwise from top left: Claire Martin, Nikki Iles, Karen Sharp and Ewan Hastie. Photos © Brian O'Connor There was a full house for ...

There is something old school about bassist Victoria Kirilova’s debut album. With no tricks or gimmicks, it just relies on the strength of the songs to hold the attention. At only seven tracks long ...

Four very different vocalists feature in this set of reviews, the first being Savina Yannatou, from Greece. She shares honours on Watersong with Tunisian singer Lamia Bedioui and the Primavera en ...

All my Christmases came at once this month. I was assigned two new albums for review, they arrived in the same post earlier today, I’ve just played both, one after the other, and found little to ...

The 2025 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, now in its 55th year, has evolved over the last 20 years from its original format of celebrating the music culture of New Orleans and Louisiana to what ...

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 ...

They say : Guitarist and composer Juan Carmona presents ‘Laberinto de luzo,’ an album marking his 40th anniversary career. Shaped by passion and musical encounters around the world, Laberinto De Luzo ...

Born in Paris and raised in Scotland, Rebecca Vasmant has become an unofficial ambassador for contemporary jazz. Drawing deeply on personal experiences that have shaped her, Vasmant – a DJ producer as ...

There is relatively little improv­isation on this LP, but instead many delightful timbres. Rooyen has a fair solo on Ritz, and Bruninghaus solos extremely well on Chloe. But Giger’s sensitive drum ...