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Kat Eaton, What Happens Now, Reason and Rhyme ****
Spolit for choice there's so much here - Kat Eaton delivers
Johanna Summer, Dialoge, ACT ****
A series of remarkable classically inspired two piano encounters prove full of grace. There's a remarkable sense of uncrowded poise and stillness to everything achieved here. Write it off as just classical, at your peril.
Paul Dunmall, Afraid to Speak, Discus Music **** recommended
There are lots of layers to this tender, edgy in places, gem from English free-jazz veteran saxist Paul Dunmall
Hot summer prospect: Goldings, Bernstein, Stewart
Summer highlight
Nils Berg and the Norrbotten Big Band, Paid To Cry, Hoob Records **** recommended
Tapping into the Swedish blues via a tender big band approach
Young Irish Jazz contest
New talent? The context is the Young Irish jazzer contest
A giant of the music departs with the news that Sonny Rollins has died
The last major figure of the bebop era departs this vale of tears.
Jeremy Siskind, Seeking Balance, Outside in Music **** recommended
Claire Martin is sublime particularly on 'Snow'. And ripples from the instrumentals of the Siskind led piano trio cascade in ever increasing circles so agreeably.
Eliane Elias, Ao Vivo, Candid ***1/2
A very receptive San Francisco audience hangs on every note it seems, on this latest from Brazilian bossa nova piano and vocals icon Eliane Elias.
Alexander Hawkins, No Nation but Imagination, Intakt Records ***1/2
Abstractions dissolve into generous vamps and a freedom-loving swirl of flute, harp and electronics
Track of the Day – ‘C’è’ sung by Tosca and Silvia Pérez Cruz
Bit of a swoonsome listen for a Staurday. And why not
Jasmine Myra, Where Light Settles, Gondwana ****
What a breakthrough from the saxophonist and composer.
Polygon Portal in Soho
An antidote to casual listening, surely
The Phoenix Trio, Tomorrow is Today, Giant Step Arts ****
One of the most absorbing live albums I have come across this year.
Kyle 5 for Cardiff
Club dates in Wales for the globe trotting Kyle Eastwood and his crack band
David Sánchez, Tambó, Ropeadope ***1/2
One of the most distinctive authorial voices of modern Afro-Caribbean jazz today.
Isaiah Collier expresses Joy ahead of Ronnie Scott’s date
A new five-track EP called Joy is Collier’s latest release as a bandleader, composer and multi-instrumentalist. The lead single, 'Joy', has been released.
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