Various Artists, Now’s the Time: An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Jazz (Vol. 1), Blue Note Records China ***
I'm still not that much the wiser about Chinese jazz despite the best efforts of this marketing exercise
Billy Mohler, Covell, Contagious Music ****
Very, very, very cool - there's little to cavil about Covell
A look ahead to Dominic Miller’s beautiful bandoneón flavoured latest album Diana
A new career peak of the guitarist's
Aki Takase and Daniel Erdmann, Timeless, Enja Yellowbird ***1/2
Seek out 'Suiteki' especially in a blend that factors in Monk, Schubert and free improvisation
Jon Regen, Live in London, Jon Regen Music ***1/2
Reaches the places a cardboard cut out standing in for being there can't
Russell Gunn & Blackhawk, Afrikan-Amerikan Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth By Any Means Necessary, Vanglorious Arts ***1/2
Gratefulness to the dead, belief in the living - hope
Sarah Tandy, Delicious Capricious, via Kartel ****
A largely successful blend of jazz rock fusion with psychedelic funk, hip-hop, soul and electronic production
Blair/Huber top the marlbank ’26 Eurojazz list
Germans feature heavily in our mainland Europe jazz '26 so far best-of
A playlist inspired by listening to Richie Beirach’s ‘Sunday Song’
Richie and more. Listen to Beirach classic 'Sunday Song' in context in the playlist
Top jazz piano, keys and Hammond organ in ’26
Eye catching Brad Mehldau and Keith Jarrett releases are imminent. But look at these riches also
Joey DeFrancesco, Live at Keystone Korner, Mack Avenue Records ****
Feel the flow. The sound of Joey DeFrancesco will never be forgotten thanks to great live albums like this
Blair & Huber’s Eclipse: bold Eurojazz high
Top Eurojazz in 26 to bet on. After a stirring EP, Eclipse ups the ante immeasurably.
The playlist: Dear Oscar themed
Celebrating Oscar Wilde born today in 1854. Other Oscars, the two Oscar Ps so felicitously, blend in abidingly
Ricardo Toscano and João Paulo Esteves da Silva, The Third Beside Us, Artway ****
Brooding duo reveries that straddle chamber jazz and the avant-garde
Tyler Henderson, The Long Game, Cellar Music ***1/2
Accomplished piano trio driven originals plus a Jimmy Van Heusen evergreen found in the blend
Zawinul Legacy Band 3.0, Live At Grafenegg, Ropeadope ***1/2
Compositions that are built to last played by players who are closer to the source than most
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