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  • Album of the Week
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Top albums
  • Top new artists
  • UK choice
  • Vocals of the Year
  • Album of the Week
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Top albums
  • Top new artists
  • UK choice
  • Vocals of the Year
Reviews

Ricardo Toscano and João Paulo Esteves da Silva, The Third Beside Us, Artway ****

Brooding duo reveries that straddle chamber jazz and the avant-garde

Bymarlbank15 October 2026
Reviews

Tyler Henderson, The Long Game, Cellar Music ***1/2

Accomplished piano trio driven originals plus a Jimmy Van Heusen evergreen found in the blend

Bymarlbank14 October 2026
Reviews

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

Bymarlbank14 October 2026
Think piece

What makes a good live jazz album?

There isn’t a definition. But I can show you one eminently eligible candidate.

Bymarlbank13 October 2026
This just inTrack choice

This week’s podcast + track of the week

The latest marlbank podcast reflects on Gary Crosby and Cherise at the new London outpost of the Blue Note

Bymarlbank13 October 2026
News

Malou Oheix wins the Hancock

A starry, starry night in Paris saw French singer Malou Oheix crowned Hancock winner

Bymarlbank12 October 2026
Album of the WeekReviewsTop new artists

Finn Carter, Finding Home, Whirlwind **** recommended

Remember exactly where you are and how you felt when you first heard these remarkable sounds

Bymarlbank12 October 2026
Reviews

Sarah Heneghan, Tiny Sacred Gaps ***

Modesty and reserve speak volumes in this pared back recording

Bymarlbank12 October 2026
Reviews

Sharp Little Bones, Step Up! Get Down! Full Beam Music ***

Originals that tap a certain reflectiveness

Bymarlbank11 October 2026
Reviews

Rahsaan Barber, Eternal, Jazz Music City Records ***1/2

More-ish straightahead listening borne out of loss transformed into light

Bymarlbank10 October 2026
Live reviews

Gary Crosby Quartet featuring Cherise Adams-Burnett + Maddy Coombs trio, Blue Note, London ****

A first visit to the new London Blue Note

Bymarlbank8 October 2026
Reviews

Michael Kanan, Horacio Fumero and Guillem Arnedo, The Sweetest Sounds, Fresh Sound ***

A pleasantly swinging mainstream piano trio rendering of some classic tunes plus a few originals

Bymarlbank7 October 2026
Reviews

Jo Harrop, Love Now Pay Later, Lateralize ***1/2

A soul diversion for Jo Harrop unearths some obscure, simmering northern soul friendly fare

Bymarlbank6 October 2026
Featured

The very best jazz vocals of 2026

Sing,sing, sing

Bymarlbank6 October 2026
Salomea | Pizza Express Live Soho on 4 October 26
Live reviews

Salomea, Pizza Express Live, London ***

Highly touted German act Salomea hit Soho

Bymarlbank5 October 2026
Christ Stephane Boizi photo Audrey Damier
Album of the WeekReviewsTop new artists

Christ-Stéphane Boizi, As The Spirit Leads, Banger Factory **** recommended

What a debut - new in the marlbank choice for top UK releases in 2026

ByStephen Graham5 October 2026
Reviews

JD Allen, Söwt, Savant **** recommended

A big change in JD Allen's style as the deep jazz saxophonist goes gnawa

Bymarlbank4 October 2026
Reviews

Monty Alexander, A Jamarican in Paris, Pee Wee! ****

There's happiness in such finesse.

Bymarlbank3 October 2026
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Today's "hill" climbing playlist finds room for balladic jazz both modern and trad inclined rooted in classic song, folk, torchsong and classic pop, rock & even the quaint Cinderella curve ball choice of the frequently critically dumped upon country 'n' Irish genre to rub along ingeniously well together.

"Hill" inspired - do listen in sequence if you can spare the time for maximum pleasure rather than dipping in and out like wee Dympna dicking about on the decks or like most of us disconsolately scrolling all the time on the all you can eat sonic buffet platters that abound. Because traversing a number of styles we kept something quite extraordinary that builds at the end which kind of works. You'll know it when you get there, that's 'Die on a Hill' marvellously vulnerable, warts and all soulful the work of Amy-meets-Raye chanteuse de nos jours the twentysomething Sienna Spiro, pictured, where she belongs, top.

Recent reviews

  • Ricardo Toscano and João Paulo Esteves da Silva, The Third Beside Us, Artway ****
  • Tyler Henderson, The Long Game, Cellar Music ***1/2
  • Zawinul Legacy Band 3.0, Live At Grafenegg, Ropeadope ***1/2
  • What makes a good live jazz album?
  • This week’s podcast + track of the week
New today: a review of a new release from Portugal and a specially put together playlist

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