Month: April 2025
Silje Nergaard, Tomorrow We’ll Figure Out the Rest, Masterworks/Sony ***
Personal familial memories help inform the latest from Norwegian singer Silje Nergaard.
Atlantic Jazz Collective, Seascape, Alma ****
Maria Schneider, Ralph Towner, John Taylor, Kenny Wheeler work and more from Norma Winstone continuing her purple patch of recent years. Seascape features...
Track of the Week: Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quintet, Presence (Whirlwind)
Stimulating Indojazz fusion from guitarist Rez Abbasi and his quintet measured out by the 12/8 groove found within 'Presence'
Live review: The Boondocks, Ardhowen, Enniskillen ***1/2
Some great Prine numbers and doing it for the Gram - happily no yee haws within earshot. A gig far more attuned towards...
Bill Stewart, Live At The Village Vanguard, Criss Cross Jazz ***
A wave of interest in 1990s styled jazz continues
Michael Sarian, Esquina, Greenleaf Music **** recommended
Whispery timbres, cool as a cucumber On the Corner evocations
Curtis Stigers, Songs From My Kitchen Vol 1, Pandemic Poodle/Membran ***
Poignant country influenced songs from Curtis Stigers includes a co-write with Brian Kennedy, a great cover of a Patty Griffin elegy and a...
Trilok Gurtu and Arké String Quartet, Mirror, Jazzline ***1/2
Mindful listening, feverish drive and an East West fusion that winningly integrates an array of simpatico styles.
Johanna Summer, Upright, ACT ***1/2
Coltrane, Massive Attack, Wagner and Great American Songbook standards played as softly as in a morning sunrise.
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