Month: April 2025
Top 5 UK jazz albums so far in 2025
1/El Roi, 2/Rowing Up River To Get Our Names Back, 3/On a Modern Genius Vol 1, 4/Alleviate, 5/A Year in the Life.
Kneebody, Reach, GroundUP Music **** recommended – album of the week
Adventurous, full of a certain uncloying positivity, Reach takes you on a rollercoaster of a jazz rock and forward facing into the deep...
Oscar Jerome, The Fork, New Soil ***1/2
Chart topping mellow nu jazz and ingenious grooves from the guitarist and singer-songwriter.
Alice Leggett, Birdsong, ZenneZ ***1/2
Alice Leggett's debut is a spikily invigorating indication of where she is as a composer right now.
Gerald Clayton, Ones & Twos, Blue Note ****
Clayton should be known more as a composer - there's compelling evidence for that viewpoint found in abundance all over Ones & Twos.
Smack Dab feat. David Kikoski, Pulse, Fresh Sound New Talent ***1/2
Fifties jazz - 'All The Way' stands out and there's a welcome cover of Kenny Dorham's 'KD's Motion'
Dave Hanson, Blues Sky, Origin ***1/2
Elegant dinner jazz from US pianist Dave Hanson and his small group.
Track of the Week: Watch a Gabriel Grossi video entitled ‘Motion’ featuring Jacob Collier and Seamus Blake
Flavoured by a sunny Stevie Wonder-esque feel in the harmonica style 'Motion' from Plural is out in May. The piece is led by...
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