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Biréli Lagrène, Elegant People, PeeWee! ****

Swinging French guitar icon Biréli Lagrène does not disappoint with his best album in simply years. Its sentimental insouciance and...
6 April 2026 marlbank

James Kitchman, Floating Sky, No label ***

Pristine pastoralism informs the latest quartet release by English guitarist James Kitchman.
5 April 2026 marlbank
Stacey Kent photo: Naive press image

Stacey Kent, A Time For Love, Naïve Records ****

Quiet and reflective from one of the greatest classic jazz singers of our times. The Jim Tomlinson co-write with Cliff...
3 April 2026 marlbank
Blair/Huber

Blair/Huber surface

Not even a case following frequent replay of once smitten twice shy.
2 April 2026 marlbank

Shalosh, What We Are Made Of, ACT ***

Covering Oasis, Muse and Aqua is not only a bit but a lot gimmicky. Otherwise beyond the purist baiting the...
1 April 2026 marlbank
Craig Taborn, Reid Anderson, Chris Potter, Dave King at the Barbican on 30 March 2026

The Bad Plus, Chris Potter, Craig Taborn, Barbican, City of London ****

Playing the music of the Keith Jarrett American Quartet on their farewell tour, The Bad Plus were on uncompromising kickass...
31 March 2026 marlbank
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Stephen began writing reviews for Turkish Daily News while living in Ankara in the early 1990s. Following a move to Poland, he worked as assistant editor on the English edition of Jazz Forum. In London where he lived for more than 25 years, he began a job as assistant editor at the Islington and later Mayfair based Jazz on CD, where he worked from 1993 to 1995. In Streatham, he became founder editor of Jazzwise in 1997, and worked there on staff for 15 years. His interview features have appeared in a range of publications including Jazz Express, The Wire, The Independent, Maxim and Downbeat. He has interviewed many leading figures in the jazz and broader music world including Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Pat Metheny, Carmen Lundy, Grover Washington Jr, Marc Johnson, Charlie Watts, Jools Holland, Betty Carter, Colin Towns, Tomasz Stańko, Jack DeJohnette, Phil Collins, Nigel Kennedy, John Abercrombie, Christian McBride, Branford Marsalis, Courtney Pine, Steve Williamson, Lady Blackbird, Gary Crosby, Ian Shaw, Norma Winstone, Kenny Wheeler, Wynton Marsalis, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Monty Alexander, Kandace Springs, Somi, Lionel Loueke and new stars like James Francies and Immanuel Wilkins to name just a few. Radio work has included voiced and scripted features for BBC Radio 3. In recent years work has been hard to come by on the dark end of the street on the road to nowhere. But Marlbank always keeps the dream alive.

Roam on! The light
we sought is shining still

- Matthew Arnold, 'Thyrsis' (1866)

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