Reviews
Picking out a range of the essentials
Myles Sanko Launches Let It Unfold oozing sheer soulfulness at Ronnie’s ****
Live highlights in 2024 also included a very soulful showing from Myles Sanko in the new look Ronnie Scott's. It's our gig...
Album of the Week: United (Edition) by Lionel Loueke and Dave Holland
Our new album of the week. And Dave Holland is appearing at the London Jazz Festival which begins this week.
Mulatu Astatke and the Hoodna Orchestra, Tension, Batov ****
Once heard, never forgotten. Sorted. A case of discovering the music of Mulatu Astatke not via the radio or on a promo....
Top 10 UK Jazz Albums in 2024
1 Superlocrian Hills & Valleys (Spark) 2 Ezra Collective Dance No One’s Watching (Partisan) 3 Ian Shaw and Tony Kofi An Adventurous...
Scott Colley, Edward Simon, Brian Blade, Three Visitors, GroundUP Music ****1/2
The Steel House 3 ascend to new heights plus today's playlist
Ivo Neame, Zettalogue, Ubuntu **** recommended
Textbook piano led small group jazz from an English master - Django Bates of his generation, Ivo Neame.
Schemes Quartet, Embrace, Jazzland ***
An album to embrace. It says it on the tin. PLUS today's playlist includes a track by SUPERLOCRIAN whose album Hills &...
New French jazz from the Baptiste Castets Quintet, Patience, Fresh Sound New Talent ***1/2
Charming impressionistic French jazz beckons.
Album of the week – Jason Keiser, Kind of Kenny, OA2 ****
A beautiful tribute to Kenny Wheeler that includes the great trumpeter and flugel player's work plus apt tunes blended in by guitarist...
Henrik Jensen, Above Your House, Babel ****
Sheer aestheticism and organic flow from Henrik Jensen delving into the art of the trio.
Samara Joy, Portrait, Verve ****
Fresh and Sassy in more ways than one from the US jazz vocals star
Hackney Colliery Band, Collaborations: Volume Two ****
Great guests, brassy motion, super sonics. Steve Pretty and co join the dots spanning jazz, soul and more with much gusto.
Ellen Andrea Wang, Closeness II, Ropeadope ***1/2
Loose and bluesy second helpings are even better from Norwegian bassist and singer Ellen Andrea Wang's trio featuring Rob Luft.
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